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Philadelphia Tampa Bay Green Bay Houston Detroit LA Chargers at Tennessee Baltimore Buffalo Kansas City San Francisco NY Giants Washington Dallas Miami New Orleans Cleveland Tiebreaker #1: Total points scored on Monday night 125 Tiebreaker #2: total turnovers (interceptions thrown + fumbles lost) by Zach Wilson vs Dallas 5 Tiebreaker #3: Tyreek Hill receiving yards vs New England 125

Kansas City Baltimore Atlanta Cincinnati San Francisco Washington Minnesota Jacksonville New Orleans Denver LA Chargers Seattle Philadelphia Green Bay Dallas NY Jets Tiebreaker #1: more receiving yards, Stefon Diggs or Garrett Wilson Diggs Tiebreaker #2: total points scored in Mia/LAC 62 Tiebreaker #3: Jordan Love passing yards vs Chi 185

And boy, rage quitting is a real thing. Also waived today - Harrison Bader, Mike Clevinger, Carlos Carrasco, and basically any Angels not named Ohtani or Trout (specifically Lucas Giolito, Matt Moore, Reynaldo López, Hunter Renfroe, Randal Grichuk). Ostensibly this is to give guys a chance to play for a team making the playoffs and to save a few bucks. I'm not sure this is a great look. But here we are.

Not only that...though I hear Oakland might be available... The White Sox are angling for...NEW STADIUM HOTNEZZ!!!

Put it in your bicycle spokes? That has to make a badass sound.

This is where I mention....err, DO NOT mention that the Yankees have most of their starting rotation crippled and we know Matt Harvey can handle New York.

MOVING ALONG from HOF talk....see what I did there? Sinclair’s Sports Channels Prepare Bankruptcy, Putting Team Payments at Risk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-25/sports-broadcaster-diamond-faces-8-6-billion-debt-reckoning

So I Phil going to lead to charge on kicking out HOFers too? Asking for a friend.

Oof. Am I the only one with HOF PTSD? Asking for a friend. Rolen is an odd bird. He's deserving based on advanced stats - defense and baserunning especially. IF you believe advanced stats. I mean, there are plenty of reasons NOT to believe advanced defensive stats. (Come on, it's 2023, we're not REALLY using GG's as a measure anymore are we? In that case, Derek Jeter got even sexier!) And baserunning stats are sorta...there. But hey, that's all better than nebulous pitch framing. So OK. The problem with Rolen is he is as sexy of a choice as cold oatmeal. Joe Casual fan, with a limited understanding of advanced stats, looks at Rolen being the only one inducted (By the writers. I didn't forget about Fred McGriff!) and goes - Oh, I sort of remember him. Shrug. That's the best they can do? Like it or not, the HOF is SUPPOSED to be a tourist trap to draw the casual fans and their money. It's intent was always to draw more of the casuals than the hardcores. So the troubling thing with the Rolen induction is that it sort of feels (to me, ymmv), like the sportswriters are pandering to the hardcore stat nerds set. Throw him in next year with say Beltre or whenever Ichiro is inducted and the casuals will go - Oh, good for that rando dude. Throw him in alone and it feels like the sportswriters are saying - Hey, the casuals don't care about baseball anymore. Let's just make the spreadhseet set happy! And I'm not going to lie, that feeling seems right. And it's depressing the casusals don't care about baseball anymore so that a class of one supremely competent guy gets a mere yawn and - HOW IS MAHOME'S ANKLE?!?!?! This is no offense to Rolen, mind you. He's one of those guys who did a ton of things very well - well, other than stay healthy. If he was on a team you followed, you probably appreciated him more than most. He's going to draw no one to Cooperstown on induction weekend, but the writers get to feel like they are NUMBERS WOKE and the statnerds will rejoice. Huzzah. But hey, we live in a world where Harold Baines is a HOFer. I'd rather see a boring competent guy get in than...another drunken LaRussa escapade.

Yeah, crazy owners are the best. And as Raider fan I really don't think I can throw stones at Irsay being crazy.

Yeah. Local Columbus news tries to never say Michigan, preferring to say The Team Up North. It's annoying and childish. And I can verify the red tape over any M's in signs around OSU's campus during Michigan week. The Hoke-Ohio thing is news to me. But a) there were like a billion years where Michigan didn't beat Ohio State so I head my head in the sand and b) I sure enough am never going to any site/chat rooms where that crap goes down. The THE thing is also annoying AND childish yet...back to the point at hand...that was sort of foisted on Ohio State by Ohio U trying to trademark Ohio. Also very childish and annoying. But I mean, confusing Ohio State and Ohio is the equivalent of confusing Michigan and say Central Michigan or something - not even Michigan State and Michigan. OSU and Ohio U are on totally different planets. No one in Ohio thinks much of Ohio U at all - especially not for football. And tying everything back together, if we are going to refer to an Ohio native who was a good quarterback AND not a horrible human being can we at least reference Roger Staubach and not the serial rapist?

