That's No Moon

Oh no, you're right, Hauschka has been crap. I'm suggesting that McDermott was stupid to even consider playing for that FG which he clearly did.

This team is exactly the same as it was last year, and the year before, they are just playing a weaker schedule.

When is a 53 yard FG off grass, in Cleveland, in November, considered anything more than sketchy?

Willfully ignoring what you want to ignore is the rage of the day.

You're right, there haven't been giant alarm bells going off for weeks now. Everything is fine. Peachy even.

You mean like Mayfield stared down 3 rushers and laid a ball in to Landry? Like that?

Former QB, smart kid. High motor. Brings his lunch pail every day.

It's almost like he fell in the draft for a reason....

At least throw a contestable pass that MIGHT yield DPI.

I was just happy to see that Jerry Hughes has been released by his Iranian captors. I was starting to get worried.

Look, you can choose to see where the road is going or you can choose to be surprised when you get to the destination. Whichever way you want to go through it. I'm saying the guys they have aren't getting it done and can't get it done and the outcome for me is inevitable. Whether it happens this January or not doesn't really seem to matter. In fact I think they will give them all another year under the auspices of stability for the QB who will ultimately end up being the reason they all get fired even though it was really the myriad of other poor choices and poor work done in addition to that that will contribute the most to the actual record on the field.

Or they could stop being dumb the first time around. That would work too.

and yet they manage to win. How good is Allen again?

In my eye they are almost exactly the same. Neither one makes enough plays in a game for you to beat a good team. The offense can't move the ball against a halfway competent defense and the defense can't stop a halfway competent offense and they both get absolutely owned by quality.

They will lose Antonio Brown, Ben Roethlisberger, LeVeon Bell and Ryan Shazier in a calendar year and STILL make the playoffs. If this D is one of the best 3 defenses in the NFL in any way other than meaningless stats I'm the Pope.

Let's see how it ends up. I'm on the record before today saying they will miss the playoffs and that was me assuming they'd actually win this game.

but when Hauschka was missing kicks in the pre-season we were all told to settle down because it was just pre-season.

No, I have no faith that they will hire anyone competent so it really doesn't matter if I take the mystery box coach or not. I guess just stay with McDermott and his neo-Jauronism then because, well, he's here, and he accepts our checks. But they didnt and the way that game was going nobody could have been that surprised that they didnt.

What? It was.

Unfortunately no. I've just never been on the McDermott train and he's done nothing to change my mind. He took a good defense in Philly and wrecked it, he had a mediocre, soft, defense in Carolina and he's had a mediocre, soft, team here. I see so many people talking about culture and character and blah, blah, blah. Today was a game they needed to win and all their culture didn't do squat. Their soft defense got smacked around all afternoon long, again, and they still managed to hand them a lead with 4 minutes left. They needed to make them punt once. Nope. Barely even slowed them down and they didn't luck out in the red zone the last time. Needed a touchdown to win the game and they let clock run to obviously play for the tying 53 yard FG. Best case scenario, they make that kick and then what? Go into overtime with a defense that has let the Browns march up and down the field? Soft is a culture too and this team is soft. Soft and timid. So fine, keep McDermott and see more of this, because this is what he is. Or fire him and hire someone else and possibly see something different. maybe better, maybe worse, maybe the same but at least there is an opportunity to be successful. At this point? Whatever. And someone I'm sue will respond by saying they are 6-3! how do you consider firing a 6-3 coach?!? This is the worst 6-3 football team in the history of the league and they are in the process of being exposed in a big, big, way and to call what is coming anything more than an epic collapse is fooling yourself. Who will the fall guy(s) be so we can keep the faith with McDermott?

I think Dick Jauron would definitely make the playoffs. I'm pretty sure McDermott won't. Take that how you will.

I guess I'll respond by saying this. If you gave Dick Jauron this team, do you think he could make the playoffs?

This is a fair, well balanced, response.

8-8 forever baby