The last sentence should disqualify Agnew.
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How so?
His son is a NYJ scout.
Obviously the NYJ scouting has sucked.
Why would you want to hire the dad of a guy that was a part of a scouting team that sucked?
Maybe he was scout that identified Gardner and WIlson and Williams? You do know that teams employ numerous scouts, right?
If that's the case I could get on board.
But a fresh start is what I would want if I owned that team.
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Looking at the play that Jalen Hurts was injured, when his knee hit the ground, his knee was in maximal flexion. Most likely, he suffered a bone bruise and/or a meniscus tear. If he plays Sunday, which he almost certainly will, he will probably wear a knee brace. His mobility will also be compromised.
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A comprehensive look at the issue.....
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Cleveland Browns Stadium Dispute With City, Modell Law Expands
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Packers WR Christian Watson did tear his ACL against the Bears..................ACL #37.
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Commanders G Sam Cosmi suffered a torn ACL on Saturday night against the Lions..............ACL #38.
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Best landing spots for PFF's top 15 free agents: Offense
Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins and Chiefs guard Trey Smith kick off PFF's list of the top offensive free agents in 2025.
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Edit Will Fries to Texans is one of two I hope for with Trey Smith also. It is true that Patriots could pay more, however I think he would also be looking for a team that can take him first year to the Super Bowl and then maybe a couple more. At his age of 26 he could still sign a lengthy deal and after that a final contract with Houston. I still believe Chiefs will find a way to keep him.
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An amazing analysis by Sharpe Football re. the Chiefs and their curious penalty numbers during playoffs...................or lack thereof.
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Jan 21, 2025
In their pursuit of being the first team ever to win three straight NFL Championships, the Kansas City Chiefs have played 11 playoff games since 2021.
In those 11 games, how many times have the Chiefs had more penalties than their opponents?
Zero.
In those 11 games, how many times have the Chiefs opponents had more penalties than the Chiefs?
Ten.
That’s correct, and I triple-checked because it was initially tough to believe when I first heard this stat.
10 games in which opponents had more penalties.
0 games in which the Chiefs had more penalties.
I was curious how the Chiefs fared in these metrics in the regular season.
If they are avoiding penalties and also drawing them on opponents because they are simply a sound, well coached team, we should see evidence of this in the regular season.
Out of 68 regular season games during this sample (since 2021):
The Chiefs have gone 10-1 in those 11 playoff games with two Super Bowl wins and potentially a third on the way.
In total, the Chiefs have 36 penalties in those 11 games.
Their opponents have 66.
That’s 30 more penalties and nearly 225 more penalty yards against Chiefs opponents as compared to what they have been flagged for.
This graphic from ESPN displays the disparity:
Some of the largest, most significant penalties have gone in favor of the Chiefs.
Many of those are judgment calls rather than cut and dry delay of game, offsides, and so on.
Some of these include:
8 of those 11 games were decided by 1 score or less.
Explaining Chiefs Playoff Penalty Advantage
While this may look suspicious, several valid explanations explain the delta.
First, it is a tiny sample of games.
Second, the Chiefs have played in more playoff games than their opponents and are thus more accustomed to the stage.
They may not get the nerves that would potentially cause them to be out of place and commit penalties that other, less experienced teams might commit.
Third, they are well coached on both sides of the ball, and well coached teams tend to commit fewer penalties.
But for many who have watched the Chiefs in the playoffs and feel like they are getting more favorable calls, I will submit a similar analysis to ESPN’s graphic above for every single playoff team during the same four-year time period.
Click to enlarge the table
One thing immediately stands out: There are many teams with good coaches and plenty of playoff experience, and none of them come close to the number of games where penalties or penalty yardage went in their favor.
Look at all the teams with at least 5 playoff games during this span and the net games where penalty yardage was in their favor:
THE REST OF THE STORY
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By The Numbers: Do Referees Favor the Chiefs in the Playoffs?
By Warren SharpJan 21, 2025
In their pursuit of being the first team ever to win three straight NFL Championships, the Kansas City Chiefs have played 11 playoff games since 2021.
In those 11 games, how many times have the Chiefs had more penalties than their opponents?
Zero.
In those 11 games, how many times have the Chiefs opponents had more penalties than the Chiefs?
Ten.
That’s correct, and I triple-checked because it was initially tough to believe when I first heard this stat.
10 games in which opponents had more penalties.
0 games in which the Chiefs had more penalties.
I was curious how the Chiefs fared in these metrics in the regular season.
