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If you’re talking about the deep shot on the first series that wasn’t much of a miss. It was a bad weather throw that had to be made on a line way, way downfield lest the safety either intercept the ball or destroy Diggs. If that miss is the complaint I don’t know what to say. It was right in front of me, and I thought it *might* have been a TD if Allen is on the money because I thought Diggs *might* have slipped past the safety based on the angle. But that was a really, really difficult throw. I wonder if Diggs is one of the guys who thinks the coaching staff doesn’t have it. (This was mentioned by a longtime poster on another thread.) Many signs seem to point in that direction.

McKenzie is not it. Hence Allen pushing for Beasley mid-year. The slot guy next year is a share between Diggs and Shakir. Boom. Done. Be creative. Move people around. The big need this offseason is a boundary WR who can make a contested catch now and again, unlike one of the current occupants of said position.

I agree with this to a point. I think we’re stale. Time for a new mind on the offensive side of the ball to challenge everyone. Make things a little uncomfortable. I don’t have a huge issue with the D schematically save for the bland nonsense we played yesterday. But maybe that was due to the fact that one starting corner runs about a 4.9 40, we’re playing a third-string safety, the other safety has a list of injuries took long to print, and our front four—which I note included many snaps from a PS 1-tech—couldn’t get a sniff of Burrow. So, bottom line, the vote here is new coaching and overhaul of the receiver room on the offensive side of the ball, make some tough decisions on personnel on the D side of the ball (adios and many thanks to Poyer, Tre either gets it together or we roll with Elam/Benford next year, whatever happens with Edmunds in FA happens), and we take it from there. They shouldn’t hold their breaths. Unless the Texans circle back I don’t see it happening.

The source is a guy who is at OBD basically every day. They hear things.

They know little to nothing. The team historically ices the radio station. I don’t know about you, but what I hear is the rumbling/grumbling that Dorsey is in over his head.

I’m more worried about getting the OC a new job. There’s a temptation to say that we screwed up letting Daboll leave after 13 seconds. But this year was one thing after another with Tops, Araiza, snowstorm #1, the Tre white drama, the Miller injury, snowstorm #2, the frigidity in Chicago, and the the Hamlin crisis. I think they were gassed, and McD deserves credit for getting them this far in view of all of the adversity. That said, I’m done with Dorsey. I heard during the year that certain people in the building thought he was in over his head. It sort of makes sense now. Everything seemed forced in the second of the year. We cannot waste another year of Josh/Diggs with this BS.

A wasted year for Allen. I feel the same way. Here’s an off-season idea: trade Gabe Davis (to the giants?) and start over at WR behind Diggs. Keep on hitting that rock and it breaks eventually. We will never win S with any other attitude.

Agreed. Standing in the stadium today I felt they were gassed. Everything seemed forced. They gave everything they had this year in the face of a mass shooting, Matt Araiza, weather, injury, asinine travel, more bad weather, and a near death experience on the field. Not to mention the offense was a patchwork mess with the new coordinator. On to next year.

We were talking about stacking AFC/NFC on the same day. I completely agree with you that it is an interesting idea. Probably doesn't work for TV purposes, though. Say, for example, the NFC played on Saturday. The NFL would force Dallas to fly from Dallas to Tampa to Dallas to SF in the course of a week and play on five days' rest. Not good for competition. And, the league would waste a huge game (both NFC are going to be massive draws) in an afternoon time slot on a Saturday.

No way Giants Eagles isn’t in prime time with markets ##1 and 6. I spoke with a member of the media about the TV schedule on the way out of the WC game and the consensus among everyone there was that we would land on Sunday afternoon if the Giants won. I’m dumbfounded by the ratings for our 1p game, but I can’t see how anyone knocks two huge markets out of a prime time playoff game.

I didn’t know Settle was hurt. That’s bad. If I’m Miami I’m going to pound away at us this week and try to get a few big plays on PA and a stray deep shot here and there.

The bet here is that McKenzie and Phillips don’t play this week, that Beasley takes McKenzie’s spot, and that John Brown and Brandin Bryant are PS elevations.

I disagree. This reads like Brandon Beane all day long. And, if it's Beane, good for him. Somebody had to say something. A little nugget on Vincent. He is the guy who broke JP Losman's leg. And it was a hit job. The older guys, particularly the defensive players, were tired of Losman running his mouth in camp. So Vincent smoked him late and broke his leg because he's the guy who could get away with it. When he (Vincent) was here he had the ambition of becoming a billionaire, and Ralph used to pull him from practice to take him to lunch.

That’s a great idea.

So then why do you care when someone on the players’ side complains about the health insurance provided by the league? I strongly suspect it’s going to be an issue in the next CBA. It’s the right of the players to negotiate it. I think they’ve earned it, and have for a long time.

The majority don’t retire as millionaires. And, the majority don’t retire in a traditional sense. They just stop playing football and move on to other vocations. Nobody has a problem asking these guys to take some Toradol on any given Sunday. So nobody should have an issue asking the league and its teams to buck up for medical care. And, define free. In my view, guys like Darryl Talley, for example, earned that health insurance in the field. The fact that the payments are made after their ability to compete has ended makes no difference to me.

No worries about football. But my kid is never playing goalie in lacrosse.

The fairest thing to do is probably to call it a no contest, for the entire world outside of the Kansas City area to root like crazy for the Raiders on Saturday, to have the Bills play (as they are) on Sunday at 1, and to have the Bengals/Ravens go on Sunday at 4. Bills get a shot at the #1 if the Chiefs lose, and Bengals get a shot at the #2 if the Bills lose. Everybody loses a little in that situation, but that's the way it goes when presented with an issue like this one that transcends football and nearly all other trivialities in life.

Who cares. Let’s make sure our guy lives. That’s all I care about. Football comes later.

I just talked to an ER doc. Obviously it’s speculation. But Hamlin needs prayers. Football isn’t even secondary right now.

Diggs. Knox. I'll go with tempo as #3. I'd like to see them play with a little more pace sometimes. Maybe diversity as #4. Still waiting for a rope-a-dope game plan like we saw against KC in the regular season last year. This would be the week to bust it out if we have it.

For old times’ sake, hoax. But I agree with you that Beasley is something sorely missing from the offense. Whether he can be the guy who was extremely productive for us for a few years remains to be seen. I have no issue with taking a hill shot at it, though. There’s nothing to lose by trying to work him in, and plenty of (third and medium distances) to gain.

This can’t be true because the Steelers can still get to nine wins.

Solid point. I think a healthy diet of berries and salmon would be appropriate for this tailgate for those seeking to prepare similar to a bear. Get a free trial of YouTube TV and you should be good.

No. But it distracted McDaniel. I don’t know if this made the broadcast, but he was jawing with fans in section 114/115 during the first quarter. Never seen a HC do something like that during a game.