DrDawkinstein

Kelly should show up on Saturday and coach the game then. Just to stick it to them. 😆 Even better if he wins.

But totally rebuilding on defense is one of the selling points on a change. Time to move away from the scheme and the type of players it demands. There will be enough that can stick around and transition to the new defense, but an overhaul is part of what I'm after.

Serious question: If we clean house in the FO but then hire Terrance Grey as our new GM do we get the comp pick since our minority staff member got a GM job? Think I just found a way to game the system!

Beane runs these drafts. They are well documented on film during the draft and there is plenty of footage of Beane making/adjusting/remaking decisions in real time. This isnt a mystery or conspiracy theory. Every draft since 2018, Beane was in control of. McD isnt even in the room usually. That said, every GM, all 32 of them (ok maybe not Jerry) gets input from the HC and coaches about what they are looking for in players for their schemes and how they want to play. McD's Defense needs light LBs who can cover, so that's what we get. But he isnt telling Beane "choose Terrel Bernard from Baylor". There is sooo much work and scouting that goes into putting a draft board together, most/all coaches simply dont have the time to contribute that much. You can also see this live in real time in the Giants Offseason Hard Knocks. As for 2017, that was McD drafting based off Whaley's scouting department. McD (and Terry) knew they were about to change GMs and McD wasnt going to saddle the new GM with someone else's QB pick. Especially with the way the 2018 QB class was being hyped at the time. And especially suing Whaley's QB info. Less to do with the specific players and FO roles, more to do with timing. If Terry had been able to clean house right away and get Beane hired in January, we very well may have picked Mahomes.

There's a thread here for everyone, or you can start your own. Not required to post in the ones you dont like. Good luck!

Agreed 100% and Ive never said otherwise

Ok, but Terry was given his name from the consulting firm. If he was Whaley's favorite out of what they provided, great. Didnt mean much because Terry was ready to move on anyways.

Shut down the board then. Whats the point to any of this? Dont bother watching the games either, following your logic. We're fans, it's a hobby. And it's a discussion board. How about contributing a real opinion other than "none of this matters, man"?

I dont disagree and think McBeane will be here at least through the opening of the new stadium. That said... these types of posts kinda annoy me. EVERYTHING we do and discuss here is pointless. The discussion on the board carries zero weight in real life and will never result in anything happening on anything. The point is to have a place of discussion so folks can exchange ideas and opinions. The fact that Kirby just turned me on to the idea of Lane Kiffin accomplished about as much as can be expected here, and I appreciate it for what it is.

To answer the question in the title... My top choices all got hired over the last couple of years. They were, in order: 1. Vrabel 2. Payton 3. Harbaugh With them out, I dont have a top candidate I'm hot and heavy on. That said, I'd lean towards Klint Kubiak. I also like @Kirby Jackson's idea of Lane Kiffin. Big Lane fan here and agree he would bring what we're missing with McD.

For Rex, Terry was a brand new owner and relied on Russ and Doug, and while Whaley needed to be convinced he ultimately came around on Rex. After that, Terry used an outside consulting firm and they are the ones who helped him identify McDermott. Whaley was barely involved as he was on the hot seat and on his way out as well. So the only HC that Terry has hired himself has been McD. I'll also point out that in Novemeber of 2016, no one in Bills Country was talking about Sean McDermott or likely even knew his name. So when you see folks present the "well give me the name of who is going to be better" argument, it doesnt really stand and it doesnt really matter. We all knew a change was needed, just like we all know a change is needed now. The pros will figure it out. Or not.

Cook has been the closest thing to a KC/Philly pick that Beane has made. From a premier school, coming off a National Championship, family pedigree, known name who jumps off the screen... Very unlike most of his picks. And hey, look, he's turned into the 2nd best player on the entire team just behind the league MVP. Crazy how that works! Probably why Philly had dedicated big portions of their drafts to that UGA class as well. Whether it's Beane drafting, McD coaching, even Brady scheming... we try to be way too cute at every level, like we're going to catch lightning in a bottle again the way we did with Josh and show everyone how much smarter we are. When in reality, just by the numbers, the odds are stacked against every pick succeeding as it is.

Sure. A lot of teams that arent perennial Super Bowl contenders. But we're supposed to be in the tier with the KCs and Phillys who always seem to find the star "pure football" players. They just have a better eye for it than we do.

For as great as they did in the 2018 draft, the botched the 2019 draft as badly. 1. Ed Oliver over Justin Jeffrey Simmons, Dexter Lawrence, or even Brian Burns 2. Cody Ford over Metcalf or AJ Brown 3. Singletary over Terry McLaurin What could have been...

I'm guessing that was dictated by Miami being a team who is selling and Jacksonville was actually acquiring WRs at the deadline. Jags havent given up on the season like Miami. Otherwise, we'd be in on BTJ.

The move wasnt to take McConky. It was either trade whatever you need to in order to move UP and draft BTJ, or stay put and draft Worthy who at least gives you a downfield threat. If you really wanted to take BPA and best true football player at #33 overall, that would have been Cooper DeJean. Yep And while BTJ has shown to have his own "effort issues" he at least has the talent and ability to make up for the bad attitude. Plus, I dont think we see those issues in a different situation outside of Jax. jmo

From what I can tell, Beane and staff narrowed it down to the few WRs they liked first and foremost, and then casually asked Allen for any input on who he may like or prefer.

I mean, there are plenty of posts all over the socials showing him half-assing it down the field. So it's pretty much undeniable. Then McD didnt stick up for him at all, and instead said it's "fair to ask". That is about as under-the-bus as it gets with McD. Josh's dead pan response of "he got one", paired with all the film of Josh not even looking his way when he was in single man coverage is about as bad as it gets out of our QB as well.

If the Pats beat the Chiefs in the playoffs this year, I'm dropping a zubaz colored toaster in my bathtub.

Why? Let them have the title. Holding on to "4 Times SB Losers" is not a flex. Good riddance.

It was very concerning and a huge red flag for me when I saw some clips from the Field House earlier this year and they still had "Playoff Caliber" painted everywhere. I was surprised and disappointed they hadnt made the move to "Championship Caliber". Gotta keep striving to move forward, raise the levels. What worked to get us this far wont work to get us to the next step. But no. Same ol, same ol. And now "Playoff Caliber" is even at risk. His cap hit this year is $11M. For his production when healthy, he's worth that. He produces far more than anyone else I named in the previous post. But we could definitely add Milano to that list. Now next year, when Ed's number jumps to $24M, different story...

Cook wouldnt be over paid even if we gave him exactly what he asked for on social media. Samuel is over paid. Knox is over paid. DJones is over paid. Heck, Shakir is over paid in comparison.

As much as I dislike Brian Kelly, with the way the Governor and folks handled this, I hope he goes after every penny he's owed

You're in luck. We're only one injury away from someone starting a thread about "Could Hardman help out on Defense? Hear me out"

Yes, teams lose. Half of them lose every Sunday. That's not the point. Rams loss (wasnt this week) was 26-23 OT loss against a division rival. The Lions lost at home to the Vikes 27-24. Not a blow out. I can handle a close, hard fought loss against a division opponent. Both the 9ers and Vikings are talented playoff teams. Packers lost 16-13, and it was 7-6 at the half, again, close, hard fought game. None of the games you mention were blow outs where the clearly better team just failed to show up across all 3 phases against a weak and feeble division rival.