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Assuming Rosen and Darnold are gone/unreachable and assuming the Bills have very similar grades on Mayfield, Jackson and Rudolph it would likely be wise to just wait till at least one of the remaining three is gone and then make you move up to draft the one you like. Personally I'm really liking Mayfield as the third best QB in this draft. You see the fire that Brady has. Mayfield is the only QB in this draft that could bring the same fire.

The old worn out argument. How are you worn out after a 15 minute break at the half?

I don't even think intent to injure or not even matters. Just can't have a bozo like that out on the field. Burfcit shouldn't even be in the league anymore. League has some series issues they need to clean up.

So then asking for just 5 games is just. We aren't asking to end his career or suspend him indefinitely.

Unless video surfaces of the assault, then said player is suspended indefinitely (Ray Rice). We have video of this and it was an unprecedented act on the field while play was stopped. I don't see anything wrong with 5 games. I know it won't happen but it's wishful thinking.

I'd add in at least one post-season game suspension too. It's just unbelievably malicious watching that replay. Say a five game suspension in total which would go into the Pats first playoff game.

Man watching the replay is even worst. Watching it live I though he got him in the middle of the back (still really bad). But that's straight to the friggen back of his head. We are actually pretty lucky the injury is only a concussion. Very easily could have been some damage to the C-vertebrae. Hopefully the league office can use common sense hear and suspend him for multiple games and give out a fine much larger than usual.

I'd also take a look at McCown if the Jets decided to go only with a rookie QB next year.

McDermott should take notice and walk away after this season. That's probably the best and only reason to keep McDermott by the time the season ends. It's an unfortunate catch 22. You want to get rid of the guy because he sucks and you have no faith in his process but if you get rid of him you won't be able to get a good coach. Got to swallow the pill and ride it out for one more year at least.

Yeah. Assuming the team competes, they don't get blown out for a quarter of a season. At least one side of the ball is good. And we see improvement as the season goes on. That's probably the biggest disappointment. We started hot, in some part due to an incredible amount of takeaways that were not sustainable, and now the bottom has fallen out on both sides of the ball. And again, it will be different next year simply because we will have, hopefully, a rookie QB. I'd be more inclined to give a coach more time with a rookie QB. But i really think seeing what the Eagles and Rams have done, we need to at least consider going that route at the HC and DC positions. Exactly this. The 5-2 start was probably the worst thing for McDermott. I fully expect him to be here next season but the pressure will immediately be on him from the first game. A 3-13 season with a 1-4 start would have cooled expectations and he wouldn't be graded on how the team fell apart this year.

This.

I'm suggesting it's not nearly as ludicrous as everyone thinks given the massive change that will be happening in the off-season. Also, look at the Eagles and Rams as the perfect examples of teams with young QBs to copy. Offensive minded head coaches that have proven veteran defensive coordinators running the D. Will the offense ever get the attention it needs with a defensive minded head coach in McDermott? Will the defense ever succeed in running McDermott's system?

Is it difficult for you to grasp that we have the perfect situation to walk away from McDermott if we choose to? New OC, new system and new QB are on the way either way. Growing pains next year either way. Why tie are selves to a coach who might not be all that great. Carolina's defense got better after he left. Our defense is about the same or worse haven't checked but Rex didn't set a high bar of achievement so either way not all that great. The defense played well in 66% of the games this year? Great. But they played like crap in the 33% that will be a big reason why the team misses the playoffs again among other reasons as well.

The only bright spots on this team are McCoy, the secondary and our Kicker. You don't get blown out in 4 or the last five games including giving up 45 ppg in a three game stretch, and a bizzillion rushing yards by only having a train wreck at QB. My entire point is why should it be set in stone that McDermott and company get a second year? People are already calling to replace the OC. Calling to draft a rookie QB. I agree with both those things. And the thing is, that actually makes it a perfect situation to move on from McDermott if we want to. And with the defense being historically bad at times this year why not move on?

Because Dennison was the reason we couldn't force a punt for a game and a half? Or can't stop anyone's running game outside of the Chiefs? Dennison is a problem but he's far from McDermott's one major mistake. Yes, we've lost to some good teams, well except for the Jets, but we are also losing these games terribly. Not even competitive. Jets played the Patriots tough like we should have.

Even if they select the right QB this time, you seriously trust this staff and coach to get the most out of the team? Four blow out losses out of the last five. At least the Jets are losing close games. This team is a train wreck. I don't want to wait and find out if it is because the coach is clueless or not. We don't lose anything by cutting our ties now, especially if we do draft a rookie QB. New QB, new system, new coach.

Are you impressed with four of the last five games being blow out losses.? The terrible defense and terrible offense? His eye for the QB position in selecting Peterman over guys like Watson and Mahomes? I'm not confident at all that McDermott will be the guy to put a staff together that can develop a young QB like the Rams and Eagles have done. Let's cut our losses now before we get in too deep. Gonna have a new QB next year anyway and the defense is bad already so another coaching and scheme change won't have a negative effect. You are right. It is unusual to be blown out in four out of five games. To have a rookie QB make his first start on the road against a fierce pass rush and throw 5 INTs in a half. To get run over and over again in the ground game. Interesting and unusual indeed. Let's cut our losses now before we let these guys run the draft again and ruin our rookie QB next year.

Don't forget about the 49ers and Bears too as trade partners. And maybe Denver nabs Eli and they draft an OT?

All is not lost OP. We still have a realistic shot at finishing last in our division.

Gaines is good. Great to have him back in the lineup. But I do think there is quite a bit of coincidence to his being out and the defensive struggles. Hopefully the defense will be solid the final 5 games regardless of who is in and out. I want to think that that 3 game nightmare stretch in November was just a bad anomaly and not what the defense will be finishing the season..

Oh yeah. Forgot about Solder. Duh.

Patriots have a smorgasbord of in-actives today. Down both starting Tackles? Down their best pass rusher. Down their best special teams player. Down a starting OLB.

He only plays well in the playoffs and we can't make the playoffs. Doesn't seem like a good fit.

That looks good for this draft but the 2019 draft would suck because you forgot to figure that we would have to give up our 2019 1st and 2019 3rd. Possibly even more if the 1st round pick we trade is higher than #15 which is probably likely (17-20). Of course this assumes we move all the way up to #2 with a team like the 49ers.

Colts and Bengals are not push overs. They haven't been all year. Ravens are 6-5 just like us because they are not immune to losing games to teams like the Colts and Bengals.