Man the Steelers are a mess.

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They are gonna hold on

That's the game.

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Tampa just ran out of runway.

I really do not know who they start at QB against the Bears.

Fitzpatrick. Winston sucks, so there is no issue with going with the hot hand.

With Tampa's bye the week after next week's Bears game, makes sense to start Fitzpatrick against the Bears and plan on Winston against Atlanta the week after the bye. Fitzpatrick is not your quarterback going forward. Winston might not be either but you have to play him to figure it out.

Fitzpatrick gives them the best chance to win but I think they will do it as Big Chicagoan suggested.

Fitz has thrown for over 400 yds in each of the first three games. They have to start him.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I 100% think they'll play Fitzpatrick. Maybe they'd think about it more if he'd actually thrown that fourth pick like he was desperately trying to on their last possession, but now the story can remain how he almost brought them back and is still the hot hand, etc.

Personally I'm glad he'll likely be starting too since the Fitzpatrick cycle appears to be proceeding as usual and his regression back to mediocrity has begun. The Bears are going to be in his face all game without having to sell out blitz as much as the Steelers and without having someone as poor as Burns to be picked on in the secondary.

Also I take back anything nice I may have said about that broadcast team. Witten has somehow gotten even worse and is either always completely incoherent or banal, Tessitore would not shut up about Conner's cancer in contrast to that greedy Le'veon Bell, and it seemed like all three of them were being paid commission per mention of Fitzmagic.

Meh. Miami to the South, Indy to the North, Baltimore to the East. For that matter, the Cowfucks should be in the NFC South and Carolina should be in the East.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Just about every week there is a game that is an absolute trap laid by Vegas and people just walk into it willingly. That Bucs-Steelers game was a great example. Bucs -1 at home on a Monday night looking like world beaters and the Steelers in utter disarray looking like the end of an empire. The public perception would be the Bucs should be giving at least 3 or more points than that. You would be crazy not to play the Bucs.

No, I didn't fall for it but every fiber of my being told me to

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

2006

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

You should have told me that the Vikings were a trap.

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GO BEARS!!!

Can't stomach a team that can't win big games in Miami

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Fuck that bigot Tony Dungy. Most overrated coach ever.

Browns are either tied or have a better record than...

Patriots
Packers
Steelers
Vikings
Falcons

Yeah, I think that was the trap game. The Steelers were an easy pick for me this week in a pick em pool I'm in.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

It was a physical trap but not a Vegas trap

It wasn't like the line was set like a honeypot for Vikings players

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Why? It's about the relationships between the teams, not pure geography. It's the NFL, there aren't road trips; you fly in, you fly out.

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Everson Griffen has a schizophrenic episode.

I was just reading about this. There should be mandatory testing for all NFL players.

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Seems odd that the team has barred him from the facility. Even for "insurance" reasons.

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A lot of people will assume CTE, I don't think this is that.

I think a greater percentage of NFL players are living with undiagnosed mental illnesses.

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He must have been shouting some really weird stuff.

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He's probably their best player. Him or Barnes. If this puts him out for a while Minnesota is in huge trouble.

I got Harrison Smith and Harrison Barnes mixed up in my head.

Dolphins look better than they have since about 1974. Solid defense. Just enough offense.

Lol. Arizona used to be in the NFC East, and Carolina was in the NFC West.

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