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Yet that’s not what people were saying last year

I have said many times here now that I was a supporter in what Brady was doing coming into this season but have not been impressed or liked what I have seen from Brady this year, literally starting in week 1. In this season, I have been hyper critical of Brady, his predictability, inability to adjust, how he has used personnel, and how poor many of his decisions have been in important moments in games this year. I love the "Everybody Eats" philosophy where its not about force feeding someone like Diggs and about Josh making the better and smarter decisions with the ball and taking what is there. Where anyone on any play can get the ball. BUT - what I don't like, and what I said in the post you are responding to was that Brady this year has tried to force this to where I see lesser players getting too many snaps or him dividing limited snaps between Samuel and Moore. Running guys to clear out so we can target a 3rd, 4th, or 5th string player or check down. For example - I dont want to see Cook getting little to no targets so our bottom of the bench or deep bench WR's and TE's can get snaps and touches.

They remind me of the Dick Juaron Bears that over achieved and got DJ a COY award. They may be currently atop their division, but I still think they are the 3rd best team in their own division.

You disagree? You think we should literally try and get every offensive skill player on the active 53 man touches?

Brady. But we either win the SB or everyone should get fired - thats my stance at this point.

OMG I can see Brady now trying to get 12 guys to catch a pass every game filling the field with backups just to do so. I love the everbody eats mantra, and I think that is good smart football. But as a MANTRA - not a literal thing you try and force feed. It does not, or at least should not, mean that literally everyone on the roster is getting to participate like this is a pop warner league and every one gets playing time. What it needs to be and mean, is that you don't prioritize forcing the ball to one guy like we did with Diggs at times, it means take the easy throw regardless to who it is. Take what the defense is giving you. Brady seems hell bent on getting everyone up and down the bench involved, and you can see this narrative being forced in games. Your best players still should be the primary options, not decoys to throw to deep bench guys. Brady has lost his way, swallowed the everybody eats hype to deep, and now cant seem to coach himself out of a brown paper bag as a result.

Gotcha - Well DK wasn't really pennies, it was not only high draft pick but as over pay and insane contract he isn't worth. No argument from me that he would be the best WR on the team on the outside, but I don't think that he is worth what he cost the Steelers. They would have been better off keeping Pickens actually. And yes, Pickens now looks like a value based on how he is playing now in Dallas, but a 3rd and 5th isn't really pennies when you are talking about a guy who had multiple disciplinary issues with the Steelers that included being late to games, missing meetings, lack of effort on the field when not getting the ball, unsportsmanlike penalties that cost the Steelers wins at end of games, etc. Lets be real, they needed Pickens as bas as anyone and still got rid of him. Would I personally have taken a chance on Pickens - yes...but I also get why a lot of teams shied away as his production had not been what it is now and he had a lot of issues, which Pickens himself admitted were a problem and lack of maturity. A 3rd and a 5th is not pennies for a player who had shown flashes but not been consistent and been a bad locker room guy and teammate. Its always easier to look back and reevaluate using hindsight though. I want to see the WR room improve as much as anyone, but lost in the context of that want is that there have not really been great opportunities to do so since we traded Diggs. Options to do so have been thin and Beane tried with Cooper last year and again at the trade deadline this year to get a real WR1 outside threat. Cooper didnt have the fire anymore and lost a step, and no one we went after at the deadline this year got moved. All that being said, I think the bigger issues are the OC, our defensive scheme, some of the decisions on other roster positions, etc. So as far as I am concerned, its win the SB this year or fire everyone.

This is where I am at. I like that we picked up another guy with speed...but we dont use the guys we have properly, and 2 of them have 4.35 or faster speed. As someone who was a Brady supporter coming into the season he has completely lost me. Much like how Daboll eventually lost me too when he was here after being on his wagon early on. What difference makers got traded for pennies? No difference makers got traded at the deadline.

Follow up bonus - For those that love that scene or just watched it for the first time and liked it - here is a hilarious Christmas recreation of it on SNL with Alec Baldwin.

People thought our schedule was going to be brutal this year at this stage last season. Then we found out its pretty cake - except we are blowing it as its us that is playing like dog 💩 and taking losses in games we should clearly win. So it is really hard to see if the schedule is hard or not hard this far out. So I don't waste too much time thinking about it. No one on that schedule scares me if we are playing good football. What scares me is we are not playing good football.

Here is where I am at: Consider me "Blake" (Alec Baldwin) in the movie Glengarry Glen Ross - every one is fired in my mind as of now and they have one shot to win their jobs back and that is find a way to win the Super Bowl this year. (Link Below to one of the best openings in movie history and one of the best on screen speeches in movie history if you are not familiar with it). Rams won the SB when they were not really the best team in the NFL. Any team can get hot in the post season, have some things go their way, and get the job done. McD and Beane have done some great things for this franchise, and I still think McD is a good football coach and Beane is still a good GM. But at some point a change is needed, you can't keep doing the same things and expecting different results. My bigger concern is watching Josh Allen regress this year. Is it a sign that some of his super hero traits are slowing down after such a physical career? Or is it more a function of the team/coaching around him this year? We don't really know, he could have 1-2 years of elite play left or 6-8...but what I do know is now is that I am not willing to gamble whatever elite years he has left on a system and regime that hasn't been able to get over the hump yet with maybe the most gifted QB to ever play. As Alec Baldwin says here - "The good news is you are all fired. The bad news is you all have 1 week to earn your jobs back starting with tonights sit." This is where I am at right now - mentally they are all fired with one chance to win their jobs back and that is win the SB this season. Scene link below - highly recommend watching it whether you have seen it not just because its really just an all time great movie scene.

All I know is I want Brian Flores as our next HC. He was the best HC Miami had since Shula who got more out of his rosters than most do. Pair him with an innovative OC and pick his DC. He got such a raw deal in Miami its stunning he isn't a HC again already. I would also be open to BB and McDaniels combo - not sure McDaniels leaves NE for anyone but BB at this point, if he would even do that given the upstart Pats and young stud QB.

To be fair, it more often than not does implode. There are not many examples of it working and resulting in a Lombardi trophy, but lots of examples of if not working or even becoming a long term disaster. And it looked like it was headed for an implosion in LA too, but they were able to make some moves and hit on some picks that changed that course pretty fast. Bills are one of those teams that better be trying to go all in this offseason if we don't get there this year. This team has been too close, go get the difference makers, and get it done.

That was before ICE showed up

Worst part is that the Rams being this good and loaded with cap space and extra picks is being wasted on a city that barely shows up for their games though lol. But damn, they really set themselves up well for the future. Too bad its being wasted though on a city who doesn't appreciate it. Its early, but not sure this is the draft class to be hunting for a life after Stafford QB...if I am the Rams, I am probably looking to move one of those first for a future first rounder in a deeper QB class.