MrEpsYtown

I agree with this. Babich was a hot commodity around the league and Butler was not. So I assume the rest of the league had the same thoughts the Bills had. Butler can be mad if he wants, but posts like that don't typically go well around the coaching community.

He did a crossover with Antoine Winfield Jr at Minnesota as well. So there is an unrealistic FA connection. He also crossed over with the Kelce brothers at Cincinnati so he has had an interesting path. I am surprised they moved on from Butler. McDermott always went out of his way to praise Butler, but with Babich jumping him I get it.

I like this. I did not think he was available. He was a hot commodity a couple of years ago, but I guess time without Brees has faded the star a bit.

I think Bates will be here because of his contract. The cap savings are minimal if he is cut. I do think he is probably the future. I think he is a good player and I think he can be a starting center in this league, likely matching what Morse can do. Perhaps he is just a backup, but there are not too many really good starting centers in the league, so the bar is pretty low. But he has great feet, he's strong and athletic. I don't see much of a dropoff if any.

Rivera and Quinn both took teams to super bowls, so I think they are in a slightly different tier. But its all the same garbage.

This is like the Bills firing McDermott and hiring Brandon Staley as the new HC.

I think pro football is experiencing the same shift the rest of the world is. The hard-nosed, abrasive, control freak boss is in some ways becoming extinct. It's become about empathy, feelings, and safe spaces. I think this is what Lombardi was talking about. People seem to be hiring company men, who are good guys to work with. Bienemy, Kingsbury, Vrable, Belli not getting jobs i think reflects that. Maybe it isn't winning above all anymore?

They got rid of Ron Rivera and hired Ron Rivera. Hofstra Football having a good offseason though with him and Raheem Morris. Also happy that Bill and Vrabel will still be available next offseason. Y'know, just in case.

Sorry for your loss

I think the Titans are pretty obvious. They have a ton of cap space. Callahan the new HC there, QB on a rookie contract, Higgins is from Tennessee, and he gets to play with fellow Clemson alum DeAndre Hopkins. The only thing that gives me pause is does he want to play with a young, yet-to-be-established QB.

Caldwell could be the new linebackers coach, unless he wants to go back to the Bucs.

Wssn't Mac Jones there at some point too? It's silly. Whose next? Joey Harrington?

My view is that they have a bunch of skill players and a ton of picks which includes the 2nd pick in the draft. So a coach coming in essentially gets to draft his own QB, has guys like McLaurin, Dotson, and B. Robinson, plus 2 excellent DTs, 5 top 100 picks, and their 6th is 102. So 6 draft picks in the top 102. So if you are a coach you have a ton of picks, including the QB to choose, some established big-time players, and a roster whose average age is 26. Plus an owner with money and 83 million in cap space. It's a great job They gave up Montez who they didn't want to pay for a high 2nd rounder, and an underachieving Chase Young who may be a healthy scratch for the Super Bowl. Gave up all their talent is overstated.

Ok gotcha. That's insane. I have to give Saleh and Douglas a pass then.

Saleh and Douglas sold their souls and let Rodgers run the team. Hackett is complete garbage but will continue to get jobs because of nepotism. Rodgers took this young hungry roster and made these guys add slow old players. This thing was never going to work. But blame goes to the Gm and Saleh for allowing it to happen.

I haven't dove in much, but I'd be on the lookout for players who are fast, and smart, and I am looking for guys who used to play quarterback who understand coverages and option routes like an Edelman.

Probably smart, though I thought that Washington job was a pretty good one.

I love it.

Some cool nextgen stats on speed and explosion in here for teh senior bowl guys: https://www.nextgenprospect.com/post/future-nfl-speedsters-light-up-the-reese-s-senior-bowl

So Carmichael to the Broncos. I still think Sean Ryan makes a lot of sense. He is freely available working for a college I believe.

To my naked eye, it looked like they got away from that a bit towards the end of the year. I felt like Oliver was in there a lot more than he was in earlier in the regular season. I agree with you. Oliver should be like 90% of the snaps and DQ probably around 75.

I wish there was a trade to be made for Aiyuk, maybe a DB and some picks. Not sure why the 9ers would move him, but he will be pretty expensive going forward with a lot of money tied up in veterans on their team, especially at the skill positions. I'm sure they would find a way to make it work with a very cheap QB on the books. But a guy like Aiyuk would be a great fit with Josh.

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Watching the Jaguars the few times I did, Caldwell very much seems like hybrid guy, which isn’t the worst thing. But he’s had some good influences, playing for Belichick and Saban in Cleveland, Jim Johnson and McDermott, as well as Ron Rivera, Leslie Frazier and Steve Spangolo in Philly. He also has experience coaching under Todd Bowles. So an interesting guy to add to the staff.

In my life anyone named Mac, Braden, Riley, Taylor have always been massive douchebags.