And now the entire narrative of the NFL 2020-21 season now hangs on the concussion protocols.
The league has cast aside two of it's second-tier also rans (Brees, probably, for the last time) this weekend. But the big news comes out of Kansas City, and it's not the backup saving them -- it's why the backup was needed.
Yeah, they're all talking about Chad Henne and how he got it done to have the Chiefs beat the Browns, but Patrick Mahomes was knocked for a loop and taken out of the game with a concussion in the third quarter.
I've said all year that the league probably does NOT have a Plan B behind Mahomes -- they've all but been giving you The Royal Neon Sign for now three seasons that this is the next guy.
It was such an issue that, when opening lines were set for the Bills-Chiefs AFC title game, the line, depending on whether the book believed the injury would allow Mahomes to play or keep him out, ranged from Bills -2.5 to Chiefs -4, according to ESPN Chalk and David Purdum.
I do, however, honestly believe that was the reason that, even should Drew Brees retire, the NFL decided to push Brady over him anyway...
Now you get Brady vs. Rodgers, the one team which made Green Bay their bitch all season, and... hoo boy.
Stay tuned on this one. The NFL's entire 2020-21 narrative may be on the line here.
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