dave mcbride

Also, the Pats are a real outlier. The better comps are Green Bay with Rodgers, NO with Brees, Pitt with Roethlisberger, and the Colts in 2001. After 2 playoff seasons and a decline in 2000 to 10-6, Indy went 6-10 in 2001. Their next three drafts landed Dwight Freeney, Larry Triplett, Robert Mathis, Dallas Clark, and Bob Sanders. Jake Scott was a good guard too. It got them over the top eventually because teams forced to pass late against them had to face a set of elite pass rushers.

Astros beat ‘em in the WS, but getting there is a thing in and of itself.

Oh, it's pretty close. Johnson is awful away from sports too. But I realize Dolan is as well.

https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/sports/jets-woody-johnson-is-new-yorks-worst-sports-owner/

Looks it was a power struggle over the pathetic Nathaniel Hackett, of all people: https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-robert-saleh-considered-firing-nathaniel-hackett-before-being-fired. Saleh is smart enough to know he's terrible, and this just shows who is running the team. It ain't one of the coaches, that's for sure.

The offensive line is TERRIBLE. Literally a collection of non-talents. I don't know if you're aware of how poor the offensive line talent (and play) is on that team. Like, unbelievably bad.

Bob Lemon won a World series in 1978 after Billy Martin got fired (with a 52-42 record), but that's the best I can come up with. Nothing in the NFL.

The interview with Rich Eisen (above) is pretty interesting. He says midway through that from what he's hearing Rodgers and Adams have apparently talking literally every day. And he also brought up the two runs up the middle on 3rd and 4th down that got completely stoned, which may well have been Saleh saying "run it" and Rodgers becoming furious. It's a sh*tshow in a sense, but I can see Adams being more likely now than before.

They also were apparently all in on Mason Rudolph if they hadn't been able to get Allen ...

Question for you - when Daboll was here, the emphasis was on "windows" throwing to personnel with a demonstrated ability to separate -- i.e., to guys able to create big windows for Allen. Diggs was and is a phenomenal separator, and Beasley was excellent too. The year before they signed Sanders, he had the highest separation rate in the NFL (at NO) and historically had been great at it over the course of his career. Indeed, Beane had been trying to get him for a couple of years and wanted him in 2020. That system worked pretty well for the Bills. Outside of Shakir, the big slows they're rolling out now all struggle to separate, although I still can't explain Samuel in this system because he HAS been a separator in his career and is both fast and quick. MVS is fast but not a good receiver overall. Would you go back to that type of system if you could?

Without knowing anything, it does seem like the tea leaves are reading that way.

Oh, don't get me wrong -- it'd suck. My maybe baseless fear is that the Bills are way past due for a reversion to the mean on turnovers. The offense only has two and lead the league in that category, yet they have a qb who has a history of turning the ball over (especially vs the Jets D). From 2019-2023, Allen has thrown 8 INTs and fumbled it 7 times (losing it 4 times) at Met Life. That's 2.4 turnovers a game for him there. It's a pattern. EDIT: The Bills have only two turnovers in their last seven games including the playoffs last year. That's great, but it also strikes me as unsustainable.

The Jets D is currently 5th in points allowed, 2nd in yards allowed, 1st in net yards per passing attempt allowed, and second in yards per drive. They're not the problem.

https://forums.theganggreen.com/threads/jets-fire-robert-salah.100460/page-8#post-4417871

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/robert-saleh-was-escorted-out-of-building-by-director-of-security

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/robert-saleh-says-he-was-blindsided-by-woody-johnson-firing-him

Thanks, but you're kinda missing the most important one! https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202312230sdg.htm

The Jets defense is for real and Rodgers has had stretches this season where he has looked like Rodgers. They could easily be 4-1. The Bills have struggled at Met Life the last couple of seasons too. This isn't like facing the Chargers last year, who didn't have a qb. And if the Jets get Adams, who is healthy, he can come in right away and play because he knows the offense like the back of his hand. And he's arguably the best route runner in the NFL. A loss would completely suck, but I think it's quite possible they can lose because the Jets have the sort of defense -- corners who can man up well outside -- that can smother the Bills anemic receiving corps.

The Raiders made the playoffs in 2021 after firing their head coach after five games. To be fair, Gruden wasn't fired for performance related issues, and the Raiders were 3-2 at the time.

The announcers were clearly unaware of the rule. Seriously.

I kinda think it makes the opposite outcome more likely.

And one of those seven losses is a completely decimated Chargers team almost beating the Bills last year - a team that gave up 63 points the week before.

The Bills barely beat a terrible Chargers team without a qb the week after the coach got fired last year. This worries me.

Maybe too minor of a thing, but maybe this lessens the chances of NO getting him? https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/derek-carr-will-have-an-mri-on-tuesday-unsure-if-he-can-play-sunday-vs-buccaneers

I hate that I’m thinking this, but it makes too much sense given that Davis is not going to want to eat salary. The Jets have the space to avoid this outcome, and the Bills currently don’t.