Yobogoya!

Eh, the big criticism with Frazier is that he NEVER brought extra pressure. A nice balance would be best, and you have to be good at reading the situation obviously. Something I noticed yesterday was we blitzed a linebacker (I can't remember who) from like 2-3 yards behind the line of scrimmage and he looked SO SLOW I knew there was no chance he could possibly impact the play, let alone get to Hurts in time to disrupt him. And of course, I don't even think he had touched the LOS before the pass was thrown. The best pressure schemes understand their personnel and how to use them. Don't call a blitz just to call a blitz - make sure the guy you're sending has a realistic chance to do something. Otherwise you're taking him out of coverage for no reason.

Josh passed the ball 51 times and there wasn't so much as an illegal contact. Eagles secondary must truly be a revelation. I expect them to sweep the all-pro nominations for the backfield 👍

Yep, exactly. Thing is, all of those things can happen in overtime as well. If you can't execute and score the needed points, you're losing the game whether there's 20 seconds on the clock or 10 minutes. At some point you've got to man up and play for the win, especially with a top QB. No excuse.

I like his personality too. Frankly I don't get the people on here who think he's a d-bag. Guy literally stopped a football game for one of his players after a life-threatening incident. Most coaches probably continue that game. Now Harbaugh? He is a d-bag. Pretty big one. Can't stand the guy. But frankly if we could bring him here, I'd be for it. He's had quite a track record of success. He got to a super bowl with Colin Kaepernick, even if they came up short that's pretty impressive considering CK was later benched for Blaine Gabbert of all people. McD has the winning percentage, but let's not pretend like Josh isn't the biggest reason for that. Look at even a great coach like Belichick without Brady. QB rules all and we have one of the best in the biz... if McD can't win it all with JA, he isn't going to win it all with anyone. How long do we stick with him purely for the culture?

Even with one TO you've got to at least try one pass there. If you pick up 15-20 yards, you take the timeout and have at least one if not two tries to get another 15-20 where you then spike the ball and try the kick. Can't agree with that decision. Even if Gabe had ran the correct read in OT and caught the winning touchdown, I'd still say he was wrong to pass up the chance to win with 20 seconds left.

I get where you're coming from, but it's going to be hard to see an experienced DC bringing his own scheme to this team and McD giving him the reigns to implement it. And frankly if we're just promoting someone from within, that's the same as keeping McD's scheme which has some serious late-game deficiencies regardless of who is and isn't injured. Honest question, but what does McDermott bring to the table as a head coach that you like so much you're willing to rule out replacing him? Aside from the allure of continuity from an organization standpoint?

Mark Davis needs there to be a head coach salary cap in order to save him from himself.

Dorsey's biggest problem seemed to be that the league figured him out and he couldn't adjust his tendencies. The predictability of his play-calling was his undoing. The more teams think they know what's coming the easier it is for them to be aggressive. Hell, we had fans on this board calling out his plays before they happened. If couch coaches can see it, you know the real ones can.

It might not be as crazy as it sounds. If we really do want a young, hot OC... I think the only reason not to go with Brady is to feel like a true reset instead of partially maintaining the McDermott status quo. We'll have to see how the rest of the year plays out. Brady's offense is red hot right now but could fizzle down the stretch.

Yeah the trio of terror (Gabe, Sherfield, Harty) are so unreliable its borderline absurd. Give me the Chan Gailey goon squad before these guys. Believe me, I'm hanging onto a sliver of hope that Von can come out of the bye week playing like something resembling a competent player. But this was the exact worse-case scenario when we signed him, so to see it play out when it was reasonable to think it could happen is more than just disappointing in my book.

