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Am I the only one confused about Beane calling it a "Title IX thing" ? Title IX is about gender equality in sports, I don't see why it would apply to allegations of sexual assault

Yes, she reported it in 2021, it was investigated by police, and no charges were brought. The precedence that Roger Goodell has set is that since this happened prior to the player being in the NFL then the NFL will not suspend the player for it. Doesn't mean that Roger can't change his mind, but I'd say it's highly unlikely the league would suspend him.

Blaming it all on Frazier is an interesting choice. We've gotten the same defensive results in the playoffs whether it was Frazier, McD himself, or Babich as DC. The defense was painfully vanilla in the playoffs the last 2 years under McD/Babich. That would lead me to believe that McD has always been the decision maker for defensive philosophy.

It's honestly not that bad of a list. I'd probably slide Payton down to 7th and bump the guys currently ranked 3-7 up 1 spot. The 9 and 10 spots are also up for grabs. Campbell is pretty shaky only having 2 good seasons, and Stefanski is even worse. I'd consider Mcdermott, O'Connell, or Lafleur in those spots.

Ravens outgained us 416-273. Went 7/10 on 3rd down and 1/1 on 4th down. Without Lamar gifting us a couple of turnovers there's no way we win the game. Even winning the turnover margin 3-0 it came down to Mark Andrews dropping an easy 2 pt conversion.

This is going to be McD's 9th season in Buffalo. It's incredible that there was still a player in Carolina from McD's tenure there. I think the only guy left is the long snapper

Was it not Fitzy for the Jets? Raiders has to be Carr he was there forever.

The Dallas Stars just fired their head coach after a conference finals appearance as well.

Undoubtedly we force a lot of turnovers. We've been top 10 in forced turnovers every year of McD's tenure and top 5 every season since 2020. Our Def excels at exploiting mistakes typically made by bad QBs, or if we're already up big the other team feels the need to force the issue. If we're in a close game and/or playing a good QB the turnovers really dry up. When's the last time McD's defense dominated a good offense? Has that ever happened? Why can't our DEF put together a playoff game against KC like PHI did this year, TB in 2020, or CIN in 2021 (2nd half)? Going off on a tangent I wanted to bring up Dan Campbell. In the DET HOU game last year Goff threw 3 INTs by halftime and DET was trailing 23-7. Campbell had a quick little interview at the start of the 3rd Q and told the reporter "The defense needs to go out there and force some turnovers" His DEF went out in the 2nd half and forced 2 turnovers, 4 punts, and a missed FG. DET won the game 26-23 despite Goff's 5 turnovers. Compare and contrast that to McD in the 2023 Jets season opener.

Really can't complain about what the offense did last year, but if I was going to tinker: - more deep shots - less reliance on Josh's legs for short yardage - better/more trick plays (the one vs Ravens in the regular season was probably the low point of the year for the offense) Our defensive philosophy works great in the regular season, especially against bad QBs. However, it routinely gets exposed by good QBs, particularly in the playoffs - No more bend but don't break. The goal should be to force a turnover or a 3 and out on every possession. I can live with giving up more long TDs if we're getting our offense an extra couple possessions per game - I never want to see our DBs giving 10+yard cushions unless it's an absolute blowout win

66 is old for a CEO type position like this. Tagliabue was younger than Goodell is now when he retired. How many team owners older than Goodell don't have a succession plan in place?

I agree with how successful he's been, but he's 66 years old. He only has so many good years left and should really have an heir apparent by this point.

I find it a little concerning that he hurt both his knees last season in separate instances where he fell onto the field after trying to make a catch. Does he just have bum knees?

Christian Wilkins breathes a huge sigh of relief