mav1234

Hindsight is always 20/20, sure, but keeping Fitterer was definitely a mistake. At the time I was willing to give him a chance and that was the incorrect move. I think some of us thought his FA acquisitions maybe were good and that his wheeling and dealing was exciting, and that there was a chance that people like TMJ would pan out. fug do his drafts look atrocious now, and while we're lucky to have Luvu, we're probably going to let him walk chasing a contract for Brian "what do you expect me to do, tackle a running back?" Burns

I'm significantly less worried about some other largely successful team's purportedly dysfunctional front office six years ago than I am about the total absence of talent on our roster.

how do you figure a GM / front office person has anything to do with that...? the Eagles have a stacked roster, talent-wise.

He has an argument for having the best rookie QB season of all time. Dak also is in that argument but was on a good offense on a team one season removed from a 12-4 record.

Stroud had a couple of bad games but was sacked 3, 4, and 5 times in the three games before the Jets game and still threw a total of 900 yards with 6 total TDs... Stroud was hit very frequently and still performed. Let's not act like he had some godly OL.

Meh, embracing the suck didn't matter at all... We had a generational qb right in front of us after the trade. Oh well.

Good thing Tepper looks like he wants to assemble the rest of the next HCs staff...

People have said the same exact thing about Chark, TMJ, etc. remember the offseason posts about how TMJ had like the highest average yards per catch over some period? The point is Nico didn't break out until Stroud...

Nobody would have mistaken Nico Collins for a true difference maker before Stroud... Before the season started plenty of people thought our weapons were better than theres...

The irony of the OSU qb argument being more true for most of the recent Bama QBs is not lost on me. Hurts isn't a flop and neither is Tua. The question is if either can play at a high enough level consistently to push their team over the top. I suspect Hurts can, but I don't think Tua can.

I just hope that Young either makes a massive leap forward or he continues playing this poorly. Worst thing that can happen is a few games of good play but nothing great to move us out of range for another QB pick in 2025

Stroud is looking generational. If we're lucky, BY becomes a passable to good starter.

Get the right QB and coach things legit turn overnight.

... A QB that can deliver the ball ... When defenses need to cover the whole field it also opens things up for receivers.

Superstar QBs make everyone look better. That Texans roster was really bad until he got there. CJs just that good.

Clausen's release is so hilarious. Ah well, maybe Bryce can lead us to consecutive #1 overall picks and outdo good ole Jimmy.

What was that one? At the start of the season, WR was clearly weaker as we never replaced DJ. Other than that, I don't think that assessment is wrong if you ignore injuries. In the end, the team was much worse, but that's a combination of injuries and our offense being atrocious because QB was so, so much worse than anticipated.

This logic is flawed. We had the 4th best defense in the league in scoring D in the 1st quarter, allowing barely over a field goal. If you were right, we'd be worst in the 1st. We weren't... We were worst as a game went on and we lost field position battle, because teams would eventually just start at mid field lol. Plus... Another issue is that our offense scored among the most points for other teams of any team and our defensive starting field position was among the worst... We had a very good 3rd down rate on D, low yards per play. Now our rushing D was atrocious for sure. But we didn't have the pieces for Evero's D and had a TON of injuries. It's why I don't think this is a great defense but think he did a good job as a coordinator despite that.

As many of us feared, Tepper taking responsibility was for the "wrong hires" not for being involved as he was. Ah well.

I have heard teams will block interview requests on the part of the candidate if the candidate doesn't want to upset potential future employers... It would be very shitty if he is being disallowed from interviewing while wanting to leave. Forcing him to work with a new HC wouldn't be fair...

interesting - Would they have done this if Evero wanted out no matter what? I suppose who knows with Tepper

I suspect it's just message board insider talk. We'll never really know. I would say I'd be a little surprised if Morgan was just a yes man push over in a general sense. Edit: I don't know which poster (s) but someone has said their contact said Morgan has stood up to Tepper (whatever that means).

This is a business and he ultimately is an employee. There is only so much he can do. Supposedly he stood up to Tepper in meetings and he's worked with very good GMs in other places...

Maybe that outside firm? Edit: I would imagine the Tepper's and Morgan are in some stage of interviews, probably this initial one.

On the bright side, Bryce's season will be remembered for a long, long time.