Amazing work tonight by both teams. Raiders add Crosby to a young core and the Ravens add two firsts to build around Lamar!

From a writing teacher, about editing: "Editing someone's writing is like editing their soul." Really made me think about how I offer feedback and critiques in a different light.

Zach Lowe came up with the solution for tanking 20 years ago when he proposed the Wheel (every teams draft pick being assigned in advance such that over a 30 year cycle every team gets the top pick once, the second pick once, and so on)

After this season (and particularly the postseason), that's something he's earned and something the Pats should be fine paying him (ideally before Witherspoon). Realistically every new top CB contract for a while will be resetting the market.

Not only should fans basically trust Vrabel by default after this season, it stands to reason that a rookie tackle will develop and get better with his first full off-season.

No rookie tackle has ever been asked go up against 4+ of the top 10 DEs across four straight playoff games. It was tough out there for him but it stands to reason he'll grow and improve, especially given his solid performance in the regular season.

Call me crazy but I think Efton Chism III will earn a lot more meaningful snaps next year.

Sad to see the season end on this note but you've got to say the Patriots rebuilding year went pretty well overall

21-17 New England tonight. Drake Maye has the big postseason game we've been waiting for.

Amazing news!

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I think anyone who watched the Patriots playoff games will note that Maye played 3 of the top 6 defenses in the NFL and two of those games were in freezing rain or a swirling snowstorm.

People will be shocked when Maye plays well against Seattle in Santa Clara, but they shouldn't.

I assume the 2025-26 New England Patriots are the 17th best team of all time, just off screen.

McDaniels doing his best overall but man, considering they hit a deep pass earlier that drive? Brutal.

If you take a 4 win team and turn it into a 14 win team while having a whopping 2 pro bowlers on the roster, you're the coach of the year.

Celtics have been extremely good when it comes to developing young guys (something that was a big concern a few years ago when the idea was that no young guy would ever get to play on a talented, deep roster)

First half timeouts are whatever, but second half timeouts are enormously valuable as shown here.

He's right but they need to run with Chubb, not Marks.

I hope y'all discuss the difference in the weapons each QB had. Feels like most conversations blow past that but imo it's an important component of what makes a player (and a QB specifically) valuable.

Tonga 100%? That's huge.

I would've liked to see the Steelers try more deep shots. Feels like several were just barely incomplete and any one of them would've changed the game - something Drake Maye will be looking at for sure

No one in NFL history has ever traded up to take a corner at #2. Jags might make him primarily a CB but they'd be admitting they made a mistake trading up for him if they do so.

Guaranteed rest advantage against the Steelers or Texans will be nice.

That's the question. Would a team really trade up to #2 overall to draft a corner they can also use on an occasional offensive snap?

Maybe equally important: Top WRs make way more than top CBs. Is Hunter gonna give up on that at the start of year 2?

Why would you slide there

Let us know if you remember the book, sounds interesting

Feels weird to make changes in the coaching staff after a season that was so riddled by injuries, especially given how well they performed the year prior.

This is Ollie. He found a perfectly placed carrot snack on his walk. Simply can't believe his luck. 13/10 best day ever (TT: maxime_aries)

One of the best things about law school is it's the rare opportunity to really collaborate with friends and colleagues to think about how the law is, how it came to be that way, and how it might change in the future

Maye being as good as he is at the age of 23, in his first year in McDaniels' system, without a single all pro or pro bowl teammate on offense, is simply amazing.