Ya'll playing with fire with Fitzpatrick. I mean I use to think the #11 was cursed in Buffalo. Then Beasley switched to #11 and was having a great year. Then injuries hit him before he could get 1,000 yards and all the covid mess.
If we sign Fitzpatrick I'm blaming everyone in this thread for Josh Allen getting hurt in 2022.
Trent Edwards got hurt in Fitzpatricks 1st season in Buffalo. Fitzpatrick was signed as a backup. Edwards hurt week 6 vs the Jets.
Every time he's been a backup the starter has been hurt. Going back to the Rams and the Bengals. Those were before Buffalo. After Buffalo it continued.
What's crazy is Washington signed him to be their starter and Fitzpatrick immediately gets hurt. Something with Fitzpatrick.
To tank a game it would be obvious. Like if a team needed to go 40 yards in lets say 13 seconds and the defense plays everyone back 15 yards allowing a catch and run.
No one would get away with that.
I don't believe the NFL is fixed because there are way too many people involved in winning and losing football games.
I do believe owners do what's best for their franchises. That means preventing players from reaching incentives, playing for draft picks, and so on...
I was thinking about backup QB and Sam Darnold seems like the perfect guy. Friends with Josh Allen, now a connection with the QB coach.
Imagine saying in 2018 we'd have both Josh Allen and Sam Darnold.
He's gotten credit for creating a passing offense that broke records. I tend to believe having Burrow, Chase, Jefferson, and Marshall had the most to do with it. But he's a modern day football mind.
Ken Dorsey IMO is going to get a Head coach job after next season if everything goes as planned. Bills need someone ready to take over in a year. This would fit the bill.
I like the idea of getting draft picks if your assistant coaches get hired for Head Coach jobs. I would add in picks if assistant coaches get a promotion. Meaning if a DB coach gets hired as a DC you get a pick.
I don't want to compensate teams hiring minority head coaches. I just don't like the look of that. But reward teams that build quality staffs that help minority coaches get promoted.
Also the NFL has to work with FBS college football. There aren't enough black coordinators.