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McDermott is not going to hire anyone that brings in fresh ideas and does things their own way. That’s why so many hires have been from within. Even if Brady (or another coordinator) fails, it’ll be more of the same. He’ll just hire another coordinator to do things his way. There won’t be any metamorphosis until we have a new HC. That likely means a new GM too. Until then, things will be done McDermotts way.

Really? I don’t think it’ll be all that different compared to what it looked like under Brady last season. Schemes always get tweaked from year to year, adjustments need to be made for changing personnel and Brady will have a chance to put more of himself into the scheme, but I doubt we see a whole new, more beautiful animal.

I’m not going to respond to all of the OP’s points one by one. I think some have varying degrees of truth to them while others are pretty far off the mark. I am confused by the OP’s “metamorphosis” comment though. Yes, there is an ongoing jettisoning of veterans. But the other things he talks about aren’t happening. So where’s the butterfly? That’s the thing about a metamorphosis, it’s a development into something better. While often necessary, simply swapping out older players for younger ones isn’t necessarily a path to getting better or becoming something different and new.

I literally got so bored I quit reading it. And I’m doing nothing right now.

We took our shot and missed. We’ve taken some others that have hit. Such is the NFL draft (and basketball and hockey).

The Ravens need help at b/u QB. Huntley played for them for years so methinks Cleveland is trying to move him to any other team for whatever they can get. A late round pick swap would get it done.

Yup. Noah Brown is a guy that’ll get snatched up by a team that either doesn’t have 5 NFL worthy WRs on the roster or loses one to injury. He doesn’t make much sense for the Bills as he is a possession WR, not a field stretcher.

Small, straight up zone corner but could be depth here or somewhere else

Note: It is not a foul if the blocker’s opponent initiates the contact above the waist, or if the blocker is trying to slip or escape from his opponent and any engagement with him is incidental. The RB looks to have pulled up so the contact was pretty incidental. in any event the assertion was that Teller’s block was illegal/dirty. He couldn’t have known what the RB was doing behind him.

Just because we want a better QB2 than Trubisky doesn’t mean one is available.

There is nothing dirty about that cut block. And the RB didn’t engage until after Teller cut him. Perfectly legal block of the type you’d expect in that situation. What we have is a Seahawk fan upset that one of their players got hurt.

“significant” depth at WR? lol

Mike Brown’s too!

The Bengals will let Higgins walk and pay Chase. I wonder if they’ll tag and trade Higgins next offseason rather than let him hit FA tho.

Justin Jefferson got $35M AAV so a deal just shy of that was expected. But, yeah, that is a lot of money/cap.

Lamb. Parsons is a fantastic, elite player, but there are a lot of rumors that no one in the locker room would miss him if he got traded. Probably next offseason since he’ll be a free agent.

Metchie is a slot-only WR. We don’t need another one of those.

Yes

Safety is played from the neck up. Being an elite athlete on top of that will make a safety great, but an elite athlete at safety busts if he doesn’t have it upstairs.

Surprised by Deion Jones getting released. I thought he might start - or at least split playing time - in place of Milano.

Sonoran hotdog or traditional Mexican food.

You are correct. Thanks.

The Cardinals might be the least talented team we play this season. The Pats are in the running but we play them twice at the end of the season. Who knows what impact attrition will have on them and us by then. The Cards are not strong in the trenches or at CB. I would hope that we don’t have much trouble with them.

While spending a day 3 pick on him would have been reasonable, I don’t get the fascination with a deep threat who can’t figure out how to make over the shoulder catches.