Zulu Cthulhu

Every team has a designated vote from their local media. Vic is ours lol.

WOW you are out of touch bud.

Thanks - one other thing I forgot that Florio pointed out im his rebuttal - this idea from Vic and/or Fouts that since TO played for a number of teams, it somehow contributes to his disqualification. Because, according to them, if TO was truly valuable, his teams "would find a way to keep him." My head exploded. Not sure Vic knows what year it is or that we've had free agency for a while now. SF gave TO multiple contracts, as did Dallas. Drawing Vic's non-argument out to its logical conclusion, should the HOF be reserved only for players that played for 1 team their whole career?

Amen. Sucks because I actually did appreciate Vic from time to time. This was it though. I give Vic a slightest possible credit for actually going public with a "rationale" (if you can call it that), but his article just confirmed my suspicions. Again we have flimsy generalizations from Vic and Fouts (that idiot, of all people) about TO being a "bad teammate" and "ripping teams apart." No names named, no specifics outlining Owens' supposed locker room sabotage. Florio said it best in his rebuttal - the HOF is simply a popularity contest and a chance for the voting writers to stroke their egos. If TO can't get in (I assume this will apply to Moss as well) then the HOF means about as much as the friggin Pro Bowl. Vic, despite his senility, actually came upon 1 good idea in his screed - just leave the voting up to a computer. The current voters have proven they aren't capable of the task. Unfortunately I think he actually believes it.

Must be such a burden to know what the future holds...and then have to tell us about it afterwards.

This is definitely a part of it too.

Well, for as much as you want to dismiss it Brady does have a lot to do with it. BB did not have the success in Cleveland that he's had in NE with Brady. Same deal with his assistants that left - they never had the luxury of taking Brady with them. That said, it's clear BB has a singular ability to exploit opponents' weaknesses. Is that just a product of hard work and experience (+some occasional cheating)? Who knows. I don't think the guy is head and shoulders more talented than other great coaches in the league. I think his biggest advantage is that he's not married to any particular style or scheme - basically the antithesis of Rex and a lot of the other loser coaches still floating around.

Depends on how many you mean by "some," but sure, I have no doubt there are NFL owners out there that would like to shuffle all the remaining small market teams into bigger towns. Although they may be a bit more hesitant now considering the messes with the raiders and chargers. I don't think Rex's comments do much to move the needle in their favor, however. He simply sounds like a bitter loser, which doesn't really result in too much flak for the team.

Awfully bitter for someone getting paid handsomely not to work. Guy is and always has been a .500 coach he should count himself lucky.

What? An outside guy as HC? Sorry I'm not following you anymore. The OP's point was ludicrous, for reasons that I and a lot of others have said. I can't really follow what you're saying above but if your point is "they wanted an outside guy" then my initial point still stands - you don't impose a previous regime's strategy on a new coaching staff, especially when that previous regime produced thoroughly mediocre results.

Absolutely that's possible - and may well be why he didn't get the job. My point is a criticism of the OP suggestion. You don't hire a new set of coaches and then immediately hamstring them by saying: "oh by the way you need to continue the status quo on offense that the old guys we fired taught." That's ludicrous. What if Dennison et al donmt have the knowledge to teach such a scheme? Does the team really want to immediately cripple their incoming staff with directives on how to coach? That's how you go 8-8 every year, which is exactly what our "existing offense" has produced in the past. Dumb idea, in other words.

Couldn't Lynn, as HC, have hired a new DC to do that?

Friendly annual reminder: probowl means less than nothing.

If they wanted continuity on offense, why not just keep Lynn? As good as Shady and the run blocking were, I'd prefer seeing a passing game at least compete with the standards of this millennium.

The precedent is there with Elway but, as BB said, he's held management/ownership positions related to football before taking over the Broncos. This move by the 49ers is certainly more of a dice roll. Who knows what kind of homework Lynch has been doing though behind the scenes? He has the connections to chew the ears of executives within the league. All said, I'm not hating on the hire, it's definitely outside-the-box thinking, but isn't that what people here are always clamoring for the Bills to do?

Exactly. The OP thinks Sully should be "FIRED"? LOL. From the ravings he provokes on this board alone he should be given a raise. Sully's doing exactly what the News pays him to do.

Love this board. #1 on the net for uneducated snap judgments.

Who put together these grades? Sure the receiving unit is thin and underachieved, but how can anyone say it's "devoid of talent" with Watkins and Clay? A lack of talent has never been these guys' problem. That whole write up is hyperbolic and whiny. I know everyone here hates the actual sports media but at least most of them have some level of professionalism.

Kid looked to be about 145lbs in recent pictures. He'd be snapped in half.

What I want more than anything out of a drafted QB is on-field awareness/intelligence. One that can go through full progressions quickly and find the right receiver on passing plays. Done with draftees like Manual with whom the OC has to cut the field in half for them because they can only make one read.

Ha! Bet the niners are leaving that out of their pitch.

Wait don't all these heathens work on Sundays? Can't believe JC is too pleased with any of them. Seriously would like to see some stats showing that a player's or coach's religiousity is predictive of success.

Really don't see why the bills can't do both: keep TT and draft a QB, whether that be Mahomes or someone else.

Yes 30 - would become youngest HC ever hired, beating Kiffin by about 2 years.

What kind of sweet riffs is he laying down in houston? Sign him up