If they are avoiding penalties and also drawing them on opponents because they are simply a sound, well coached team, we should see evidence of this in the regular season.
Out of 68 regular season games during this sample (since 2021):
- 27 games the Chiefs had less penalty yardage (39.7%)
- 38 games the Chiefs had more penalty yardage (55.9%)
- 10 games the Chiefs had less penalty yardage (90.9%)
- 1 game the Chiefs had more penalty yardage (9.1%)
- 36 games the Chiefs had fewer penalties (52.9%)
- 25 games the Chiefs had more penalties (36.8%(
- 10 games the Chiefs had fewer penalties (90.9%)
- 0 games the Chiefs had more penalties (0.0%)
Chiefs Playoff Penalty Advantage By the Numbers
The Chiefs have gone 10-1 in those 11 playoff games with two Super Bowl wins and potentially a third on the way.
In total, the Chiefs have 36 penalties in those 11 games.
Their opponents have 66.
That’s 30 more penalties and nearly 225 more penalty yards against Chiefs opponents as compared to what they have been flagged for.
This graphic from ESPN displays the disparity:
Some of the largest, most significant penalties have gone in favor of the Chiefs.
Many of those are judgment calls rather than cut and dry delay of game, offsides, and so on.
Some of these include:
- 3 total Defensive Pass Interference or Defensive Holding called on the Chiefs.
- 11 total Defensive Pass Interference or Defensive Holding called on their opponents.
- 1 total Roughing the Passer (15 yards) called on the Chiefs.
- 7 total Roughing the Passer (15 yards) called on their opponents.
- 1 total Unnecessary Roughness (15 yards) called on the Chiefs.
- 4 total Unnecessary Roughness (15 yards) called on their opponents.
- 0 total Unsportsmanlike (15 yards) called on the Chiefs.
- 1 total Unsportsmanlike (15 yards) called on their opponents.
8 of those 11 games were decided by 1 score or less.
Explaining Chiefs Playoff Penalty Advantage
While this may look suspicious, several valid explanations explain the delta.
First, it is a tiny sample of games.
Second, the Chiefs have played in more playoff games than their opponents and are thus more accustomed to the stage.
They may not get the nerves that would potentially cause them to be out of place and commit penalties that other, less experienced teams might commit.
Third, they are well coached on both sides of the ball, and well coached teams tend to commit fewer penalties.
But for many who have watched the Chiefs in the playoffs and feel like they are getting more favorable calls, I will submit a similar analysis to ESPN’s graphic above for every single playoff team during the same four-year time period.
Click to enlarge the table
One thing immediately stands out: There are many teams with good coaches and plenty of playoff experience, and none of them come close to the number of games where penalties or penalty yardage went in their favor.
Look at all the teams with at least 5 playoff games during this span and the net games where penalty yardage was in their favor:
- Chiefs: 10-1 in their favor, net +9
- Ravens: 3-2 in their favor, net +1
- Rams: 4-3 in their favor, net +1
- Eagles: 3-4 against them, net -1
- 49ers: 4-5 against them, net -1
- Bills: 3-5 against them, net -2
- Bucs: 2-4 against them, net -2
- Bengals: 1-6 against them, net -5
THE REST OF THE STORY
Sources: CB Diggs has surgery, faces long rehab
Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs had surgery Thursday on his left knee and the recovery could keep him out of parts of training camp if not longer, sources told ESPN's Todd Archer.
Diggs underwent a chondral tissue graft in which pieces of bone and cartilage were transplanted into the affected area to improve the joint function. The timing of the surgery was related to the growing of the graft to help produce the best results. Former Cowboys wide receiver Noah Brown underwent a similar procedure and continued his career.
The injury was not related to the torn anterior cruciate ligament Diggs suffered in practice that limited him to two games in 2023.
Woman testifies Patriots' Peppers attacked her
A woman testified Thursday that Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers grabbed her by the neck, slammed her against the wall and pushed her down the stairs.
She testified on the first day of Peppers' trial on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Along with her testimony, prosecutors showed several videos of the incident, in which Peppers can be seen asking the naked woman repeatedly to leave his house in Braintree, Massachusetts. The woman said Peppers was filming her and taunting her as she tried to get her belongings and depart after the alleged assault.
