45catfan

Edit: Wrong thread, lol!

This was a .500 team on average, the non-winning seasons were generally 7-9 and at least competitive. Take out Fox's lame duck season backed by Rivera's rookie year and this was a decent franchise, no fewer that 7 wins. We'll be lucky to get 7 wins this year. I was never a Marty fan, 1.0 or 2.0, but I seriously doubt Richardson would have kept Marty around if the wheels came completely off, say, like scenario we are in right now.

The flaw in your logic is the Bucs play us twice.

Did Gantt also foresee Jerry firing his own kids? Beat reporters (as he was at the time) think they know everything. Jerry would not have endured this mess we are in now. How I miss having losing seasons every other season. Mediocrity? I'd love to get back there.

While the math checks out someone needs their head checked if they think Tom Brady will end the season on a 5-game skid with the playoffs on the line. There's wishful (ignorant) thinking and then there's delusional fantasy. One is homer-ism to the 10th power and the other is need of a professional shrink.

I honestly believe if Jerry had weathered the storm, Hurney was on a short leash and would be gone by now. Remember, Richardson fired his own kids, so as well as he liked Hurney, Marty was not cemented here. Also, once the Daniel Synder saga eventually sees the light of day, what Jerry Richardson got accused of will be akin to jay walking. While wrong, there's apparently a hell of a lot worse things being done out there.

Who would like to give Del Rio a shot? He wasn't horrible with Jacksonville and that was his first rodeo. Most HCs do better in their second gig. He has a connection here. While I would like an offensive-minded HC, not to many of them floating around besides Pederson. I do NOT want a first time HC. Let me just squash the name Jason Garrett before anyone mentions it.

I'm not a tank-type of guy, but I will say if we lose out (or nearly) I won't be too mad if it means better draft position AND, most importantly, Rhule gets canned. Of the short list (I think there was 6) of HCs to replace Rivera, Rhule was literally dead last on my list.

We will get a win versus the Saints and/or Falcons. Will it be enough to save Rhule's job? It depends on how bad the losses are I would imagine. If we eek out a win over the Falcons and get taken to the woodshed by the Bills and Bucs, that lone win won't matter.

Also Rhule wouldn't hire someone more qualified than himself and ultimately his likely successor when he is fired.

LOl, did you actually research the three degrees of separation from Rhule I mentioned earlier? If so, kudos to you my friend!

That's the part Chase needs to be wary of. Blackburn is not a Rhule guy and thus expendable.

I've heard coaches say all options are on the table without getting into specifics. Rhule? He denies, deflects and then ultimately contradicts himself, which makes him look even more inept in the end.

I would want an offensive guy, period. We have never had a HC that was an offensive guru. It's always been from the defensive perspective. Even if we suck in year one, as long as those losses are shootouts, at least they will be entertaining. These low scoring losses suck all the way around.

Correct, did not. Lying no, but potentially misleading for the sake of deflecting an uncomfortable question and moving on. Absolutely! Rhule likely knew another loss or two likely meant a shakeup before his own job was taken, but he wasn't going to give the media any red meat.

Can we stop with trying to find the next boy wonder? The McVeys and Peytons of the NFL are EXTREMELY RARE. There's a reason only one comes around every decade or so. Think of how many prodigy whiffs occur before one actually succeeds. I mean, we just fired the guy who was deemed the hottest young offensive mind in college football not less than 2-years ago.

A poor man's Trubisky at that.

It's hard to build a team when you are consistently making missteps. It's hard to say this team is any better than last year and it has CONSIDERABLY more talent. That is on the coaching staff, particularly the head coach...especially one with as much pull in personnel matters as Rhule has.

How many degrees of separation is Pederson from either Baylor or Temple? Three or more, forget about it.

Chase Blackburn had better watch out, Rhule needs a Bear-Owl to be the STs coach for the clean sweep.

In his press conference a week or two ago Rhule stated that he did foresee making any coaching changes. Once again, he says one thing, then proceeds to directly contradict himself.

No to Lovie Smith, he couldn't even turn around a college program! He's a very good DC, but an ineffective HC.

McDaniels was my 2nd favorite last time. The popular belief is he's going to ride out his OC gig in NE until Bill retires. The only unknown is, how long is Bill planning on coaching? If Bill plans on coaching another 5-10 years, I doubt McDaniels waits around that long.

Why, so he can win one more game than this season and point to a trend of success? This is not college, you don't have to compete for recruits against the blue-blood teams. That honestly does take a few years to sell your program and get kids to believe in the process, turning those 2-star commits, in year one, to 3-star the following year and so forth. The NFL has ONE draft that all teams are on equal footing on. You're not at a competitive disadvantage to say the Patriots. So saying it takes 5-years to build a winner in the NFL is either sandbagging or hedging their bets until most of that 7-year deal is collected.

So if Rhule is canned in January, who's up for a NFL re-tread? I hope we've learned our lesson about over-rated college coaches.