Saint Doug

I think this trading away our 4th for basically a bust is a bad idea. A 4th is a very valuable asset. For example, we picked up Taron Johnson in the 4th and even Milano in the 5th (we had no 4th 2 years ago). Would you trade either of them (or even a player as promising as them) for a player who has never played up to his potential? I’ll roll my dice in the draft.

Don’t forget Anquan Boldin.

Is Anquan Boldin still available or is he busy fighting for social justice?

All of that rings true to the end of the season. Long has continued to play well, though he was slowed down by a concussion at the close of the season. He has earned the right to be the team’s starting center moving forward, and definitely should be a solid player moving forward. Long’s Season Grade: B Improved cousins accuracy, you say? Well, there you have it, folks. Bills FO admitting Allen has accuracy issues and are bringing Long in to help fix them. Proof. Cancel your SB parties. Doomed.

By “us”, you mean...?

I heard he misplaced his helmet.

This is just another way ESPN can say our draft sucked.

QBs always get taken way earlier than they should. If there is a run of QBs taken before we pick, the impetus for teams to move up to 9 will go away. You don’t trade to move up for a player that’s already been taken.

Then this would make our pick even more valuable - more QBs available to pick from.

I think it’s highly possible he just doesn’t want to come back here. Or, any possible leak is being blocked.

Open up the vault Pegula. We deserve nice things.

Don’t worry, they legalized marijuana for this very type of situation.

Yep. I prefer to wait around and see what untouched leftover is available for the picking.

I hate to say it, but I mostly interested in who plan C is?

I put him somewhere between Da’Rick and Martin Nance.

No doubt they’ll get paid. But I just don’t think these guys want it to go down that way. They want to coach in the NFL, not sit home on a coach watching the games on TV.

The problem is NFL coaches have such huge egos and are incestuous. They’ll only hire “their” guys from some past connection. The norm is that good coaches are passed over for loyalty or whatever. Elway isn’t doing these guys any favor because they’ll undoubtedly end up on the street after a HC is hired, unless he’s going to dictate who his HC hires. Then they’ll be less openings for them.

He probably asked them. It’s strange they even asked for permission. That like a potential employer calling our current employer asking if we could interview. It’s none of their business considering they aren’t even a professional league.

Chicken or egg?

Look, he has a Carolina connection. I bet McBeane bings him in for an interview.

Castillo should have kept his mouth shut. That interview was bordering on unprofessional. The very first line about him coming here to retire and the firing coming as a surprise was extremely telling. He basically came to slide on through into retirement knowing McD wouldn't dare fire him. And I don't really care about how many individual players he has developed in the past. That's not the OL coaches job. Last I checked, there are 5 guys playing the OL and each of them need to act as one unit. They are supposed to communicate and compensate for each other's weaknesses. A great coach helps this out in a big way by adjusting his scheme to his players abilities to make the unit larger than the sum of its parts. Castillo did none of that and this is why he's now spouting sour grapes.

I believe this is what happened with D’Allesandris. Chan was fired, but we still retained D’s rights. It was then St Doug who came in and fired him. Given the ego of an NFL coach, any retained assistant coach is as good as gone when the new one comes in.

Should never have fired Joe D'Alessandris.

A good coach doesn't rely on "big names", but works with what he is given. What happens when these "big names" go down with injuries? The wheels of great teams don't fall off.

One down, another to go. Danny, you're up next.