Buffalo Boy

Rothlisburger in his 3rd year and a very good D and conservative run dominated O. D won them that Super Bowl ( and some BS penalties) D got Cower to a SB with Neil O’ Donnel at QB!!!! Neil Freaking O’ Donnell😜

Back to “ I’m not sure”. Clearly we are playing a game of what if but your argument of the game passing him by is equally applicable to Sean. Sean being passed by : Josh being the almost sole reason we are where we are. Sean’s schemes being consistently shredded on third and long, year after year vs the assumption that Rex would have played more man and blitzed more. Can we know that Rex’s way would have been better? No. But, I would argue, in the biggest games, pressure is what beat Brady and Mahomes, not two deep shell coverage.

This is how groundswells look. This is how owners are forced into making changes. Far too many scaredy cats who are afraid of change ( Drought PTSD perhaps) who need to be dragged kicking and screaming to a change. Scoreboard = 4-1 = Excellent Eyetest = 😵

Which would make Sean a figurehead. No way is he ceding control of the D to an outsider with a different scheme! Zero percent chance!

How can anyone, even for a second, blame our current plight on lack of offensive production over the last six years? In the moment, I understand your observation but can counter it easily with “ jimmies and joes” argument. We do not currently have the skill players at receiver. I truly believe our best chance at a downfield passing game is currently (in this order) Kincaid, Hawes and Knox. This would mean passing more to the center of the field and it has never been something we have done consistently under any OC with Josh. A new coach scheming up a new downfield passing attack with this crop of receivers? See above, because it isn’t coming through these wideouts by scheme. Only, by sugar rush Josh running around and making things happen.

The only real counter argument is Rex accomplishing that with D and not O. I’m just not sure if Rex could have taken McD’s D players as far…. But I’m not sure he couldn’t. 13 seconds doesn’t happen with Rex on the sidelines. Not on D and not on ST! Imagine dropping Josh onto those Sanchez offenses. Not saying its guaranteed SB wins but the % definitely increases significantly.

I think this is true. Rex caught magic in a bottle with those players for a few years and managed to stay out of the way. The Jets beating the Pats was Very sweet at the time though🥰

Agreed! But, at least they got to SBs. Absolutely attributable to Elway. This is as close to a comparison of QBs carrying teams ( excepting possibly Marino) as their is. And, close on the coaching comparison. Reeves was a quality head coach. However, he couldn’t win it all. Crusade logo= McD never will( excepting a complete fluke of lucky circumstances) An inconvenient Truth 😜

Back to a previous point I made on another thread. McD can’t adapt his scheme to fit his players. He never could. He will let talent walk if it doesn’t fit his view. He will cling to players who know his scheme regardless of current ability. This is one of a few reasons I’ve been convinced of his need to be replaced for going on four years now. The other major one being the overall poor design of his scheme for the championship level moments. 🦬

I wouldn’t wear that crap if the paid me 🤷‍♂️

Marrone, Mularkey

Who’s “we”? Six weeks ago this place was crazy with the “ Our D is going to be on fire with all these great pickups” and “ we were one of the best Os ever last year, we don’t need no stinkin outside threat” And the beat goes on…..

22 Pages🤔 Almost like there might be a modicum of interest 🤫

There isn’t a person we know who’s been there that doesn’t rave about that city. Awesome bar tip!!!! Bars? We like bars😎

Visiting family in Zagreb then off to Prague to celebrate my wife’s birthday. People, food and whole vibe is great.

First rule of knife defense: RUN!!!

Size and strength matter. Assuming the guy maybe wasn’t nearly as big or physically capable as a former NFL player he may well have had to. Don’t know the particulars but escalations of force is not unthinkable

Wisdom of age. Living in the south especially, I assume everyone is carrying. Some of the road rage interactions I watch people have are truly baffling. So much anger and aggression just waiting for a chance to be triggered over completely pointless reasons.

Currently in Europe visiting family. Absolutely agree with all of the above. Good for you and good luck! We are on a similar track. It’s the morning after that can be difficult…. In a few different ways😈

I notice that isn’t a big if

And lose every freaking January…. For how many straight years????

If you look like crap for 3+ quarters of a game and still pull it out at the end and win by double digits against a bottom dweller……. You call it Crushing…… I call it underwhelming and clearly not good enough come January. Mama always said, Stupid is as stupid does

And a Defense and coaching staff that can piss it away in Literally seconds🤷‍♂️

It’s a long season and who we are now isn’t who we will be in three months. It is the same every year. I’m making zero excuses for the offensive performance or scheme. On the other hand, you could clearly see when Josh just said “ Eff it” and take off. This team has been notorious for playing down to or below the level f bad opponents for the brunt of the McD era. I suspect as Josh, his pass catchers and Brady get on the same page, bit by bit it will get better. The D on the other hand. They are who some of us vociferously said they would be and I have zero faith in any appreciable improvement.