DrDawkinstein

Wrt this last paragraph, maybe it's me, maybe I'm naive, I just dont seem to "overreact" to things the way a lot of folks do online. I didnt think Cooks handful of small posts that were mostly emoji reactions to Barkley's new contract were this huge deal that has "fans" calling for him to be traded or taught a lesson. Nor do I think Beane feels that way either. I dont see Beane's segment as this big blow-up argument that has fans calling him unprofessional or accusing him of losing his cool. He was definitely frustrated hearing the commentary that lead up to his segment, but from what I've seen from Beane, it seemed more like he was busting chops and explaining how things work in his real world of actually running and building a team. Could he have taken a more "gm-speak", politically correct approach? Probably. Would it matter? I dont think so Would fans be even more upset at him blowing off the issue had he gave some BS PC answer? Most likely. I'm just happy we have a GM who is willing to be so real in interviews. With both the good and the bad.

Coaching is definitely an issue, but that is barely one step away from trying to change ownership at this point. It isnt changing any time soon, so gotta try to do the best to work around that.

Fair enough. Tho I'll disagree that he wishes he had that back. He didnt even say anything out of line. He was just his normal, open, honest self and got in some good burns on a couple of non-professionals. He'll be back on their show and they'll all be buddies.

Exactly. Of course he knows that. But that doesnt mean he can just make all-pro WRs appear out of thin air. If they decide to sign somewhere else in FA, or the prospects we like get drafted before our pick. He also has an entire team to build. Not just the WR room.

Beane never said the WR room couldnt improve. He literally said they'd like to have all-pros at every position, but that just isnt possible. He called out the radio guys on their bad takes where they spent an entire hour of supposed "post draft coverage" to complain about not drafting a WR instead of discussing any of the guys we did draft.

Hypothetically, that's not what happens, and that didnt happen. Hypothetically. Coordinators and coaches dont grind tape on college guys and tell the GM who to draft. Scouts do. And those scouts get paid the same whether the team picks any of their guys or not. That's the role they signed up for and know going into it. They might bring in a coordinator to advise on "which player of these 2 or 3 would you prefer to have", and take that as a PIECE of data that goes into their draft board. But Brady hasnt wasted any time looking at WRs this offseason.

Probably not heated arguments when Beane already said there were WRs they liked but they were off the board by the time the Bills picked.

I think "dont be the ONLY team that let the Chiefs offense score 30 points" is a good basic strategy. Complimentary football means having a Defense that can get a stop instead of making your QB save the day at the end of the game.

He doesnt feel it. He heard you, and then pointed out how dumb you all sound. And was right.

Reinforcing the "bad interview" perspective

I dont think he "lost his cool". Even he sounds frustrated/animated. I think he is just comfortable being open and honest, and there was plenty of joking sarcasm in there wrapped around true statements. He didnt make it personal. He didnt threaten to not come on anymore. He didnt threaten to have the show shut down (like Jerry Jones). I think it was just an engaged Beane setting the record straight and issuing some decent jabs and burns along the way. I'm sure he'll be back on Jeremy's show at the next opportunity.

When I'm 75, my 24 yr old girlfriend can say anything she wants. The other thing to remember is Bill doesnt like answering questions from the media to begin with so this is a bonus not an issue for him.

Fair, you get the point tho.

Right. We have a top-scoring, high powered offense averaging over 30 points a game, and Allen still has to pull out victories with super human plays. That's a Defense issue.

It isnt unrealistic considering the Chiefs O sucked last year, never scored more than 30 in any other game. Only scored 23 in their playoff win against the Texans and were held to only 22 in their Super Bowl loss. Letting them score 32 and not getting off the field on plenty of 3rd down opportunities is what killed us. For the folks pounding the table for a WR saying "we cant expect Allen to do it all himself", I'd say that quote applies even more to the Defense. How about just for once, they show up, dont get fooled by simple stuff, make a stop, and dont put it on Josh to pull another game-winning drive out of his butt.

I think everyone, even Beane himself, would LIKE to have better WRs. We'd all like all-pros at every position. I think Beane's point was more along the lines of "we have to address the entire team, every position on every unit, and having all pro players everywhere just isnt possible". There is a finite amount of resources they can use and spend. We know the D was the weak link last year, so they focused on shoring it up. As Beane said (and my favorite line from this morning): "This isnt fantasy football".

Yep. We were the ONLY team all season that the Chiefs scored over 30 points on. They scored only 22 points against Philly. Had we held them to 22, or even 28, we win the KC game.

Agreed. Love it. Get em.

Certainly fair points. There's just so much to it. Such a weird/interesting story.

I'm not sure it gets that deep. It might, I dont know. But from what I heard about Shedeur's predraft interviews, and that he was far more interested in telling teams what HE thought about THEIR organization and how HE was going to change it for them, instead of listening to what they had to say about his playing and answering questions on the board, that's enough to make any prospect fall. He got too far ahead of himself and was acting like a franchise QB when he hadnt played a professional down yet. That type of attitude, at the QB position, aint gonna go well. Not much need for long-time grudges or drama past that.

You mean Beane isnt foaming-at-the-mouth mad about Cooks minor social media posts and isnt trying to trade away our 2nd best Offensive weapon? TBD hater brigade in shambles.

You got the first part right. Gen Z and their search for social media clout has "pranks" all wrong. A good prank, a real prank, is one where all parties are laughing in the end. Most of this social media "it's just a prank, bro" bs is mean-spirited punching down, or often times just straight up physical assault.

The issue isnt really the prank call. The issue is data security, or lack there of. The fact that someone was able to access Dad's device and get a phone number off of it opens the door to all sorts of security and responsibility questions. Over my 25 years in the tech world, we've fired plenty of people for less/similar. Kid is living the comfy life off of dad's million dollar pro coaching career, and he almost flushed it all over... tiktok clout. Plus, for as much heat as Shedeur took this weekend, he's a 21 year old getting drafted into the NFL. This "kid" is a 21 yr old making prank calls from his parent's basement. Pathetic for a grown adult young man.

You arent wrong. Fingers crossed his concussions dont make that decision for us.