Mr. Scot

Re: the current state of the Patriots

...I have a feeling this story could start a few

Luck said goodbye to football because he'd been getting the sh-t kicked out of him for years behind the terrible offensive lines Ryan Grigson had been putting together.

I don't think his withdrawal had anything to do with us. That said, it's pretty hard to debate that we look a lot worse this year than we did last year.

It's kind of hard to judge against all time because it used to be that if you went on IR, you stayed there. The rules allowing players to go on temporarily and come back off have changed things.

Peters was offered a raise and a promotion to go back to the 49ers. Sad to say I wouldn't be surprised if other guys use flirtation with us to get the same sort of thing. As to Peters, the bigger deal is that he's a lifelong 49ers fan and has stated that being their GM is his dream job. He's right now one step and probably just a few years away from that. I'd be extremely surprised if anybody was able to lure him away.

I would only put money down on it not being our first choice, maybe not even our second.

I've got no idea who this is but it sounds like he's a dumbass Does he think half a million moves the needle for Kelce?

Oh boy

The news about Tepper's weekly meetings probably does a lot of damage to this team's attractiveness. He'll likely need to come out and promise that's not going to happen if he wants candidates to come here.

I feel more a sense of halitosis with this team.

If you're centered on Bryce, I'd look to Frank Smith since he's worked with Tua.

1. Capers 2. Seifert 3. Fox 4. Rivera 5. Perry Fewell (interim) 6. Rhule 7. Wilks (interim) 8. Reich 9. Tabor (interim)

Not so much "breaking". More like "worst kept secret in the NFL"

He didn't do it for Brady. Charlie Weis and Josh McDaniels did.

Like Jed York did, i.e. you guys do what you need to do and I'll keep my ass out of it.

And has only made things worse

I remember. And yeah...

Good chance may have kept a good portion of the staff intact. With a coach like Wilks, you really need savant X's and O's guys at the coordinator spots because that's not his forté. I don't know that Holcomb fits that bill.