BOSTON -- A woman testified Thursday that New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers grabbed her by the neck, slammed her against the wall and pushed her down the stairs after another man called her cellphone several times while they were in bed.Woman testifies Patriots' Peppers attacked her
A woman testified Thursday that Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers grabbed her by the neck, slammed her against the wall and pushed her down the stairs.www.espn.com
She testified on the first day of Peppers' trial on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Along with her testimony, prosecutors showed several videos of the incident, in which Peppers can be seen asking the naked woman repeatedly to leave his house in Braintree, Massachusetts. The woman said Peppers was filming her and taunting her as she tried to get her belongings and depart after the alleged assault.
Patriots' Peppers acquitted of assault and battery
A jury has acquitted Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers in his assault and battery trial.
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Another homecoming...
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Ex-Jets coach Saleh back as Niners' D-coordinator
Robert Saleh, who coordinated the Niners' defense from 2017-20, is heading back to San Francisco for the same role following a three-plus-year stint as Jets head coach, the team announced Friday.
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Stroud could push for him in the Draft, as he played with him at OS.
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WR Emeka Egbuka jumping from Ohio State to the NFL
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WR Emeka Egbuka jumping from Ohio State to the NFL
Well I would describe this hire as anything but a big splash, certainly not a home run by the
flamboyant standards of this teams owner. This is kinda the exact opposite of what a "Prime"
hire might look like, but who knows it might turn out to be a smart move ?
As a Chiefs fan I know all about "Marty Ball", but I know very little about the late great coachs
son except what I read in Wiki.
He's an example of the Peter Principle.
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Jerry Jones tucks news of newest Cowboys coach into a slow Friday night
By Mike Florio
Published January 25, 2025 12:04 PM
It’s hard not to feel bad for new Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer.
A 51-year-old career assistant, he finally has gotten a chance to lead a team of his own. But few if any fans of that team like it.
Which explains the timing of the announcement of the news.
It landed late on a Friday night, via a leak to Cowboys-partially-owned-and-heavily-influenced NFL Media posted at 9:43 p.m. ET. The team announced it only two minutes later.
Owner Jerry Jones wants his team to be compelling. In the Sunday Ticket antitrust trial, Jones explained the importance of generating interest.
“What is so important is that you are substantive, that you are interesting,” Jones said from the witness stand. “The facts are that probably well over half the fans of the NFL don’t like the Cowboys and want to kick our ‘you know what’ every time we get out there. And I say that in respect to everybody here. But that’s the way it is because they don’t like me, and they probably don’t like me to some degree if they pay that much attention to it. But it makes us interesting, that the -- it’s so much more than a score or so much more than a tackle. It is a manifestation of an interest, something to support.”
There’s not much to support in the Cowboys’ latest coaching hire, and the timing of the news confirms the Cowboys’ awareness of that fact.
If the Cowboys knew that the promotion of Schottenheimer from offensive coordinator to head coach would have prompted a positive reaction, it would have been leaked and announced on Sunday morning, sucking the oxygen from the buildup to the conference championship games. (Case in point — news of Dak Prescott’s new deal landed on the morning of the first Sunday of the 2024 regular season.) Or maybe the Cowboys would have tried to bigfoot the NFC Championship, between two of their division rivals. (Cases in point — news that Jason Garrett would not return as coach was leaked during a Seahawks-Eagles playoff game five years ago, and news of talks between Jones and Colorado coach Deion Sanders emerged during the Vikings-Rams playoff game 12 days ago.)
Jones knows when and how to detonate an M-80. Based on Friday night’s development, he also knows when and how to light the fuse on a lady finger and run.
That’s what happened on Friday night. In making perhaps the most uninspired head-coaching hire in team history (Dave Campo might have a case otherwise), Jerry knew to not pound on the front door but to slip through a basement window.
I remember a few years back when the Cowboys organization hosted the NFL Draft and the Jones family was strutting around and gloating about all of that crap about "America's team", and this was just a short time after division arch-rival the Philly Eagles had won it all,
Jerry Jones tucks news of newest Cowboys coach into a slow Friday night
By Mike Florio
Published January 25, 2025 12:04 PM
It’s hard not to feel bad for new Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer.
A 51-year-old career assistant, he finally has gotten a chance to lead a team of his own. But few if any fans of that team like it.
Which explains the timing of the announcement of the news.
It landed late on a Friday night, via a leak to Cowboys-partially-owned-and-heavily-influenced NFL Media posted at 9:43 p.m. ET. The team announced it only two minutes later.
Owner Jerry Jones wants his team to be compelling. In the Sunday Ticket antitrust trial, Jones explained the importance of generating interest.
