dave mcbride

Agree 100 percent with this. The center was a complete disaster for them.

If I had to speculate, he saw the SI piece beforehand and wrote, “if my concern/anger was on the low end before, it’s now reached a peak.” Just a guess.

If you haven’t read the piece, I suggest that you do. Easterby lied through his teeth to his colleagues in order to threaten them, and even made Kraft look good by lying about him (stupidly, because it was so easy to reveal that they were lies). He is straight out of central casting -- Grima Wormtongue crossed with Littlefinger, basically. I think he was responding to the SI piece that he knew was going to post imminently.

The NBA is VERY different - players run the league. However, as I said above, franchise QBs are the one position where the player can force the issue like NBA players. Just look at Philly w/regard to Wentz and Pederson.

Blockbuster new SI piece: https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/16/texans-chaos-deshaun-watson-unhappy-how-jack-easterby-kept-his-job. if I’m Watson, I am doing whatever possible to get out of that looney bin punctuated by uncomfortable forced prayer group sessions. The owner is a moron under the sway of a fundamentalist Svengali. It’s a joke.

He is responsible for the most heart-ripping play the Bills have suffered this century: escaping from a sure sack and improvising a 40 yard play in OT that led to a Texans playoff victory. The qb has a lot more power in this situation than you think. The only position at which NFL players have anything resembling the juice of NBA players is the QB position, especially top ten franchise QBs. He can sit out a year, watch the Texans go 2-14, and then get a new deal for $40 million per. He’s young and that good.

What I expected all along. He is the right coach for Herbert.

He coached for 3 years with the Pats (1997-99). He got to the playoffs twice, won a playoff game, and never had a losing record there.

Carroll doesn’t even count. He had success as an NFL head coach (multiple playoff appearances) before his USC job.

If the Ravens can't throw, it's really bad for them. I'll take Allen's arm against anyone's in a snow/wind game.

Exactly.

That’s not really accurate. In the previous playoff game for the Raiders, Bo Jackson went down with what turned out to be a career ending injury. When he got hurt in that playoff game vs. Cincy, he had 6 carries for 77 yards. The story going into that game was that the Raiders were missing their best player. The Bills were expected to win.

If the Ravens can’t throw, their offense generally gets stopped. Wind/snow favors the team with the qb who has better arm talent and better receivers.

The Ravens D is way more talented and formidable than the Gilmore-less Pats Covid D. It’s apples and oranges. Didn’t we draft a qb who can throw in the wind better than any other qb because of velocity/rpms?

I thought it was a very fair analysis. The Bills’ performance against the Colts has given outside observers legit reasons for doubt, and the Bills’ running game is bad. Moss is a better back in the run game than Singletary.

I don't think he's accurate. Sure, he's OK at lobbing bombs to open receivers racing past Clemson DBs, but all college qbs with half an arm can do that.

Well, he did play college ball in Boston ... Someone posted a twitter thread analysis with video of Tua's physical decline since Alabama. I think it might have been @Hapless Bills Fan. It's pretty interesting. He can't move as well, and he doesn't really push off very well on his back leg (the leg with the hip issues) relative to how he pushed off when he was at Alabama. Maybe it gets better over time, but who knows. Right now, though, he's not the same player physically as before the injury.

My bet is that Fitz ends up on the Patriots.

I am most concerned with their front seven. It is good, and could present real problems. Beasley being able to play at a high level is key — he is a blitz killer.

100 percent a problem. He scares the crap out of me! Thank you for posting that. He sounds like a racist, homophobic POS, and I hope he has a very bad game. How do you feel about how he views gay people? F***t hadn’t been ok in a couple of decades (at least) except among homophobes.

It gets better: https://www.google.com/amp/s/deadspin.com/mike-lombardi-wrote-doug-pederson-a-letter-apologizing-1828471653/amp Also, winning a SB for the Eagles is like the the 2004 Red Sox, the 2005 White Sox, and the 2016 Cubs: life defining. It is no small achievement. It is in fact one of the greatest postseason runs of the century. For that alone, he will always be a legendary coach. I have a LOT of friends from Philly, and they will never forget what he pulled off.

Remember this? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bleedinggreennation.com/platform/amp/2017/9/3/16249726/former-nfl-gm-doug-pederson-head-coach-philadelphia-eagles-mike-lombardi-carson-wentz-ringer-video

Neither had Doug Pederson in KC.

He was getting pressure and instead of throwing to the boundary, it ended up being a wounded duck to the hashmarks. He threw without stepping into it. It was inconsequential, however. A bomb from your own end that gets intercepted between the 20-30 yard line way downfield is basically a punt. All QBs make bad throws like that. Allen did it vs. Pittsburgh in the first half when he had a guy in his face.

I just don't think their defense can hold up vs. KC's passing attack. They have one of the worst pass defenses in the league, and KC has arguably the best passing offense.