Doc Brown

There's been black head coaches that have been given more than one head coaching shot. Just off the top of my head.....Tony Dungy, Dennis Green, Art Shell, Lovie Smith, Herm Edwards, Hue Jackson, Jim Caldwell, and Todd Bowles. I think the main criticism out there is that they're given a shorter leash than their white contemporaries and that's difficult to argue with.

Third pick was Singletary and 4th rounder was Knox. It was pry an average to above average draft despite trading up for Ford.

That's exactly what I wanted to hear. It will be interesting to see what they do if they go to an 18 game season. Do they punish the division winners even further and make them play another division winner from the opposing conference? We got lucky drawing Washington last year after a 7-9 record won them the division.

I believe there was a report the NFL wouldn't overrule the prosecutor if it was a six to eight game suspension. Maybe she gives him four and the NFL gives him six. This seemed preordained for a while now.

I agree with that. Watkins and Darby are/were better than Matthews and Gaines regardless of system. Darby struggled last year though. Especially his two games against the Raiders.

The Bears are putting on a clinic on how not to properly develop a young quarterback. I feel bad for Justin Fields.

He had the 2nd lowest coverage and overall grade of his career last year according to PFF at 58.7. Only five pass breakups on 64 targets and no INT's or forced fumbles. To be fair though he missed six games so it's a relatively small sample size.

Damn. You make a good point. Something has to be done though as it's estimated businesses in totality across America lose about a billion dollars the day after the Super Bowl due to people calling in sick.

I agree but it would be fun to see how coaches navigate it. The poor Jags would play everybody's backup QB and sill go 4-14.

Jesus. I thought this was some cryptic tweet from your wife. I guess I can laugh about it now.

Where do you get seven from? I'm only coming up with three (Chiefs, Rams, Titans).

From reading your posts I feel like you're trying to sell me a Tesla emphasizing its above average fuel tank capacity.

