Mr. Scot

Barkley...Damn

Opinions of Hurts often tend to vary depending on how you feel about the "tush push".

Rams looking a tad beat up on both sides...

Side Note: Why is our draft forum still analyzing the 2023 Draft? I don't recall that being a special year or anything

Lady Cowboy Fan thought the refs missed a PI against the Eagles. She's just a tad biased, but she may have had a point.

Pocket guys have a better chance of lasting longer but they don't always. Goff? Don't know. We'll see.

Don't we have a "Saints won because of Katrina" faction? Gotta say the start of the game isn't necessarily feeding the Rams sympathy narrative.

Same

Got a friend who likes to float that the NFL is rigged, especially when the Cowboys lose (no, it's not the Mrs, she doesn't buy that stuff) who always said the Patriots were handed the championship due to 9/11.

It's 50% only if you don't count the season where he got fired after an 0-5 start. That, plus the "second place finishes" came with 7-9 records (one 8-8). Yes, he had some playoff wins and that one Super Bowl which is more infamous than famous. As a six and a half to seven year early career span, that puts him roughly in the same tier as Ron Rivera. That equals "good", arguably on the cusp of "very good" but not "great". He certainly has a chance to move to a higher tier than that in the future, but I'm not putting him there just yet.

Seems like for most people, the spotlight for that game is on Goff. Ben Johnson likely salvaged Goff from going down as a bust, but he'll turn 31 this year. Plenty of quarterbacks don't last into their 30s. It's conceivable he's now passed his peak.

As Commanders coach, he's won a playoff game. Cool. I'm gonna need to see him have a non "28-3" performance in the Super Bowl before I'll be willing to elevate him to the top tier, though.

As to Quinn, he's long been one of the better defensive coaches in the league, but I wouldn't rush to crown him as a head coach just yet. He's still got some hurdles to clear before that'll be warranted.

I'd have taken last year's Derek Carr over last year's Bryce Young The current versions? Not so much.

It's an organizational thing. Sometimes you find a guy who was moderately successful in one setup but thoroughly thrives in another. That nets you the success of a Patriots Bill Belichick, a Colts Tony Dungy or a Seahawks Pete Carroll. Other times, you put your faith in a guy who was super successful at his previous job but can't duplicate it in a new place. That's when you get the disappointment of a Dolphins Jimmy Johnson, a Cowboys Bill Parcells or a Panthers George Seifert. There are no guarantees.

The question of whether to take the great player who skates by on his talent or the very good player who always gives 100% is one of those endless debates.

Of late, that description has been applied to a certain Steelers coach as well.

I do. That said, there are plenty of coaches who talk about tailoring their scheme to fit their players (hell, even Rivera said that) but when push comes to shove they're either too stubborn to actually try or just plain don't know how. Evero could be one of those.

Campbell is one of those guys who throws himself body and soul into a job, and thus takes it really hard when he comes up short. I'd absolutely play for a guy like that over a know it all piece of sh-t like Sean Peyton.

I'd see him staying more than Glenn. The Saints, Jets and Cowboys jobs have all been rumored as strong possibilities for Glenn.

I've long believed that Richardson hired Gettleman knowing things needed to be fixed but after the turnaround was looking for an excuse to bring Marty back. Gantt said numerous times that Hurney was Richardson's GM "for life" as long as he wanted to be, results be damned. Had he not offered to call on the sword for Ron Rivera, he'd likely never have been fired in the first place. But with the roster and salary cap issues fixed, Jerry probably figured he could just hand the machine over to Marty and let him run with it from there. Loyalty and personality were always what mattered most to Richardson. Performance was a distant second...if that.

Kill? No. But I do wonder if the emotion of yesterday (embodied by Campbell) will encourage Johnson, or possibly even Glenn, to commit to one more year in Detroit.

Kudos to these folks for seizing the moment

Most of the serious talk has been referencing Glenn or Kellen Moore. I don't buy the Deion bullsh-t.

Seeing lots of speculation that Glenn gets the Cowboys job...