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100% I think he may be penciled in at either center or guard with both McGovern and Edwards up for free agency. I think he can step into either spot. They have clearly been grooming him. I think a 2nd round tender is fair, especially if he is projected to have a role. I give him a ton of credit for holding his own yesterday in a tough spot. He’s essentially the same size as David Edwards. Kromer likes em long and athletic, former tackles. Doesn’t mean he can’t stand to gain a few pounds, but Anderson is big enough. Thats why the Torrence pick was a little weird, not the typical Kromer linemen. Anderson is atypical as well, as he had a terrible RAS. But they seem to like him and he has been groomed. The guy to really watch imo is Grable.

What is crazy is that replay assist steps in at the weirdest, unnecessary moments, but doesn't jump in when these obvious errors occur. And that's a huge red flag.

Anderson is not an NFL RT and struggled, but you have to commend him for contributing to the win and finding a way. The quality of OL play around the league is so bad, Van Demark deserves a shot to start somewhere. He is at the very least serviceable. He looks a lot better on the left side than he does on the right imo. I am the anti-hope guy, but I think those two deserve some credit for contributing to the win and making it through in a tough spot.

Need to see more of Grable at some point but Van Demark has played solid in tough spots over the past couple of years and I think he deserves a shot at being a full time starter in the league. It certainly feels like Anderson will be starter here somewhere next year whether it be at guard or center depending on what happens with Edwards/McGovern. It does feel like Dion is somewhat replaceable with some of these guys, however with his restructure and such he does not seem like a realistic cut candidate.

I’ll throw my weekly Kingsbury love out there. I love what he was doing offensively, scheming guys open and getting vertical stretch down the field with Mariota playing qb. He's primed and he’s smart. He’s going to have success in his second go round as a HC.

Maybe like you have to clap and if you stop clapping you die or something

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Cleaning house aside from trying to keep Kromer. My head coach hire is Kliff Kingsbury. He obviously knows offense and knows how to move the football. He’s the most obvious guy to have more success in his second go around. I don’t see him as a retread, I see him as a guy who had some success and some failure and will do better in a better situation. Someone will hire him this year and his success will on some level depend on his QB is. He’s done some really good things with Jayden Daniels. He took the Cards to the playoffs with Kyler Murray missing multiple games, and receivers like a washed AJ Green and Greg Dortch and TBD favorite Andy Isabella behind DeAndre Hopkins who got hurt and was a big part of their late season collapse. He also has found very creative ways to utilize Zach Ertz, something he could do with Kincaid. He needs to be paired with an experienced DC like Jim Schwartz. Maybe it’s a Flores or something, but I would target Schwartz. Thats the move I make. Kliff maybe isn’t as kind and God fearing as McDermott, but to me he’s the kind of offensive coach who needs another shot and is a perfect pairing with Josh. He is able to maximize skill sets, and he has shown an implementation of more gap runs in Washington which shows that he has likely learned from some of his mistakes in Arizona and his vanilla zone scheme. Often these guys find success in a second go round and to me he’s the guy to target.

And that's why we gotta stop the bleeding here and now. More years of this is just not good.

IMO, you cannot be scared to move on, worried about who will replace him. That's playing scared. That's McDermott's philosophy, and now it makes sense why people in that headspace want to keep him. People are afraid to lose. McDermott is afraid to lose. You can't live that way. Get busy living or get busy dying...this thing has been fading away for years now. And that seems to be the sentiment. We all pretty much know he sucks, and deep down know he won't win the big game. And the fanbase seems to be split into a group that knows he sucks but is afraid to move on and a group that wants a different voice. Then have your few loyalists who give him cart blanche because he ended the drought. He isn't it, and it will never happen with him. It does not matter who you hire because in this situation, different is better. He's a terrible head coach. Does anyone really, truly, deep down believe that we can win a Super Bowl with this guy at the helm?

100% has outstayed his welcome, and his expiration date is long overdue. Everyone can see what is happening here. Getting us into the playoffs doesn't give one a lifetime achievement award. Beane needs to go with him. Total overhaul.

Perhaps. At least the wild card path puts the chip back on their shoulder some. Maybe they become road warriors. Josh is typically at his best when everyone thinks he blows and he feels like he has to prove the haters wrong.

I mean yeah I agree. And my psychoanalysis of Josh, and again these are just my thoughts that many will disagree with, and that’s fine being a public forum…but he’s gonna stay humble and be a good teammate and a good soldier because he’s the guy who was never supposed to be here and he somehow is. And I’m sure in some weird way that is always going to be in the back of his mind. Sometimes we see things spiral and unravel when he makes mistakes and that’s a confidence thing. The only hope for change is that he turns on these guys, and it just isn’t going happen. Josh sometimes feels like he’s happy to be here. Brady was a killer, he was more like F you, I’m the man…you thought I wasn’t, you doubted me, now I’m going to aggressively make you pay for years for doubting me. And his coach was a POS who was out to embarass people week to week by any means necessary. Our guy is a nice guy who claps and our QB is a nice guy who is happy to be here. And while that can have good vibes, it typically doesn’t win. Iron sharpens iron, championship teams push each other to the brink. True leadership sometimes forces you to be the bad guy and that’s where Josh has to get to for this to work. He needs to be a dick, like Brady, like Rodgers, like Mahomes. He kinda needs to call out his teammates and coaches, but instead he blames himself every week. Either that or we need a coach who is a dick who will get the best out of his players. This nice-nice stuff just doesn’t win the majority of the time. Somebody needs to do something to shake things up.

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