Mr. WEO

I wonder how many were defended and how many dropped. It's 11 passes. Also, get Justin Fields out of there with his tiny attempt total. Come on...

lol what precautions would he take? Anyway, the guy with the smallest hands among NFL QBs right now (only 9 inches/8.5 for Pickett)? Joe Burrow.

Multiple NFL teams: "hello, may I speak to Derek Carr?" Raiders: "Derek's not here right n..." Multiple NFL teams: (laugh loudly and hang up)

How many ball drops did he have las year?

Well, McC isn't a pure RB like those 2. He's had a single season with over 250 carries. Alexander had 6 in a row (4 of them over 300) and 7 very productive seasons. Henry had 2 of his last 3 seasons over 300 (if not injured this past year he may have reached 400 carries). McC is a dwarf compared to those guys. He hasn't had to opportunity to be run into the ground yet---and he's already a wreck.

Cowboys sure did.

You can't just replace a Rich Scangarello....

What have been his other anti-McD agenda pieces? You have to be joking. Ty Dunne "fashioned" the insane Rodgers Packers drama last off season???? Rodgers fashions all of his onw very needy drama: he undertook the absolute dumbest holdout in NFL history (during which time EVERYONE was speculating on which team he would be playing on.....after Rodgers "got out of Green Bay), he created a whole story around his "immune status", in order to skirt the NFL rules. But, no---it was all Dunne's doing. That's simply crazy. People are (predictably) losing their minds over this. You could have led with this. It's obviously an opinion piece. He talked to players and formed an opinion of their take on the incident. NFL teams can be viewed as similar to publicly held companies and they are shareholders (they buy tickets, merchandise, provide TV viewership). As any such company, NFL FOs are beholden to their "shareholders", so they, like publicly traded Boards/CEOs can't really credibly refuse to defend publicly their company decisions. If they do so, they deserve the negative response they receive.

ehat part of the story is factually incorrect and how did you determine this?

So the Channel 4 Sports guy has an axe to grind? He has no source material (meaning he's lying about his "credible sources")? Why would you chose to believe he's making this all up to start some beef or axe grinding? How would someone conclude that a respected local reporter with obvious connections to the Bills is putting out fake stories? He's there to win AFCC games, at least.

Dunne is known to members of this board. "Josh Reed is a Murrow and Emmy Award winning journalist...and Sports Director" of Buffalo News 4 since 2015. A real flame thrower there. As he just put it: "Some of y’all are funny. You want reporters to give you insight on your team… unless you disagree with it" and " It’s a tweet not a web story. Don’t fans want to hear what we’re being told I credible sources?" Apparently the answer is no for many here.

Takeaway? It’s the subject of the article. It doesn’t claim all players have voiced displeasure in the way the aftermath of the game was handled internally. So only a reader of lower intellect would believe what Dunne is reporting (as is Josh Reed, separately)? That’s an interesting interpretation.

why? If these are the things players are saying, why is it nonsense? Why wouldn’t the readership be interested in hearing this? TD put this article out there because he thinks Bills fans who follow him are dumb?

yeah he’s not the best field general, but the Tyler Dunn article also says he never really disused this in the days after the game—even with the players in private. One player was quoted regarding perceptions of responsibility. This guy is no stranger. He knows the Bills

Coaches don't execute plays.

Maybe because it happens everywhere and they make news about it everywhere.

See above. players will tell you it's not conjecture. He clearly blamed their "execution" for the collapse. Only if you are one of those people who believe that reporters simply make up quotes and stories such as these.

Yeah, NFL coaching staffs are famous for harboring wilting flowers and fragile snowflakes. Anyway, you speculated wrong--see below:

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Is that what McD is saying to his staff that led to this tweet? got a link for that? Maybe they just think he's a strategic disaster who is ready to hint it was someone else's fault at the first opportunity.

Cousins gets crapped on a lot, but in the past 7 seasons, he has averaged 4223 yards and 29 TDs vs 11 INTs and completed 67% of his passes. In his last 4 seasons, at Minn, he has had a QB rating of less than 100 (99.7) only once and has been a Pro Bowler twice. He's a top 10 QB all day. 4000/30 would have put Baker in top 10 for both categories last season--other than Burrow and Herbert, the QBs ahead of him making tons more money.

McCarthy wasn't a very good coach (see my post above). Lafleur is much better, as is the Offense he brought with him, yet no SB appearances. In 2018, the Packers "brought in" Tonyan, Lazar and MVS--3 guys who had significant contributions by 2020. Add them to a top 3 WR and a 1000+ yard RB who they drafted in 2017 and it resulted in the #1 scoring Offense, a trip to the NFCC game and Rodger's 1st MVP year in 7 years. Still no SB. But yeah, they didn't give him any weapons--no "supporting cast"! ....#1 Offense. MVP. Your argument doesn't get any less absurd the more you repeat it. Here's another QB for you: Eli Manning. Took 2 mediocre Offenses (and Defenses) to 2 SBs where he won 2 SB MVPs. In 2007, he had 1 WR who barely scratched 1000 yards. Same for a RB. He did it a gain in 2011 with absolutely no running game and 2 good receivers (Cruz and Nicks--essentially flash in the pan guys). He put those teams on his back after sneaking into the playoffs and balled out through two legendary SB wins---vs Brady, no less. Under siege, he made iconic clutch completions to win those games. In 2020, Rodgers (MVP with the best Offense around him in the NFL) choked in the biggest moment. In 2021, he laid an egg against the mighty 49ers.

1. Rodgers only SB win was with McCarthy. Despite current opinions of his current coaching ability, That would also make him a coach that put Rodgers in a position to succeed. How did that escape you? 2. Rodgers is considered by many (here especially) as a top 5 or certainly top 10 all time. Yet you keep saying that he needs better players around him and a better coach—all sorts of help. Great QBs at some point go all the way in the postseason, with what they succeeded with during the rest of the season. You would have to conclude that Rodgers isn’t nearly on the same level, the same order of magnitude as Brady,wouldn’t you? Poor Aaron Rodgers—he has squandered a career searching for all the help he required to prove his greatness. Why will no one help him?? lol.

Packers loaded their roster with plenty of "jags" for years--isn't that your claim? yet no MVP for 7 years. They bring in rookies Lazard and MVP and Tonyan and a year later they are 13-3 and a year after that Rodgers gets his first MVP since 2104. Lazard has produced 14 TDs and 75 TDs on 109 catches in the last 3 years. Why isn't he a good pickup? Tonyan had a breakout year in 2018 (better than Knox this year--and everyone is saying he should be re-signed right now). Both of these guys were undrafted. If Josh was lighting it up as he is and won the MVP (twice) with Diggs and 3 guys brought in as, essentially, rookies (no games played) together 3 years ago, you certainly wouldn't be going on now about these 3 "JAGS" Beane drafted 3 years ago--and how they are not adequate. You would be calling him the Executive of the year for getting 3 pieces of Josh's MVP seasons for a total of a 5th round draft pick (MVP).

without Adams, Jones AND MVS, Tonyan....zero point zero chance Rodgers is MVP in 2020 (he certainly didn't deserve it in 2021). It was the lack of a pinpoint laser beam (or a run for the EZ) at the end of the NFCC in 2020 that kept the Packers from the SB. In 2021, it was a general paucity of laser beams while not avoiding the pass rush that resulted in 8 completions (on 15 passes) in the entire second half vs the mighty 49ers.