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I don't think they'll give it to him, but you could make a STRONG case that Devon Witherspoon is the MVP of this game

Yikes...

Reminder that Darnold got only $7.5M fully guaranteed more than Justin Fields on the open market last offseason. That’s the league telling you what it thought.

Wow... Sanders had good plays too but lots of bad plays throughout the season which dropped his overall play #Browns #NFL #ProBowl

If you adjust for SOS, Bills and Rams would likely be ahead

#SuperbowlLX #NFL Leans!
- Too many points considering how close these teams are
- Pats have faced top-10 defenses exclusively in the playoffs and are undefeated
- Great passing, explosive play, and late down matchups on both sides

#SuperBowlLX Power Rankings!
- Best team on the year eliminated
- 2nd & 3rd best teams remain
- All 4 units (offenses & defenses) are top-10 in efficiency

#NFL Championship Weekend Review!
- LA-SEA was a classic shootout
- NE-DEN was a classic snow game

#NFL Leans for this week!
- Nix being out flips this and makes the Pats a slight value
- Rams have been worse as of late, so the spread is about right

#NFL Championship Weekend Power Rankings!
- Broncos by far the worst team, especially since Nix is out
- We are lucky to watch the best offense against the best defense for the third time this year
- Bills & Texans the best teams eliminated this weekend

Divisional Round #NFL Review!
- Seahawks dominated
- Bears and Bills were unlucky to lose
- Texans & Pats was a slug fest

Is the downgrade from Darnold to Lock that different though???

If the 49ers can overcome that Seattle defense, they have a real shot at pulling off the upset, even with the 49ers defense not being very good #NFL #Analytics

Only issue I have is if Young is great next year and Panthers think that'll be the new standard, they could give him a top-5 contract. Young's proven he's average with high variance. That's deserving of a middle of the road contract, but nothing higher

#NFL Divisional Round Leans!
- Weather could slow down this offense, but not this Bears defense
- Broncos are the worst 1 seed in a while... Bills should come out on top
- Texans D vs. Pats O sneakily the matchup of the week

#NFL Divisional Round Power Rankings!
- Rams still first, mainly because of a great offense
- Jags the best team eliminated last week
- Texans & Bears/49ers the only below average offenses & defenses left respectively

Wildcard Weekend #NFL Review!
- Texans absolutely took care of business
- Packers were unlucky to lose
- 49ers deserved to win

Really good breakdowns here! #NFL #Analytics

Over the past 2 years, not including wildcard weekend, Jalen Coker is 7th (out of 126 players) in @espn.com's receiver score & 4th in catch score #KeepPounding

The Panthers corners! Are! Good!

I argued Panthers D would be average this year, after a historically bad 2024. They're probably closer to 20th than 15th, but I'll take it... open.substack.com/pub/samburch... #KeepPounding #NFL

#NFL 2025 Regular Season QB Play!
- Maye deserves #MVP
- Cowboys missed the playoffs because of an awful defense
- Rodgers & Young need to get hot to have a chance at playoff success

#NFL 2025 season by halves!
- Jones & Mahomes injuries kept them out of the playoffs
- Jets were even worse over the past 8 weeks
- Burrow helped the Bengals, but their defensive improvement helped the most

#NFL Leans!
- Pats faced an easy schedule, but Maye should help them cruise to a win
- Panthers and Rams is the biggest playoff mismatch in a while
- Bills-Jags & Bears-Packers the games of the week

Wildcard Weekend #NFL Power Rankings!
- Rams = good
- Jets = bad
- Steelers = mid & in the playoffs... again
- Ravens = best team to fire their coach
- Colts/Lions = best teams to miss the playoffs

#NFL QB Play (thru wk17)!
- Purdy would be MVP if he played the whole season, but Maye has the upper hand
- Brady Cook... yikes
- Allen making the playoffs with likely no other top-4 QB (Mahomes, Burrow, & Jackson) to face

Week 18 #NFL Leans!
- It's important to mentally adjust for teams that are resting starters, but Packers are only confirmed team thus far
- Colts are a lot worse over the past 8 weeks (same with Bucs) despite Rivers being fine
- Steelers about to make the playoffs and lose in the first round again

Week 18 #NFL Power Rankings!
- NFC West is truly a beast
- Bucs deserve to win the division, although it's close between the Ravens & Steelers
- Broncos likely to have the #1 seed, even though they are barely a playoff-caliber team

#NFL SOS Adjustments (thru wk17)!
- Raiders a lock to take a QB
- Pats will be on Maye's back in the playoffs
- Browns & Vikings with great defenses and terrible offenses

Week 17 #NFL Review!
- Maye could not be stopped #MVP
- Shootout on Sunday night was the game of the week
- Carolina had similar success to Seattle but lost on late downs