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I don’t see any way that the Bills beat this KC team. They look unstoppable today. As painful as the texans loss was, I’d much rather have the Bills season end with a loss like that vs. this Houston loss tonight. At least with the Bills loss it was close. Bills players felt like they should have won, but their own mistakes cost them. They all seem motivated/driven to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Where as this houston loss has to be demoralizing. I’d be worried what it would have done to the confidence of the team. Instead of the Bills feeling like they’re close to something great, they could have been left feeling like they’re still miles away.

I really don’t know anything about this guy besides reading that he’s thought of very highly in the Vikings organization, but if I were a browns fan I’d be a bit nervous about his experience level. A few quotes: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/11/13/mike-zimmer-gary-kubiak-probably-the-best-thing-to-happen-since-i-came-here/ Zimmer (and Cousins, in other interviews) give Kubiak a lot of praise/credit. https://www.vikings.com/news/transcript-gary-kubiak-addressed-the-media-on-tuesday Stefanski called the plays, but he had Kubiak at his side helping him. and it sounds like Dennison and Janocko put the game plans together. As I said, I don’t really know much about Stefanski so I’m not saying it was a bad hire. I’m just saying that the Browns job has been notoriously difficult. It doesn’t seem like the best place for rookie head coaches to learn/grow/develop, and I’m not sure how helpful ownership is as far as providing resources and support for their young coaches to grow into the job. I thought that a veteran head coach would have been the preferred choice, but no hire is going to work unless the owners are actually willing to let these guys execute their plan/vision. I hope the Browns give Stefanski a legit chance. 2 years isn’t enough time. Haslam needs to stick to his plan for once, and not bail if things don’t go perfectly in year 1-2. They hired a young coach so they should expect some growing pains.

What a game! I said to my my friend when it was 24-0 Texans, “wouldn’t it be funny, and kind of fitting, if the Texans melted down in the 2nd half and ended up losing this game”. They didn’t even wait until the 2nd half. ? KC has completely taken over this game now.

Hmm.... wonder if a move is coming? They can’t keep 3 goalies in Rochester, can they? I don't really see how this would relate to Hutton, unless they found somewhere to trade him and plan to call up Hammond/Johansson. Or the Sabres plan to carry 3 goalies... edit -https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/news/rochester-calls-up-goalie-ukko-pekka-luukkonen sounds like this could potentially just be about rochester.

Wow. Great game titans.

Does anyone know if the browns actually requested permission to interview Schoen? Or is it just rumored interest? We’ve seen that they requested permission to interview 2 GM candidates connected with Stefanski + Saleh.

Stefanski then? Or Stefanski vs Saleh? maybe they’re battling for the Browns job today. Winner gets the job. Or wait, maybe it should be loser gets the job. Seems more appropriate. ?

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Hutton is beyond awful. He’s not even an NHL goalie at this point. I seriously think that the Sabres have to consider waiving him and calling up Hammond or Johansson to be Ullmark’s backup. It’s like an automatic loss every time he starts (or at least the last 11 games...). McCabe is awful too. At least 2 goals today are on him.

It seems like the browns are all over the place in their coaching + GM search. I just hope they pilfer another team. I’ll be pissed if they mess with what we have going, only to fire Schoen and Daboll in a year or two (which seems like a pretty realistic possibility).

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/browns-hired-freddie-kitchens-by-a-4-2-vote-ownership-and-john-dorsey-were-aligned-in-backing-him/ Browns hired Freddie Kitchens by a 4-2 vote; ownership and John Dorsey were aligned in backing him ?‍♂️

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/28461503/jessica-pegula-pulls-upset-meet-serena-williams-auckland-final Wow! Pretty cool, congrats Jesse!

They can deny everything but a promotion to head coach. Everything else is considered a lateral move, even if they tried to tack on an “assistant (to the) head coach” title. Now, if Daboll came to them and said he wanted to leave, they may still allow it. But I can’t see him doing that. McDaniels would likely call plays, so it would kind of be like taking a demotion. Plus, he’d get more credit for the offense in Buffalo (with a defensive minded head coach) vs Cleveland (with an offensive minded head coach).

I’m still hoping we get to keep Daboll. I really want continuity for Josh and the offense. And sure, a new OC May boost Josh’s development. But it also may hinder it. We don’t know. What i do know is that he is developing right now under Brian Daboll. He took a pretty nice step forward this year, and I’d prefer not to mess with what seems to be working. If it happens, it happens. But I’m definitely not rooting for it to happen. Personally, I think Daboll is nuts if he takes the Browns job, and I don’t really know if he’s ready for it either. I think they need a veteran coach. I thought McCarthy or Rivera would have been perfect for them. I’m hoping McDaniels goes there now, just to disrupt the Patriots as much as possible.

I love this hire! I think this is an upgrade over what they had, too.

https://www.giants.com/video/ I actually thought his opening press conference was pretty impressive. I liked it better than Rhule’s (not that opening press conferences mean anything). I just felt like he was more authentic, and I can see players buying in to his message.

I’m all for continuity. Obviously I want to see upgrades at positions of need, but otherwise I’d be happy to see some continuity for a change. That’s been pretty rare for the Bills over the last 2 decades.

I Agree it sounds rehearsed. I had the same thought myself. Listen to his opening press conference (posted earlier in the thread), then watch this interview - A lot of the same lines. Same delivery/tone of voice etc. Also agree about the players. I think he’s going to need to have a lot of young players. I could see Carolina tearing it down and collecting a bunch of draft picks. Lots of young players, kind of like Seattle and Carrol. His message works for a bit, especially with the young guys. Then wears out. Maybe he was just nervous though and rehearsed too much. I do like his message, as you said.

I posted this link in the other Rhule thread and made a similar comment. So it wasn’t just me then, this guy definitely sounds like a preacher. Watch his entire opening speech. Watch the first 15mins of the press conference. It’s wild. They have a DJ, emcee, the owner walks up to the podium to a song he picked himself. They play a Matt Rhule hype video. Then Rhule gives his sermon.. I can see where this guy’s message might wear out eventually. I’ve watched a number of superset interviews where he repeated the same exact lines in every interview, word for word.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/01/06/nfl-wild-card-tom-brady-fmia-peter-king/ Interesting read. Kraft definitely wants Brady back, and if now he wants him to retire. I thought Brady wanted to come back after reading this quote - But then I read this - I still think Brady most likely wants to be back in New England. But we will see soon enough. Not as sure about Belichick though.

https://hokiesports.com/news/2020/1/8/football-fuente-adds-nfl-coaching-veteran-bill-teerlinck-as-techs-defensive-line-coach.aspx He has a history with the head coach. Found this interesting though: So, he’s moving from the NFL to college to be a co-defensive line coach?

This introductory press conference is wild. They have a DJ playing music. They out together a hype video for Rhule. The owner walks up to the podium to his own hand picked music track. And that’s as far as I got so far... still like 30 mins to go. lol edit - so I’m about half way through watching this. I’m curious what other people think of Rhule’s opening speech? Am I the only one that thinks he sounds like a preacher, or a politician or something? I like what I’ve read about him though. Interesting hire for sure. Tepper is gushing over this guy. edit again - thought he did better during the Q&A.

I like this. He’s going to focus on punting and kicking off. Kid has a huge leg. I’m suited to see how he looks after an offseason focusing strictly on punting.

On top of the $60-70M deal.

Umm... ?‍♂️