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Why people who use this argument also frequent message boards is beyond me. That’s basically the answer to every single commentary from any NFL fan. “Oh, you think you know more about football than player, coach, commentator x.” Dude, it’s an NFL fan board. Literally none of us are qualified to question a single goddamn thing that happens in the NFL. That’s not hyperbole. None of us can question anything based on that logic. So why show up to an internet message board then? You must be a blast a children’s parties.

If it’s too windy to kick the FG from the 40, based on Haacks performance last week, this might be perfect. We could probably pin them deep at like their own…21 yards line if he really gets ahold of it.

I agree, the show blows at the moment. Howard is running on his own past work at this point. The stuff that really makes me angry is editing the old material from replays. That is way more bothersome than the way he is running his swan song. I do think a big part of this last contract is to get the staff right. Guys like Sal were totally unprepared to go out on their own. I believe Howards contract is for the show, his show, not necessarily his pay. I think he signed for his staff. Or at last that is why he thinks he signed. Totally possible he still pays them like crap, but him existing is still a favor.

It is a total garbage situation. I didn't realize it was such a mess in Chicago. There is a part of me, from a business perspective, that would have left Nagy in place one more year, cleared the cap situation, and provided a better situation that would attract more quality candidates. To the bolded, I think this is the exact opposite. The situation is built for failure at the moment. A guy like Frazier, who is in a good situation, and interviews for HC positions a lot, I would take a hard pass if offered the job. This position is best suited for somebody who is looking to get their first (and maybe only) shot at running a franchise I don't think Watson is landing anywhere. And honestly, if I were a HC candidate, if my org is relying on Watson becoming available or playing for me as a solution, I am probably thinking it is not a match. That goes both ways, if I am a franchise and a candidate told me that was their plan, I would not offer them the job. The big plan is to give up assets for a guy that might not be able to play? Not to mention the general principle of it all. Hard pass.

People like to park closer to the stadium but it takes 2-3 business days to get the hell out of there after the game. I generally like to get into one of the further lots. More often than not I am walking faster than traffic moves. Then pulling out I am on the 90 in super short order.

Meh, I hate the "he's evolved" argument. But I do think some of it is evolution. Mostly I think Howard is old and tired. The guy has busted his ass to change how media existed in the USA. He is entitled to ride his career out on his own coattails. I am also entitled to complain about it. The whole production just feels so low-effort and lazy these days. I don't think the issue is what is edgy now, or whether or not Howard has gone soft. Like spending two hours a day for 8 days ripping on Ronnie for moving to LV and retiring should be about 30 minutes....once. But instead it dominated an entire month.

I am relying on some reading on last year. But 5 year $70M is still a $14M valuation, and not that far off from where I listed. I would have a tough time valuing Edmunds at $3-4M per year more than Milano. For a guy making $10-11M per year, another $3-4M is a huge increase.

I can hear it now, "Buffalo, what a depressing city. Robin, could you imagine being from Buffalo? Great you have a football team, Imagine being such a shithole people prefer NJ" followed by another hour of "Howard, this is your mother, your cousin Ishmeal was from Buffalo and he was a very nice man. You shouldn't say those things..." I think that might actually be a better version of the show than what has been put on the air recently.

If Haack could just try to practice kicking this week that would be great. I don't want to throw too many variables at him. Catch ball, drop ball, kick ball. Just nail those three things, then add things like wind and cold.

I honestly don't know what to think of Edmunds. I love him, but he also drives me nuts. I want to keep him, I don't want to lose him. But I have no interest in paying him $15-18M that I have seen. Interesting statement. The comments on Milano are about how instinctual and tough he is (not that Edmunds isn't tough), but the comments on Edmunds are about how big and fast he is. How much space he takes away just by being out there.

Totally agree. I would love to see MT make a successful go of it, but Indy with average QB play is incredibly dangerous.

The Daboll/Mitch pairing is interesting. It seems like there are a lot of similarities between Mitch and Josh, just from a physical standpoint. Given what Daboll did with Allen, it seems to make sense. But that is the only real connection we have. If I am Mitch I would love to follow BD, but BD could have other plans. If he lands in Miami, there is probably no way MT follows. Carson Wentz was terrible this year. Everything MT did in Chicago was better than the QB play in Indy. If I am Reich I am scrambling this offseason for an upgrade. Hell, Heinicke would be a major upgrade. Indy needs to do something. I would imagine Heinicke, Fitz, and Trubiski are on a list for serious discussion. Maybe a tier two list of Mariota and Bortles? But they cannot go forward the way they are.

With the velocity that Allen throws, how are receivers have done catching in cold weather, and the expected temps, the WR's should be living outside with the jugs machines cranked up to 11 from now until Saturday. I am way less concerned about practicing outside for the other position groups.

I don’t need 10. Only a few weeks left in the season. 1. Bellichick 2. Mahomes 3. Burrow/Derek Henry 4. Aaron Rodgers. 4 timely deaths should get us a super bowl.

When Allen has days where he is cold, a lot on this board put it on Daboll. Allen is a stud, Daboll groomed him to be one. As frustrated as I can get with the offense, I am not amped to see them stand on their own.

It feels like Beane is treating real life like I treat Madden. Cole is “good enough” and McKenzie is in a contract year. Don’t give McKenzie enough snaps to keep his value super low. Sign him to a million year deal at league minimum. Except this is real life. And doing that can drive the value up for a player who feels slighted.

In all seriousness, it’s going to be cold, I’d put the receivers outside on the jugs machine and crank them up all week long. They have to be better at catching those lasers when everything is frozen.

Which is wild because we run a ton of time play action, more than anybody in the league. I love Josh, but this seems like a QB issue not a problem play calling issue if this is in fact the case.

I would like to see Allen under center more. Singletary runs better there as well. I think it also helps Josh get the ball out quicker. I am unsure if Daboll is really pass happy as a play caller, or if Josh Hs a tendency to be really hot/cold with a run game that’s struggled to produce for weeks at a time, so he pushes to get QB1 in rhythm.

I get your overall point, but it’s like a 45 minute flight. Brookline to Gillette is 45 minutes. Players live that far from the stadium for home games.

I agree with this but there is some nuance. Josh needs to sometimes run like a MOFO, because sometimes he has games or stretches of games where he isn’t a good passer. Getting Josh moving is a stop gap. The fix is actually having the valleys be less often and/or less deep. If he can become a bit more efficient/consistent, the sky is the limit for him and this team.

I think BUF vs. NE or LAC is a favorite for MNF. Herbert v. Allen is a match the league will probably want to promote. Either that or Rams v. Cardinals

Being 3/15 isn’t “had a feeling we were gonna go vanilla”

I would really like to get McKenzie involved not on jet sweeps more often.

Poor choice of words. Unfortunate. We could be winning this game 1000 to 0