I mean they upset the Pats in 2018 with a strong team that was QB'ed by Nick Foles of all people. That's one championship, and they made it back to compete for another with a whole new staff and QB just last year. Seems legit to me. 🤷‍♂️

I'll say it again for you: a huge mistake when you factor in the opportunity cost of who else we passed on and how much we signed him for. Von was playing well last year, no doubt. Could we have also signed another player who would have played well? Would that player have cost as much or less? There's no crystal ball that would have told us Von's injury was a certainty, but for a 33 y/o edge rusher, you have to think about how much money you're tying up with him to gamble on his maintaining that high level of form for another 2-3 years. I just don't think that was the right contract for the right player at the right time, regardless of hindsight. Frankly, I would have rather traded for Von in 2021 when he was available. Worked out well for the Rams, while our pass rush floundered vs. KC when we needed it.

Never thought we'd look back and say Dick Jauron was a pioneer... a man ahead of his time!

I get where you're coming from. The Floyd signing was great, maybe one of Beane's top-3 pro personnel moves since he's been here. But Reddick had 12.5 sacks in Arizona in 2020 and 11 sacks with Carolina in 2021. For comparison, Von had no sacks in 2020 (due to injury, so if you want to go back he had 8 in 2019) and 9.5 between Den/LA in 2021. Don't see how Reddick would have been more of a Flyer than Von was that off-season. Considering age and recent injuries, Von was by far the bigger risk in my book. And remember: we're paying Von 5 million more per year than Reddick got.

It's not about Miller being bad now after that injury - it's the opportunity cost of who we passed on. We could have signed Reddick for less and expected similar or even better production long term, due to both age and history. I like Von, he certainly looked the part before going down. But considering his age, locking him into that much money when there were other options was a huge mistake. I didn't like it compared to other options then, and obviously my opinion hasn't aged poorly.

No joke, looking back in hindsight what Jauron did to get 7 wins out of those dreadful rosters might be nothing short of miraculous. In a division with Brady/Belichick, no less. Frankly I respect the man a lot more these days...

Just to punctuate the difference between Philly front office and ours: we could have had a 28 y/o Haason Reddick for... *checks notes* $5mil less AAV. He even was a Carolina Panther the year prior. How did McBeane miss out on this guy!!

It does make you wonder why we drafted a guy who excels precisely at that style of coverage, just to not play him - and to not play that coverage when it matters most. It defies logic. Makes me kind of glad we hung onto Elam tho... If we do cut bait with McD this offseason and bring in a new D-coordinator, I'll be very curious to see how Elam further develops.

And the Process' mandate of self-reflection and learning from mistakes doesn't seem to apply. Why is he so scared to play tight coverage and go for the win on those late drives? I mean, we lose anyway... surely there's no reason not to try it at this point, right?

To be fair, I think that timeout was more about making absolutely, POSITIVELY SURE that we only had 11 men on the field for that field goal. Now the fact that was necessary, well... that's certainly not something to be happy about, lol

Sad but true. As dominant as the Pats were for those 20 years, the AFC had Peyton and Big Ben to somewhat keep them in check. Not to mention the Ravens, on defense alone. KC has the benefit of a featherweight division, much like the Pats did. But the AFC literally parts like the red sea for them every postseason.

It's a shame we've paid Hyde and Poyer the money in their twilight years while they struggle that they arguably deserved in their prime years when they were perennially the top duo in the league. We had them both for quite a bargain for a while. Nature of the beast, I know. Still sad to see.

Imaging being the fan base booing your 9-1 team, fresh off a super bowl appearance and victory not too long ago, for struggling before half time. Worst fanbase in all of sports. Can't wish enough struggles upon them.

Yeah and then he took Tyrod Taylor to an astounding 3 whole points in those playoffs. I'll be forever grateful that the guy broke the drought, no doubt. But Marrone's Bills finished 9-7 his first year, too. If the standings fall the right way that year, he breaks the playoff drought with, uh... Kyle Orton, lol.

To think we're a rare non-call-in-our-favor from saying "we could have just beat Zach Wilson, Mac Jones AND Tyrod Taylor." It's just gross.