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I think yesterday proves to me that when Tepper fired Rhule 7 days ago that the edict to tank is on.

Nope that was Rivera in 2018

Because Kentucky QBs like Tim Couch and Jared Lorenzen have gotten it done?

Sam Darnold

Blew a 28-3 lead in the superbowl. 43-42 career record. Kept his job a year or two longer than he should have because of going on a late season win streak when they were basically out of playoff contention. He's quite a bit like Ron Rivera in that regard. More importantly, his last game that he coached for the Falcons he lost to Matt Rhule, I don't think that's a coincidence. More details are below. https://www.profootballnetwork.com/why-was-dan-quinn-fired-as-the-head-coach-of-the-atlanta-falcons/

You don't have to rely on one running back to have a running game, it's more about the system. The Chiefs won a superbowl with Damien Williams who was undrafted. The 49ers have plugged in guys like Mitchell, Jeff Wilson Jr (UDFA), Raheem Mostert (UDFA) and have done fine. Austin Ekeler was a UDFA. The Ravens were top 3 last year when they had bunch of injuries and ended up with Devonta Freeman and Latavius Murray off the streets at the beginning of the season. The Patriots for years have been using guys like James White, Legarrette Blount, Rhamondre Stevenson and have been fine. The Falcons are getting a lot of production out of Cordarrelle Patterson who no one really wanted. You might need to draft one in the 2nd or 3rd if you want one of the best like Nick Chubb or Derrick Henry, but it seems like a better use of resources to spend cap dollars or higher draft picks at higher impact positions.

I’m no math major but 13 straight losses puts him at 11-40 rather than 11-50 doesn’t it? That would be a .216 win percentage. He still sucks.

Can't stand Skip but his assessment of Rhule/McAdoo/the organization are spot on

In 2020, he got turned down after interviewing to become our QB coach, so naturally two years later he's the right fit for offensive coordinator.

Who is this guys alt?

If we can’t get him, I’m sure our first rounder in 2024 Will be enough to get Cooper Rush from Dallas.

I don't have the numbers, but it seemed like a lot of Cam's last year were batted down and that Sam had more than a few too.

Great article. Also, great stage name that the author has.

Tepper doesn't need to try, Rhule is doing it well enough on his own.

Honestly, I don't care what the plan is for the rest of the season. The sooner they can get Rhule's stench off of the players and the franchise, the better. Let the players and remaining coaches audition for their jobs next year. What's the worst that can happen? We lose more games?

I’d bet anything that Rhule is campaigning to get another year after trading for another QB. He will probably offer our 2024 first rounder for Cooper Rush. Just hope tepper doesn’t fall for it

I haven't seen the mind numbing turnovers from Baker yet, so that automatically makes him an upgrade from Sam. And of course the QB competition was bullshit, there was zero chance that Sam would open the season as the starter. That was pretty much confirmed when we put all our resources into finding literally any QB (even a potential sexual predator that was certain to miss most of the season) that could possibly be an upgrade from Sam. It would have been the same situation had we kept Teddy last year, Sam would have gone into the season the starter regardless. Rhule tried to call it a competition just to appease the locker room, but anyone with common sense knew Baker was going to start the season against the Browns.

The rest of the league figured out 15 years ago that you don't try to build your roster around the highest paid running back(s) and pray that he (they) would stay healthy, but we still haven't figured that out yet. Maybe someday we will also figure out that having good coaches and not trying to do reclamation projects on every QB who was thrown away by his old team isn't a good formula either.

I figured it was because he was in jail after an episode of "To catch a predator"

If he doesn’t play, I don’t want to hear any excuses about this being the reason our offense fails or for yet another loss in the Matt Rhule era that absolves him and our OC (or QB) of any responsibility. I watched tennesee and Minnesota’s offense work just fine without their lead backs at stages last year. Even two years ago, Mike Davis was able to carry the load without that much of a drop off.

Good lord, do you follow the team at all? Last time I checked Baker wasn’t signed off the street last year, he was acquired just a few months ago in a trade. I was talking about Cam Newton and how he outplayed Sam even though he’s completely broken. Thanks for all the words though that have zero to do with what I posted.

Sam was outplayed by a guy that was signed off the street last year that had a bum shoulder. He has 64 career touchdowns and 73 career turnovers. Baker may not end up being the guy but he's never been Sam level bad

If you dig up threads after the Saints game, people were drinking the Kool-Aid. Remember the Saints came out and beat the Packers 38-3 in week one, and then we come out and beat them by 3 touchdowns.

At this time last year, the fanbase thought that Joe Brady fixed Sam Darnold and we'd be a playoff team. Keep that in mind before we get Tua and Mike McDaniel's gold jackets ready.