Coach Tuesday

Surprised them again. That sneaky Kelce!

I guess next season’s plan might include covering Kelce.

McDermott and Daboll got completely schooled. I think I watched more film than they did.

McDermott and Daboll got completely schooled. I think I watched more film than they did.

Game.

Great season. Rough way for it to end but I’m proud of them for what they showed this season. Don’t think Frazier is getting that Houston job.

<Narrator voice> “He was not elite.”

Several plays in a row.

You think the Lions would’ve won substantially fewer games with a replacement-talent-level QB? No way.

Competitiveness aside Stafford is just not as intelligent as Allen (or Brady or Manning). Might be that simple. He’s not a star of the mental side of the game.

Again, he has consistently been the second most talented QB in that division for nearly a decade. He has nothing to show for it. The organization has been atrocious no doubt and I’m not strictly a wins and losses guy but - if he was going to elevate a franchise he would’ve done it by now.

Arm talent and toughness, certainly. Not enough leadership or brains. He’s aloof and not a master of the Xs and Os. Plus he’s liable to get canceled because of an errant tweet from his wife.

His division has mostly sucked for most of his career. But anyhow you’ll soon find out if you’re right. They’re letting him go (which should tell you everything), and we’ll see if Arians or Gruden or or McDaniels or Shanahan can win with him. I’m skeptical.

Im sorry when do the Detroit Lions win games? He should go to Oakland and become Gruden’s latest salvage project.

@FireChans I know about his fourth quarter comebacks. So don’t. They usually come after he’s played poorly for 3+ quarters. He’s a perennial disappointment. With his talent he should take over games and he never ever does.

You know how Allen can take over a game, get that look in his eyes and will the team to victory? We’ve seen it numerous times already in his still-young career. Stafford never does that. My Lions fan friends have been waiting and waiting and waiting to see some magic from him and it’s never come. He’s tough, but he’s not a leader. He’s not a winner. He’s not Allen.

That organization is a McClown show. <drops mic>

I don't see it as playing not to lose - the key is converting redzone opportunities into touchdowns. I just don't want to score too quickly.

Except that a short passing attack, if it moves the sticks slowly, keeps Mahomes off the field. Not the worst strategy for Sunday.

You shouldn't take it - it was a horrible pick in terms of resource allocation and player selection. No need to draft a guard that high and he's not even a good one - he came into his second season out of shape and unprepared, and looked like the worst starter in the NFL before leaving with an injury. Plus DK Metcalf was the pick there.

Derrick Burroughs

We’ll survive this folks.

That’s the key question. Was just watching the Football Outsiders conference championship video preview and they basically said, you either trust the data and pick Buffalo, or believe that this season doesn’t matter and the Chiefs can just flip a switch to turn into the 2018-19 version of themselves, which analytics has never seen happen. The non-analytics media seems to believe this to be the case. The smart money seems to be on Buffalo covering if not winning outright. Also I’m nervous.

Cody Ford

It underscores what we’ve been saying - the next hard part starts now (first hard part was getting a QB). Once Allen gets paid, they have to become more efficient at drafting and pro personnel. They’ve been good there - but they’ll need to be better than good if they want to stack rings. It’s so hard - the Saints have drafted so well and they won only once with Brees. You’ve got to really hit it out of the park in rounding out the roster when your QB is on a max deal.