The Jets’ season is over. You would probably never really make progress with the way the organization is structured. And the regime created to fix things is over, with Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas fired midseason after presiding over a roster that owner Woody Johnson considered “the most talented in the history” of the Jets.
Oops! Where the Jets go from here will be fascinating, but not as fascinating as where Aaron Rodgers goes. It is impossible to believe that he will retire at the lowest point of his career. If he wanted to leave, he should have done so before joining the Jets. You can’t win multiple MVPs with the Packers, have them draft your successor, make a big deal about it, force a trade to the Jets, disappoint a long-suffering fan base, and just write it off when it comes to your career.
No sir. If you do that, you are quitting. Instead, Rodgers needs to follow the predetermined path laid out by his predecessor. Brett Favre won multiple MVPs, saw Rodgers drafted, whistled, forced a trade with the Jets, struggled, got hurt, and then decided to sign with the Vikings. It was an all-time heel move that drove Packers fans crazy.
And now Rodgers gets the chance to do the funniest thing ever.
The Vikings have just one quarterback under contract for the 2025 season and it’s rookie JJ McCarthy, who hasn’t taken a single NFL snap in the regular season and who recently underwent a second procedure to deal with an injury. knee injury that he suffered during the season and that ended his season. preseason.
Sam Darnold has been a revelation this season, but he’s also stumbled a bit after a strong start to the year. Kevin O’Connell has proven he can make the most of questionable quarterback talent. And Rodgers is a Hall of Fame talent. The Vikings have a decent offensive line and, if they can keep Brian Flores, a pretty good defense.
Justin Jefferson, TJ Hockenson, Jordan Addison and Rodgers’ former teammate Aaron Jones are excellent weapons at skill positions.
Go get Rodgers, Vikings. Let McCarthy sit and learn behind him for a year while he makes sure he’ll be ready to go in 2026. The Rodgers drama is tired and has played out at this point, but Rodgers in purple would be an incredible sight, a proof that time is flat. circle. And it would be worth every sentence we have to fight in 2025.
SKOL.
Best bets of week 12
David Njoku Over 4.5 Receptions (-125)
There shouldn’t be much offense Thursday night in this AFC North matchup between two teams with questionable offenses. The Steelers defense, in particular, has been pretty stingy this season. I don’t expect many completions from Jameis Winston (his 19.5 line is heavily biased downward) but I do think tight end David Njoku will end up catching at least five that come his way. There are a couple of reasons here. First, the Steelers are the 12th most targeted team for tight ends by opposing offenses. The number should be higher, but they have played several teams that traded quarterbacks and several teams that did not have quality tight ends. Njoku is one of the healthiest tight ends in football right now. Winston also looks in his direction frequently: Njoku has 37 targets in the last four games (three of which were starts for Winston, in which he didn’t start, three of his 11 targets were in Njoku’s direction). Winston should be pressed and look to check early and often, and coupled with a good chance of snow and rain throughout the night, Njoku should get a lot of looks in this one. Receptions and not yards are the way to approach any step over fixtures in this matchup.
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Chiefs team total over 27.5 (+105)
This is a nightmare spot for the Carolina Panthers. It shouldn’t be like this! They are coming off their bye, having won two previous games, and the entire fan feels that the team won three in a row by not playing last week. They are at home with the best vibes the team has had in literally years. So how is this a bad place? Well, the worst possible opponent is coming to town in the form of the Kansas City Chiefs. And not just the usual Chiefs either. They are the Chiefs after a matchup against the Bills in which they suffered their first loss of the year and Patrick Mahomes could not keep up with Josh Allen and his main AFC rival. Now the Chiefs have to keep their foot on the gas to try to get the number one spot and they should be able to do it against a Carolina defense that offers little resistance to a competent offense. To make matters worse, there should be an entire generation of Carolina kids in the stands who, in theory, would have grown up as Panthers fans, but have become Mahomes/Chiefs fans because of their success. Trust me, there will be plenty of local Chiefs jerseys. KC will hit 30 here out of spite. Be sure to compare prices because this number is substantially different at various bookmakers.
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Patriots-Dolphins Over 46
Weather can be a factor in the NFL this time of year, but when we have a Dolphins home game, it’s usually not an issue. And it won’t be Sunday when Drake Maye and the Patriots come to town. The Dolphins defense has been much better the last two weeks, giving up less than 20 points to the Rams and Raiders. The Pats’ offense isn’t very good, but the defense has been a somewhat leaky unit in recent weeks and we’ve seen the totals go over the top. I expect a strong game from Tua Tagovailoa in this one, a good effort from Tyreek Hill and the Patriots being forced to throw the ball a lot as well. That should lead to a back-and-forth and these two teams will be able to score 50 points. The Dolphins are still in must-win territory and we’ve seen the Pats throw the ball more when pressured by the other offense, resulting in higher-than-expected scores in recent weeks.
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Preview: Cardinals (+7) / 49ers (+7.5)
Supporting two visiting NFC West teams here. They’re both in tough situations, but I don’t care. The Cardinals are hot, they have won four games in a row and they come out of their bye with a good coaching staff that wants to win the division and knows how important this game is. The Seahawks defense won’t be able to stop them in this matchup and even if they are trailing by double digits, Kyler Murray can help us get through the backdoor. The 49ers just lost to Seattle and should be extremely desperate in Green Bay, a team Kyle Shanahan has dominated in his career. The line has scored a full point in San Francisco’s favor, but it’s still in forward range, meaning the 49ers simply can’t be beaten, which I don’t think will happen, particularly with the return of George Kittle and the Jordan Love’s propensity to shoot. interceptions that kept the 49ers in the game.
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Broncos-Raiders Sub 41
The setup for this game is fine and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Bo Nix come out and push Jayden Daniels in the OROY race here (although Daniels could explode as well). However, I think the more likely scenario is that the Broncos fuel the running game here with Javonte Williams and Audric Estime and allow the defense to shut down a questionable Raiders offense. Brock Bowers has been incredible and maybe he’ll get his way here anyway, but Vance Joseph’s defense should be able to put Patrick Surtain II on an island with Jakobi Meyers, double Bowers and severely limit what the Raiders can do in the offensive. Sean Payton would like to defeat his division opponents, but he’s been much more focused on destroying the NFC South than anything else.
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