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At the end of the half, it was debatable, but the second time ... 😲

So ... COVID be damned in KC, eh? How many fans do they have in the stands? First camera shot shows lots of noses. Edit: Optical illusion. When they were looking around during the national anthem, it looked like a lot more.

Down to three teams. Can't believe the Bills are one of them. Winner faces Brady and Tampa ... in Tampa. 🤪

While true and scary, if they win Sunday in regulation, they will only be 3 points (maybe 4, if the Flyers win) out of first in the division. They'll also only have 4 games and 6 games left against the top two teams vs. 8 against everyone else. All hope isn't lost yet, but things do need to change soon.

Case in point: the 'Canes only won the Cup in '06 because of the injuries that the Sabres had. 😁

This would be my guess. If it were a death, usually there's not much to 'sleep on'; it's just take a game or two, then come back. Something longer-term, especially if far away, would take more thought on how to handle.

For extra fun, drink every time he says 'fencing response'.

Now they have to game plan for two different QBs (until and unless Mahomes is officially ruled out.)

Mahomes a little wobbly after that hit, heads to the locker room. 😲

Best picture from Buffalo Bills Facebook page:

The intended receiver (actually, a TE, I believe) dove for his feet just as he was coming out of the end zone. Imagine if he'd gone down on the 2 yard line.

For the record, if I were a neutral observer, I so would have been rooting Huntley to lead a comeback victory. What a story that would have been. I'm absolutely not neutral, so I'm really glad it didn't happen

BTW, I'm surprised that the Johnson didn't go into concussion protocol, himself, after his own player slammed him head-first into the selfie-cam screen. 🤪

I'm renaming my RetroBowl DB to "Taron Johnson" effective immediately. It's looking like it's going to be 10-10, but not only does he intercept it, he decides not to take the easy knee, instead running it 101 yards to the house! Boom! 17-3! NFL Play of the year candidate!!

Defense has looked better than expected (after the first few plays and before the one-minute drill, anyway), but the offense has been bad. If the former holds and the offense wakes up, we win; if the latter holds and the defense falters, we're toast. Watch, both of those will change, leading to a 31-27 final. 🤪

Two thoughts ... On Hutton: Hasn't his MO been to play very well at the start of the season and then fizzle out? If so, playing him in the first game doesn't seem like it was that bad of an idea. Keeping him on the roster, though .... On RK: Maybe the team didn't listen to him enough last year, so to prove a point he basically said, "do it your way tonight." Now he can say, "How did that work out for you? Tonight, we do it my way!" I'm mostly kidding on that second one. Really, though, with 10 months off, no preseason games and lots of new faces, there was a good chance that it was going to be ugly no matter what he said. Washington actually played pretty ugly hockey, too, but their big line (Ovie, Backstrom, Oshie), who've all been on the Caps for a long time, actually showed up (plus, Staal gift-wrapped a goal in a one-goal game in the third.) It's unfortunate that this is a shortened season, because it could take a little bit for them to gel.

🤪 I need more sleep ... or less work ... or something ... I mixed the two up in my head. Was thinking Williams had the return for TD (play shown at 12:09) in addition to two TDs, not MacKenzie. That makes more sense, now. It was an odd thing to say to a practice squad player.

Dean Marlowe certainly likes Williams MacKenzie ... Edit: I have no idea how he feels about Williams. 😶

Technically, they do have multiple distribution channels, as you get MSG/MSG+ with Fubo. Unfortunately, it's only available packaged with a lot of other channels and their prices have gone up: You do get your local networks (ABC, etc), NHL Network, NFL Network, MLB Network, ESPN (several), NBCSN, some college sports networks, etc, as well channels that may or may not interest you or your family: Disney (multiple), History, FX, National Geographic, TLC, SYFY and so on. It's like cable was a while back. Not cheap anymore, but not ridiculous yet. Side note: I learned too late that they lost Turner channels, including TNT, this summer . Had to break out the DVD of "A Christmas Story" on Christmas Eve. It wasn't the same not having the snow coming down at night to end one run blending right into the starting town/shop scene of the next one. It was available to purchase on Roku for a couple of $'s, but I passed on principle.

Started a new season of Retro Bowl and look who's my first opponent ...

FIFM

Steelers' first four drives: Fumble - Browns recovered for touchdown Interception - Browns scored touchdown on resulting drive Punt - Browns scored touchdown on subsequent drive Interception - Browns scored touchdown on resulting drive Really is impressive ... -ly bad.

So .... Ravens?

A real barn burner in New Orleans. 😒

So, it looks like we get the Steelers if they win or the Ravens if the Browns somehow pull the upset.