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14 minutes ago, benderbender said:
Why is there no regard for other minorities? Women? Age, sexuality, disability, and veterans? Shouldn’t there be a quota for them as well?
This is a bad-faith argument. Instead of addressing a legitimate concern, you try to paint the concerned parties as not being concerned enough. Why do you think minorities have a more difficult time getting hired as head coaches? No one in this thread seems to disagree with that plain statistical fact. A lot of people are apparently uncomfortable asking why that fact is.
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16 hours ago, Chaos said:
The NFL is driven 100% by merit/winning. The reason the league is 450% overrepresented by minorities in the players ranks is because they give teams the best chance to win.
Then what is the reason for white people being overrepresented in coaching hires? That's the question. I don't think you or anyone else in this thread believes that white people are overrepresented in the coaching ranks because they inherently have more merit as coaches. So there must be some other reason. White players are not given less of a chance than black players, we all know that; but on a statistical basis black coaches appear to be given less of a chance than white coaches.
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For my money the best Brady to ever reside in the AFC East
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Every streaming service increases their rate every couple years. Netflix just did the same thing and didn't even bother providing an excuse. It's how all these companies plan to make money in the long run. Operate at a loss for a few years, build a massive customer base, keep that customer base while slowly increasing the rate until they become profitable.
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I find it weird that Brady has never played QB and has never been a QB coach, and this is the title we give him. It makes me think it's a title only and that his real role will be to help design the passing game. I imagine next year's offensive design will be a mix of Dorsey, Brady, and Allen's ideas without changing the fundamental system that Daboll ran. I'm still a little worried that Dorsey has no experience calling plays, but the collective knowledge and innovativeness on the offensive coaching staff makes me optimistic.
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2 hours ago, Estro said:
Jameson Williams would be a dream to drop into this offense. That said the early chatter @ the Senior Bowl, according to Tony Pauline, is that Williams and Wilson are the early favorites to be the 1st WRs taken in the draft.
I know Williams tore his ACL last month, but I actually dont think it's going to hurt his draft stock that much, with how quick players recover from ACLs. His speed is intoxicating.
I think Williams will be off the board much earlier than Bills fans are wishing.
There are other speed receivers later in the draft. I really like Calvin Austin or Romeo Doubs as potential day 2 picks (but defer to the judgment of someone that has actually scouted them and not just read about their skill sets). A player like those two would immediately fit into our slot role and take attention away from Diggs. I would in fact prefer to take a player like that on day 2 and take a DL or CB in the 1st round, preferably one with speed.
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I for one can't wait to see how many comp picks the Patriots are awarded in the aftermath.
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This whole fiasco is going to be a wild ride.
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Wow they literally paid him to tank. This is going to rock the NFL.
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I can't say I'm excited about this hire but it's what I expected. Allen wanted Dorsey as his OC so at least he'll be happy. Hopefully there isn't any kind of learning curve for a first time play caller and our offense can pick up right where it left off in the playoffs.
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2 hours ago, reddogblitz said:
Of course they do and of course they are.
My question is why is it somehow OK to to have racial equity out of whack in one area (players) of the organization and not in another (coaching)?
It isn't about racial equity in the results. It's about racial equity in the process. Every single player that declares for the draft is given the same opportunity and evaluation, regardless of their race. If you have evidence against that, show it.
On the other hand it has not been the case that minority coaches are given the same opportunity when seeking promotions. Who was the last retread head coach that was a minority? I can name a bunch of retreads off the top of my head. Rex Ryan. Pat Shurmur. Jon Gruden. Bruce Arians. Adam Gase. Jeff Fisher. It took about 30 seconds to come up with this list. I mean there is something seriously wrong there. It is proof enough that NFL owners will make stupid hiring decisions as long as it makes them feel comfortable, and no one should blame the NFL for trying to force the issue a little.
The NFL is simply telling these teams "Please just get these people in the room that you never ever ever would have brought in on your own, and have a conversation with them. Also, please stop hiring the Jeff Fishers of the world. No, seriously, cut it out! Please make an effort to hire literally anybody else."
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23 minutes ago, beebe said:
Allen was a 4th-and-13 incompletion away from finishing 22-of-30 for 227 yards and two TDs vs Chiefs, with 75 yards coming on a blown coverage on a deep pass.
Yeah and the world was one wayward sperm away from never having to watch Jackson Mahomes tiktok dances, but here we are.
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2 hours ago, Chaos said:
What about the systemic racism leads to have a league that is 70% African American among players. Such a wildly disproportionate outcome could not possibly be reflective of true merit.
So the real answer is that players are always drafted on merit because teams can't afford to get them wrong. GMs that draft poorly will be out of a multimillion dollar job in no time. Whereas coaches and executives are often hired because of connections they have and people they know, and owners who make stupid hiring decisions don't ever feel the heat out of those decisions. They're billionaires whether they hire Sean Payton or Adam Gase. Also NFL owners have exactly zero qualifications for hiring NFL executives and coaches. Their only qualification is being a successful enough businessman that they have enough money to afford an NFL team. So naturally they default to people that they know or feel comfortable with when making those decisions. The whole point of the Rooney Rule isn't to force teams to hire minority coaches/executives, it's to get minority coaches/executives exposure to the sorts of people that make those decisions. The kind of exposure that people like Rex Ryan and Jeff Fisher and Pat Shurmur have always gotten for free.
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6 hours ago, Freak-O said:
You’d think that in a multi billion dollar industry like the NFL the most competent coaches would be hired
I'm gonna stop you there
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I give Burrow a lot of credit for suffering a brutal injury last year, getting constantly walloped behind an awful o-line this year, and still keeping his cool every step of the way to get the Bengals to this point. Without question he outplayed Mahomes in both of their games this year.
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I can't believe you just convinced me to click on a NY Post article to ogle at a supermodel. I'm logging off for the night.
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1 hour ago, beebe said:
Mahomes is a better QB in 2022 than he was in 2018.
Nope.
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Just randomly thought that if Burrow hadn't torn his ACL last year the Bengals wouldn't have been in position to draft Ja'Marr Chase and they probably wouldn't be in the Super Bowl.
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3 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
This is where some in the Chiefs message board are today on what happened...
"Maybe Brittney and Jackson were being threatened and at halftime Pat had to make a choice..."
"If you win this game, we'll let them go."
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If I was a Bengals fan I'd be terrified of the Rams DL going against a very bad OL. The Rams are a really bad matchup for them. I don't expect this game to be close.
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In retrospect my least favorite part of this article is that they don't even include Mahomes as a choice, as if comparing him to these other 3 QBs is beneath him somehow. You could make the case that he played worse than all 3 of them this year if you look at the entire season.
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Edmunds was taken advantage of in our game. It was a repeat of last year's AFCCG. Logan Wilson for the Bengals isn't flashy but he doesn't get manipulated that easily.
That and the Bengals have a better front 4, which is really sad considering how much investment we've put into ours. All they did was sign Hendrickson and Reader in free agency.
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Kicking myself for not taking the 49ers ML. Until McVay beats them it is free money.
Brian Flores suing NFL, NY Giants, Dolphins, Broncos.
in The Stadium Wall
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Name them.