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The Bills analyst guys like Cover1 are saying people act like Edmunds will set the market at LB when in reality, he'll probably be valued like Deion Jones, Zach Cunningham, and Myles Jack. They all got just under $15 million per year and considering they all signed a few years ago, it wouldn't be surprising to see him exceed $15 million per.

The people crapping on the Colt McCoy idea seem to have no idea how bad most backup QBs are. He's probably one of the better backups in the league. I would personally prefer to cheap out on the backup QB with a rookie, but if we have to sign a vet (and can't just bring Trubisky back), I'd probably be targeting Mariota, McCoy, or hope that the market craters on someone like Jameis or Bridgewater.

He absolutely did not have to say anything about it. Certainly didn't have to say he hopes he never leaves Michigan. If he wanted Harbaugh, he could have just said something along the lines of "Harbaugh's a great coach, but we're going to have a legitimate search here."

I do think Pederson will likely be one of their targets. We'll see with Harbaugh; seems like it's essentially just Dolphins fans trying to make sense of the firing while the actual reporters say there's nothing to it. Reality is he was fired because nobody wanted to work with him. Dolphins owner also just put out a statement saying he hopes Harbaugh stays at Michigan.

Of course they do. They're trying to convince themselves that an arguably better coach is lined up. Jeff Darlington already reported that Miami is not targeting Harbaugh. Miami didn't fire Flores because they have a good coach lined up. They fired him because they don't like him.

It's already been reported that Flores was pushing hard for Watson and that he and Tua had a bad relationship. He never wanted Tua. Doesn't necessarily mean Miami won't still pursue Watson; but all indications are that he was absolutely not on Tua's side.

Yeah. Seems like he's a pretty good coach, but it's tough to survive when you have a bad relationship with the owner, the GM, the QB, and other important players. He'll get another opportunity quickly and is a good enough coach for that to pay off for the new team but I'm not surprised Miami is moving on.

Yeah, I'd be surprised if Judge keeps his job.

I was wondering if he might get the can. Relatively disappointing season for them and there had been buzz dating back to last year now about him not getting along with the front office or Tua. I'm sure he'll land on his feet pretty quickly but just shows that there's more to being a coach than just being a good coach.

What an incredible way to end the regular season (I say before the refs inevitably decide who wins in OT)

That was a laughably bad spot.

I think there's a chance but they'll likely be aiming for a bigger name like Jim Harbaugh. Making the playoffs after the year they've had would be really impressive though.

I'm hoping for the same because I just think Pittsburgh is a miserable team to watch. At least with Vegas there's some fun in watching a new team in the postseason, Waller, and Renfrow. Pittsburgh is just a bad and boring team. There's no way that will happen, but if the game gets late in OT I wouldn't be surprised at all if they get conservative and hope for a tie. I'm sure Vegas would much rather play Cinci than Kansas City though.

I have our game and that game both on while I fold laundry. Miami just took a 24-10 lead.

We're better than all of the teams we're discussing here, but the Chargers offense is capable of outscoring us if Herbert is on his A game.

Pats win = we get winner of LA/LV (and LA if they tie) Pats lose = we get NE/LA (LA if LA wins, NE if LV wins)

We get Chargers if they tie according to ESPN

I would be very surprised if he gets a HC offer this offseason. I don't think he'll be our next DC either way though. Probably be Jim Harbaugh's DC or tag team with a young OC coordinator getting their first HC job.

The Chiefs D isn't historically bad though. It's arguably not even a bottom 10 defense this season much less historically. That performance from the Packers was an atrocity though.

Some teams are going to be interested in defensive-minded coaches, and some will be interested in more experienced coaches, and he checks both of those boxes in a way that most of the available options do not. As a DC, his defenses have been elite everywhere, including Dallas this year where they went from one of the worst defenses in the league the year before to arguably being a top 5 unit this season. As a head coach, he has a winning record overall, including the Super Bowl runner up (with Shanahan at his side as you noted). After Shanahan left, Atlanta still managed to go 10-6 the following season, followed up by a couple 7-9 years before he was ultimately fired. I don't really think those Falcon teams were exceptionally talented either. I think Quinn's teams probably overachieved overall during his time there. And on top of that, players and front office types both just like him as a person. It makes sense to me that he would be one of the top retread options out there this offseason.

I’d put Pittman in that tier with Higgins but that’s just nitpicking.

Carolina isn’t going to trade him this year. Their front office won’t be able to justify the weak return they’d get and it would create a major dead cap situation for them.

Yep, companies looking to acquire in a case like this don't really care if you're profitable as long as you're showing revenue growth. It's similar to all those stories about the NBA losing money every year where it's technically true, but being profitable isn't the goal.

I would bet almost anything that at least the bigger name writers with The Athletic are getting a decent chunk of this. I know some of the writers are already counting their money.