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Just NFL pressure, or Hue being Hue? He's always been a guy who talks a huge game.

Hue Jackson came right out last night and said unequivocally that he was never offered money to lose. So his story has already changed. As far as a solution? Incentivize hiring a minority HC. They're doing that now but it's backwards. The team who loses the coach is rewarded. Instead, reward the hiring team. 1st round pick for a team that hires minority HC. If the goal is to increase the number of minority HC that will do it. If I'm the Saints I can either hire Bienemy, who comes with pick #33, or whoever recently had lunch with Sean Mcvay. It could tip the scales.

That 1st down with 13 seconds left was the game. Don't let them get any meaningful yardage there and it's total desperation play time. I would have played it like a 4th down and 10. Defend the 35. Like I mentioned before, they are NOT going deep on you there. Too risky, because if it's incomplete it's game over. Their whole strategy would be get a quick hitter followed by some RAC. So it isn't like mid play they would adjust and suddenly run deep. It was drilled into them: get open quick, catch it, get what you can and get DOWN for the timeout. Your QB is expecting a quick hitter, and suddenly you are going to improvise and just run a go route?

I can't think of a currently active QB in the NFL that I would take over Allen. Allen has become much more of a "real QB" reading defenses, distributing the ball, and using his immense physical talents to get out of trouble only when needed.

I'm not sure what to think of Green Bay's roster. On one hand, it seems like they have a lot of star players, but then again the offense is Adams and whoever else. This is why I hope the Bills just keep adding weapons for Allen. Diggs, Davis, Knox, Beasley, and a rookie WR that is big and fast along with a super fast option at RB would be nice to see. Just score 30-35 points per game and hope you defense can force a punt or two.

Every QB misses easy passes sometimes... All it takes is the QB and WR/RB to slightly out of synch, and a pass that is exactly where the QB wanted it to be is not where the RB/WR is. Or other times, the QB just misses one. It happens. I do agree that Allen is a better QB than Mahomes, although both are great. When you pressure Allen he'll go to the mat with you, but IMO Mahomes falls apart when you really crank up the pressure on him and force him to take hits and make tight window passes.

Either a DT that blocks out the sun or a blazing fast RB please! NOT A DE that will rank #1 in DVOA or some Excel spreadsheet but never actually make a memorable play in a game.

I still cannot believe we freaking lost that game. It's inexcusable! It robbed Allen of a legacy defining moment, robbed the team of a hard fought epic win, and robbed the fans of a home AFC Title game vs the Bengals. We just flat out GAVE them the yards. We didn't even challenge them. Now, if we had pooched or squibbed and killed off 4-5 seconds first that D might have worked. The Chiefs almost didn't have time as it was. It was close. So having 4-5 seconds less makes it a different story. I think they had a squib/pooch called followed by this D, and when the kickoff cluster happened they just stuck with the D anyway, figuring it probably would still work. All this worry about a deep pass... IF the Chiefs went deep with 13 seconds it's the game right there. If it's anything but complete they would have 1 more play from their 25. Just dumb strategy.

I say it's Rodgers to the Steelers. That would be fun to watch that division.

It was so much fun watching Sanders and Thomas in their primes. Both would crush it in today's NFL. Especially Thurman though. He was Marshall Faulk before that was a thing.

Hue Jackson's big reveal was a giant flop. We'll, they didn't pay me to lose but the roster was bad and they kept me in for year 3 after I only won 1 game in 2 years... Then he got fired in year 3 and Gregg win a bunch of games as interim coach with that same roster. If anything Hue Jackson is an example of a team sticking with a coach too long. Now, there are legitimate concerns as it relates to the number of minority HC in the NFL. But this entire lawsuit is making a mockery of the issue in my opinion because the claims sound like unprofessional heresay. But if you'll notice people are still saying we need to investigate the Browns thing even after Hue Jackson himself said it never happened that way. IMO that's the goal here. Public perception is baked in. Daboll is illegitimate. Elway staggered into Flores interview hungover, and Ross tried to pay him to tank games. And Hue was incentivized to lose, even though he now admits that's not really what happened.

Jackson already walked back his claim.

If you haven't read Hue Jackson's latest contributions you really need to... Is this for real?

Supposedly the new Vikings GM really wanted Harbaugh but ownership wasn't on board.

Davis would be a great pick!

That part of the complaint struck me as really odd. "Obviously had been drinking heavily the night before" is a subjective, unprovable claim. It seems easily defeated, and more importantly, is clearly defamatory if untrue. It just seems sloppy, and makes me wonder what other parts are sloppy. And I'm just a guy on a message board. I'm sure billionaire's lawyers noticed that too.

Makes sense, I hope Star decides to hang em up. OR he gets back to when he was pretty good.

If Josh had Thurman of the 1990 season then we might never punt all season, unless Josh uncorked a deep ball on 3rd down and just missed a guy andwe had to here and there. I also loved Barry Sanders, but he was not as good as Thurman as an all around back, IMO. Emmitt Smith was also great, but not the all around threat.

If he retires, aren't we stuck with the same deap cap as if he was cut?

Thurman Thomas was, IMO, the best RB of the past 40 years. He was also the last Buffalo Bill to be named league MVP. Thurman was incredible, and in a time when the game was much more based on defense and running the ball, he was a 2000's era RB. He could run, for sure, with incredible vision, power and speed. Then he could line up as a freaking WR and catch the ball 25 yards down the field along the sideline, not just in the slot (although he could do that too). Then he could come in and pass block or run block for another runner. The dude was a 2020's RB 30 years ago, when you could hold, illegal contact was not a thing, and pass interference was rarely called. Guys could take headshots without it being a penalty. There was no defenseless WR. I could go on and on, but in an era of brutal, physical defense he was still nearly unstoppable. In today's game he would be even more unstoppable. I would take Thurman Thomas over EVERY RB who has played since 1980, at least.

Star's contract is still brutal... No real savings to cut him. 9 mil if he plays 7 mil if he's gone.

Best for all not to proceed if fit is in question

that all makes total sense! It's pretty crazy how dysfunctional that franchise truly is

Did Culley make those mistakes, or was having the GM, and the "consultant" or whatever they called Romeo Crennell, in his headset chattering away at key moments a distraction that caused him to botch decisions?

Again though, Flores wasn't actually paid to lose. He says he refused the offer. It is interesting that Flores employed co OC's and constantly messed with Tua by taking him out, putting Fitz in, taking Fitz out... Those decisions were widely criticized as counterproductive at the time... Did he actually ACCEPT the offer and now wants to act like he didn't? Because Hue Jackson is basically saying he went along and tanked, if I'm reading that right, making him just as guilty (if not more) because he then lied to his players and put their careers in harm's way for his own personal gain. Again, based on what he seems to be saying.