Mikie2times

If one college team had Justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase, and Joe Burrow you would lead them to a NC.

What exactly are we basing Brady's expertise on?

Agree, but I discussed the pinnacle of his career, so if not that, what?

He won the NC at LSU with Joe Burrow and the greatest WR class in modern college football history. Ed Orgeron was the HC, that how good that LSU team was. Then he never finished in the top 20 with Carolina as was fired before his 2nd year ended. I don't know if people really understand Brady's full story. Not exactly a ton of evidence to suggest he is some hot and knowledgeable OC. More like a controllable retread.

In 2020, vs the Colts, the Colts had a EPA of 18.47, which is about the most the Chiefs have ever put up in the Mahomes era and the 3rd highest total they posted that year. In the Ravens and Bills game, both teams had the worst EPA of the season on offense. I'm guessing the wind played a roll in that. In the Dolphins game in 2022, it was the worst EPA they had on the season as well but it was Skyler Thompson, so I really don't know what kind of context this provides us. In 2023, The Steelers had the 9th rated EPA against us on the season. Middle of the road for what output they had. What exactly are you trying to hang your hat on here?

I picked the last game of the season consistently across the board. Beating 3rd world QB's at home is not what is keeping us from moving further. Getting absolutely decimated when we step up in competition is.

In 2020, the Colts had the 3rd best EPA of the year vs us. I guess it doesn't really matter to me that we trounced on gadget offense with Lamar, beat Skyler Thompson, then Mason Rudolph. It's kind of funny that matters to you. But that would round out the rest of the numbers.

I knew our defense in the playoffs was bad, but I didn't realize it was at this level of bad. These are our DVOA rankings since 2020, which are all above average with 2021 and 2022 being elite. 2020: 11th 2021: 2nd 2022: 1st 2023: 12th This is EPA allowed in our playoff losses along with the EPA each of these teams posted in other playoff games that same year. I included how that EPA ranked on the season for that team. Kansas City 2023: vs Buffalo, 11.85 EPA 5th best on the season Other playoff games that year: Miami EPA 9.58, 7th best Bengals 2022: vs Buffalo, 22.03 EPA, 3rd best on the season Other Playoff games that year: KC 4.06 EPA 10th best, Ravens .7 EPA 16th best Kansas City 2021: vs Buffalo, 32.62 EPA, 3rd best on the season Other playoff games that year: Steelers 16.09 EPA, 9th best, Bengals 11.28 EPA 12th best Kansas City 2020: Vs Buffalo, 30.34 1st best on the season Other playoff games that year: Browns 19.09 EPA 9th best, Tampa Bay: -7.90 EPA 19th best For context, Kansas City has not had an EPA in the 20's in a playoff game one time since 2020 but they have had 2 games vs us in the 30's. The Bengals have not had a offensive EPA over 10 in any playoff game in the Burrow era but they had one in the 20's against us. It's not just that we underperform, it's that we allow historically excellent performances from these teams with a defense that rates either above average or far above average in the regular season.

How about an exhaustive search? If it turns up nothing, fine. As is we are only doing what we are to satisfy the NFL. Meanwhile guys like Monken and Slowik were brought on last year and made massive impacts. Hell, even Bieniemy was available as a potential option. So who are those guys this year? I guess we won't know. Even better, we should be scared of the change right? God help us if somebody knocks us off our Wild Card perch.

We finally got a tight end.

I’m curious, as the comment wasn’t about Moore. Moore is considered a talented OC by many, but not the guy I want. It’s more about our general approach and ability to bring in a top guy. Which is completely non existent. What scenario would we hire an elite OC or DC or consider allowing that person to have more creative control? The answer is none. It’s none even if we wanted to. If you’re DC for us, you’re running McD’s system only. If you’re an OC, like defense, you won’t fundamentally be allowed to change systems. Continuity matters when you’re the Patriots and you have won X amount of super bowls. It’s not what you sell out for over ability when you can’t get past the divisional round. McD has had odd conclusions with Frazier, Daboll, Dorsey. Either ending disgruntled or with unusual separations. So how would you feel about a HC who may or may not have your back, who you will have limited freedom with? I can literally picture this boss in my civilian life. It’s the worst kind of manager to have. Boxed into how they want things done and criticized or worse if it doesn’t work. Nobody worth a salt is walking into such a situation. So when we look at our team and go where is the growth coming from with X’s and O’s, where is the ingenuity and creativity? The answer is Sean and maybe a little Brady. A guy we should be happy with who was let go by Carolina. I’m sorry but this is just not acceptable. Not for what could be a potentially lead leading offense and a defense that would get us to the Super Bowl if they just figured out how to play Kansas City at an average playoff level. Look what Baltimore did in one year. Complex offensive rebuild. New OC. Creativity. The works. Sean will never so that. We have literally given KC 3 of the top offensive performances they have had in Mahomes era based on EPA. We can’t even play them average. Yup, run it back Sean 👍

I’m pounding the table for an actual coaching search of any kind. But the reality is no top coordinator would work under McD’s thumb.

Dorsey interviewed for a HC role last year. What’s your point? We haven’t hired a defensive coordinator because McD doesn’t trust somebody else to run “his” defense. We will keep Brady because McD has full control over him. We will not be a team that innovates because we won’t provide freedom to coaches to be independent. We will only employ those that will fall in line. It’s like New England but without the success.

It’s weird how other teams can freely hire top talent at the coordinator positions and we have to depend on our HC and the guy behind the OC we fired. Even more weird is how people don’t see this as a problem.

You see the Lions fans feeling exactly how we did in 2019/2020. They finally broke thru. They’re all excited about the possibilities and will be happy win or lose. But like you said, at this point, it’s a Super Bowl or nothing every year for a lot of our outlooks. Which sure, we should have met at least once. But we didn’t and it really leaves us sort of miserable as we go down this journey. This is the most enjoyable period outside maybe the early 90s and sometimes it doesn't feel like it.

He would have taken that job for a ham sandwich

Seeing these names like Jones and Schobel makes me wonder if people even understand what an impact guy looks like. AJ's performance against Jacksonville is what it looks like. A defensive lineman who literally alters the course of game perhaps even multiple times. Schobel had good stats but he's not wrecking a game like that. Probably the last guy who could do it was Mario.

Not watching. Maybe catch the Lions and will watch the Super Bowl.

This sounds an awful lot like the Gabe conversations. Everybody wondered if he was a real #2. People aren't asking these questions if the answer is yes.

He won one more game than Rex Ryan and if his defenses have been so good, why do we spend every offseason complaining that our HOF QB just didn’t have any help. Hint, it’s not because Diggs dropped a bomb.

No offensive guru is working with McD

Why can I only see the middle letters in his name

So is this first person in history to be arrested for illegal online gambling?