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Sometimes this league is unpredictable, and sometimes it's utterly predictable.

Definitely keep the ball out of Taylor's hands and give it to the lame quarterback.

Cincy shouldn't have punted from midfield on fourth and short. The whole world knew that.

Am I the only one who despises Mahomes? I'm not even sure why, since the incessant glazing isn't his fault. I don't despise Lamar or Burrow.

What happened to Higgins?

I don't understand. The refs threw that flag on KC. KC! Are they drunk?

I wonder if McDermott is reluctant to fire Brady because he is (or has been) a top candidate for a head-coach position. He might think it would be be doubly disloyal to a) fire him; and b) deprive of him a chance to be head coach elsewhere. If so, he needs to get over it. Any team that would hire such an incompetent deserves him.

I'm so so sad. Bereft! In ashes. 😁

So he's not good without two future HOF receivers. Shouldn't that be enough to stop the "best of all time" garbage? He's not even the best of his time.

Watch Mahomes glazers praise him for making the tackle. What a clutch player!

Kromer was OC of the Bears and did very well before Cutler melted down.

Diggs, yes, Von, no. Sorry, signing a 35-year old to a six-year contract made no sense at the time, and it makes less sense in hindsight. A two-year with more as an option, great, even in retrospect, when you're more aware of the injury factor for his age than you might at the moment. So I give him credit for a bold signing and take away the credit for an albatross contract. The Floyd signing was much smarter: low risk, high reward--and it paid off.

It's not Daboll or bust, of course. For example, I'd look at Thomas Brown, passing-game coordinator of the Patriots, who (google tells me) is drawing a lot of interest. Would be great to stick it to the Pats, too. Your choice, Sean: change OC's now or after the season. One brings a chance to go all the way this year, the other gives us a higher draft pick.

A team that loses to the below-average teams and beats the above-average teams, what is up with that? The pattern when they win is the team getting fired up; when they lose, I see a defense that allows big runs but plays well enough for the offense to pull it out (maybe because McDermott shoves Babich aside), and an offense that gets points and yards but fails in the clutch because of the killer combination of injuries, mediocre receivers, and a poor offensive coordinator. If this take is correct, I have hope! If the defensive pattern continues, the injuries abate (both reasonable hopes), and--the big one--McDermott realizes this team simply will not make it without a course adjustment. He did it once before. Can he do it again?

I'd love to see a definitive analysis, but the ones I've seen indicate that both these things are true, but that most of the problems stemming from Brady's schemes and play calling. As many here have observed, he's predictable, limited, slow to adapt, late getting plays in, has not adapted his offense to the receivers he has, and lacks innovation, creativity, and vision. In short, he's just not a good coordinator. I'm encouraged that McDermott fired Dorsey, so maybe he will pull the trigger on this guy. Who would replace him, though? I really doubt he would bring back Daboll. Kromer might be the answer. He was terrific his first year with the Bears, setting franchise records for yards and touchdowns. I don't see how he could be worse than Brady.