Beck Water

With all respect to PFF for the stats they do well, I think it is fairly well established that their OL grading is probably not to be relied upon. I'm not arguing for or against Kromer - I was disappointed in our OL this season But the real grading and evaluation comes internally

OK, but in the last 2-3 years we have not so top notch results from these offensive HC: Kliff Kingsbury Arthur Smith Matt Rhule Matt Nagy Kevin Stefanski Nathaniel Hackett (I know, but he was regarded as an up and coming offensive coach) Matt LaFleur Adam Gase Josh McDaniel Mike McDaniel Dan Campbell (you might argue if a couple should be included, I might argue if Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay should be included as an up and coming offensive coach after 6 years each, anyway....I also omitted older offensive coaches getting their first shot after decades like Frank Reich, Darrel Bevell and David Culley ) My point is, for 4 highly successful offensive minded coaches, you have 11 who have not been successful as yet or who have flat-out flamed out. And that's just going back 3 years not the 6 that Shanahan and McVay have been coaching. So 4 out of 15, a bit better than 1 in 4 odds of finding the "right" up and coming offensive coach as your next HC, perhaps? I'm sure all of the guys on the above list had people passionately arguing for them as the Next Big Thing

"no wideouts left from when they won the Superbowl" factually, Mecole Hardman He isn't a star, but as their #3, he has contributed a steady 3-4 receptions/40 ypg (this year he was injured and missed 9 games though) But The Chiefs top receiver the year they won the Superbowl, 2020, and this year has been their TE Travis Kelce (in 2021, 2nd to Hill by 100 yds) As we know, he is a job and a half to cover. So their top receiver and their #3 haven't gone anywhere When you say "great coaching and tenacious defense wins", it seems to ignore the continued presence of the Chiefs actual top (or close to top) receiver.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-places-josh-sills-on-commissioner-exempt-list/ar-AA1702CY And there we go. NFL takes it out of their hands.

That's a fair point Counterpoint: NFL rule changes have favored the passing game (thus more of a finesse game for the supporting cast) for more than a decade now Do you see that changing? I'd have to consult the Plant Science types in the family, but my understanding is that grass becomes dormant as the days become shorter. So it's not just keeping the ground warm, it would be necessary to provide artificial light. IDK, maybe they're "on it".

How long do you imagine these things normally take?

Good Lord He is their backup G https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joshua-sills-indicted-rape-kidnapping-charges-philadelphia-eagles/ Indictment stems from 2019 in Ohio. He's due in court February 16th. Wonder what the Eagles do? Will there be an outcry, as there was for a mere civil suit with no criminal indictment for Matt Araiza? Will they suspend him? Will the NFL take it out of their hands with the Commissioner's Exempt List? 🍿

So the franchise tag numbers came out yesterday Correct me if I'm wrong, but Barkley was playing on the 5th round option of a standard rookie contract - doubt he has any "no franchise tag" "no trade" etc etc language in there. If the Giants are willing to pay Barkley $10-12M/yr, what is to stop them from franchise tagging him for $10M? They can do it twice. That's a little thermonuclear, so it's wise of Schoen not to go there immediately, but the Giants success was heavily built on running the football this season. They had exactly the same number of rush attempts as pass attempts. It seems to me if they want Barkley, they can keep him, so that's their leverage with him to negotiate.

Surprised no one else has discussed this, and with a little more substance in the OP Oh wait

Then there's this https://billswire.usatoday.com/2022/01/31/buffalo-bills-interview-baltimore-ravens-tee-martin-offensive-coordinator/ The Bills interviewed the Ravens WR coach Tee Martin for their OC position last year. Beane said something about "we'll pick his brains, see how it goes". It could mean the Ravens want to return the favor. Seattle QB coach David Canales is scheduled for a 2nd interview https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/new-ravens-coach-dave-canales-to-meet-with-baltimore-again-for-oc-job/ar-AA16ZBgB

Who said that besides Saffold? Not that it matters too much, the team played like it's true. It's not a matter of "liking". It's a matter of fact. If a person really has a top-drawer mentality and wants to be the best, they dig deep and find something when they're already exhausted but it really matters - a life or lives are at stake, a one-time opportunity to use SOFTA experimental equipment, a critical milestone on a project that could save thousands of lives. Oh heck - even a football game. The fact is, if you've worked all year for something but you "run out of gas" when it's win or go home and your goal is in sight, that's not a championship mentality. It's too bad Kansas City lost the AFCCG, but it's totally understandable that they were out of gas. Their QB was playing on one leg. They lost their best CB on the 4th defensive snap of the game. Their best receiver had back spasms. They lost their best WR halfway through the game and were down to scraps who couldn't get open. Oh, Wait.

