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I think people want to see McD like this at a press conference...

Nope. He bought enough goodwill from last year that if the unit was at least competent and competitive, which it would be if it was ranked #20, I'd be fine with it. The fact that the offense is one of the worst in NFL history, combined with his repeated mistakes in selecting coaching staff on that side of the ball and poor personnel choices (Peterman, DiMarco, Benjamin, etc), should put him on a very hot seat in my view. I was never thrilled with his selection as head coach, but was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt after reaching the playoffs and putting together solid defenses. My worry now, after as many blowout losses as this team has experienced, is that he has reached a point where he's lost credibility with the players, fanbase, and front office (aside from Beane). Talking in platitudes about "the process" gets less effective as horrible results pile up. It is very hard to recover from a position like that.

No - I just want a team that's better than the worst offense in modern NFL history. That's my ask at this point and the team is failing spectacularly at it.

This is his downfall, in my opinion. Something is seriously wrong with the coaching staff's game planning and preparation when blowouts happens so consistently. For all of those who say that this should be "expected" given the amount of dead cap space, my response is that even the 0-16 teams of the last few seasons were not consistently blown out like this.

Points given up: Week 1: 47 Week 2: 31 Week 3: 6 Week 4: 22 Week 5: 13 Week 6: 20 Week 7: 37 Week 8: 25 Week 9: 41 (so far) If this is "playing their minds out" then I really don't know what to say.

Bingo. McDermott has lost the locker room and respect of the fans. Even with tens of millions in cap space, who would want to come here?

The question I want the media to ask McDermott: How does this game and train wreck of a season fit into the process?

Throw my hands up in disgust and SHOUT!

I know this is from last month, but I just don't see the NFL passing up $1.5 billion per year from AT&T. AT&T uses it as a loss leader to keep customers in their ecosystem, any other bidder would likely have to do the same. Amazon's Prime retention rate is super-high, even at $119, so I just don't see them as needing the NFL. Any other tech company (Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc) would have to use targeted advertising or data mining to make up the difference between subscriber fees and the rights fees, and that's largely not an option since CBS and FOX still get to air their ads during the games. Hulu might be an interesting option. Comcast/NBC, Disney, and FOX (all NFL broadcast partners) own 33% stakes in the company, and they have the infrastructure to stream. They have been pushing their Live TV product and could use Sunday Ticket as a way to increase prices and make that product profitable. Direct to consumer is an option, as the other three leagues do this with their streaming packages, but again, there's no way the NFL makes $1.5B annually in subscriber fees from end user subscriptions. Although I'd love to see a more competent company take over for AT&T, I just don't see it happening with the current contract.

Worse than Peterman? Peterman's track record in regular season games was abysmal. I think you had to keep McCarron until Peterman proved that he could go a quarter without throwing an interception.

Keep McCarron or get a veteran after training camp. Peterman was way too risky to keep with Allen as the two quarterbacks on the roster.

Say what you want about clearing cap space, trusting "the process", tanking and rebuilding, etc... I'm not sure how this position could be more mismanaged or get any worse than it is right now. This cannot reflect well on McDermott at all.

I'm genuinely curious here, and I know many of you are stat freaks. Any insights into how badly the offense is playing, relative to historically bad teams like the 1976 Bucs?

They may not have a choice if Anderson got a concussion or some such on that last play.

Cleveland is on its way to a championship!

Absolutely. No one is calling for him to be the #1, but he is an excellent teammate who would be an ideal mentor for Allen, and could easily win a few games in situations like this where Allen gets injured. He'd be a great pickup in the offseason if they could make it happen.

Honestly, he'd be ideal for the Bills right now. He's not a threat to Allen's job, he'd be a good influence on him, he'd be able to hold down the fort for a few games, etc.

Fitz is awesome... I wouldn't want him as a starter but in this situation he is perfect.

You know, I thought Buffalo Bills Battered Fan Syndrome was a thing of the past for me after the playoff berth last year. It's definitely not. I have a feeling of doom over this game. Pats* + Monday Night + Number Retirement Ceremony = looming disaster.

34-0 at the half. The Pats will intentionally miss a PAT just to twist the knife a little bit.

I haven't, but some of the NFL's renovation jobs (Soldier Field and Joe Robbie/Hard Rock for instance), are essentially new stadiums. I could see them doing that if it were a cheaper alternative to a new stadium.

I agree, and they will need to sign a third quarterback. Allen could easily aggravate or get re-injured, and 35 year old Derek Anderson isn't exactly built like a tank, either.

Move them back to San Diego and have private investors build a stadium or completely gut and renovate Qualcomm. Why is this so hard to figure out?

Part of "The Process" is eliminating any players that don't fit the McDermott scheme. I personally don't care for coaching staffs that have this philosophy, I think the best ones (NE*, for instance) tend to fit their schemes to their player's skills. It really restricts the pool of available players that they can sign. It is one of McD's weaknesses, for sure.

I work at Microsoft - although Gates gets a lot of credit as the Founder, Allen was right there with him in the beginning. He is going to leave a big void in the Seattle community. In addition to the Seahawks and Trailblazers, he owned Vulcan (which controls a lot of real estate out here). Also runs a few museums (SciFi, Experience Music Project, Living Computer Museum) and did a ton of philanthropic work in the region. He was one of the good guys.