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Agreed. It's GREAT news.

Glad Marrone played him on Sunday.

Turns down 5 mill? Best possible news for the team?

Those words are empty. The team was flat in it's big games and settled for field goals way too much. Came out of a bye at 5-3 and blew the KC game. Down the stretch they weren't disciplined enough to take care of business in Oakland. They play hard for Marrone, fine. But they don't play smart when they need it most. Not sure anything else matters.

It's bad luck, but also very frustrating. We had an opportunity to have a competitive rivalry with one the best ever, and we laid an egg. Twice a year. For 13 years or so.

Why is that funny? Certainly if Russ found success this would be different. You live and die by the sword. I never felt like he was qualified for his expanded role, but if the team was successful it would be easier to give him credit.

No one said that...

No, please don't ignore the obvious issues with it, go on, explain... To your last question...We missed the playoffs. Again. It's the sum of all parts that make everything work, and he's a big part. Edit: ugh, you just edited your post to add more condescending words and I'm done here. You're slinging insults and are remarkably closed minded. We fielded the best team on paper? Yeah? Well we missed the playoffs. Merry Christmas.

I see Hackett has having a lot more influence on the in-game offense than the other examples you pointed out... ...but I don't want to argue with you because Marrone is certainly responsible for this often unwatchable offense.

I don't know why your burden of proof is higher than that of the court, but it's getting annoying. Photographic and video evidence shows Russ Brandon's involvement in the 2014 NFL draft and indicates that he has, beyond reasonable doubt, a significant influence on personnel decisions on the football team. Earlier, you agreed and said that he obviously has an influence. Whaley reports to him on decisions. That's it. That's all I am saying, that's all I proved and it's my whole point as to why he also should be held accountable for 15 years of missing the playoffs. I feel like I'm arguing with you, and the real crux of it is not anything I'm saying that sets you off, but rather that you believe Brandon is fine, and I don't.

That's all well and good...but Hackett calls the plays, which is a way different animal.

So that's 5 facts... Badges - this was a metaphor, but ultimately yes he IS the man in charge. Unqualified - I didn't harp on this at all, but yes he has NO football scouting/coaching history. Leave no stone unturned - He literally said this. Hired Cause coaching staff - He literally did this. In the war room - He literally was in there. These are five things I have said that are actually not disjointed. There's even more facts than those. They're facts that lead me to question the authenticity of the "Russ is just a marketing guy" argument. I believe I'm developing a case and have reasonable doubt that Russ Brandon is just some blameless bystander in a suit. I get that you disagree, but stop calling my claim unfounded like it's some grand conspiracy theory.

We have a much different definition of unfounded. What 9 different things did I say, Yoko?

That screenshot somehow was supposed to let us know that we lost the game because of a 3rd and 22. Duh.

What? Is this how you always argue? What a weird deflection.

To put your stupidity in perspective...EJ would literally need to play NINE straight games with only one total passing TD to be as bad of a passer. I don't know about you, but that is pretty bad. Like, so bad that it's not really comparable. Sorry.

Tebow actually threw for 17 TDs in 23 games. EJ has thrown for 16 TDs in 14 games. Even when you try to use stats you have to resort to lying and manipulation to make your point seem valid.

He's also brutally honest, and actually disgraces Hackett worse than most here.

Can't disagree with any of this. It's a real shame that we have had to watch this offense fail on so many occasions. It's mostly a manner of out thinking themselves, which will always be the most frustrating degree of failure. This 3rd and 1 is not complicated. Against the Raiders, it's even less complicated.

I feel like we're not really disagreeing with each other...at all.

To be fair, he also did not complete that throw.

Agree with this all the way. It's difficult to know to what degree EJ's regression is put squarely on Hackett being unqualified, and in fact whispering constantly in his ear to not make a mistake.

I worded that poorly. He was great at carrying out Ralph's wishes. I just think execution was not always on point. We'll never know because some of the moves, like the Buddy Nix hire, seem like Ralph may have just made the call in his old age.

There's really not a lot left to be said. Unfortunately, they'll retain Hackett.