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14 hours ago, Going Commando said:

Johnson should have just said he loved his current job and left it at that.  That's what any of us would say if we stayed in our current jobs and didn't try and get a new one at a different place when there was an opening.  Actually it's more accurate to say Johnson did start going through the hiring process at the new place, and then intentionally tanked it.

 

 

Exactly. Just say something like "I thought about it but I love Detroit and wanted to stay, but I thank Washington/LA/Atlanta etc. for the consideration and wish them well." 

Dude burnt a lot of bridges and doesn't come across as a leader of men at all. 

On top of that, why would any team offer him everything he wants? To a guy who has accomplished nothing? McVay didn't demand all that. He had to resurrect Goff and a Ram program that was an abject disaster after the end of the Fisher era. Shanahan didn't demand all that. He had nobody at QB and went to a 49er team that was in total disarray after Harbaugh left.

You're gonna be a first time HC. Jobs like the Chiefs and Bills won't be available for you.

6 minutes ago, Skinsinparadise said:

I think we dodged a bullet with this guy, comes off to me both smug and insecure.  I do buy the reports he was "meh" in the interviews. 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah I see more Josh McDaniels and Adam Gase than I do Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan. With a hint of Norval as well.

He might have Xs and Os chops but I do not see a leader of men at all.

I think the ownership group is going to wait a few years. Lets see how the team does on the field. If we start winning and Daniels looks like he's the guy, the fans might start buying up merchandise and embracing the name. Everyone loves a winner after all. And if that's the case, rebranding might end up being silly.

12 hours ago, Conn said:

This is where Peters comes from. This is partially why some aren’t as worried about the OL as others. It’s about having a group of above average and better talents working as one, and scheming around weak spots. Dominant OL players are great and hopefully will be drafted over time. But we need competence and smart play calling first and foremost, as I just posted about in the Jayden Daniels thread. 
 

Exaxtly. We had All Pro LT play for 20 years and didn’t win squat. You want an OL where five guys can play as one and a scheme that maximizes their strengths and minimizes their weaknesses. 

6 minutes ago, Chump Bailey said:

 

I'm more than a little surprised we did not look that way in the draft at some point. We could have used just such a back I agree.

This was an awful RB class so I can't blame them. Last couple of years had some real talent though and of course braindead Ron couldn't find one.

I just wish we could find an explosive game breaking type RB. Did you know that our last RB to break a 40+ yard run was Derrius Guice? 

6 hours ago, SkinsFanPA said:

 

Just go back tot hose colors and I'm good. Rebrand the team as WASHINGTON. The city should be the brand. And the fans can come up with their own nicknames, similar to how European soccer teams do it.

3 hours ago, ntotoro said:

Veteran minimum plus incentives... ? Just wondering, since people seem unhappy with the WR's.

he's already shown better hands than Dyami Brown

I know it ultimately may not matter, but I'd rather he look good than look bad. Too many times we hear about young guys struggling early and we say "oh it doesn't matter its just XYZ" and it ends up mattering big time. 

If you're good, you show it early. And if you suck, you show that early too.

On 4/21/2024 at 8:55 PM, cboatner said:

cheerleader pics

 

 

 

One of those was on the radio with Bram and Larry Michael once and it was so uncomfortable. Larry was just hitting on her non stop.

The new logo sucks. Boring W. So plain.

Bring back the old uniform/color scheme. They are classic.

Robinson is solid. He's nothing special and doesn't have game breaking ability, but he can be a solid 15-20 carry guy.

4 hours ago, Anselmheifer said:

Can anybody comment on the quality of this hire? I’m assuming since everyone else’s reputations have been great, that his is too?

I mean he's probably better than anyone Snyder/Rivera had hired.

34 minutes ago, Rex Tomb said:

What're the odds in Vegas for JD earning ROY?

Harrison jr is the betting favorite. After him I'd imagine its Williams, JD5, and Nabors in some order. Probably Bowers up there as well but rookie TEs usually struggle.

13 minutes ago, Skinsinparadise said:

 

 

 

I think if Daniels ends up the goods, we have a shot at that.  Heck Joe Burrow was in the SB his 2nd season.    I talked about this on another thread which is we are accostomed to the idea of slow rebuids because we didn't have the QB.  But if you got the QB rebuilds happen fast. 

If you get the QB right you'll be good pretty much right away. Maybe one year wait at most for the kid to figure it out.

There are no 3+ year rebuilds in the NFL. That's just Ron Rivera style building for mediocrity approach.

