Friday, September 20, 2019

Does the NFL have a Plan C?

I've said now, since Antonio Brown got his way off the Raiders and onto the Patriots, that we could basically crown the Patriots and start talking in terms of 19-0.

No longer.  I can't do it anymore.  There's so much smoke around AB that the fire could take down the entire league this season.

Why?

It's pretty clear that either Plan B or Plan A for the league (depending on your view of the Patriots) is Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.

But then you have all the questions surrounding Tyreek Hill, and that's going to dovetail into both him and Kareem Hunt and their histories on the teams...

One of the criteria I use in trying to consider teams for the Super Bowl (and the reason I immediately removed the Chiefs from the discussion on Kareem Hunt) was "Does the NFL want to deal with two weeks of media coverage on this guy?"

Unless the league is willing to create the greatest heel story of all time and space in these Patriots and openly risk that someone takes matters into their own hands (and that's either player OR fan in that regard), the Chiefs can't be considered that much greater of an option unless Hill is out the season with his injury...

And if that's the case, what's your Plan C?
  • A Chicago that can't get out of it's own way on offense?
  • A Green Bay that's far too rural for the big-city, big-money corporate NFL?
  • A Dallas who can't stay off the drugs (or Zeke out of legal trouble) for 15 minutes?
  • I guess the Rams COULD be the choice, but then why subvert the entire storyline of last season in Super Bowl LIII(E)?
  • Philly?
  • I guess the league could go the cult route with Seattle...
  • And then the AFC is a complete crap-shoot after NE and KC, emphasis on the CRAP part...
So does the NFL have a third plan here if either 19-0ing Brady or Mahomes consummating The One Great Hope both go by the wayside for various reasons?  I don't see too many options here.

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