“What is so important is that you are substantive, that you are interesting,” Jones said from the witness stand. “The facts are that probably well over half the fans of the NFL don’t like the Cowboys and want to kick our ‘you know what’ every time we get out there. And I say that in respect to everybody here. But that’s the way it is because they don’t like me, and they probably don’t like me to some degree if they pay that much attention to it. But it makes us interesting, that the -- it’s so much more than a score or so much more than a tackle. It is a manifestation of an interest, something to support.”
There’s not much to support in the Cowboys’ latest coaching hire, and the timing of the news confirms the Cowboys’ awareness of that fact.
If the Cowboys knew that the promotion of Schottenheimer from offensive coordinator to head coach would have prompted a positive reaction, it would have been leaked and announced on Sunday morning, sucking the oxygen from the buildup to the conference championship games. (Case in point — news of Dak Prescott’s new deal landed on the morning of the first Sunday of the 2024 regular season.) Or maybe the Cowboys would have tried to bigfoot the NFC Championship, between two of their division rivals. (Cases in point — news that Jason Garrett would not return as coach was leaked during a Seahawks-Eagles playoff game five years ago, and news of talks between Jones and Colorado coach Deion Sanders emerged during the Vikings-Rams playoff game 12 days ago.)
Jones knows when and how to detonate an M-80. Based on Friday night’s development, he also knows when and how to light the fuse on a lady finger and run.
That’s what happened on Friday night. In making perhaps the most uninspired head-coaching hire in team history (Dave Campo might have a case otherwise), Jerry knew to not pound on the front door but to slip through a basement window.
the SB ! Yea it's a shameless outfit, but for some reason while the Dallas franchise has been mired in mediocray a quarter century plus, they still have a significant following that continues to admire them ?
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The Raiders have announced that they have hire Pete Carroll as their new HC
Jets complete overhaul, turn to Mougey as new GM
Darren Mougey, a longtime Broncos scout and executive who became their assistant GM in 2022, is the new general manager of the Jets.
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I like Mixon but Saquon wouldve been a really nice addition.
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So far Buffalo looks completely outclassed.
Allen looks like a disaster waiting to happen...
Allen looks like a disaster waiting to happen...
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Bills cornerback Christian Benford was active despite being diagnosed with a concussion on the onside kick last Sunday. Too many players are being returned routinely too soon after having suffered a concussion. Benford was strapped onto the cart as you could see him struggling to sit upright.
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Bears hire Dennis Allen as defensive coordinator, Declan Doyle as offensive coordinator
The Bears have filled the three coordinator positions on new head coach Ben Johnson's staff.
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I'm going to add my 2cents on the Chief bias by officials. Watching national news right now (Newsmax) and paraphrasing the anchor: Now I'm not an expert on football and I don't watch it that much, but I watched the Chiefs and Bills game and I know a bs call when I see one.
Now when this bias begins to move from sports to national news, the NFL has a deepening problem.
Now when this bias begins to move from sports to national news, the NFL has a deepening problem.
New coach Coen wants Jags 'playing on the edge'
New Jaguars coach Liam Coen said Monday he wants his players to adopt a "physical mindset" as he looks to reset the culture and identity of the team.
Coen then elaborated on that last category, which he intimated might be the most important of all when it comes to culture and identity, two things that were notably missing in 2024: "I want savages."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- New Jacksonville Jaguars coach Liam Coen knows exactly what he wants out of his team: Play fast, be fundamentally sound, have an attack mentality, be good at situational football and be mentally and physically tough.New coach Coen wants Jags 'playing on the edge'
New Jaguars coach Liam Coen said Monday he wants his players to adopt a "physical mindset" as he looks to reset the culture and identity of the team.
Coen then elaborated on that last category, which he intimated might be the most important of all when it comes to culture and identity, two things that were notably missing in 2024: "I want savages."
Jaguars’ Liam Coen did not win his introductory press conference
I felt the same way after Dan Campbell's first presser.
Lions hire Broncos' Morton as OC, sources say
The Lions have hired Denver Broncos pass game coordinator John Morton as their new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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Hope he doesn’t screw us again
Wow! Does anyone take this guy seriously?
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Chris Canty says Joe Burrow isn't elite - ESPN Video
The "Unsportsmanlike" crew is taken aback by Chris Canty's take on Bengals' quarterback Joe Burrow.
Raiders owner: Gruden's 'head was chopped off'
Raiders owner Mark Davis said that adding Tom Brady as a minority owner brought a needed piece that has been missing from the organization since Jon Gruden resigned.