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Seifert looked like Ted Knight on coke.

If you get on his staff, hit the gym and get out the hair gel You'll be a HC within a year.

I actually take some of that back after doing a bit more digging. Shula and Knoll never actually coached under Brown. They played for him in Cleveland. But Paul Brown was instrumental in the development of the WCO, so that single branch in a coaching tree is pretty huge.

The problem isn't that it's 25 years old. The problem is that it was built as cheaply as possible 25 years ago. Kind of like the Sabres arena.

I don't think Warren County has the tax base to fund a stadium in the way that Mike Brown would need. The City of Mason is already kicking in millions to refurbish the tennis facility.

The Bengals took Hamilton County to the cleaners in that stadium deal. All stadium deals are bad, but this one was extra special bad. The tax payers pay for everything and the team keeps all stadium revenue. The kicker is that the main negotiator for the county on that deal back in the late 90's resigned his position with the county to go work for the Bengals shortly after the stadium's opening. It's almost like he was negotiating a good deal for his future employers. City government corruption at it's finest.

The West Coast Offence was developed to hide the limitations of Virgil Carter, who was the QB that came into Cincinnati after Greg Cook suffered a shoulder injury. Carter was essentially the Brock Purdy of the early '70s. So Brown and Walsh cooked up a timing-based offense to compensate for his lack of arm strength and field-reading ability. In the interests of full disclosure, I didn't know much of this until I watched a video a few minutes ago. Listen, Paul Brown was an egomaniacal dictator, but his influence on the modern passing game is immense.

Why stop at Walsh? Walsh famously worked for Paul Brown in Cincinnati for many years and developed the "West Coast Offense" there. It really should be the Ohio River Offense, but I digress. Paul Brown's coaching tree has Walsh, Don Shula, and Chuck Knoll as its main branches. Any current NFL coach can be traced back to that.

I see your point, but the Bills have two HoF players. One is just not playing at a HoF level this late in his career.

Your living the dream. That tap shut off when my wife hit menopause.

I'm married for 30 years, so I've been doing the opposite of that this week. I've also been thinking about the game 24/7. But I think we lose because I can't have nice things.

People being overconfident on a fan message board! The horror!

I went back and listened to a bunch of old pop songs that I used to hate, and none of them seemed as bad as I remembered. Except this one.

He does that against everybody. He did that against Belichick. Why is calling trick plays that work "disrespect?"

In these discussion of awards, I just keep coming back to the only question that matters. If you had to win one game, which QB do you want on your roster? For me, it is Mahomes. The stats might not be there, but the guy knows how to win games.

How else you gonna chase that glory hole?

That was Dorsey's problem too. There was no system, just a bunch of plays.

There has to be somebody in mind. Also, there could have been internal tension between him and Ryans and/or Stroud.

Last year, he was a hot HC candidate. Now he's out of a job. Life comes at ya fast in the National Football League.

Plus, you get an all-expenses paid yearly two-week trip to London. Not bad at all.

We're in the golden age of quarterbacking.

Maybe because he didn't call plays in LA. Anyway, good offensive mind. I guess we'll see if he can build a culture, which is what is needed in Jacksonville.

With McVey one year, then to Kentucky with Mark Stoops for a year, then back to the Rams for a year, then back to Kentucky for another year. Weird to bounce back and forth between college and the NFL ever year like that.

This guy has the weirdest job history.

I wish we were the first game. Arrowhead at night is intimidating.