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I mean, they're not terrible, but the first thought I had is that the horizontal stripes aren't going to be too flattering to the offensive linemen

Don't worry, Saleh isn't going to make his way past Black Monday this coming season. He's as done and cooked as any coach could be

Another team trying to look like they belong in the Arena league

I thought that he was just going to drill another oil well instead??

All of this being said, I still might give credence to the thought of having Belichick replace McDermott after this season It's not a pretty thought, and there'd be plenty of conflict - but give the guy a superstar QB like Josh Allen and he might just figure out the rest of it faster than Beane and McDermott have been able to

Yup, except I'm betting that at least 499,995 of those others don't carry the ticket stub around in their wallets as proof

That’s why I keep the ticket stub n my wallet to prove it

I'll always associate 14 with Frank Reich - having sat in the stands that amazing day in January 1993

Aaron Maybin

Houston had a fun run last year as a surprise team with no expectations, playing a lot of non-primetime games and in a division where the other 3 teams basically tripped over themselves. Sure - Stroud had an excellent year and comported himself well, but the next step is the harder one. Let's see how they develop once they start to face a much harder schedule, with more media coverage, expectations, etc - before we all start to listen to the talking heads anoint them as the next best thing and a true title contender

It's all part of Beane's yearly cycle of having more reserve experienced OL than we can reasonably keep. Then trade the guys on the fringe for future draft picks

Excellent write-up by the OP I agree that we do have an opportunity to be better next year - both with the young guys getting more targets, but also with an offseason to implement Brady's full scheme. I also think that there's a big opportunity to get more speed into the equation as well - something that we've missed since we had McKenzie. I'd like to see more motion, jet sweeps, all that fun stuff that I think really wasn't there last year. I think Samuel adds a dimension of that unpredictability so hopefully we get more of an infusion of that in the draft too.

I don't think it's any more nuts than our expectations were last year. All we need is a ticket to the playoffs, for the defense to show up, and for Josh to play like Josh The rest will sort itself out - and losing Diggs really doesn't impact the feasibility of winning it all in 2024

Do folks just not understand that we won 6 straight games at the end of the year with Diggs pretty much being a non-factor? The whole "we just gave up on 2024" narrative is just ridiculous given the weapons that we still have (and still have a draft and FA to acquire), plus another year of prime Josh Allen on the team Frankly, I'm super glad that Beane made the hard decision NOW rather than go through another season of declining production, and off-field drama, while taking targets away from a younger receiving crew

That sounds unlikely - so they're moving bye weeks to be that late in the season just to accommodate Christmas Day games?