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kickers are headcases like goalies... Kicking at the NFL level is almost all a mental game. Every single NFL kicker has the leg needed to make just about any kick he would reasonably be asked to attempt. Bass will be fine... kicking league wide is shaky

any word on Jordan Phillips?

if we can get up 10-0 early this game is over.

exactly! Cold is not that dangerous if you're properly dressed. Plus once it gets to a certain point what's the difference? 10 degrees or 0 degrees is cold and you're just going to feel cold either way. 40 and 30, much bigger difference. Heat there is nothing you can do, except stand in the shade while 300 pound men on the other team stand in 120+ degree heat in full football pads I just read through the thread a bit, and actually most of the people posting seem to be saying it's football, suck it up. That and (correctly) pointing out how the Dolphins controlled their own destiny and have themselves to blame

speaking of the big men up front, any news on Jordan Phillips?

I hope they activate big Linval Joseph for this one... Lots of run game= bring in the big man

I love the intensity Diggs shows on the field. Some interpret it as he's unhappy but I just see a stone cold assassin at WR who is just a very intense guy

Sounds like Mayo had something put in his contract making him the successor last off-season.

Draft position means nothing once the games start. Brady was 10x the QB either of those guys were, and that might be low. By the time Alex Smith got to KC he was a reclamation project, and it was Reid who helped him reach his ceiling. I would take Brady and 3 mediocre WR over either of those guys and 3 great WR. And that's coming from a guy who couldn't stand Brady. Brady went to Tampa in his mid 40's and played better with a totally new coaching staff than he ever had for a couple seasons before the wheels finally came off. I was surprised and saddened to see it, but it shows what an advantage having him was. You're right though that we haven't seen the whole story of either guy's career. We don't know for sure how long either will coach. If Reid retires in the next few years he won't have enough hardware and wins to make it a real discussion, but #2 of all time might be a conversation depending on circumstances. Still, I think if current trends hold and Reid sticks with coaching until he's the age Belichick is now, this is going to be a popular debate in 5-6 years when you look at the entire picture.

Rooney Rule question: I was reading that now you must interview TWO external minority candidates for a HC job. Does that mean the Raiders couldn't just name Antonio Pierce the permanent HC if they wanted to?

Andy Reid, especially once another 4-5 years have gone by. IMO he isn't retiring until he's at least 70, so that's another 5 seasons after this one. If Bruce Arians could keep going standing there beet red with his goofy cap and power packs strapped to his chest in his early 70's then Reid can too. Reid has 258 wins now. If Reid averages 11 wins a season he will tie Shula in 6.3 years, when he is 71. So by the end of his 71 year old season he will be the winningest coach of all time, or an extremely close #2 to Belichick. Yes, Belichick is ahead of Reid in wins as of now, but Belichick is also quite a bit older (71 vs 65). Assuming Reid coaches until he is the age Belichick is now he will have not only surpassed the number of wins Belichick has today, he will quite likely have also surpassed Shula. He will likely have at least 1 more SB win than he does now. He is already the only coach in NFL history to be the winningest head coach for 2 different franchises. He's already appeared in 4 Super Bowls, winning 2. He has a huge and successful coaching tree. He was in the top 10 all time in HC wins before he ever met Mahomes. Assuming Reid continues to coach into his 70's the ONLY thing Belichick will have over him is # of rings 6 vs ___? If it's 6 rings vs 3 but Reid is ahead of him in all time wins and his assistants are successful HC all over the league at the end then it's a real debate. Without Brady, Belichick has been meh. Without Mahomes, Reid was already a top 10 winningest HC of all time and had been to a Super Bowl with McNabb and the Eagles.

Agreed and if you're the owner of a team and your HC wants to be somewhere else it's better to do a "mutual parting" whereby the coach doesn't just get free $ to go but he has his freedom. I wouldn't be shocked if there was back channel pressure from the league about not trying to trade head coaches, because it sort of makes a mockery of the Rooney Rule.

I'm convinced the Titans fired Vrabel to accommodate him but don't want to look like that was the reason.

Wow is this an insane coaching cycle! What a time to be looking though

Classic case of "staying the course" and firing the guy halfway through the next season

he's just mad that Jordan Love has already surpassed him and Favre in Green Bay according to some in the media!

wow, I didn't think the Seattle job would be open... New England needs to decide what they're doing with Belichick. I mean seriously, they aren't sure yet?

If a coach on your staff wants out I get the team stance of "we don't want to have to pay him" but just do the right thing and cut the guy loose. Do you really want a coordinator on your staff who doesn't want to be there? Maybe they reach a deal: Wink walks and he's free but the Giants don't owe him a penny more. That makes the most sense for all.

I think Vrabel wanted out and the Titans did the right thing. He's free and he can go to NE

Weather is going to be awful

If I work for the Chargers I tell Harbaugh "definitely meet with Carolina first .." Lol

great points about the AFC Least during the Patriots dynasty as well... No good QBs, only decent HC I can even think of for any real competition was Rex Ryan, who had a few good years with NJ. NE basically started every year 6-0 and went from there. There was almost no challenge at all in division. The list of Bills, Jets, and Dolphins QBs during that decade and a half is laughable. The division was such an incredible mismatch. Now we get good and there's another great team (record wise) and a HOF QB in the division as well

This is my point in a nutshell. Andy Reid had a borderline HOF coaching career BEFORE Mahomes was ever drafted. Being in the top 10 all-time in HC wins had him in the discussion already. The Mahomes arrived and he's coached in 3 more Super Bowls, winning 2, and won a ton more games as well.

as crazy as it is, there is a somewhat likely road to the SB for the Bills that is almost the entire AFC North: Steelers Browns (if they and Miami win this week) Ravens

lots of interesting rumors about Vrabel. Maybe he's the surprise/unexpected HC change?