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Baker should have won Comeback Player of the Year. Flacco played only 5 games. I love Damar and his story but he really didn't play much football this year. Mayfield put the Bucs on his back and carried them farther than their talent should have.

The Rooney Rule mandates interview quotas, not hiring quotas. I don't see how you can challenge that. This lawsuit is just a dog whistle for the election. I favour keeping the Rooney rule awhile longer but not indefinitely. I don't know that we would have discovered great leaders like Dungy, Caldwell, Edwards, Tomlin and Bowles absent the rule. The challenge today is not overt racial bias but the fact that todays' rules favour offensive coaches. Most black coaches are defense oriented. Some of which was a direct result of past bias from the era of white only QBs. Warren Moon's best years were spent in Canada when he was graded on par with Joe Montana by the 49ers. He went north because he didn't think he'd get a fair shot as a starter in the NFL. College QBs Tony Dungy and Marlon Brisco were advised to change positions as pros to fully realize their "athletic potential". It wasn't that long ago that Jackie Harris and Doug Williams received death threats when they were starting NFL QBs. Then there was Bill Polian's cringeworthy advice for Lamar Jackson to switch to WR. We can rest assured that the merit principle is still in place by the fact that Eric Bienemy has not been offered a head coaching job. We should keep the Rooney rule unless it becomes irrelevant.

Apparently the charges have been dropped

Kadarius Toney asks that you slow down and start again from the beginning

no classier man in the game

nice story

I'm certain that 28 - 9 came up in the interview. I suspect he answered it well.

I was not aware that Favre had paid back the principal

Jets fire assistant GM Rex Hogan https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39444764/new-york-jets-front-office-shakeup-puts-everyone-notice

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39466948/brett-favre-finish-repaying-misspent-welfare-money

looks like Vrabel intimidated some people https://nypost.com/2024/02/05/sports/mike-vrabels-physical-appearance-may-have-been-too-intimidating-for-teams/

looks like he was offered the Falcons job with conditions and declined https://nypost.com/2024/02/05/sports/bill-belichick-turned-down-falcons-coaching-offer-boomer-esiason/

If Belichick, Carroll and Vrabel can't get jobs why should Bienemy? This round of hirings shows that owners are not willing to blow up their organization for just anyone not named Harbaugh. Bienemy will have to tutor a young quarterback to somewhere between competence and greatness for a return to relevance.

I admire a man who makes the most of his opportunities. Just read he also played for a time in the CFL. RIP Carl

They say Safety Cooper Dejean cuts the mustard https://hawkeyesports.com/roster/cooper-dejean/

I can understand drinking yourself to death watching football but not to watch the Chargers

his parting words were the NFL is a real grind

Whether it's the egomania of Jerry Jones, the perpetual adolescence of Dan Snyder or the ADHD of David Tepper, for all their supposed business acumen, these owners are a bunch of sheep following each other around by chasing the latest trend in coaching. They all want the next Sean McVay or Zac Taylor and by chasing the young guy trend they're going to end up with the next Nathaniel Hackett. Genius in making money never carries over into another thing. Watching arrogant know-it-alls fall on their face is one of life's great pleasures. When I see coordinators getting thrown under the bus, it's usually a sign that ownership isn't happy with something and demands a dead body to show they mean business. I thought the Dolphins defenders were a solid, hard playing unit and were a big reason why they made the playoffs.

there's medical help for premature discharge these days

With the second overall pick, I'm sure the Commanders will turn their organizations around just like the Bears and Cardinals did. I will enjoy watching the Cowboys faceplant publicly without him next year.

I was at that game. A friend was having what I will euphemistically call a medical emergency and we had to leave

The 6 - 3 hockey game versus the Browns was worse than any Superbowl loss. https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/291011002

I guess Washington will be taking their coaching search to the streets

Solo artist

people began asking questions when their division title rings were found to be made of cubic zirconia