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Not so solid when he did an ole-tackle on Washington in the fourth quarter. I don't blame him in a way; Washington outweighs him by 75 pounds and he was running full speed. Still, you can't pass up tackles.

I don't know, they looked pretty good against the Ravens offense.

It's that kind of season. They have fire, but only sometimes.

Depends on the QB, eh?

Cash in on the lopsided time of possession. The Steelers defense has got to be spent.

Me too!

And theirs will be tired.

Bodes well for the fourth quarter. (See Ravens game.)

Josh is going to be sore tomorrow.

This is a team that can tackle. McDermott should take notes.

We'll feel better tomorrow when we hear McDermott finally fired Brady.

Brady had the bye, did nothing with it. He had the the mini bye, same. If McDermott fired him this minute, they could not do worse. The man is a complete liability to this team.

Blacked out here in New England. I gather Brady is being an idiot again?

I was going to say the same thing. His podcasts (I've only heard a few) seem like mashups of the discussions on this forum, conventional wisdom on Coleman, the wide-receiver corps, the run defense, Brady, McDermott... I didn't hear any fresh insights or observations. I come here for news and analysis, although I like Greg Cosell and one or two others. But I'm glad to be told I'm wrong. Does anyone have recent examples of Marino commentary they found valuable?

The game today will tell us a lot about McDermott. If he is a Super Bowl-caliber coach (despite a growing consensus that he's not), he will ensure that either Brady finally does something with this offense or he'll fire him. I don't care about injuries or how many yards and points they've scored this season. With the hand he's been dealt, Brady has fallen on his face so far. If the offense sputters again, and Brady is still the coordinator going into the New England game, the verdict will be final, at least in my book: McDermott is never going to take this team to the Show. A Super Bowl coach does not tolerate mediocre coordinators.