theTruthTeller

I love how people think that the only way for us to lose out to SF and Dallas is if we don't try to win.

I thought the article has some good insights, but I don't know how anyone can predict how SH would perform with a decent OL given the state of the present OL. And I don't see any point in wasting a 1st round choice on a QB and letting him be the next one to get crushed. Build the line to be decent, hope SH survives long enough to be fairly evaluated, then make a move on a QB if necessary. Unfortunately, building a decent line will take 2-3 years, but the time to start is now.

Mammals, not fish.

A couple of years ago I was watching a documentary on Tony Romo. I think the premise was that Tony Romo only became a starting quarterback because of Quincy Carter. It was a convoluted premise. Regardless, the point that stuck with me is this. At some point, the players, or at least the defensive players, nominated Darren Woodson to go to Parcell's office and tell him that he needed to start Romo. The conversation went something like this (quotes are from my memory and are undoubtedly wrong): Woodson: "The team wants you to know that Tony is the best quarterback on the team. By far. He eats us up in practice every day." Parcells: "Don't you think I know that? But he's not ready to play and if I start him now, it'll ruin him. And I'm not going to ruin his career." Another great Parcells moment, from when Phil Simms was a rookie: Parcells (during pre-game warmups): "If you don't throw two interceptions today, you're not taking enough chances." Simms: "What?" Parcells: "If you don't throw two interceptions, you're going to the bench" (FYI: I've seen variations to these quotes over the years, but the gist is the same) RR shouldn't be pressured to start Howell just to make fans or media happy. Playing in a meaningless game for the Commanders doesn't mean anything, good or bad. He should do whatever he thinks is best for Howell's future based on what he knows about Howell, because he's likely the only returning quarterback for next year.

They went 6-7 after being a preseason top 10 team and two of those wins were Wofford and Georgia State. It's always the quarterbacks fault. His numbers were down from previous years though.

Asking for a friend: If Howell plays well next week does that mean we can stop the search for a new starting quarterback? My friend seems to think it's a little late in the season to get a read on whether Howell is either good or bad. He also thinks that it would be beneficial to improve the Oline before using draft or money resources to get a upper tier quarterback.

On the pic of the second down, it sure looks like the Titans' two man rush has overcome our OL and the guy on the right is about to sack CW. The play started at 0:13, so it took less than two seconds, at most, for one Titan to get around three of our OL. And I have no idea what Martin (?) is doing at the LOS besides getting in the way.

Titans have scored 20+ points in 3 out of 4 games. That's bad The three teams they've scored 20+ on all have bad defenses. That's good. Their passing offense isn't very good. That's good. I've got to go with the win here: The team formerly known as "the team": 16 The team formerly known as "the oilers": 10 Game ball goes to Tress.

Your post made me think of something else that bothered me during the game. Jourdan Lewis, who's a decent CB, was injured early in the second half and replaced by DaRon Bland, who is a rookie drafted in the 5th round from Sacramento St (I looked it up - it is Division 1, FCS). He made the pick on the slant at the end of the game, similar to what you are describing, but any decent QB would have seen him just sitting there. Why didn't the coaching staff go after him as soon as Lewis was injured? I think it was his first playing time in the pros and he's from a rinky dink school. Why let him get comfortable?

I think we're probably pretty close to fake injury time anyway. If we lose the next two games, Wentz will take himself out.

There's no point in firing anyone mid-season. Mid-season firings make it look like you want to humiliate someone, not make the team better. These coaches move around so much that everyone knows everyone else. That being said, if I were to get rid of someone mid-season, it would be the QB coach and I'd replace him with someone who had actual experience being an NFL QB.

I have no reason to believe that RR wasn't the best coach who would come here. The reasons for good coaching prospects to look elsewhere are starting to pile up. Most people on this board, including myself, thought we got an unexpected gift with RR. I thought the best we would get would be something along the lines of a head of concessions at a Div II school.

To go further on your point: 1. Wentz is not a plug-and-play quarterback. He is a long way from "checking all the boxes". There were numerous articles written about this long before the trade. He has a lot of shortcomings and at the top of the list is "reading defenses". He needs the entire offense built around avoiding his shortcomings. 2. Other than the Super Bowl year, he has never had a really successful season from a W-L standpoint. His second best season was 2019 when he went 9-7. His only other winning season was last year when he went 9-8 on a team that had legit Super Bowl aspirations. 3. In his magical Super Bowl season, he was 11-2 before getting hurt. Nick Foles came in and went 2-1 and ran the table in the playoffs. Nick Foles isn't a top-50 quarterback in the NFL and never has been. The 2017 Eagles were just good enough to win with limited QBs. Carson Wentz=Nick Foles=Trent Dilfer. 4. The OL is a huge problem for Wentz, but Wentz is a huge problem for the OL. Wentz has no plan in the pocket. If you can stomach it, re-watch yesterday's game. Cooper Rush has no chance of ever being a full-time starter in the NFL and the only physical advantage he has over Wentz is that he is slightly more mobile. But he succeeds because he is decisive. And by decisive, I don't mean he dumps the ball off to a RB whenever he feels heat. Dallas's OL has problems, too, at every position except RG and Cooper takes the heat off of them. Part of the problem is coaching, for sure. But a guy going into his 7th year as a starter just has to be better than Wentz, especially if he is making close to $30M.

Well, I'm sure it's "possible". Its also possible that he is compelled to sell by the other owners. Here's why I think it's only a longshot: 1. I'd bet everything I own that he has dirt on almost all of the 31 other owners and Goodell. Really good dirt that the public has no inkling of. He'll fight until the end. 2. Most people think of Mr. Snyder as "the jerk who owns the Redskins/Football Team/Commanders." If he sells, he'll just be thought of as "the jerk." 3. If he sells and the Commanders become successful - and it's bound to happen sooner or later - it will confirm that he was the sole cause of three decades of futility. The best scenario for Mr. Snyder selling is if the other owners pay him to sell. And I doubt that will happen. The next best scenario is if he gets a super deal on a new stadium. That might boost the team value high enough for him to sell at a price that would cement his place as the world's greatest businessman. I'm not holding my breath though.

According to Forbes, the value of the team went up over a billion dollars between 2021 and 2022. Looking at all NFL teams, the value of the average franchise went up 18%. It's hard to imagine anyone, and especially Mr. Snyder, selling an asset that is increasing in value year after year. Even if 2022 was an anomaly and the value only goes up by a mere $250M in 2023, that should at least cover his beer tab. I just don't see him walking away from that kind of money. There are very few companies that can turn a profit if they are hated by their customers, but in the NFL, it just doesn't matter. Every owner makes massive money every year, even if they make no effort to be good.