kungfoodude

Daboll is an inansely bad HC. One of the worst in recent memory.

People apparently forgot that offseason. Stafford and wife met with McVay in Mexico the offseason he moved. McVay convinced him to leave. Stafford went to the Lions and had a very emotional meeting in which he said he wanted to leave. They obliged based on his time there and the compensation offered(which included Goff). It was a very amicable split. People in Detroit still revere him to this day. He has been open about his affinity for them, as well.

I mean Rivers with no qualifications is probably better than the insane disaster that is Brian Daboll. Everything about their coaching search validates what Sabres fans have said about Pagula. That guy is an complete idiot.

He would only basically be a flat $24 mil to us until 2029. It's the hit to them that would be an issue.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47706170/bills-interviewing-philip-rivers-coaching-job-sources-say Shades of Jeff Saturday here. WTF is this???

I never buy until that. The list of sub 5-10 NFL RB's is long. He is bulky enough but I think he just habitually overtrains and he gets a ton of mileage. That's my theory.

I disagree. He would be acceptable as a Day 3 pick but that is about it.

He is probably looking at his last opportunity to grab a bag. He would be a fool to not shop around if he is excellent again.

Nothing about CMC leads me to believe he is sandbagging. He is too much of a competitor. He is just insanely injury prone.

I mean, you are welcome to your opinion.

I mean, I did name the two guys that meet the requirements that they have done an initial and have second interviews scheduled with. That is from the NFL's own tracker. And, no, you don't change rules for fantastical scenarios. https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-coaching-gm-tracker-latest-news-interviews-developments-2026-hiring-cycle

He has had the same in SF. Based on his injuries there, he is likely overtraining and overworking himself. I know they specifically linked his long term injury at SF to overtraining specifically.

TBH, we are weirdly lucky about extending Moton because of the injury. He has played very well still and we need RT to remain solid until we figure out LT again. We can't keep having him be a top 5 paid RT, though.

There literally hasn't been a recorded instance of that. There likely never would be. Taking an interview doesn't mean you have to take the job. It's just experience.

IDK how we go from good player for good player trade suggestions to dumpster fire bust for dumpster fire bust trade suggestions. Even though Coleman is better, he has a littany of motivation and discipline issues. Do we think milquetoast Dave is gonna fix that??

I am not worried about the contracts because any/all can be jettisoned in 2027 with minimal ramifications. I would like to land him because you rarely ever see an elite, 25 year old center hit free agency, this is a very weak center class and Mays is a bottom quarter starting center(love him as a utility IOL). Ideally this offseason we solve center and draft a high caliber RT/LT to fill the gap for Ikey. Then next offseason, pending outcome of the rookie and Ikey's recovery you can jettison Hunt(VASTLY overpaid), make a determination on Ikey's ability to play(perhaps extend him on the franchise tag as a "prove it"), and let the Ikey/rookien situation dictate Moton. He can be extended on a LOWER cost deal or jettisoned if Ikey and the rookie can take the reigns. Either way, both OT's will need to be resolved, we need an actually starting caliber NFL center again and we need to get rid of one of these OG's. Hunt is the obvious choice as Lewis is substantially better across the board and cheaper.

That's not a thing. If they can't find someone, they either aren't actually trying or it's a poisonous job and no one will. Yes, plenty of them have gone with whom they wanted already. That's not really the point of the rule. It's to force teams to provide opportunities. It has worked well because coaches that wouldn't normally be given interviews are given that experience and teams have also been impressed enough to either offer them in the future or pass positive comments along to other NFL owners/front office personnel. Also, we are over 20 years into the Rooney Rule. This isn't some new thing teams have to navigate.

I agree. Put him on the block officially and see what you can get. If it's a conditional 6th or 7th, fine. I think it would be best for him to be traded a considerable distance from this area and likely the South so that he can try to focus on football for a chance.

They would probably want a 1st to take XL, in fairness. I would.

If we set the record for C AAV, he would immediately be the fourth highest paid player on our OL. Hence why I keep stumping(pointlessly, the Ravens will likely re-sign him) for spending on an elite center. They are the cheapest position on the OL and one of the hardest to find an elite player at.

I don't think there is any real reason to amend the rule. If you do, the teams will just find a way to abuse it. All the Browns have to do is just interview SOMEONE to "get through" the process. Hell, interview Jim Caldwell if that's what the actual goal is, just to get around it. Also, they have all of the candidates required for the Rooney Rule in Aden Durde and Nate Scheelhaase. They are in full compliance already. Scheelhaase is already scheduled for a second interview, for that matter.

How about we just dump XL in whatever way we can and avoid Keon Coleman? What is the point of taking one of the dumbest and least capable WR's in the NFL and replacing him with a guy that wants to play in the NFL about as much as XL? Maybe shoot higher than Keon Coleman for an XL replacement.

He has missed 22.5% of his games with the 49ers versus the 26.1% of his overall games with us. I would say that he has definitively proven to be an injury prone RB. He was actually realistically probably worth less than we got for him. Also, to compare to other HOF caliber contemporaries: Derrick Henry: 8.2% of his career games missed. Saquon Barkley: 20.3% of his career games missed.

I don't think either of those AFC teams stand a chance against either of the NFC teams. The NFC is dramatically stronger in the remaining teams.

I know you are a Bryce homer but the games are even worse. I don't even recall Darnold at the Jets being that shook and uncomfortable. That's the worst composure I have ever seen and that's living through Jeff Lewis and ghost of David Carr. No offense but that ascent is pretty minimal. He's ascended to still being a bottom 5-6 QB. The "overall" part isn't questionable, no one should be arguing overall body of work vs. Bryce. The fact that he fell off a cliff with a cakewalk to a Super Bowl appearance is a big problem. Literally historically bad. That's not nothing.