Martin

Not sure how I feel about Vrabel. He had issues working with the new GM in Tennessee, talked bad about him to the owner etc. He could have had legit ish reasons, but not impressed with how that went down.

I know, he must have been shocked. The rest of us, not very surprised.

Most, if not all, teams have moved away from giving all control to the HC these days. So I think you are spot on.

I found it really funny that this was the example, someone doing exactly what Dave and Nicole does. The difference is that she got somewhat lucky with her hires. Otherwise exactly the same.

And we’ve seen many times before that “second tier” candidates do really well and even better that the cream of the crop ones. But we’ll see.

Got you. We’ve been fairly tight lipped about this so I’m not sure if we have one or not. But maybe he said no thanks. If we have one, I think we’ll hear about it the same day. Im curious about Slowik as well, has he done any second interviews?

I haven’t heard anything about second interviews for him with anyone. Any other teams we know of that I’ve missed?

From what I’ve read Canales is a great communicator and leader, potentially the culture setter we need in top of being a good offensive mind. Anyone hear anything about Slowik and Johnson in that regard?

The more I think about it I’m a bit torn on Ben Johnson, his oline is very very good, so would he struggle without it? Some of the best plays from the Lions are slower developing because the line gives Goff plenty of time. But maybe I’m overthinking it?

I do like that two former players in Morgan and Wilson are part of the group interviewing the HC group. They will certainly look for some things from a players perspective including leadership qualities,

The pick is the big issue. The trade and taking Stroud is very different from the trade and taking Bryce. Trade + Bryce is an F.

And Browning is a FA. Would be perfect to challenge Bryce.

Callahan is intriguing, the more I hear the more I like him as an option. Has been around football his whole life.

I agree, a bit uncomfortable with the whole Eagles org and the culture.

Hahaha, if you say so. Indirectly calling other people idiots for believing in analytics over and over makes it very clear where you stand.

Btw, here is a definition: Predictive analytics is the process of using data to forecast future outcomes. The process uses data analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and statistical models to find patterns that might predict future behavior.

Nobody has ever said it is a magic bullet. Those are your words, you’re the only one who took it to that extreme to, I’m guessing, prove some kind of point that was outside of this discussion. But I certainly agree to completely disagree with your view that analytics should not be used and evaluations in person and on film is the only proper way to project a college player in to the NFL.

Disagree on this one. Analytics absolutely has a big part to play if you use it correctly. If you state otherwise I would think you are the one not knowing what analytics are. Analytics was not the culprit over the last few years, instead it was poor scouting from Fitt and team.

Agree on this one. If we were heavy in to analytics we would not have picked an absolute outlier at #1.

It has been reported over and over by people with good access to the org (Jonathan Jones, Scott Fowler, who can’t stand Tepper, etc.) that it was an org wide decision. Fitt loved Bryce. The whole “Tepper made the decision and overruled everyone else” thing is not only wrong but pretty tiresome at this point.

You can easily find very poor and very good examples of where analytics is used. Statistics and analytics in general can be twisted to whatever you want it to be. But if you know how to use it it is definitely a huge asset.

They have mentioned what a good job Slowik does quite a few times. Changes protections to give Stroud time to throw etc. It’s impressive.

There are two reasons why we need a new external GM: 1) There can be no ties to Bryce. He needs to be evaluated without any strings attached from people who were involved in picking him. He needs to earn everything based on his play. 2) Our roster is bad due to poor drafting and FAs.

Rhule ran the ship during his tenure, with Tepper fairly hands off. The Frank and Fitt show was a flaming turd and Tepper stepped in. IF the GM drafts well and the HC shows team improvement I believe Tepper will step back a bit. Is he a bit too hands on? Yes. Is it much different from other owners? Probably not.

I thought Kap was an ok QB, but if I remember correctly he was asking for the salary of a top starter, Burns style. But I might be wrong, it was a while ago.