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Let's see if that remains the same tomorrow when every pundit in America, sports and non-sports alike, are lambasting the team for being okay with it.

I can. Head Coach of NFL Team admits using 9/11 Terrorists as Positive Example of Teamwork in Team Building Activity The Headline is so absurd and so offensive from a PR standpoint, if anything it's being downplayed around here. Tomorrow it's going to be everywhere. On every talk show. It's already being picked up by non sports outlets. It's already the top headline of ProFootballTalk. Like I said before, hit piece or not, his admitting to it having happened is going to be a media firestorm tomorrow. The likes of which he may not be able to come back from.

Two things can be both true and not mutually exclusive: 1.) This is a hatchet job 2.) Things in this article are accurate. He admitted to the 9/11 thing and apologized for it publicly. It was a tough position to be in, as denying it with players in house knowing it happened - would make him look really bad to the locker room. However, admitting it as he has, will become a media firestorm that will forever tarnish his reputation. While I don't necessarily expect it, confirming that it happened could lead to his immediate dismissal. The optics on it are that bad. It's already the front page cover of ProFootballTalk and will surely be a lead in of every major talk show tomorrow. And there will be many calling for his head.

Matt Araiza won't be signed by anyone until the Civil Case happens and he wins it. No one will sign a Punter who has a legal case involving sexual assault, regardless of what the cops have said. The proof is in the pudding. Not only are we not touching him, not a single team in the NFL has gave him so much of a whiff, outside of the Jets giving him a simple tryout. If you have (the former HBO) Max, watch the Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel episode they did with him and this story. Andrea Kramer talked to GM's across the league and most said he's untouchable because of the public perception, possible backlash, and the position he plays. You may feel he deserves an apology and a second shot and you aren't alone in feeling that way. But the situation just is what it is. Even after he wins his case, his reputation is forever tarnished. However unjustly that fact is. And no one is willing to deal with even the remote chance of controversy when it comes to a Punter.

Exactly. It's not hate. It's just a no brainier business move. We're in terrible cap shape. His contract pays him as one of the top CB's in the NFL. And that contract has an out after this season. Even before the Achilles injury, it's something we'd have to consider depending on how well he performed throughout the season. Now it's just something that has to be done. We can't continue to pay him as a Top CB out of love and sympathy. That's not how the league works. It's a sad situation. But simple business logic doesn't denote "hate". I loved what Tre brought to the team, who he is, and his abilities before his injury. But we have to get out from under that contract.

Yeah, I'm a little confused as to why we'd be interested. Kincaid is playing his ass off for a Rookie and I have to imagine Knox will be back soon. Unless Knox's recovery is going badly - it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. And yes, I know he has underperformed this season - but I find it highly unlikely McDermott would just bury him on the depth chart. Either way, with the guys we have in house and our record - I have to assume he'll choose a different team anyways. The Ravens need a TE1 with Andrews having Ankle surgery. I'd bet he goes there.

He's definitely middle of the road. The thing that bothers me with him is he seems to have a mental issue with his game. He'll go on a streak where he'll hit everything for a while. Then he'll have a miss or a block and he'll go on a string of being hit or miss. After the block, I was fairly certain his next try up was going to be a miss. And he was money earlier in the season. But lately, he's been very unreliable. He has a big leg, but is nowhere near as accurate as other kickers. I'd like to see some competition brought in next offseason, at the very least.

Look back at those posts. I defended his production as a #2 WR amongst other #2 WR's in the league at the time. I argued that he (at the time) was a #2 WR with decent #2 WR production, by comparison to others. And that what you and others truly wanted was not a productive #2 WR, but two guys who could be #1's on other teams. At no point did I say he was Elite or that he was great. At no point did I say there was zero merit to those who pointed out faults in his game. Just that (again, at the time) the idea that he was completely worthless was a bit much. To the point where saying ANYTHING positive about him was somehow championing him and grounds for having insults slung in your direction. But then the drops returned. And his lack of separation got worse. Then Kincaid's usage grew and as he became more and more comfortable in the offense and the team became more and more comfortable with him, it's clear he's the much better secondary receiver. As he was drafted to be. His time came quicker than expected and I'm thrilled with it. *I've* cut him out of the conversation lately because the TEAM ITSELF has cut him out of the conversation. And the offense HAS been working better with Kincaid being looked at as the #2 option and Shakir as the #3. And if it's working, why go away from it?

In my eyes, right now Diggs is the #1, Kincaid is the #2 (a TE in name only), and Shakir is the #3.

The offense should run through Diggs, Kincaid, Cook, and Shakir going forward. I still marvel at the amount of people on this board who were banging the table for his release because he had a quiet Pre-Season. Goes to show how much Pre-Season does not matter.

What is with players in our Secondary dropping every single game? Just terrible luck.

Nope. They can get out from under his contract after this season and they almost have to at this point. For the sake of our salary cap situation and for the sake of there being no logic in paying him what he's owed in the condition that he's in. It's a sad situation but it's a no brainier business decision. The only way he returns is if they release him from his deal and then bring him back under a 1 year minimum, incentive laden deal as a try out to see if he even can play again.

I personally don't believe he will be fired until I see it. I wouldn't be upset if he was given another year. But I wouldn't be upset if they went in another direction either. My response was to the scenario where Pegula wanted McDermott gone but wanted Beane to stay. I do not think in that scenario that Beane would voluntarily give up his post. And I don't think McDermott would want him to. There are WAY more instances of lockstep Coaches and GM's being split up than GM's quitting because the coach was fired. Coaches are fired and GM's retained all the time. It isn't always a complete clearing of the well.