On 5/25/2024 at 1:18 PM, PleaseBlitz said:

Gonna give Baldur’s gate another shot. 
 

Any advice?

Don't worry too much about your choice of class. You can respec from pretty early on after you complete a sidequest(won't spoil where it is, just explore the starting area thoroughly and you'll find it without too much difficulty).

Talk to your companions regularly. Their stories are excellent and you can unlock some cool stuff.

Save early and often.

38 minutes ago, Skinsinparadise said:

 

Rivera I think ends up the worst drafter under the Dan regime.  Worse than Cerrato, Bruce, Shanny.

 

His drafts haven't aged well.  Heck FA sucked too for him aside for his first year -- and mind you, he came on just before FA started where Kyle Smith already laid it all out for him.  When Kyle left, they sucked from that point on.

 

F for trades (the Wentz deal was an all timer)

F for FA

F for the draft.

 

And according to his own players he and his coaching staff were the 31st best out of 32 teams.  We got fairly mild mannered -- no flame thrower types like Keim and Logan Paulsen stressing how much better these coaches are than the last group.  The coaching staff last year in particular is actually a punching line.  

 

Kudos to Rivera for conquering cancer and being a nice guy during a storm of crap that he had to endure working there.  But that to me is the only reason why he's elevated over Spurrier and Zorn.  Otherwise especially because he was both coach-GM, IMO he was the worst of the lot running this team during Dan's era.  I am not one of the people who care much about the name, but its hard to escape that his finger prints seem to be on that, too for those who do care.   And he was also the only dude sucking up to Dan and big time so as he was leaving even past the point when he didn't need to do it.   

 

 

Rivera was the worst professional coach we had in the Snyder era. I emphasize the word professional, because Zorn and Spurrier should have never been hired and I don't blame them for that they were in over their heads from the get go.

And on top of that, he was the worst at drafting. Even dolts like Allen and Cerrato at least got the 1st round mostly right. We've already had one first round pick made by Rivera flame out in Young. Forbes looks like a complete bust and the jury is still out on Dotson and Davis but neither have ever really looked great save for a short stretch in Dotson's rookie year.

Feel like Davis would be a natural 3-4 OLB/Edge. In a 4-3 I think he might get lost in the shuffle a bit.

11 hours ago, Going Commando said:

The defense should be way better this year. But the offense will probably be bad again, and the schedule is super unfavorable on paper.  I only see four games where I would consider us favorites in a fully healthy match up: home against the Giants, Panthers, Falcons, and Titans.  At first I thought maybe Burrow wouldn't be back by week three, but he's supposed to be healthy in time for training camp, so no luck there.

 

We'll steal a couple we shouldn't so I went with six wins, but unless there are a bunch of QB injuries again this year (and ours stays healthy), then there probably aren't going to be many wins for us.  We're just starting out with our program, it's going to take time to build.

You really think we'd be favored against a Falcons team with Cousins at QB? 

Feel like Whit will be a HC in a couple years or so.

3 hours ago, youngestson said:

I think they will have a better record than last year but honestly haven't a clue. Just too many variables right now.

I'd almost guarantee they win more than 4 games. Its really hard to be awful two years in a row in the NFL. The teams that finish terrible are usually average to mediocre type teams that have their bottoms fall out.

33 minutes ago, mistertim said:

 

True, but he also threw 26 TDs and you could also clearly see him make some amazing elite level passes and plays. It was mostly about learning from the bad decisions and cleaning that up, which he did. IMO it's pretty easy to tell if a QB is truly just lost out there or if he's pushing and trying to make too many plays with some poor decisions while still playing at a high level generally.

 

Peyton in his rookie season was obviously the latter.

Agreed. People keep bringing up Peyton's INT total as a rookie as some kind of evidence he was terrible. He was actually pretty good. His team was trash and he made a lot of aggressive throws to give his team a chance and figure out what he could and couldn't get away with.

The very next year they went 13-3 and he was a Pro Bowler.

Cowboys are gonna have a bottoming out year similar to 2010 when Wade Phillips got fired mid season. It wouldn't shock me if they finished like 6-11. 

From what I remember, Mahomes was told to push it to the limit in practice and make a bunch of risky throws to see what he could and couldn't get away with. Andy Reid's goal was to shift the Chiefs away from Alex Smith's conservative ball control style to an aggressive down the field playmaking offense.

1 hour ago, Always A Commander Never A Captain said:

 

I don't think any of the QB's are super refined. They're all still mostly traits and upside right now.

Daniels is mechanically very clean and sound. And his release is outstanding.