tukafan21

No, he went to Miami, Cardinals is still open

This just can't be a real stat, right? That seems so wild

To everyone saying he won't take a DC job and only will be taking a HC job this year, I'm not entirely sure about that. To begin with, in today's NFL, most teams prefer to hire an offensive background coach over defensive. Adding to that, there have been 3 hires so far this year, with 2 of them being defensive guys. And since there are only going to be so many teams looking to hire a defensive minded HC each year, it decreases his odds. Also, Saleh was always a hot name in this cycle and teams are probably more familiar with him as they've been looking into him for a while already. Then you look at the openings left... The Cardinals just fired a defensive coach, can't see them hiring another right after. I can't see him wanting to go to the Raiders or Browns (sure, the Browns could actually be a great fit because of the defense they'd have for him to take over, but going from Josh Allen to the freaking Browns situation would be real tough I'd think). That just leaves the Ravens and Steelers. He's probably too old for the Steelers to have any interest in him and I've got to think the Ravens are going to be looking for an innovative offensive mind type of HC to maximize Lamar's prime window. Sure, he might just sit the season out and try for a HC job next offseason, but I just don't see any fits that make sense for him right now.

There is so much wrong with this post it's scary. First, as it's been explained to you, the Bills call was 100% correct, he never actually had control of the ball outside of literally less than a half second of time, you're stuck on super slow mo and still frames as your proof. And second, the refs get almost zero replay assistance on the types of calls that make people say they are terrible at their jobs. Replay assistance is for things like catches, in/out of bounds, fumbles, and ball placement. Fans really don't care much about those things and if refs are right or wrong, because of the replay assistance (only comes into factor when it's too close to call so the original call stands) They don't get any assistance on the rest of the penalties that are always what fans get upset about and why people say refs are terrible. Namely, things like holding and PI, both called and missed, which they get absolutely zero replay assistance for. It's those things I'm talking about where it's really tough for 7 refs to catch everything all the time. They can only watch so many things at once, and that's if they even have a line of sight on the penalty, so many times the ref is watching the play but the player's bodies are between the ref and the penalty, particularly PI.

Not a fan of giving out big money to a player coming off an injury and who will turn 32 during this next season. I'm more open to going after Crosby as he's 2.5 years younger, but I also don't love that as we'd have to trade for him and I'm sure the Raiders aren't giving him away on the cheap on top of needing to then give him an extension.

I actually very much disagree with the premise of this post about them being the most incompetent fools in sports. The NFL is by far the hardest sport to referee in today's day and age. There are 22 players on the field, but only 7 refs. Even if you said there was a 1 v 1 matchup everywhere on the field, that's still 4 more matchups than refs, and they can only be looking at so many things at one time. Then add in the speed that today's game is played at, and it's only getting faster and faster. Players are able to do things that players a few decades ago wouldn't have even dreamt as possible. There are WRs in today's game that are as big as OL from the 70's. I'm not saying things can't be improved, but I think NFL refs get an unfair knock against them, and a big reason is today's technology advancements too. Fans get the advantage of seeing replays from a dozen angles and slowed down to a frame by frame speed, and then get upset when the refs didn't call something that you can only see once you slow it down that way and see from multiple angles. Like the play in the Bills game the other night, that was NOT a catch, the only reason some fans even think it was one, is because of super slow mo replay and to their eyes, it looks like he has the ball for a couple seconds, but they forget that in real time, that's really only about 0.2 seconds that he had possession of the ball, which is just not a catch. I'd also bet if you had a way of playing a game from back in the day with today's technology, you'd find just as many mistakes being made by the refs, but the tech and number of cameras used back then just weren't able to capture it for people to realize after the fact.

Well don't I look like an idiot now, as I clearly see that in the article now. Now I'm just hoping they had the article wrong originally and they updated it when they realized the mistake, as I swear it said the ball was placed at the 40 after the kickoff, but now I'm not so sure of course, lol

They gave the ball to the Rams at the 40 yard line to open the half and nobody noticed?!?! https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47654079/touchback-spot-error-went-unnoticed-rams-panthers I'm sorry, but how does a full crew of NFL refs not notice the ball was placed in the wrong spot after a touchback? But beyond that, how in the fug does our HC not notice this? I can kinda understand Evero not realizing it because he would have been looking at the call sheet and getting a play called down, but the HC NEEDS to see this and bring it to the refs attention. I realize it's small, but it's just another instance of Canales showing how poor is in game awareness is, it's been a problem for 2 full years now and is a big reason I don't see him as being a good HC. Oh, and the Rams "later realizing it" is bullshit, you know McVay realized it the second they placed the ball down at the 40.

It may help satisfy the rule, but I don't think the franchise that pushed for the rule is interviewing anyone they wouldn't seriously consider for the job just to satisfy the rule. If the Steelers interview you, they have legitimate interest in hiring you

Oh I totally get it, but just because we can do that, doesn't mean it's the right way to go. If this was Madden with video game players, then sure, do it because it helps the cap. But with real people, doing that is likely only going to piss him off and make him want to sign with any other team the following offseason. I'm not saying give him a stupid deal, but giving him like $3-5 million for the one season would be a massive raise over the minimum, it wouldn't hurt our cap situation, he'd still likely play well above that level of contract, and it would help keep him happier with the franchise. But in the end, all I really want is for them to find a way to make sure they won't be needing to do deals for both Coker and T-Mac in the same offseason, as that's a terrible way to spend your cap space in a single offseason. Separating their contracts expiring/negotiations into different offseasons would be the best way to keep them both around long term.

A 2 year deal for Coker would be terribly short sighted as I pointed out in another thread the other day. T-Mac will be eligible for an extension after 2 more seasons, and while there is still 2 years to go, he's very much looked like the type of player you extend right away, knowing waiting will only cost more money and take longer before the contract becomes a bargain with rising contracts every year. So if we sign Coker to a 2 year extension, that means we either let Coker walk after those 2 years or we don't extend T-Mac when we should, as I can't see signing both in the same off season much of an option, it was terrible for the Bengals this year. I like doing a 1 year deal for Coker to set his market value with a full season as the #2, and then sign him to a 3 or 4 year deal after that, which also separates Coker and T-Mac's contract years to help keep both around instead of having to choose at some point, like the Bengals should have done. I also think coming to an agreement on a multi year deal right now could be tough, the team will want to pay the rate of his actual production so far and his agent will want to be paid on his potential from his few breakout games, everyone might just be too far apart for a multi year deal.

We already have 2 young pass rushers who could be promising, no need to add a 3rd to the mix when we won't be getting a stud in the Top 5. We need to overspend and get the best pass rusher we can in FA, someone who can step in from week 1 and be a true impact maker and a leader for the young guys to learn from.

$7.5 a year for a good #2 WR isn’t bad, especially when that probably would only have 10-15 guaranteed as well. Its more than his production so far is worth, but its cheaper than other quality #2’s out there and by the end of 2026 would probably look like a bargain.

I don't think it makes sense to splash on a FA LT. Bring back BC or Yosh or draft someone in the 1st or 2nd, as the hope would be for Ickey to be ready to go for 2027 anyways and then you move someone to the right that year figuring Moton could be about done by then. It's unfortunate but it actually sets up for a decent transition plan at RT in 2 years if we were to draft someone in the first 2 rounds this year and then get a discount on Ickey's extension because of the injury.