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Of course he doesn't want to be here. This is CMC all over again. Nagging injury keeps him out longer than expected, team is worse than expected, he just doesn't return. I told everyone not to be shocked if CMC suddenly got more durable if he gets out of here and goes to a contender. Now look at him in SF. Guys don't want to be here. We're a dumpster fire. Would you honestly want to be here if you were a player? It's a paycheck while they're biding their time to get the hell out. Sons of former players tend to be a lot smarter about the business side of the game. Yeah, you might get praise for roughing it out through injuries on bad teams, but no one's going to be there for you of the injuries lessen your performance. You'll just get tossed to the side and the team and league will move on. You gotta look out for yourself. If there's something to play for, that's one thing. But it's an entirely different situation when you're playing on one of the worst teams in the league. That might not be what folks want to hear but that's reality.

Next? Hell, he'd be the first.

A hallmark of the Tepper era has been the lack of a team. We've had collections of players who soon realize this team is hopeless so they quickly just start looking out for themselves and their career. Just get through this, try to put some good individual play on film and try to preserve the tread on the tires.

Just read that quote. He ain't suiting up again this year and honestly I don't blame him. Next year is pivotal and he knows it. He has to prove he can stay on the field. Playing in a few meaningless throwaway games this year isn't going to change his future value in the least... unless he came back and got hurt again.

Well, that was anticlimactic. The Seahawks just completely blow a protection assignment and leave Micah Parsons completely unblocked off the edge on 4th and 2.

Whoa. Dallas throws on 3rd? That stops the clock and gives the Seahawks a legit shot.

Looks like Seattle is cooked barring a borderline miracle. Damn good game though.

Ouch. The Seahawks turning it over on downs at midfield hurts. That Lockett drop is looming large right now. He catches that on 1st down and it's 1st and 10 already on the verge of FG range. Instead they end up turning it over on downs.

I assess that he looks terrible. His feet are all over the place so he's not ready to throw and ends up late even when he sees it. Yes, the offense around him is broken. But simply evaluating his play by itself, it's not good. At all. Will a better system and surrounding talent help him? We all hope so, but man he looks really damn bad.

Well damn, that was some beast mode poo out of Dak right there. How did that guy NOT sack him?

Yikes. That was a gift of a DPI.

Oof. Two Cowboys' DBs run into each other leaving DK Metcalf wide open casually jogging across the back of the endzone.

This is the best TNF game I can recall. That's a pretty damn low bar but this is a really good football game.

This. At least with Rhule everyone could commiserate and bash that grinning, guffawing ass clown trying to stammer his way through an excuse-fest in the presser after every loss. Reich was just... there. There wasn't even anything to hate. He was just there.

That was a helluva defensive play.

To be clear, I'm not sure Tepper is ready and/or willing to do that. Hence why I think the most likely situation would be an entertaining poo show of a clash of egos leading to get another firing and another presser where Tepper embarrasses himself and continues to find new lows for his franchise.

I honestly don't want Harbaugh but I can't lie that it would excite me simply because no way in hell he's taking this job unless he has assurances that Tepper is gonna stay the fug out of football operations and if he doesn't then that poo show will be fun to watch too because Harbaugh has never been one to bite his tongue.

One that the S2 test factored very highly in I bet. Seemed like it was right after the S2 test that it started getting talked about that Stroud was out and it was basically between Bryce and Richardson at that point. Hell, it might have just been the S2 test to be honest. I struggle to see any formula coming out with Bryce and Richardson 1 and 2. It just doesn't make sense that any formula applied consistently would produce that pairing. The inputs that are going to favor Richardson would also favor Stroud over Bryce. The inputs that would favor Bryce would also favor Stroud over Richardson. IMO, most logical formulas are gonna have Stroud at #1 or #2 with Bryce and Richardson at #1 or #3 depending on whether your favoring measurables or you're favoring stats and/or intangibles like test scores and/or subjective inputs. Bryce and Richardson just seem like kinda polar opposite evaluations IMO. Do you want the all intangibles guy backed by stats and college production or do you want the all measurables guy who doesn't have the stats or production but passes the eye test on film all day? I just can't see the same formula or group of evaluators having them 1/2.

Damn. That was a helluva half of football. The Seahawks had to score three TDs in the finals seconds just to get one on the scoreboard. That was some bullshit.

It was really head scratching how much weight Tepper and company (well, at least Tepper) put into that test. Those folks should've taken advantage of the opportunity to try to sell him on an investment opportunity in the company.

If Tepper realizes he's turned this job into this hard of a sell then he should be more than willing to go out and hire a legit GM and give him legit GM controls and that would fix a lot of the hard sell issues.

Well, so far the Seahawks are keeping pace. They're a very makeable missed FG away from being tied.

So why as an assistant coach would you agree to this? What an awful situation to be in. How is this situation going to create a more favorable situation for HC candidates after another year in which you're once again looking for a new HC after one year?

The numbers they were going over earlier in the game about the Cowboys' offensive numbers on turf vs. grass were very eye opening. They are a MUCH more prolific offense on turf. Home field advantage might be vital for them in the playoffs.