oldmanfan

I'm pretty sure I have. In the playoffs defense counts, running game, passing game. Balance.

I suspect things like a promising young QB on the roster, a HC who seems to be respected by his players and above all the $$ offered trump the appearance of a locker room.

Good for Gilmore. Bad for folks memories. Gilmore has improved under Belichick. When we had him he had good coverage skills but did not track the ball well. He also was not good in run support and had questionable tackling skills - remember many times him just throwing a shoulder at a guy and watching him Boyce off. McD's D expects CBs to perform in run support.

What a regular season hockey game has to do with the NFL playoff escapes any rayional explanation. One team yesterday shut down the # 1 rushing team in the league and another yielded 7 points. Pretty good D. Others have also mentioned O line. Also important as the Colts showed especially. Do you need good QB play? Sure. Is a QB enough in the playoffs? No. D will always be important. I think you'll see one of the teams next week that have been offensive juggernauts get beat by better D. The Rams most likely just like last year.

Watched the early game and watching the Boys/Hawks now. Defense always counts in the playoffs.

I'd have to look back. But in many sports you can look at guys who either never played in the bigs or had less than star careers. Think of baseball with guys like Weaver, LaRussa, LaSorda.

Different GMs, different philosophies. No less, no more. Doug thought he was close so he was aggressive. Beane didn't see that and felt he needs to build his way. Each can work, each can fail.

Many times the best coaches were the ones that were marginal players. To gain the success they had as a player they had to study the game a lot more.

Don't know who this guy is. He did say he based it upon his admittedly subjective analysis. So it's just some guy with an opinion.

Bravo

If it were Noll, Big Ben and Brown would be gone tomorrow.

He has the cap space and draft picks he wanted to have to build the team the way he and McD want. It's on him now to make the right choices. We'll see how he does.

The question is if they are a stable and we'll run organization. Stable - yes. Ownership is stable and you have a HC and GM that should be here for a while. Well run? Depends how you define things. They seem to have a successful business going, so yes in that regard. They have a HC and GM working well together. So yes there. But if you define by their record, they have work to do.

Good point. I'm not sure there's a perfect way to address this.

That as well. He should get interviews because of his experience. But, unfortunately I think, he will be interviewed only because of the Rooney rule by some teams and not because of his talent. Three minority coaches were fired today. I think that's sad. I agree there should be more representation of minorities in coaching and front office spots. But the Rooney rule to me isn't the best way to accomplish that.

Lot of it is timing. I hope Josh invites the WRs to Wyoming or wherever this offseason for some extra work

But it's reality. Right now there's two African-American HCs left if I'm counting correctly and it's a priority for the league.

Frazier will get interviews. Rooney rule.

Just stop it. This was a unique situation where the game was in hand and they wanted to honor a guy that gave 13 years to the team.

If you didn't live through it you'll never really understand why some of us hate the Mammals so much.

Mayfield's pretty good. Better than I thought he'd be.

That's because you didn't live through the '70s. Beating the Fish is special to us who did.

A lot of the draft will depend on what FAs they get. I'd try to get O line help in free agency, and use the draft for WR/TE and edge rusher/DT help

Cool

Just seemed an odd way to state it; I thought he had his best game today.