Mailbag! Amari vs. Davante, Bengals resurgence, MIA Pack Pass Rush, Malik Nabers, Jags, Flags, Chiefs WR answer, MORE...
We asked for your questions, and you delivered. A loaded mailbag inside.
EAGAN, Minn. — Greetings! We’ve got a lot cooking here at Go Long on the feature front from back-to-back weeks of travel. When not broadsiding deer at 11:30 p.m. on Route 219 a half-hour south of Ridgway, Pa., or fending off those deplaning budgers with an elbow to the sternum on a Delta flight, I’ve been sitting down with players in D.C. and Minnesota.
Cannot wait to write and share.
Rather than rush a piece out this week, I figured it was time for a marathon mailbag.
Let’s get to your exceptional questions…
Which trade do you think will have a bigger impact — Adams or Cooper?
— Johnny O
Salamanca, NY
Let’s start with an entry from an S.Y.A. basketball coaching legend who always knew when a “RAVEN-Austin!” was required.
Davante Adams may be the superior receiver, but I’ll give Cooper the edge because of who’s throwing each player the football. Don’t buy whatever tales are spun on Pat McAfee’s program. Aaron Rodgers’ fingerprints are allllll over both the firing of Robert Saleh last week and the trade for Davante Adams this week. This is what Woody Johnson — one of the worst owners in sports — signed up for when he (desperately) traded for Rodgers.
He empowered Rodgers more than anyone in the building, which wouldn’t be such a crime if the quarterback wasn’t a cranky, immobile 40-year-old at this point. If you’re getting MVP production out the position, all nonsense is justified. Not anymore.