Here's a purdy good explanation of his options

My guess would be this is a "gathering information" type interview where you want to pick the guys brain. Didn't we do something similar before we hired Ken Dorsey, we interviewed one of the Ravens assistant coaches? But, who knows?

Twitter wars between Rapoport and Schefter: Both these guys are usually credible and have good sources

Takin' Care of Business and Workin' Overtime....

This may seem like a nit, but it's actually a relevant point. The DA announcing that criminal charges will not be filed, means the DA doesn't think they have enough evidence to support criminal charges, or to persuade a jury to convict beyond a reasonable doubt. It doesn't mean the guy's name has been "cleared". There is still a civil suit, and you can safely bet that the victim's lawyer, Dan Gilleon, is lurking around with a long stick, ready to stir things up should a team sign him.

Yeah, I think the Bills stadium plans are a boondoggle in several regards. One of them is installing natural grass. They really need to talk to the folks in Tennessee. The big one of course, IMO, is not having a dome. Yeah, yeah, expense blah blah but at present, our team simply isn't built to play in snow and wind. We have finesse players who depend upon agility and speed, not big hawg mollies who bowl you over.

It's a good question, isn't it: can Sean Payton revive Russ's career? I think it's all in the "Let Russ Cook" stuff. Russ has always had the moon shots, but the moon shots/let Russ cook stuff went to his head I think Carroll got fed up with trying to get him to work within an offensive system. And from various expert analysis, that was a lot of the problem in Denver, too - there would be guys open, and Russ was just not making the correct defensive read and going to the same place to hit the open man (there were other things too, like receivers not helping him out, and not always having guys open or protection, but there was more "meat on the bone" than he showed.)

So is this correct, or is the subject line of this thread saying Saints 2023 third correct? So Rapoport is reporting that Denver actually tried hard to recruit Demeco Ryans Meanwhile, the 49ers are trying to backfill their newly-opened DC position from the Panthers:

Fitz is having a great time as a TNF football commentator and family man. His kids and wife are happy being able to live in AZ and establish themselves on sports teams and stay in the same schools. He's expressed zero (0) interest in coaching.

Frazier has 3 strikes against him. The first is, he had 3 years as HC of the Vikings, and they were not particularly successful 21-33-1 Now, he had no freakin' QB (Ponder and Cassel) and he actually managed to get them to a playoff game and a 10-6 record with Ponder. But that's lost in the small print. The second is, the current trend is to hire hot young offensive minds The third is, his team keeps falling short in the clutch. Now maybe that's not all on him - injuries, players not executing - but the Buck Stops Here.

I would go further. I think it would be SPLENDID

Yeah, I Hear You. In the days of the stay-at-hom mother, to get the money to afford eyeglasses and dental care for her kids in the '60s, myMIL worked nights in an ER while caring for her elderly mother during the day. She would see the kids off to school, take care of her mother, maybe get some dinner prep going, take a nap, get up to feed the kids lunch when they came home from school, take care of her mother, take another nap, get up to be with the kids and prepare dinner, serve dinner, and go to work. She talked about being so tired she felt nauseous and would pull the wastebasket close to her chair in case she had to throw up. But she did it, 5 days a week, for years. I used to work 36 hrs straight at times and come home staggering. I got pulled over by police once on suspected intoxication, he saw my employer ID and talked to me a little and told me he'd follow me home and just try to get more rest next time. I don't want to minimize or blow off that these guys had a rough time this season and are playing with bumps and bruises, but as you say, they get paid to show up. And this was the culmination of a whole season's work, the Division game for the right to represent the AFC in the championship. What a hell of a time to "run out of gas", if that's what happened. I'm not entirely sure this is what happened. Search for @HoofHearted here and look at his X's and O's he diagrams of some key defensive plays. Plays that could have succeeded were called, and defensive players were out of alignment. The DL got no "push". The OL didn't block. Sometimes Josh had open options underneath and threw deep. I'm sure there were some playcalls the coaches would like back, but I think there's at least, "plenty of blame to go around".

Maybe he needs a little time away from the "fiery competitor" who was screaming at him while he was trying to figure out the defense on a Surface and the OL who left him with 0 time to throw and a good covering of bruises. If I were Diggs or Allen, though, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Eli Apple to cover that couples counseling.