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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.

After all the hype years ago it turns out Beane isn't anything special but that doesn't mean Morgan has "arrived" either. He's had one Scott Fitterer draft and one solid draft. Need more of a sample size. Things get much trickier from here. We'll see where we're at by this time next year.

I'm glad we can somewhat agree on something for a change. In the end every single team is going to have to deal with injuries along the OL. To have the highest paid group by a significant margin and have them banged up and still be roughly middle of the league is unacceptable based on the cost. It's terrible luck what happened to Icky. Feel awful for the kid even though he has been largely up and down to this point. That being said. I'm open to all options. We need to fill out the rest of this roster and no matter who is behind center whether it's Bryce or another QB down the line. If we are going to get back to the playoffs and actually win we need to invest in the defense badly and continue filling out the rest of the roster. If we go OT round 1 in this years draft I'll understand it based on the injury to Icky but we are only digging in further and further if we are assessing the situation from a neutral position. It's not sustainable.

I've been looking into QB pressure numbers and surprisingly it's Caleb Williams at the top with 94 QB hurries. Coincidentally the Texans gave up the same number of sacks as the Panthers at 37 tied for 18th in the league. We really need to reevaluate our approach to roster building. Way too much tied up in the OL.

What makes me laugh is in recent years some folks have taken every opportunity to tell others how superior Allen is to Newton as a passer as if Cam was insignificant. That and the fact that sooooo many self proclaimed "lifelong" Bills fans have popped up over the last several years is why I feel zero sympathy for their playoff woes.

If the Bills were going to do this they should have cleaned house. Keeping Beane but making McDermott the fall guy is just delaying the inevitable.

He's very talented and definitely one of the better receivers in the league when he wants to be but he is and has been prone to baffling moments. Regardless. He has already shown and expressed how much he despises us. I relish his team losing in the playoffs.

Past his prime and wants to be paid like an elite pass rusher in his twenties. No thanks.

30 attempts 150 yards 5 YPA. Wild anyone is carrying water for that.

How does anyone still not know how to activate an ad blocker?