HardyBoy

I thought the Jets could match up well against the dolphins...I know nothing

Yeah, but he had those on just 7 completions...they were tearing up the passing game too, they just didn't need to throw. Dak had something like 135 passing yards I believe...on 21 completions! Josh Allen played really well, both in the plays he made and the plays he threw away. Cook's vision looks like it's starting to become consistently elite. He's flashed it before, but i can't wait to see the all 22 breakdown to see his vision and how he's setting up blocks... looks like it might have slowed down for him...I really liked the thought of ETN, but...they didn't even have to show off the playaction game off this yet either...

Feels angry in here the last couple pages... like maybe deep breath and it's a game and remember back after Hamlin got hurt if you said it would change the way you cared about what really mattered... now would be a good time to channel that

It could make week 18 just matter for seeding though. If you look when the bills blew out the dolphins, not having Philips and the oline injuries played a huge part... same thing is happening to them again and the Jets imo match up extremely well in terms of taking away the first read and then putting pressure on Tua with 4...I think the dolphins could very well lose out and nothing to do with their receivers.

You don't?!

What's the definition of a reportable injury? There's gotta be more to the rule that is relevant.

I have a feeling his dad/ family is very let's say involved... it might not have been Elam's choice?

It could have been something Beane requested? I would imagine he was never seriously a trade candidate, but people would call about him I'm sure and it could allow Beane to shift conversations to other players?

Wait, why isn't it young man with a young woman? 😬

Bad announcing though absolutely impacts my ability to enjoy a game

How long do you have to wait before surge pricing goes away?

The team is appreciating in value like crazy, probably over a billion dollars already...fans boycotting is probably going to cause them to operate at a loss year to year, which he will likely not feel at all because he can use it write off gains somewhere else and get tax savings. I'd be very surprised if Pegula cares about the operating costs of the bills in any meaningful way, the brand and asset are far more important... this isn't the MLB, NHL or NBA where attendance matters a ton.

Absolutely I'm saying that about the Miller thing and him getting benched... the last week has been a really crappy eye opening look into the fan base. The problem is the article doesn't portray his approach as being a crappy outdated coaching approach with regards to the truck piece...it portrays him as being a jealous narcissist.

Right, and you're willing to get a super bowl by any means necessary, even if that is standing in the square of a public flogging throwing rotten vegetables.

Yes, some people are cheering...but more so getting entertainment from it. The article is slanted...saying McD is jealous because he didn't have that relationship with his players, when he believes coaches shouldn't have those types of relationships with his players, but never brings up that the reason McD said that about the truck is because it goes against his coaching philosophy and instead "jealousy" It's a character hit piece

We're a crappy fan base, sorry, but it's true. This is basically like cheering an injury.

Based on his reaction saying how hurt he was by reading it, my guess is very few if any of the sources actually said any of this to his face in a constructive way, but just a guess.

And McD started all the way at the bottom himself and worked his way up and I'm sure is mentoring based on experience and where he saw other coaches with a ton of potential flame out.

Use whatever means possible to get him fired...Tyler Dunne, is that you?! Of all the sports, fan support matters by far the least in the nfl... very few home games and the vast majority of the money comes from the TV deals and league wide revenue sharing. I could see ticket sales being important for cash flow stuff, but the Pegulas seem to have plenty of liquid money that they can fund the cash flow until the league wide dispersments are paid, and for all we know they might not mind operating at a loss because it helps offset gains elsewhere. Now other sports with regional TV deals and 41 or 81 home games and much more limited league wide revenue sharing, sure, but not the NFL. Also, how do you know that Pegula isn't fully supportive of and wants coaches that have boundaries between player and coach?

Absolutely plausible and a good point and kind of implied in the article. I had read the part on the low salary and basically the whole section on the Hall truck story...McD also came up from the bottom and I'm sure worked with many coaches who made it and even more who didn't and he was trying to make sure Hall was in the make it batch and he was so hard on him because he felt it was the best way to push him to make it. Not that paying him a low amount is right, but it might have been part of a larger vision to get him to be a head coach some day. My point isn't that I know what happened at all, it's that only one point of view was offered when there could be a lot of other viable explanations for his behavior...McD being a jealous attention seeker...I dunno, I could absolutely him being way too high strung at times and freezing as a result and I think he should have coffee with Tom Caughlin asap probably, but to explain his behavior as being jealous, when at the same time him saying things like it's not your job to be friends with them. That's not someone who is jealous of someone's closeness with players, that's someone who is saying that as a coach on his team his expectation is people have a boundary between player and coach...like if that's his perspective on player coach relationship, it literally means he would not be jealous of the relationships he isn't planning on having with people. Ugh, the more I think about this the less and less sense the article is making from a logic perspective...how is he jealous of something he doesn't want to have?

People should not be giving lavish gifts to people that have decision making power over them. Either said or unsaid (this doesn't need to be said though, it should be part of their organizations annual compliance training) McD: either says above or says something like that wasn't appropriate, or again doesn't even say it because he assumes it's obvious to people why you shouldn't accept that gift Hall: I don't know what to tell you, they just really like me I guess McD: but you're not here to be friends with them, you're their coach... Or Hall: I got this truck from my players! McD: when, I didn't see them give it to you here? Hall: at my house last night, we had a party McD: (during covid restrictions) What do you mean?! I am paying you to coach the players, not he friends with them ___ Neither of those sound unreasonable to me as a reaction

I mean Rosebud my guy, Rosebud... Someone having money doesn't give people the right to warm their hands as they sit around a person's reputation being burnt down and him seeing everything he believed was true about how people think of him being torn up and looking around and having people cheer. It's morally gross

I've read parts...I think you're missing the point... the fact that a source had their perspective, but a completely valid and pretty obvious alternative and reasonable explanation was not provided as a counterpoint is problematic...that is the point I am making

I haven't read it yet either...my cousin sent me that piece with the truck story as a screenshot and when I read it yesterday, my initial thought was what a jerk...but then I thought about it more and put myself in his shoes and tried to understand if maybe there was a different reason and I realized it was a potential perceived conflict of interest and that the source was probably being completely honest, but was looking at it from their perspective and not McDs. Then I read about and listened to him saying how much it hurt him to read people saying stuff about him like that, and I couldn't stay quiet about it and here I am

This, exactly this.