frankw

In some ways I agree. It all depends on who is delivering the message though. Baker being a loudmouth tough guy is yawn inducing to me. Anyways it sounds like we will have some interesting storylines for the NFCS in 2026. I think there's a good chance this division will be fairly competitive again. We better be ready.

I hope Stefanksi flames out in ATL but Baker hasn't changed one bit. Busy trying to settle scores through the media instead of focusing on his craft and not returning to the form that got him jettisoned from Cleveland in the first place. I love that the Bucs are getting to see the real him.

The hyperbole is amusing but ultimately nobody cares about press conferences. The Texans seem to be a fairly well ran organization with a solid coaching staff. If they're smart they'll buy low on Stroud and keep a backup plan. The rest of the roster around the QB is plenty capable. And as the playoff picture has shown this past year it doesn't take much to get into the dance for them. Remember when folks here were clowning them for having 2 wins early in the season? They still won another playoff game while we're still trying to get over the hump. As far as playoff meltdowns go. Sam Darnold had a meltdown against the Rams in the playoffs as the Vikings QB a year ago and most of us laughed our asses off at him and now he's a game away from the Super Bowl with the Seahawks while the Vikings sunk back to joke status. It's an unpredictable league.

I would say in terms of the interior as much as competent Guards were a need Center was the biggest hindrance and that had been an issue well before Bryce's rookie year. Go back and look at who Darnold had to work with in 2021 and 2022 on the interior. Paradis Tecklenburg Elflein Cam Erving Michael Jordan (the other one) and Bradley Bozeman. My goodness.

Certainly it needed to be addressed but can we be honest with one another and acknowledge that the urgency to address it by any means necessary was due to the org needing to save face for how poorly their #1 overall pick performed? Only thing to do from here is learn from the experience and begin building a complete roster methodically. Heavy emphasis on the word complete.

How did the Texans afford to put those weapons around him though? 25 out of 32 in OL spending compared to us at #1. And they gave up the same number of sacks as we did in 2025.

Could be McDermott pushed heavily for Coleman. I've heard the "it was a collaborative decision" line after firing a coach before though. They may win the short term PR game with this decision but the onus is still on them to hire not just a new head coach but one that will get them not just into the playoffs but the Super Bowl.

Therein lies the problem. Doing so has propelled us to the most expensive group in the league. And if we hadn't signed them in all likelihood the company line would be that our QB needs better protection. But the argument could be made that without those signings we could have upgraded the defense much more. $153 million is no chump change.

I can see that. Hurney was bad bad but he did hit on more studs than just Cam in the early rounds. Beane gets credit for Allen but really he just got lucky because Allen's development easily could have gone the other way without the coaching he had.

Stroud is at a career crossroads. Certainly not the first young quarterback to face such circumstances and heavy criticism. Certainly won't be the last. I must say though the knives that are out for him already with a 3-2 career playoff record at 24 years old when others have been given passes for both playing poorly and not going to the playoffs at all or losing playoff games and still being propped up by the media is an interesting look. Seems inconsistent. Anywho I guess we might as well prepare for paying our guy $30+ million a year when he couldn't complete one single pass in four downs in our stadium going up against a 37 year old QB.

If we need a vet QB hire a real QB coach instead of some jabroni as a favor to someone else. Other than that it should always always be about developing the possible next man up in the event of unforseen circumstances.

As a Panthers fan I know what incompetence and doubling down on mistakes looks like. The Bills are fools for not just going ahead and cleaning house. Already seen that scenario play out with Fitterer. And it will end the same way for them.

How much money is enough money? Looks like the NFL is hellbent on becoming like the NBA where the league's best players consistently get hurt and miss games. People pay to watch the best players. There's no product without that. The NFL like the NBA needs to wake up and realize this is not 20 or 30 years ago. These newer generations of players outside of rare outliers will never be ironmen like previous generations. But it's all about simple greed. Out of touch elites like Robert Kraft will never learn.

It wouldn't surprise me if Tepper's Panthers PR has a staff group dedicated to keeping pro Bryce Young accounts across social media platforms churning out positive posts about him.

Crazy he could end up being a head coach. There was one poster here in particular who acted as if Joe Brady was their own personal boogeyman. @poundaway would be beside themselves right now.