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Monday Night Observations

Well, that was the worst of all worlds. I had a few interests in the game, namely Jets plus 1.5, stopping Frank Gore and T.Y. Hilton for combining for 20 points in one place and getting 50 or so from Dwayne Allen and Hilton combined in another. Moreover, so I didn't stew all offseason about starting Colin Kaepernick over Jameis Winston, I wanted Allen and Hilton - in the very likely event they fell short - to fall short by 13 or more points, the difference between Winston and Kaepernick. Instead Allen went crazy, and they came within four points, meaning the Kaepernick decision will haunt me to the grave. And of course, I lost the other Gore/Hilton league matchup as well as the cover.

• Imagine if Andrew Luck had a better team around him. He makes amazing throws under duress routinely. His third-down completion to Donte Moncrief for a first down was a throw that maybe he and Aaron Rodgers make.

• Gore still looks spry in Week 13, and against the Jets no less. He's obviously slower now, but at 33, he doesn't look worn out.

• Allen was a popular sleeper tight end this year with Coby Fleener gone, and we've seen a glimpse of why the last two games. T.Y. Hilton is the team's clear No. 1, but Donte Moncrief hasn't established himself as more than a red-zone specialist since he came back from the shoulder injury, so there's room for Allen to have a significant role now that he's finally healthy himself.

• Adam Vinatieri is arguably the second best kicker in the league after Justin Tucker. He'll be 44 in a few weeks.

• The Jets are such a disaster - what an embarrassing showing at home on national TV.

• Bryce Petty was willing to sling it at least, albeit without great results, thanks in part to some Robby Anderson drops. Petty's 12 targets toward Anderson illustrate how backup quarterbacks often lock in on the guy with whom they practice rather than the first-team option. RIP Ryan Fitzpatrick.

• I have to imagine Todd Bowles will be gone at the end of the year.