Dude played out of his mind last game. Like he had a personal beef with Murray.
I was reading an article about how even after week 1 the script may be out on how to stop Mariota which is basically just take away the inside hot routes and force him to make reads and decisions. I didn't get to watch the Browns game at the bar I was at but it could be the Browns are just a good fit to shut down that style of offense with their extremely good secondary and fairly competent line backers. My co worker also said Mariota had on average like half a second to think before his o line crumbled.
For a possible wild card? Sure. But that's their ceiling, they're not winning the East. And again, they could easily be one of the 3 teams out of the 7 I listed that will miss out.
I really need to see the Bills beat one good to really good team before I say they're capable of anything.
I'd also get nervous about putting the Ravens in as a playoff team at this point. I'm not sure exactly how many teams start 0-2 then go on to the playoffs but I imagine history isn't hugely in their favor. But maybe they'll have a New England-esque turn around from last year. Who knows. They have the talent.
I mean, they lost on the road in Denver, which is completely forgivable, followed by a shootout to the Raiders where they had a 3 point lead with 2:10 to go. Next 2 weeks will tell a lot about where the Ravens might end up. They could definitely have a turnaround, or they could sputter to something like a 8-8 season. If they lose to Cincy and Pittsburgh next two weeks, it would be basically impossible to see any way back for them.
I think we'd all be a little naive if we didn't think most of the teams are getting away with whatever they can.
god, who cares... not directed at you Skinner but can everyone just fucking relax. All this bullshit calling everything "cheating"