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An owner with financial gambling interests offering his coach money to throw games allegations thread

I’m surprised this thread hasn’t been started. We all have heard the allegations that Miami’s owner Ross was offering Flores $100k a loss to tank. The NFL should not be in bed with Casinos or online betting sites such as Fan duel. It immediately causes a bad look due to the appearance of conflicting interests. I didn’t research the numbers but it must be in the hundreds of millions in advertising revenue. Then there is the fact that a group of 32 billionaires refuse to employ professional referees. If you own 1 billion you are filthy rich. And yet, the league has refused to hire these guys on full time. It isn’t a money issue. That makes zero sense. If Ross was willing to proposition his coach to lose ( I get that the proof isn’t there but tell me it doesn’t sound plausible) why wouldn’t he or other powers that be not be willing to slip a few shekels to a dirty ref or three? I’m not say it happened. But, there is a saying a teacher of mine had: “ It doesn’t just have to be right, it has to look right.” There have been multiple threads on here over the years talking about the fix being in. Many on here poopoo it because it seems insane. Which brings me to my final point: What would it look like if you were going to throw a game from a coaching perspective? Run a bunch of low percentage plays and punt while shackling your best player(s)? Make absolutely befuddling and egregious decisions that are completely indefensible? I haven’t personally believed that the fix was in in a conspiracy level way in the past. I’m not saying I do now. But, for the first time the dots are starting to connect themselves and picture coming together isn’t a pretty or even palatable one. Flame away Ladies and Gentlemen

I think they will add at least one more in the first three rounds.

O line coaches like the chance to win SBs also. We are a destination.

Never underestimate the Raiders

I felt the same way but there a a few multi page threads that say some on here disagreed.

This should have been no brainer for Dorsey. Interested to see who the line coach is. I was listening to Steve Smith yesterday that Shoen and Daboll are in for a lot of work. He came across as lukewarm on the Daboll hire. Some of you will immediately crap on that but SS isn’t a rube football-wise.

The good old ad hominem insult. When arguing football just isn’t cutting it😘

I already think the same thing. Started feeling that way after the first Patriots game when Diggs and Knox couldn’t catch a cold I was referring specifically to Diggs being taken out of the game by KC’s D ….which I don’t believe is particularly good.

Scoreboards a betatch. Bet Frazier wished he had been playing with the lead. And, back to my original question. How come all the other OCs this weekend were able to repeatedly get the ball into their Elite talents hands. The opposing DCs didn’t realize who they should take away. Apparently, it’s that easy .

Imagine if we actually had the lead at half time. I would have found that preferable. Imagine the D playing with a lead in the third….. how about in the fourth? And, not a problem me of you have answered the original question. D.Samuel/Schemed into the game C.Kupp/Schemed into the game T.Hill/Schemed into the game. Or, should we assume that the QBs throwing to them are better than Josh? Playing from behind from the second series till the last three minutes of the game doesn’t sound like high percentage winning football to me. Neither does losing regardless of how many points you score playing catch up.

Ever hear the work “Scheme” Sometimes used as a verb, Scheming. Heres an example: The Chiefs were able to scheme T. Hill open against the Bills defense by having him run a shallow cross underneath two other Chiefs receivers. This let him get up to speed and have him open to receive a pass. Your Word for the day😉

Who was in control of most of this game? KC Who gave the ball back to them twice in the second quarter on three and outs? Buffalo Who’s decision was three runs and a punt? OC Who’s decision was it to have Gilliam in as an outlet receiver? OC What happens to Defenses that keep getting thrown back onto the field when they get a short break? You don’t beat the Chiefs by playing scared or conservative. BOTH sides of the ball did that in this game. One of the oldest adages in the book is you put the ball in the hands of your biggest playmakers. Is Diggs not our biggest weapon on O ( I would contend Davis is actually proving to be, but that is another argument) Daboll isn’t a genius. I’m sorry you guys are in love with the game he called but the ONLY reason we caught up at the end is because Josh willed it to happen.

How much of our O was Josh not hitting the designed target and just improvising and hitting someone downfield who got open on a scramble drill? Fun as heck to watch because Josh’s arm and legs and size can make that work like no other QB. BUT, it isn’t on the OC .

Who was in control of most of this game? KC Who gave the ball back to them twice in the second quarter on three and outs? Buffalo Who’s decision was three runs and a punt? OC Who’s decision was it to have Gilliam in as an outlet receiver? OC What happens to Defenses that keep getting thrown back onto the field when they get a short break? You don’t beat the Chiefs by playing scared or conservative. BOTH sides of the ball did that in this game. One of the oldest adages in the book is you put the ball in the hands of your biggest playmakers. Is Diggs not our biggest weapon on O ( I would contend Davis is actually proving to be, but that is another argument) Daboll isn’t a genius. I’m sorry you guys are in love with the game he called but the ONLY reason we caught up at the end is because Josh willed it to happen.

How many points did we score in the second quarter? I guess that dump off to Reggie Gilliam ten yards behind the line of scrimmage is a bunch of your idea of Daboll’s OC acumen ……. Yeah, and then we punted for the second time in that quarter. 🤔

Probably wouldn’t have hurt considering the way he laid that fan out cuz lord knows no one else seemed able to tackle😉

If we could win 1 SB, would it or wouldn’t it be worth it. Two word answer please.

How’d that work out for us Doc?

But, but, first round D line picks blah blah blah…..Oliver deserves big money Yada yada, Deep rotation on line to keep em fresh and platooning …… Our number one D wasn’t all that and smoke and mirrors doesn’t work against smart players and coaches. Especially when your coaches roll out bonehead 101 prevent schemes repeatedly without adjusting 👿

Point being, EVERYONE and their mother know D. Samuel and C.Kupp are getting the targets and yet they get the ball. Everyone freaking out about Daboll need to take a chill pill

Funny how these other OCs figure out how to get their Elite talent the ball but Diggs got taken out of the KC game🤔

THANK YOU BENGALS!!!!!! Enjoy our Super Bowl

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