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All right, so I'm going to preface this with, this is a subject that you're probably really tired of hearing about.

But it matters.

It matters when it pertains to the NFL playoffs that are right around the corner. COVID, okay? Now, just hear me out. I'm not going to do

37 minutes on this, but just a couple of thoughts. If you look at week 16, there are a couple

of things that happened that are very important.

If you look at the Cleveland Browns,

the Cleveland Browns were down four wide receivers

due to COVID protocols and contact tracing and all that good stuff.

Down four receivers.

That made an impact on the game against the Jets.

Now, I don't think it made the ultimate impact. I still think that Baker Mayfield had wide open receivers at times that he just flat out

missed. He's inconsistent. He's inaccurate too often. He's a completely average quarterback.

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