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I guess maybe I’m just naively optimistic that they’re seeing how many former players, coaches, media people, etc. think it needs to be changed.

This is obviously a massive exaggeration but I’m sure you realize that too. It was objectively a penalty that some are arguing the refs just shouldn’t call in that situation vs plays like the Saints-Rams pass interference where literally everyone can agree it was a blatant penalty. I would argue every game in every sport likely has multiple calls worse than the one from last night.

I think the league has realized it was a mistake to change it but we’ll see. There’s already so many people calling for it in the media and among former players. The push plays ruined what used to be a tense situation. 4th and 1 and even 2 are now just gimme plays because it’s physically impossible for 1 or 2 defensive linemen to stand up against 7+ players pushing directly on them. It’s just stupid.

I suspect it will be outlawed this off-season anyways (not qb sneaks in general but specifically the ones where everyone just pushes him from behind).

I’m honestly asking here…I’m guessing the answer is yes but I didn’t see it myself. Were there a lot of defensive holding penalties going uncalled in this game? I think the one that was called at the end was pretty blatant personally and likely saved a TD so I personally think it had to be called, but I’m open to the idea that there were other blatant ones that were not. Ultimately I thought this was maybe the best officiated game of the playoffs which isn’t saying a lot but kinda is. The playing surface and QB sneak abuse were the two most annoying parts of the game to me.

This is how the Eagles defense looked pretty much every time they faced a good QB this year.

Feels like he’s more likely to return to Europe than the NBA but you never really know. Either way it doesn’t sound like he’ll be back. I think expectations for next season should be pretty low but it seems like we’re finally starting to recruit again thanks to Weitsman.

A double negative makes Zay Flowers a positive

It makes sense in terms of addressing needs, but as I mentioned before, it would be incredibly frustrating considering we’ve addressed this exact need several times now while forgoing many other needs.

I’d rather have neither of these scenarios but alas this is what we ended up with.

I’m not really banging the table to fire either coordinator and definitely not McDermott, but I wouldn’t complain if the coordinators were gone. Think there’s a lot worse coordinators out there though and that our issues are more talent related than coaching related.

Spend more than a 1st round pick for the right to pay him $25 mil per year and his track record as a coach is making it to 1 Super Bowl in 15 years with his team going all in more often than not. I’d probably rather have McDermott even if we didn’t have to give up the farm for Payton, but considering the cost to get him, it’s a no brainer to pass.

I don’t think there’s really any reason to think they would have made the difference and I don’t we’re in a position where we can afford to find out.

A hell no to Payton and probably no to the idea of firing McDermott in general.

Our RBs ran for over 1400 yards this year. How much do you think we’d realistically get with a better RB?

We have no idea what version of Von we’re getting next season and Rousseau hasn’t shown much reason to believe he can be our best pass rusher either. Don’t get me wrong, I want us to prioritize WR and OLine, but DL is still very much a serious need IMO.

I say it half jokingly, but seriously, how many needs do we have that you’d rank ahead of the DL? There’s a few for sure but DL remains a major need for us unfortunately. We just can’t get it right.

On top of the actual players he selects, I fundamentally disagree with his draft philosophies too. I’m not totally out on him but I think he might be a bigger issue than our coordinators are.

I don’t want to but it remains probably our #2 or #3 biggest need. It’s just sad.

The two positions we’ve invested in the most the last few years is DL and RB and well…we may need to invest in DL some more.

Yes I would definitely rather have Moss than Bijan considering the opportunity cost. The only 1st round picks that would definitely upset me more than Bijan would be a different RB, QB, kicker, punter, kick returner, or long snapper.

If we lose Motor, we should consider using a 5th-7th round pick on a RB or sign someone for the minimum.

It would be insanely frustrating if a team as good as ours is spent a 4th valuable draft pick on a RB. We’ve already poured way too many assets into the position.

I kinda agree but also still feel like if our WRs just caught the accurate passes, we win that game easily despite the way Allen was attacking. But Allen definitely made the game harder than it needed to be as well.

He threw for over 7,000 yards his final 2 years and almost literally threw 0 screen passes. His completion percentage was great considering the offense and personnel he had.