tukafan21

I wanted someone to hire him so we got the picks, but I'm also not upset that he'll now be back. I genuinely don't understand why so many fans on here dislike him so much. No, he's not perfect and made some mistakes this year, especially at the end of the playoff game and going so soft in coverage on the final drive. But considering this place torched him all offseason for us having the "worst defense in NFL history" last year. Said in the whole pre-draft process how we had to go defense in round 1 because of it and then complained the rest of the offseason that we didn't do enough to improve the defensive roster. How do people say all that about the defense and then complain when he turned that same unit into a pretty respectable defense this year. They were really the only reason we were in a lot of games for most of the season, as the middle part of the season they really stepped up and were playing like one of the better defenses in the league. I don't see any reason we can't improve even more next year if we spend another offseason focusing on adding pieces on that side of the ball, which we should be able to do with our draft picks and cap space. We had the historically worst defense ever last year and people are upset because we weren't the 85 Bears this year, make it make sense.

Evero to the Raiders makes zero sense unless the OC he's pitching them is a failed HC who doesn't have interest in trying for it again. They're a team about to draft a QB #1 overall, developing him is job #1 for the new coach/staff. Hiring a DC with a young up and coming OC wouldn't make any sense, because then you risk losing that OC to a HC job after maybe just a year or two and that young QB has to change system, play caller, etc. It's why hiring an offensive minded coach makes the only sense. The Raiders have to make the right hire/pick with this HC hire and #1 pick combo because of that division they're in, it's a gauntlet and you can't screw up this opportunity.

It’s got nothing to do with the event itself, it’s about the accolade and it lessening the meaning of it, particularly for past players. Just call it “The postseason games” or something dumb like that. Then have pro bowl voting still and those players are then invited to participate in the event, but any alternates aren’t then considered “pro bowlers”

He wanted him as a backup there, not to be their starter, big difference. That doesn't mean he won't get an opportunity to start, but if he does, I think it's more them punting on the season to get a high pick in next year's better QB class than thinking he actually can be their long term solution. Saw it the other day, since 2000 there have been something like 600 times a QB has thrown 200 passes in a season. Of those, Shedder ranked in the bottom 10 for QBR, he literally had one of the 10 worst seasons of the last quarter century, he's not a starter in this league.

JFC.... now Flacco is in the pro bowl, what a freaking joke this has become, time to officially kill this event off. When the 5-12 Cleveland Browns had 2 Pro Bowl QB's this year and still need to find a new Week 1 starter next year, you know it's jumped the shark and time to put it off to pasture.

I love all the people saying he's our best WR right now, I think you're letting that playoff game skew your thinking just a tad bit. I know he started the year hurt and it affected him, but he still played in 11 games and only had 400 yards, with only 2 regular season games having over 52 yards (and still only 60 and 74 yards in those two). His playoff performance was the same total as his 2 best games this year combined, which is awesome, but it also shows the playoff game was more of an outlier than the norm for him right now. Love his potential and think he can be a really good player for us, but saying he's our best WR right now over T-Mac just makes you sound dumb, sorry.

He didn't make it for the same reason Luke didn't and the same reason Smitty never will unless they change the procedure again. This new rule of needing to get 40 of 50 votes in the final round of voting is just sooooooooooooo dumb At that point it's already down to people who should be in the HOF and all it takes is a handful of split votes to keep more than worthy players out of the HOF in any given year. So unless there is collusion to among the voters to make sure only 9 or less people are not voting for certain players, we're going to keep seeing this happen every year, and we'll see more than worthy players never end up getting in at all. All it takes is for 20 of the 50 voters to split their vote and it keeps both players out that year. And when that final vote is by voting for 5 guys out of 7, it's going to happen every year unless they start colluding to make sure certain guys get in when they should.

Not when said QB is Josh Allen, it would be like when Andy Reid retires in the next few years and KC making the hire without involving Mahomes in the discussion at all. When you have a QB like they, they 100% should be involved in the discussions to make sure there is alignment and the QB/HC will mesh well together. I'm sure they didn't just let him make the decision as that would be dumb, but it would be even dumber to have not involved him in the process at all.

The press conference was ugly and would make any coach a little concerned about working for said owner. But HC jobs for the team with the best QB in the league in the middle of his prime don't come around too often. I think every candidate would be able to look past the owner in this situation to get a chance at having Allen's prime years to chase a ring. I still think if they lose in the first round and thus fired McDermott a week earlier, Harbaugh very likely would have been their next HC, but this all happened after he was already lined up with the Giants.

It honestly makes no sense. The Bills problems weren't with the coaching staff, it was with the roster their GM put together. Firing McDermott was their way of saying they felt things weren't working, but then go and just hire their OC which will just keep things mostly the same. The move would have been to replace the GM, not the HC, very odd to then end up hiring their OC instead.

He has Caleb Downs falling to 11th If he slips to outside the Top 10, I'd be aggressive and move up to get him as long as it doesn't cost a future 1st to do so.

Would rather spend big on an edge rusher and address MLB in the draft, we need a vet edge who can step in from day 1 and be our best pass rusher, better than Scourton who I think has great potential. We're not getting that in the draft this year, use that on MLB or an OT if there is a starter there and then take a MLB in the 2nd. That would be a much better way to allocate the cap to the starting lineup while giving us the best results as well.

I could see Shannahan wanting him to try and replicate some of what they used to do with Deebo with his size and speed.

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.