McD and Beane are not a package deal. There's no such thing in the NFL. Even the closest HC's and GM's get split up. In no way, shape, or form would there be a scenario where Pegula wanted McDermott gone and Beane to stay and Beane would say - "no way, I quit". There's only 32 people in the world who are an NFL GM. You don't give that up. And of course next season we'll have another WR opposite Diggs. Probably a 1st Rounder. Kincaid is already shaping up to be the 2nd or 3rd big time passing option in this offense. With a franchise QB, if Diggs, Kincaid, and another stud WR to replace Davis isn't enough firepower (in conjunction with a solid roleplayer like Shakir) - than there's a problem.

While I agree on running the Offense through Diggs, Kincaid, Cook, and Shakir - winning the Super Bowl this year is a pie in the sky dream. At 5 losses, we'd pretty much have to win out. With the Chiefs, Eagles, Cowboys, Chargers, and Dolphins on the horizon and us currently not even being able to beat teams like the Patriots, Jets, and Broncos - the chances are slim to none of that happening, regardless of the changes we make going forward. I'm all for Bill-eiving and I hope we see some better games going forward. But we're not going from where we've been all year to a Super Bowl winner just like that.

What has Stefon Diggs done since he (justifiably, I might add) had an issue with the offensive game plan and performance in the Bengals Playoff game - causing an (overblown) post game fit and a (again, probably justifiable) blowup with the coaches during OTA's? He hasn't said or done anything negative recently, when he has all the reason in the world too right now. He's been pumping guys up every time they show him on camera and jovial during pregames. Now you're implying Stefon was behind his brothers tweets? At 11:37 PM on Monday when Stef was either still talking to players and coaches on field or meeting with the team in the locker room? What did he do, tell Trevon "if the game goes bad tonight, post something"? Trevon is his own man and tweets from the hip constantly. Bit of a reach to say Stef was behind it. There's lots of people to be mad at right now. A lot of blame to go around. But Stef isn't one of them. And this post is just not it.

I'm not going to put the cart before the horse and start wishing for different HC candidates before McDermott is fired. If we took a consensus of posters, McDermott is surely gone. But I'll still believe it when I see it when it comes to be Beane and/or Pegula making that call.

Fitz is surely making way more money for way less work doing Amazon commentating and commercials. He said he briefly considered coaching but didn't want to commit to the rigorous schedule of a coach at this point in his life and then Amazon came along. Zero chance he'd take less money and more time away from his family, giving up the gig he has now to be a positional coach.

I'm not saying it's okay. Just that it's how he operates. And it's bad enough that he does it. But then he does it too long. Coaches around the league will sit a guy for a few plays or a series. But that was like 3 series. That's ridiculous. Furthermore when you're not consistent with it. Like I was saying, I felt Davis letting the ball hit him in his hands and bounce to the hands of the Broncos was just as, if not more, egregious. Yet he was on the field for the next offensive snap.

That's just how McDermott responds to those kind of plays. I knew when it happened he was going to make Cook sit for a while. It's his MO. My issue was that I felt Davis getting hit in the hands and dropping it leading to an INT was a bigger infraction. And he was out on the field the very next offensive play. If you're going to punish Cook for his infraction, logically Davis should have been punished as well.

That may be the worst play Gabe Davis has ever had. I've defended him in the past. But that was absolutely f'n brutal. Good news is fans that want him gone will probably get it after that.

Priority Free Agent level - Damn. NFL.com was not a fan. Falls in line with most of BB's Draft Picks though. Dude seems to consistently make media consensus reaches to prove his genius.

Not really. We lost Tre, we traded for Douglas. Even with Benford down for this weeks game, if another injury were to happen - it would be Cam Lewis up first. Even if we did claim this guy, with him coming into McDermott's Defense not knowing the playbook midseason, you best believe Josh Norman and Ja'Marcus Ingram would still get called up before him after Cam Lewis. Not opposed to putting a claim in for the guy. But Benford probably isn't a long term injury and we did fill White's roster spot with Douglas already. This guy wouldn't be seeing the field this season unless there were catastrophic injuries across the board.

I don't think he's washed. He was playing at an extremely high level before the injury. And there has been small visual improvements over the past couple weeks. Yes, he missed the tackle. But before that, he wouldn't have even been in position to do so. He's also gotten some pressures leading to others getting there which he hadn't been doing. Returning from an ACL on Defense is rough, as we saw with Tre last season. And I feel like we're seeing small improvements in his game quicker there than we were with Tre. The issue is just getting back to full health and getting in the groove. I don't know what the answer is there because you don't want to give him too many reps before he's 100%, but on limited reps - it's difficult to get into a groove as a Pass Rusher. He's had a total of 104 snaps over 5 games. That's really not much. Hopefully as they ramp him up, he'll get more comfortable and play better. It seems they've been saving him for the playoffs, but that's far from a given right now.

I think it's mostly Dorsey, but I also think McDermott is a part of the problem. Daboll did what he wanted and would let Josh do what he wanted. He and McDermott reportedly butted heads and didn't get along. Since Dorsey has taken over, the edict to keep Josh more in the pocket and banging him over the head to be more careful and run less is 100% McDermott driven, in my opinion. Where Daboll would do whatever was needed to be done and let the reigns off of Josh, Dorsey is more of a yes man to McDermott. And I think he's having a lot more say in the Offense and what Josh should and shouldn't be doing than ever before. I don't have any firm evidence to support my hypothesis. But I do believe Josh isn't as free under Dorsey as he was under Daboll and that's part of the problem with the Offense.