Ryans officialy HC of the Texans. But that quickly got overshadowed by...Payton to the Broncos with a 3rd for a 1st and 2nd.

In August now in P3P. Tartarus grind on the agenda after work. The reveals that happened during the summer events certainly ramped things up. Aigis has certainly made things more...amusing? Kind of necessary given how heavy everything else was.

The Cowboys continue to be a circus. They seriously forced Kellen Moore out? He's the scapegoat? Yeah, Sean Payton won't have anything to do with that mess, even if McCarthy was somehow outed. People says Ryans is likely to get the Texans job but...is it really a good idea to put a first-time head coach into that dumpster fire of an organisation?

Fair, I understand why Reid would bring up a lot of conflicting stuff. Cincinnati...some of their players and fans got very arrogant in the leadup, especially their mayor. 'Burrowhead' was also a really dumb idea. I think this lineup will be the one that gets the most attention. If Cincinnati did make it, they had next to no O-line left - you'd have run rampant even more than Jones did. Which kinda sucks for you, but if the Eagles are the best team, they should have it. I'll be working from home on Superbowl day, so I will get to have it on and my worktype allows it.

Have reached a point in Persona 3 where I'm really beginning to enjoy it. Once Fuuka joined the fray, things got WAY more interesting. Mamiko Noto voicing her is sublime to boot.

GL in the Reidbowl. The narratives for the next fortnight will be plentiful.

I finally have my hardcovers of Summertime Rendering. They look so damn good. I don't see what the complaints are with the Udon Entertainment adaption either. Also had volumes of You Like Me, Not My Daughter and The Elder Sister-Like One arrive.

It seems as if Dak is getting the majority of the blame. Yes, he did have two harsh interceptions, but...are people seriously going to just laugh off the McCarthy/Moore gaffs and forget that these kind of results have been commonplace post-1995 because Jerry Jones refuses to let anyone have enough control to do the job properly? It's a sad thing to say but maybe Jones no longer being alive is what would lead to Dallas getting over the hump. Can we really think of any coach post-Jimmy Johnson that really should have had the job, aside from Parcells and that didn't last long.

I think I've accepted that P3P will be a very slow grind. Technically, P4G certainly was yet...it didn't feel it as much.

I honestly thought the Bengals would win but not that easily...Bills defense just couldn't stop the run. 3rd season in a row they're out in the divisional round.

As expected, 49ers progress. Cowboys with the triple mishap on the final drive is just so sweet. Can't go out of bounds properly, can't stay in bounds properly, can't run a last second play properly. As always, what can go wrong, WILL GO WRONG!

Well, you really stuck it to the Giants. That game was never close. All the people returning from injury look back up to speed. As for the Chiefs...the big if will be if Mahomes is fine. A linebacker landing on one's ankle/leg is not appealing at all.

Should be a wild gameday today. Can make a reasonable case for any team progressing.

Marin Karin was a charm move...oh dear...if THAT was being auto-spammed in the original...mercy...

Realistically, I struggle to see where else he could go. Vegas is a mess, Tennessee are on a long descent as are Indy, New England are stagnant in coaching, Seattle need far more than just a QB, LAR are headed for a rebuild thanks to all the burnt capital, the entire NFC South is a mess (I guess you could make a very slight case for Atlanta), Green Bay's window has ended, NYG have something they shouldn't mess with, Washington is a swamp in a napalm field.

Only the New York Jets make sense to me. Very capable GM in Joe Douglas, Saleh managed to get some culture going, defense is solid, Wilson and Hall make for a potent offense if they actually have a QB, some of the O-line is right. And at least they actually have some cap space, which they could free up via a trade or release. Atlanta is the only team with loads of cap that could make an offer to him and the offer of dominating a weak division, but they still need a lot of pieces. Technically, Baltimore has 33 million in cap but...they're going to need at least 55 million a year guaranteed to keep him. Roman should also have been fired already, he has held them back for far too long. I also think the whole AFC > NFC thing has been overblown. At this point, the AFC is really about Kansas, Buffalo and Cincinnati. NFC has Philadelphia, San Francisco, NY Giants, Dallas, with Detroit and Seattle on the rise. I think Lamar should stay in the AFC unless Atlanta somehow manages to appeal to some vets to fill in missing pieces. Blank is one of the more likeable owners, Smith managed to turn Tennessee into something decent before he went to Atlanta, decent position in the draft and they haven't whiffed on their recent high choices. Throwing to Pitts and London with Patterson and Algier - there's potential.

P3P, I expected things to be more basic in gameplay. I figured this was where they started to get the formula right, so I won't hold those things against it. A lot of people seem to be clowning on the battle audio, which I think is being overblown. My main issue so far is the lack of immersion. A few hours in, I don't feel like I know any character at all yet or a real sense of where I am. 4 really nailed that with how it got you to interact with enough people and places before flinging you into the fray. 3 seems very info dump and right into the fray. That said, I have already felt some plot (actually, I almost wonder whether it's revealing too much already) and one character has a bit of something. I'll see.

Wild prediction for the offseason - Lamar Jackson ends up being snubbed by Baltimore or holds out after a franchise tag and somehow ends up with the New York Jets.