If I recall correctly Peter King reported that the Darby move was both because he never bought into or was a perfect fit in McDermott's scheme. I may be wrong on this though as the memory is a little foggy. It helps to find a willing trading partner with Philly as Schwartz coveted him as he was the perfect fit for his scheme. Edit: Here's the Bills section of King's 2017 article... following that trade... “We researched trades at this time of year,” Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane said Sunday afternoon, “and there’s aren’t many like this.” Trades for picks, the Bills’ GM meant. There was Sam Bradford from Philadelphia to Minnesota last year for first- and fourth-round picks, Vontae Davis from Miami to Indy for a second-rounder in 2012, and Greg Olsen from Chicago to Carolina for a third-rounder in 2011 … all in the preseason. Beane did two of them in one day. On Friday he sent wide receiver Sammy Watkins to the Rams for a second-round pick plus cornerback E.J. Gaines; then he traded cornerback Ronald Darby to Philadelphia for a third-round pick plus wide receiver Jordan Matthews. Everyone would say Darby is a better corner than Gaines, and Watkins is a better wideout than Matthews. I don’t worry about the Darby deal for Buffalo, because he hadn’t bought into the new administration of Beane and head coach Sean McDermott, and because he wasn’t a great scheme fit for McDermott’s zone coverage. Buffalo did get a gutty, durable (Matthews played 46 of 48 games in three NFL seasons) possession receiver who will take Watkins’ spot in the Bills’ offense. The Watkins deal could hurt in the long run, for two reasons. He’s healthy this year after being plagued by a nagging foot injury. And the veterans on the Bills loved him, and won’t be happy with this deal. I can’t imagine LeSean McCoy singing kumbaya over this trade for the future. He wants to win now. The reality of this situation, though, is that the Bills are not going to win now, even if Darby and Watkins had been playing great. Playing for 2018 is smarter. And Buffalo also had to worry about Watkins and the cap. Because the team didn’t exercise the fifth-year option for Watkins, ensuring that he’d be a free agent after this season, Beane would have had to try to sign Watkins late this season (when the team has just $8.1 million remaining under the cap) or likely face franchising him next spring. So they risked Watkins playing great this year and looking dumb for letting him go … or trading him now for real value. A pick around number 40 or 45 in 2018 appealed more to Beane. The trades leave Buffalo and Cleveland with a league-high six picks in the first three rounds next year. “The onus is on me and my staff,” Beane said on Sunday. “We have to draft well. We’ve taken the first step—accumulating high picks.” Interestingly, Beane said: “If this was baseball, we’d probably have kept Sammy, because we wouldn’t have had the cap to worry about. But every decision you make in football, with the cap, is a calculated risk. We had four inquiries for Sammy, and three offers, and got to a point where the Rams were willing to give a high pick, and we thought it was the best thing for us.” The Rams, with speed threat Tavon Austin idled by a hamstring injury, now could have a three-man starting receiver set of all new guys: vets Robert Woods and Watkins, and rookie Cooper Kupp. With the uncertainty surrounding 2016 top overall pick Jared Goff, it’s hard to envision Watkins putting up premier-receiver numbers. So the Bills may not look bad. But at some point they’ve got to start keeping their top picks. That’s a big reason why Buffalo hasn’t been in the playoffs in 17 years. First thing I thought Friday when I saw Beane had traded Watkins and Darby: Owners Terry and Kim Pegula have to mentally commit to Beane and McDermott for the next five years. Period. The mayhem in Buffalo must stop. • Five general managers in the past decade. GMs of the Bills since 2007: Marv Levy (2007), Russ Brandon (2008-09), Buddy Nix (2010-12), Doug Whaley (2013-17), Brandon Beane (current). • Six coaches in the past decade. Coaches of the Bills since 2007: Dick Jauron (2007-09), Perry Fewell (2009), Chan Gailey (2010-12), Doug Marrone (2013-14), Rex Ryan (2015-16), Sean McDermott (present). Of the 20 players Buffalo chose in the top four rounds between 2012 and 2016, only six remain on the team—and a couple of those could be on the chopping block on cutdown weekend. The three solid players that remain from the top of the five drafts between 2012 and 2016: defensive end Shaq Lawson (though still unproven because of injury), guard John Miller and tackle Cordy Glenn. Three of 20. That’s a .150 batting average. That’s absolutely awful.

Dude. Let it go. There hasn't been masks in schools since February. Get a new hobby. Yeah. Even doctor's offices are making it optional now. Hospitals will eventually get there.

I love the idea but I doubt the NFL ever goes for it. One reason is the NFL always strives for parity which is why you play the same division seed in the opposing conference for that extra game each year (Bills play first place in the NFC West Rams). Also, you'll have lobbying from teams. Every AFC team will claim that the Lions are an intriguing opponent (the Patriots could claim a Matt Patricia revenge game) while every NFC team will make the case that the Jags are a juicy match-up for them (the Bucs could claim a state rivalry). Then you'll have conspiracy theories with fan bases saying they get a harder game each year because the NFL wants them to fail. There's a reason every major sports league agree on set schedule years in advance.

Just make President's day the Monday following the Super Bowl. Win win.

It would take a minimum 15 win season and no coach turning their team around drastically. The latter is how Dick Jauron, Matt Nagy, Jason Garrett, and Kevin Stefanski won it.

I wonder if the Rooney's or the city of Pittsburgh control naming rights?

Trump has no real business running. He isn't winning the primary. Where have I heard this before?

What's his excuse for LA, KC, and Baltimore? Rodgers is going to love him.

Packers have a really good run game and defense. So do the Vikings. Rodgers is the difference so I'll go with them. Should be interesting to see how he fares without Adams though.

Was it him or McDermott that called that coverage though? Regardless, the defense couldn't cover a stationary wall with paint that game and Frazier doesn't deserve a head coaching job given that game along his failed head coaching record with the Vikings.

You'd think financially it would make sense for them to want to make Trump the '24 nominee so they should be giving their full support to Desantis. Maybe they'll keep quiet until both decide to run.

Anybody know how much the Browns are paying Mayfield to try and beat them in week one? Around 600k?