DrDawkinstein

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Congrats on getting off Facebook. The hackers did you a favor.

Do I need to be worried about getting another player from Boston?

You mean besides his kids?

Just Favre. The other two dont hurt people for their own enjoyment. I may have committed "light treason"

He went wrong way before that. After seeing the Bucs beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl Beane got transfixed on "Must beat the Chiefs, and must beat them with Pass Rush". And he got so wrapped up in that thinking he went and drafted DEs in the first 2 rounds (after using our first pick in the previous draft on a DE as well). He was so blinded by this hot take at the time of "Chiefs can be beat with a pass rush", that he totally forgot about having a balanced, well-rounded plan to build the best overall team possible. Had he been thinking clearly, he wouldve taken Humphrey in the 2nd. A potential stud DE in Rousseau in the 1st, and a stud OL in the 2nd? What a great draft that would've been! Addressing BOTH trenches early. And this isnt in hindsight as there were plenty of us banging the message board for Humphrey in 2021 and Linderbaum in 2022. Yet here we are. That's why I think this entire focus on the Chiefs is a bad mindset. Josh's benign post-Super Bowl quote isnt a big part of it. It was just an example that reminded me of the FO philosophy problem.

Well if Favre wants to go through with the suits (he wont), he'll also have to go through discovery. And open himself to a real ***** storm. Hence why these narcissistic blow hards never go through with their lawsuit threats. Because they know the truth would come out.

I'm sure that Josh was just giving benign "QB speak" when he said that, I agree. Except I've been hearing this same thing from our FO for too long, and their actions show they are staying a step behind instead of getting out in front of the matter. Building a championship team should be done in a vacuum, regardless of what other teams may or may not be doing. I dont need to see other teams to know to shore up the trenches, get guys open, and score points. Like I said, maybe not exactly what Josh means here. But it's been too common a theme in the FO.

Anyone defending or choosing Favre's side in this matter is revealing a lot about their own character.

Good news, we've said it literally 1000 times now.

We should have been building the OL regardless if the Chiefs did it or not. That's the whole point. I dont need the Chiefs to tell me to build the OL. By "copying what the Chiefs do" we let them draft Creed Humphrey first because we were busy "copying" them by building our Pass Rush which they did 2 years prior. As long as we stay in "copy the Chiefs" mode, we will always be 1-2 years behind them.

Would teams not be trying to do that if the Chiefs didn't exist?

It's true, as evidenced by the million comments and threads already discussing that. This was a thread on Team Building Philosophy that has now been bastardized into yet another Coaching/OL thread.

Who do the Chiefs try to copy then?

OL and Coaching you say? Groundbreaking offseason comment.

I prefer the term "toxic"

Bills' Josh Allen gives props to Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes: 'You gotta find ways to be like them' https://www.nfl.com/news/bills-josh-allen-gives-props-to-chiefs-mahomes-it-s-a-copycat-league-you-gotta-f I've heard this before from Beane and McDermott (and probably others) and now from Allen. We need to be like KC. We need to build the team to beat KC... WRONG Because I guarantee you that KC isnt trying to be like anyone else. They're simply trying to be the best team in the NFL regardless of what anyone else is doing. THAT is what McBeane and Co. should be doing. Stop peeking over the fence and trying to copy another team and just go build the best team in the entire NFL. Go be that team that everyone wants to copy. Because by the time you see what they are doing, make the moves to copy them, and bring it to fruition... they are already 2 more steps ahead that you can't copy. This is such a 2nd place mentality it makes me sick.

So to recap... we need Better Coaching and Better OL. Groundbreaking thread.

Time to get off the skid tonight! Hopefully I can stay up late enough to watch. Two road games against the teams with the worst Home records in the league! Lets Go!

This is why I have Miami as my #2 option for where Lamar Jackson lands (after Atlanta). I can see Ross throwing a couple of 1sts at Baltimore to bring the Florida kid home.

We have Cook and Hines. And are already set to pay Hines a hefty salary for RB/KR. The RB FA market shouldnt be too crazy expensive. There are a lot of good RBs hitting the market, and we know the position value is already low. I also think Singletary wants to stay in Buffalo. Either bring Singletary back cheap, or roll with Cook/Hines. Or maybe Cook/Hines and a late round pick if we must. It mattered more, and the "experts" were more accurate, back when we were picking in the top 10 most of the time. This far back in the draft, it's a total crap shoot.

I'd be just as surprised if Rex chose to leave his cushy ESPN gig for the grind of Assistant Coaching again. I'm assuming the interview/meeting with Payton was to help get Payton on track of what he is looking for in a DC.

The release isnt much news as everyone knew it was coming. The news will be where he lands. I still think Seattle is an option (and likely the best fit for both sides), even with the success they've had with Geno. It does sound like Saints are most likely tho.

Not sure I would risk my future on Kyler Murray, but I get what you are saying. IMO, Baltimore would be the ideal landing spot for Bienemy. If I'm the Ravens, I try to hire Bienemy and then tell Lamar "Ok, we are going to franchise tag you this year. Come back and play under the tag for 1 year and see what the Offense looks like with Bienemy instead of Roman. And no matter what happens we will NOT tag you again." So he Jackson either proves he can flourish under a "real" offense and deserves the fully guaranteed $270-300M contract. Or puts up a stinker of a year and Baltimore moves on. And Jackson gets to hit the FA market and still end up well paid.

So pissed the XFL got rid of my Tampa Bay Vipers. Now I have no team to cheer for.