Mr. Scot

I'm not looking at win totals, though that would be nice too. Mainly just interested in how the team looks.

I remember looking at that last week and thinking "What the hell?"

Possible. Speculation that he was getting fired might have just been wishful thinking on fans' part.

Meanwhile, in Buffalo...

Wouldn't bet on it, but that'd be a dumbsh-t call if he did, basically saying "I don't like this roster but I'm not letting you make any moves to try and improve it". I think it's more likely they just decided against trading away anything more. That's consistent with what Dan Morgan said in his presser a short time ago. And given how much we gave up to get Young already, there's some logic to that.

I don't really think it's so much that we need an "upgrade" as we need a different type of blocker. Ickey isn't really built for a zone blocking, WCO type scheme. That typically involves a lighter, more agile type of LT. Heck, if he were still healthy It might have been as simple as flip-flopping a Ekwonu and Christensen.

Pretty much...

There is a certain logic to saying "Hey, after we gave up all that already, why give up more?"

When you hear people talk about coaching up guys to play quarterback in the pros, this is the kind of thing that they have to learn.

4 o'clock and all's well...

The part that always gets forgotten in the "why didn't we trade that guy" question is that somebody else has to be willing to trade for them. It's borderline miraculous that we got compensation for guys like Greg Little and Robbie whatever his name is now, but you can't count on stuff like that happening all the time.

Compensation on Rasul Douglas... I liked him when he was here.

Some analysis on Young and Sweat...

We don't know what's happening behind the scenes

There was word earlier that Shanahan had called Wilks into a meeting with some speculation that he might be fired, but I haven't heard anything further about that. Going from being the next head coach in waiting to being fired from a coordinator spot midseason would be a hell of a fall from grace.

Which would go back again to the coaching shift we were talking about... Definitely looks like Ron hired his own replacement.

Course correction...

Aaaaand...

Because of course...

Is this a positive vibe?

Pretty clear they're parting ways with Rivera either way. Wonder if they follow Tepper's example and keep Hurney.

It's possible both thay and the Niners did but got turned down. That's the sort of thing you hardly ever hear about until later though.

My impression was always that Reich and Duce Staley had a hand in us getting Sanders. I'm still honestly not sure what to make of him yet. Said earlier I don't think he's been healthy all year.

Or the Vikings...

FYI: There actually was word they might be willing to deal Brissett