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The rumor going around during the offseason last year was that there wasn't anyone who was both palatable to the NFL and who actually wanted this job. Blandino resigned in April but it was well known at 345 Park that he was headed out. They promoted Dean during the 2016 offseason to a SVP position to encourage him to stay on with a higher rate of salary, but apparently the NFL execs knew it was a matter of time before he jumped ship to take TV money. Riveron was hired in May but supposedly the NFL was looking around much longer than the time between Dean's resignation and Riveron's hire. They "settled" for Al. I would not be surprised to see a mutual parting of ways at the end of the season given the tumult that's transpired. Total speculation, but the leading candidates in my mind for the job would be Bill Vinovich (who has previous experience as a replay official for Hochuli's crew), Bill Carollo (former NFL R and current Big Ten director of officiating), and Walt Anderson (who supervises Big 12 officials in addition to his job as an R in the NFL).

FJ in retirement would be an upgrade over Tolbert. Git 'er done, McBean...

I'm trying to think back on previous TSW whipping boys... and I honestly can't think of a worse player than Tolbert during the 17 year streak of no playoffs. Kelsay at least made a play once and awhile. McLovin caught fumble-itis but at least he made a decent defensive play every once and awhile. Maybe Coy Wire?

One can only hope that this move kills any chance of success they have in Foxboro post-Brady.

He should be cut, but he's a "process" player so he gets a free pass.

If there is any accountability, he will be fired. But we all know there isn't.

Tolbert getting the ball on 2nd and 25?!?!?!?!

But he voluntarily pulled the ball back - so fwd progress shouldn't apply, right? That only applies to breaking the plane of the end zone.

Bullcrap. You see the dark rubber bouncing on the turf. What a load of ****.

Patriots OL getting away with a lot of holds...

POYER!

Exactly. I'm surprised BB didn't do it. They score the TD, the game is essentially over... which is sad but that's the reality.

Can you blame the guy? The Browns are two orders of magnitude worse than our own team, and that says a lot!

I don't like having to rely on St. Doug beating Meathead's team to make it in...

Well crap...

If they get the TD, I'd go for two. At 3-11 you have nothing to lose.

Dump it... the fans don't like it, the players hate it, and the increased exposure is killing the core NFL Sunday product. The problem with that of course is that the NFL already has their money from the Sunday packages, so why not bid out a Thursday package?

Even the resident Patriot* trolls have to admit that this seems plausible. I'm a Yankee fan and readily admit that for some time that a good portion of the team was taking PEDs. I suspected it at the time, too. There is no "nutrition" regimen that improves your performance as age increases unless those "nutrients" have the letters HGH in them.

RED = Buffalo @ New England (incl AK/HI)

There has to be more to this story. You don't abruptly resign on a Monday morning after having signed a huge contract extension just a month earlier. If this was just a substance abuse problem, take a leave of absence like everyone else and sort things out.

At this rate, I almost feel like the first 30 plays should be scripted. Even Peterman looked good with the scripted plays in LA until he hit a wall.

Preliminary week 16 map, courtesy 506sports.com: RED = Buffalo @ New England (incl AK/HI)BLUE = LA Chargers @ NY JetsGREEN = Miami @ Kansas CityYELLOW = Denver @ WashingtonORANGE = Cleveland @ ChicagoCYAN = Jacksonville @ San Francisco (late)

She's what I would have expected out of a 'E' team NFL crew. Nothing insightful, made several mistakes, lacked polish, and was repetitive. I can't remember if she made reference to Jack Nicklaus being the grandfather of Nick O'Leary... bonus points if she didn't. Feely was just as bad. Of all the CBS crews, I prefer Harlan/Gannon. I think Kevin Harlan is excellent at PBP and Gannon is a decent color commentator. Romo is better but I don't care for Nantz.

Eh, they're overdue for a crushing defeat - their losses this season have all been pretty clear cut. Watch them go up 21-0, then given up 28 unanswered with Brady scoring on the last play of the game on a McKelvin-esque muffed punt.

One of these was called a touchdown... the other wasn't. Guess which call went which way?