SirAndrew

Glad I’m not a Raiders fan. I couldn’t deal with hearing how McDaniels is bringing in the “Patriot Way” every game. Good luck with McDaniels as head coach also.

That’s fair, I’m just saying the list of guys who couldn’t “will their team to the SB” is far greater than those who could. Rodgers does have one Lombardi. The list of great QB’s with one or fewer titles is extensive. Winning a title is about so much more than QB. Manning won his second title when he was completely washed, and Elway won multiple titles in the twilight of his career, not his prime. Greatness at the QB position almost guarantees winning a lot of games, but doesn’t guarantee titles imo.

I see what you’re saying, you could consider Aaron Rodgers career “a waste” due to lack of titles with good regular season teams. However, he consistently puts his team in position to make Super Bowl runs. I don’t know if he can do that with his supporting cast this season. That’s what I’d consider a waste. I realize Rodgers rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but I don’t fully understand the criticism he gets for his playoff failures. I’ve never heard anyone call Favre a disappointment for winning just one Lombardi.

The key to getting 12 wins is to avoid the bad losses we seem to fall into too frequently. We can’t longer afford loses like the Jags, and Colts blowout last season. That’s the difference between home field and a possible title. I think this is a great football team, and I have very high hopes. We just need to be clean that issue up.

I’m not convinced about that being the case with Brady. He always had decent options on offense when he won titles. When the Pats left him with an empty cupboard, Brady was good, but he wasn’t championship Brady. Brady had a lot of good wideouts over the years. I’d really need to look back at his title years to see the wideouts, but I think he usually had decent players around him. I agree that Brady wasn’t always surrounded by superstars, but he never won a title with a supporting cast as weak as Rodgers this season.

Absolutely, but a great QB with bargain basement wideouts is a really bad combo. It’s the easiest way to waste the luxury of having an elite QB.

I’m surprised how highly some people think of Garoppolo. It’s almost as if people know the 49ers reached a Super Bowl and NFCCG, but didn’t watch him play. His QB production would have been decent in the 90’s, but the standard for QB play is far greater these days. He’s a below average starter, who was carried by a great team. Trading for Jimmy G is the type of mistake that bad teams make. He’s going to look awful on a below average team, yet some desperate franchise is going to trade assets away for poor QB play.

I’m not convinced. I’d love to see a list of washed up receivers who were supposed to revive their careers simply by playing with Brady. I think the list of those who failed at such a revival with Brady is quite extensive.

The Saints have a real chance. I’ll never predict this as the season Brady loses it, but I think we could see a 2019 type version of Brady. Brady was the beneficiary of a stacked Tampa roster, now they’ve lost some guys, and others have aged. I don’t think Brady has a ton of weapons on offense. The Saints have a great D and better offensive talent than the Bucs.

Absolutely, I don’t think pressures and hurries have the significance they once did. Today’s athletic QB’s work much better under duress than their predecessors. QB’s like Mahomes are sometimes more dangerous once you chase them out of the pocket. You need sacks to get the D off the field.

Tua will be a backup QB soon, and Miami is insanely overrated. You need a star QB to win these days. I’m extremely confident we win the AFC East. If we actually manage to lose the title to Miami with Allen under center, changes will need to be made next offseason. There’s no reason we shouldn’t win this division. Obviously if we lose the division yet manage to win the Super Bowl, it’s all good, but I think we need home field to make a legitimate run.

Coaching also has to be part of this comparison. I’ll admit that I’ve expressed frustration with McD on gameday threads over in game decisions. I’m also aware that McDermott is a very good head coach who continues to gain valuable experience every year. This coaching staff is top notch, and more often than not we’re very well prepared. Who knows if Brandon Staley can even succeed as a head coach. We have a huge advantage in coaching over the Chargers. That’s why I think the Chiefs remain the biggest hurdle, because Andy Reid is one of the few AFC coaches who can match us in that area.

This character stuff coming out about Mayfield after his time in Cleveland is strange. How didn’t NFL teams, or at least the Browns see these red flags? He was an immensely successful college QB, but I also never seen a QB act so immature on the field. If that’s how a guy is when the cameras are on, it’s hard to believe it’s not worse when they’re off. I distinctly remember Mayfield’s college career more for his lewd gestures and antics than on field play. I was rooting for the guy in Cleveland, because he was fun to watch, but it’s hard to believe no one was aware of the risk.

He was also a big part of the 2020 AFCCG loss in KC. Maybe he’s just bitter because he didn’t get a chance at revenge during the 2021 playoffs.

Yeah, I have high hopes for 2002, just as everyone else. However, the 2020 Bills were better than the 2021 Bills. I think the Pats Wild Card win helped raise expectations to a Super Bowl or bust mentality, when in actuality we were better the previous season. Here’s to 2022 being the season we put it all together.

Amazing display of the deep connection between this team and city. It shows a franchise that has its priorities in order. It shows the power of sports, as this was the first uplifting moment I really saw following this tragedy. There’s nothing that needs to be said other than giving this team credit, and keeping the community in our thoughts.

No, but there’s a huge difference between “nothing to do” and preferring to live elsewhere.

Great points, but you articulate the very thing that bothers me about the league. They’re waiting for the smoke to clear to come down with a short suspension. It’s a charade punishment, or it would have happened long ago. The league doesn’t require legal guilt to suspend a player, so it should have happened in Houston imo. I really wish they had the courage to not suspend him at all, as that’s what they want, but are worried about a negative response. Watson’s future suspension relies upon people who can’t see through the charade. There’s no sincerity in any of this, but I shouldn’t expect much better.

That’s kind of my point. Is there a reason for that? Football season begins relatively soon. The league had plenty of time to speak with him to come up with potential discipline in a timely manner. The issue has been hanging over the league for a while. Either discipline the dude or not. I’m at the point where it seems like the league shouldn’t even bother. The dude should have been suspended a long time ago if that’s the end goal anyway.

Exactly, the NFL not having their “punishment” figured out at this point is an embarrassment.

Phins are going to become media darlings like the Browns before they imploded. I expect the same in Miami with Tua. I didn’t read your post before I said the same. I fully agree. The Phins have a good roster, but the NFL is about QB’s. Compare Tua with other AFC QB’s, and that tells you where Miami will be in the standings.

I couldn’t agree more. Good teams compile victories against lesser opponents. Games against quality opponents are usually a toss up. We have a lot of quality opponents early in the season, so any early struggle won’t be indicative of our final outcome in 2022. Winning home field advantage is going to be the most important goal of the regular season. I don’t care what our final record looks like, as long as it’s good enough to take home field. Losing tough games is acceptable, we just can’t afford losses to inferior opponents.

The fact that Mike Pereira is the USFL head of officiating doesn’t give me much hope.

Fair, I guess I was referencing that I wouldn’t be concerned if I were a Titans fan. I don’t think that loss is going to be catastrophic for Tannehill. I expect to see the same player. If people view his comments as a sign of mental weakness, it’s the same Tannehill who’s been in the league for a decade. I’d be more concerned if this were an elite QB who said these things. I think this is a preexisting part of Tannehill’s personality’s. He’s probably always been an emotional player. Obviously just my two cents, I don’t know the guy.

I wouldn’t be too concerned. The Titans are going to get the same Tannehill as normal, which isn’t much to begin with.