Kansas City Jacksonville Miami Houston Minnesota Cincinnati New Orleans New England Tampa Bay Pittsburgh Seattle LA Chargers Philadelphia San Francisco Dallas Green Bay Tiebreaker #1: total points scored in Det/GB 49 Tiebreaker #2: Joe Burrow passing yards vs Baltimore 350 Tiebreaker #3: Tyreek Hill receiving yards vs NYJ 47

Dallas New Orleans Detroit Tampa Bay Kansas City NY Giants Jacksonville Atlanta Washington New England Seattle San Francisco LA Chargers Green Bay Baltimore Cincinnati Tiebreaker #1: More passing yards, Allen or Burrow Burrow Tiebreaker #2: Aaron Jones rushing yards vs Minnesota 85 Tiebreaker #3: total points in Chi/Det 37

Jacksonville Cleveland Baltimore Cincinnati Buffalo Minnesota Detroit Kansas City Tennessee San Francisco Philadelphia Pittsburgh Miami LA Rams Tampa Bay LA Chargers Tiebreaker #1: Mike Williams receiving yards vs Indy 75 Tiebreaker #2: Tom Brady passing yards vs Arizona 425 Tiebreaker #3: total points in Phi/Dal 51

San Francisco Minnesota Baltimore Buffalo Detroit Atlanta Philadelphia Dallas Pittsburgh Kansas City New England LA Chargers Cincinnati Washington Green Bay Tiebreaker #1: Taylor Heinicke passing yards vs NYG 205 Tiebreaker #2: Derrick Henry rushing yards vs LA Chargers 105 Tiebreaker #3: total points in Phi/Chi 45

LA Rams Buffalo Pittsburgh Detroit Tennessee Philadelphia Cincinnati Dallas Kansas City Tampa Bay Seattle LA Chargers New England Tiebreaker #1: Justin Herbert passing yards vs Miami 375 Tiebreaker #2: Stefon Diggs receptions vs NY Jets 147 Tiebreaker #3: Winning margin in TB/SF 1

Buffalo Minnesota Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh Baltimore Washington San Francisco Seattle LA Chargers Kansas City Dallas Tampa Bay Tiebreaker #1: More passing yards, Patrick Mahomes or Joe Burrow Burrow Tiebreaker #2: total points in Chargers/Raiders 53 Tiebreaker #3: Lamar Jackson rushing yards vs Denver 95

Buffalo Dallas New England NY Jets Carolina Washington Miami Cincinnati Tampa Bay Baltimore LA Chargers Seattle San Francisco Kansas City Philadelphia Indianapolis Tiebreaker #1: Jalen Hurts touchdown passes vs GB 5 Tiebreaker #2: total points in Pit/Ind 49 Tiebreaker #3: Justin Fields rushing yards vs NYJ 0

Green Bay New England Philadelphia LA Rams Chicago Washington NY Giants Baltimore Buffalo Denver Cincinnati Dallas Kansas City San Francisco Tiebreaker #1: Kirk Cousins passing yards vs Dallas 250 Tiebreaker #2: Mac Jones touchdown passes vs NY Jets 4 Tiebreaker #3: total points scored in KC/LAC 67

Atlanta Tampa Bay Tennessee Miami New Orleans Chicago Minnesota NY Giants Kansas City Indianapolis Dallas Arizona LA Chargers Philadelphia Tiebreaker #1: Christian McCaffrey rushing + receiving yards vs Chargers 125 Tiebreaker #2: Aaron Rodgers passing yards vs Dallas 225 Tiebreaker #3: Devin Singletary rushing yards vs Minnesota 75

Philadelphia LA Chargers Miami Cincinnati Detroit New England Buffalo Washington Jacksonville Arizona Tampa Bay Kansas City Baltimore Tiebreaker #1: Stefon Diggs receiving yards vs NYJ 125 Tiebreaker#2: Derrick Henry rushing yards vs KC 101 Tiebreaker #3: Longest field goal made in Sea/Ariz 53

Tampa Bay Jacksonville NY Jets Minnesota Miami Dallas New Orleans Atlanta Philadelphia Tennessee NY Giants LA Rams Indianapolis Buffalo Cincinnati Tiebreaker #1: Joe Burrow passing yards vs Cle 375 Tiebreaker #2: winning margin in GB/Buf 13 Tiebreaker #3: Christian McCaffrey rushing yards vs LA Rams 25

Arizona Tennessee Jacksonville Tampa Bay Washington Dallas Cincinnati Baltimore NY Jets Houston LA Chargers Kansas City Miami Cincinnati Tiebreaker #1 - More passing yards Russell or Zach Wilson Zach Tiebreaker #2 - total points in KC/SF 41 Tiebreaker #3 - winning margin in Pit/Mia 1

Chicago Green Bay Minnesota Cleveland San Francisco Tampa Bay Cincinnati Baltimore Indianapolis Arizona LA Rams Buffalo Dallas LA Chargers Tiebreaker #1: total points in Buf/KC 62 Tiebreaker #2: Mike Williams receiving yards vs Denver 105 Tiebreaker #3: winning margin in Dal/Phi 2

Denver Green Bay Miami New England Buffalo Tampa Bay Seattle Jacksonville Tennessee Chicago LA Chargers San Francisco Dallas Arizona Cincinnati Kansas City Tiebreaker #1: total points in LV/KC 47 Tiebreaker #2: Jalen Hurts rushing yards vs Arizona 57 Tiebreaker #3: Winning margin in Chi/Min 7