Coach Tuesday

For better or worse, neither Kevyn Adams nor Brandon Beane operate as though they’re under intense job pressure.

And a high percentage of those unforced errors involved the left guard or right tackle; there were a few on Allen but most of those were on plays (or a play or two after a play) where the left guard or right tackle screwed up and scrambled his internal clock and patience. Margin for error in this league is small. Those two positions had an outside impact based on my untrained eyes.

Freiermuth?!? Really?

Well it's that, plus their "best case" scenario is that Davis is a super late-bloomer who has a monster 2023 and potentially plays himself out of their price range - either way they need to be lining up other options.

Humanity: The Series Finale

Feels like the appropriate place to say that I’ve never seen a single Marvel movie - not one.

That’s the market for guys like that in their 20s. Parker has already lost a step. No one was competing for his services and there was talk he’d get released. This is a strange signing.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/devante-parker-agrees-to-three-year-deal-with-patriots “Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that he has agreed to terms on a new three-year deal with New England. Parker is set to make up to $33 million with with $14 million in guarantees and per-game roster bonuses.” uh… what?!?

Beane, the beneficiary of one of the extensions that ostensibly is the topic of this thread, headed into the 2022 offseason needing to shore up LG and WR2. He gambled on both positions and lost, and the consequences of that cascaded through the offense and caused Allen to take matters into his own hands by the end of the season. It’s also indirectly what led to Diggs having a meltdown. They left themselves almost no margin for error last season and the results reflected a team bursting at its seams with Allen and Diggs trying to will them into a championship. This offseason Beane at least spread out his bets at both positions. Hopefully he doesn’t crap out.

Agree with that. The flip side is, with one game you’d better be ready to give it your best shot - and out-strategize the other team. My feel is that McD deferred to Leslie wrt game planning on defense and Leslie’s view was basically, “I’m not changing what got us here.” As a result they’ve been out-schemed on defense in the playoffs during McD’s entire tenure.

McD is a very good coach who has shown the ability to self-scout and course-correct. He deserves the job security. Beane, on the other hand? He’s one of those employees who bet on the right horses (McDermott and Allen) and has mostly survived by hitting it straight down the fairway. Frankly he’s lucky to have somehow made it past the 2022 offseason - maybe he convinced Terry not to penalize him for Von’s injury. Because the 2022 draft and free agency forays were unmitigated disasters for a team that needed a real talent infusion to get it over the top.

Right or wrong, as this (and like 12 other, less-good) thread indicates, the stink of “13 Seconds” continues to stick to McDermott. There’s only one way to wash it off and he may be running out of time to do it. And as I’ve said elsewhere, if Beane and McD waste Allen’s good years, it’ll almost be a war crime.

The Giants?!? 🤣🤣🤣

lol wut

This is true. I lost some IQ reading this thread.

THIS IS NOT TWITTER

Yeah I think that’s basically it, something like, Diggs has been juggling multiple women and drama for years and performs on the field despite it. Allen had some drama with his HS girlfriend right before the bengals game and used it as an excuse and still got the huge $$ and influence on the team in the offseason and I think Diggs was asked to apologize to the team today and lost his mind over all of this.

Diggs = The Riddler

He has one more shot at a big money contract that will help him create generational wealth. You can’t blame him for not passing up that chance.

What you’re seeing now is an agent-driven process. No more tweeting out hints and favorites - it’s “we’re open for business” and frankly it is the right way to do it.

How has Beane’s track record been in free agency on the offensive side of the ball, when it comes to betting on a material improvement in production? Can you think of one guy he signed for the offense as a free agent whose production spiked when they got to Buffalo? Beasley and Brown were known quantities - they produced, but their production did not materially increase to the degree that Harty’s would have to increase under your hypothetical. Anyone else? Beane and his team simply do not have the evaluation skills required to uncover diamonds in the rough on the offensive side of the ball. It’s an organizational weakness and as a result, YES, they may need to overpay for a known quantity like Nuckie. Lottery tickets like Harty are not a strategy.

I’ve read this ten times and I cannot discern its meaning.

Nobody is disputing the possibility but you specifically used the word “lock” which frankly is bananas.