heard your plea in the courthouse
Week 6!
The Jets did not take out an insurance policy on Rodgers that would have cost around $1 - $4 million and covered 60% of guaranteed money this year.
Insurance policies for athletes, actors, musicians, etc., isn’t new:
In 2015, the NFL filed a lawsuit against 32 insurance companies, claiming that they refused to cover the costs of settling concussion-related lawsuits filed by former players. The league claimed that the insurers breached their contracts and engaged in bad faith by refusing to pay out claims.
The insurers countered that the NFL knew about the risks of head injuries for decades and failed to disclose them to the insurers.
The case was settled in 2018, with the insurers agreeing to pay $790 million to the NFL.
The NFL no longer has general liability insurance covering head trauma, and just one carrier is willing to provide workers’ compensation coverage for NFL teams.
Some insurance industry executives compare the issue to asbestos, an occupational hazard that has cost insurers at least $100 billion.
Numbers
0: The New York Jets have never beaten the Philadelphia Eagles (0-12)
27: Herbert is 27-27 as a starter, 21-4 when his defense holds an opponent under 27pts, 6-23 otherwise
2: It's been two years and counting since Eagles' Jason Kelce or Lane Johnson allowed a sack
2,115 [TRIVIA]: On Thursday, Patrick Mahomes surpassed WHO to become the All-Time leader in completions in Chiefs franchise history?
Quotes
“I think you could put Tyreek [Hill] out there, and he would probably just do the job himself.”
Ravens TE Mark Andrews on what it will mean to American football now that Flag Football will be an Olympic sport in 2028
"She's a stud."
Rams HC Sean McVay on his wife, Veronika, who is expecting their first child "at any day now" of the journey so far.
We’re gonna do our best to try and stop it. They do a lot of stuff off it too, they have reverses, pop passes, stretch plays. We gotta be disciplined. But if that QB carries the ball, we gotta give him 11 kisses.”
Robert Saleh on how he plans to stop the Brotherly Shove
“We gotta go kiss him 11 times.”
Fletcher Cox today on how the Eagles will contain Jets RB Breece Hall
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Picks
Sunday, 10/8 @ 9:30am
Ravens (-4.5) at Titans (O42.5)
Sunday, 10/8 @ 1pm
Colts (+4) at Jaguars
Colts have 60% of the bets and 87% of the money (+27% differential.)
Sunday, 10/8 @ 4:05pm
Patriots (+3) at Raiders
Patriots have 61% of the bets and 93% of the money (+32 differential.)
A team scoring no more than three points in back-to-back games is exceedingly rare – it’s happened just eight times since 2003 – but those teams went 7-1 (88%) ATS the following week, covering by 5.8 points per game. If we expand to teams scoring six points or fewer in consecutive games, the ATS record is 23-11 (68%) with an average cover margin of 3.8 points.
Sunday, 10/8 @ 4:25pm
Lions at Bucs (U42.5)
The Under has 31% of the bets and 84% of the money (+53 differential.)
Eagles (-6.5) at Jets
The Eagles have 76% of the bets and 90% of the money (14% differential.)
Cardinals (+7) at Rams (O48)
The Cardinals have 40% of the bets and 46% of the money (+6% differential.)
Sunday, 10/8 @ 8:20pm
Giants at Bills (-15)
Record
ATS: 15-13-1(+1.82u)
O/U: 8-6 (+1.82u)
Highlights
Chris Jones gets tired of chasing Russ, points him out for Justin Reid
Samaje Perine forces a fumble on Samaje Perine to end the game
Roughing the Passer called on Mike Edwards on 3rd down
Russell Wilson finds Courtland Sutton who makes a great catch and gets both feet down to get Denver on the scoreboard in the 4th quarter
Trivia
Patrick Mahomes 30 completions against Denver Thursday pushed his career total to 2,138, surpassing the late Lenny "The Cool" Dawson's franchise record of 2,115.
Patrick is entering his sixth season as Chief's starting QB, while Lenny's record was built over a 14 year career with the Dallas Texans/KC Chiefs. Len Dawson