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I mean, I wouldn't call Brees basic. I don't think Payton likes Russell's fake persona and bologna (that's how I see it at least). He walked into Denver and basically told Wilson to stop being whatever he is. He was always annoyed with Wilson from day 1. Probably the contrast in what Wilson is selling vs Payton. It's not about play. Wilson has been playing well. I think Brees essentially was an echo of Payton's vision and leadership. Russell brings his own style that is just unique to him. Which I can get people just not liking Wilson. He might not be but he does come off as fake and annoying.

maybe, but Payton walked in that building being against Wilson's whole schtick.

this is about money....and the fact Sean Payton just straight up doesn't like Wilson and ready to move on.

Lawerence has a hurt knee, ankle, and throwing shoulder....and with his bell rung mixed in. I think if the Jags play him we might have a chance because he frankly shouldn't of seen the field the last couple of weeks. Talk about not taking care of your QB. But the Jags run D is much better than ours. So they should win on that matchup alone. I think this is a get right game for Etienne. They have played some tougher run defenses since their bye week. If the dude sees space.....he is a problem.

they free agents he did hit on in large part....he wanted no part in keeping. Gilmore should be here instead of Jackson IMO. And you should of made money talk with Reddick. Paying him more than Philly still would have made him comically cheap for an elite pass rusher. Fitt lucked into Luvu and that is countered by 154678 bad moves.

being a dick only is tolerable if you happen to be winning rings at a high clip. if you aren't, you are just a dick and people ain't got much time for that. heck, winning isn't enough. See Harbaugh in SF.

KC's offense isn't as good because they lost Tyreek Hill. Put him back on it, KC is a nightmare. All they are is an aging Kelce offense now. WRs are garbage.

This. Tepper can pay the next dude a billion dollars for all I care. That money doesn't impact anything.

HCs should be able to hire their own staff. People they work well with and are bought into the same vision. Generally speaking. That's the ideal approach. You can find exceptions to anything. We just went through a cycle with the owner/GM dictating a lot of what Frank's world would look like. Game of Thrones I think was the reporting of how that went. But yeah, let's keep doing the same thing.

that's not the same thing though. Fangio wasn't a carryover.

I don't think that was all of it either. I think a lot of how things were going to be for Frank was mapped out by Tepper/Fitt.

before you were banned: 0 wins after you were banned: 2 wins

this is all bad news IMO. good luck attracting a quality HC....when the owner is going to dictate his staff. Again.

We need to build a completely new team. Now isn't the time to overpay an incomplete player that doesn't actually dominate at anything.... and devote a large % of our cap to them.

take your money and take your wife and go on a LONG vacation. Comeback in 4 years and evalute things then.

I like Tabor. That said, I think the next HC should be able to pick his staff. I think a HC should be able to bring in guys who he works well with. All plays into the locker room and in house culture. There are always examples where keeping someone the new coach doesn't hire works out. But big picture, I it just goes against what my preference is. I don't think our new HC should be told who his staff is.

Scott Fitterer and this current team shouldn't be allowed to sign and put our future cap into anyone. Burns remains a very one dimensional player. And not only is he a one dimensional pass rusher but he is one dimensional in his pass rushing. Next coach should have input on the vision and where he would want our resources put. We need a completely rebuilt roster for our next coach. That takes cap. And the emphasis needs to be on fixing the offense. You can find roleplayer pass rushers. Which is essentially all Burns is.

I think everyone acknowledges he is in on these decisions. Some are trying to point out that Scott Fitterer likely is a person that is putting some of these bad ideas on the table that get carried out. Some of it is Tepper just co-signing what his bad employees are telling him they should do. Scott is one of those.

What visions? Rhule never had one. Neither did Frank. Everything is this no man's land of claiming to rebuild and win now at the same time.

Sam Darnold is not a NFL QB. He is pointless. I'd take PJ Walker and Wilks over what we had this year. That doesn't make PJ Walker not pointless. I don't buy Tepper is the one telling Fitterer everything to do. I think Fitterer is selling Tepper on a lot of this stuff. It's why Tepper's defense of stupidity often sounds very GM-like in it's reasoning. People keep excusing Fitt. It was all Rhule. Now it's all Tepper. Odds are a lot of it is just Fitterer being a bad GM and him having bad advice for Tepper

taking a flyer on him means not picking up his 5th year option and more importantly.....it means he isn't your only plan at the position. He should of been a rehab project/depth. That would have made sense. And you probably take that flyer on him when he got cut. Not traded for him. I can stomach the trade though. I couldn't stomach how they just slotted a busted QB as THE guy.

Yep. Frank conceded his coaches didn't agree with him. Which that admission hints at a pretty stark disagreement for him to concede that IMO. but yeah, no coach is then going to get on a microphone after that loss and say I disagreed with Frank on it. That defies even the most basic common sense. You rightfully should be fired if you do that. Only coaches IMO that Frank would have been discussing that with are Tabor and Brown. Sure wasn't worded like it was one voice against Frank. And it sure didn't look like the kicker was on board. I don't see Tabor lobbying to kick when his kicker wasn't on board. Tabor has already showed in his interim duties he factors in the environment in his game day decisions. Frank's defense of the decision was pure analytics and practice.

That's still going to be dependent on what his cost is though most likely. If you overpay a largely one dimensional player too much....it impacts what you can do with your defensive roster as a whole. Which is the Burns "problem". I still think Fitterer setup a scenario where Brian Burns walks out the door and we get nothing.

I don't think Burns was actually the best defender last year. He just had sacks. His liability factor counters a lot of that. I think Luvu and Brown actually jumped him last year. It's just carrying over this year. I think 2020 is the only season he was actually the best defender. Which wasn't a good defense.

I don't think it is that hard to replace him. With a horrific coach and outlook.....we easily went out and signed a better pass rusher than him and a better DB than anyone on the roster. It's hard to find a Miles Garrett type edge player that can do it. That's not Burns. In reality, there are lot of dudes that can rush the passer.