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If there's personal involvement, that's the case. The "institutional control" stuff isn't going to fly if it was just flunkies involved. The other owners aren't going to open themselves up to that standard. If he's not personally implicated, Dan claims shock and sadness, promises change, empanels a reform board, and throws some money to some activists. The memory hole swallows it in a few weeks or as soon as the next target is acquired.

The other owners aren't going to open up that Pandora's Box.

That wouldn't be enough to force Snyder out unless he was a participant, ala Jerry Richardson. If it's a #metoo thing, I suspect it's very much worse than garden variety sexual harassment.

Is there any indication that Bezos actually wants to buy an NFL team? I imagine he could have bought the Seahawks when Paul Allen died, had he wanted to. Hell, maybe he still could. While I'm sure he has an enormous ego, he doesn't strike me as the type who desperately needs the ego stroke of being shown in the owner's box every Sunday on Fox. He'd probably rather just buy Fox...which he could do with pocket change.

Based on the circling of the media buzzards on Twitter who are being so vague, here's my read: Whatever's coming tomorrow is strongly defamatory towards at least one person with access to significant legal resources. I'll speculate that it's Snyder, since flunkies would just get fired (if they haven't been already) and wouldn't get the benefit of the team's legal counsel. When a media outlet gets hold of something even mildly defamatory, the legal department will vet it thoroughly and require double- and triple-checking. You'd be shocked at the kind of benign-looking reports have resulted in libel verdicts against media outlets. When it's a big fish getting caught, you can bet the Post has deployed all its legal guns and has already been in contact with the affected party (or their lawyers) for reaction and rebuttal. The reason the guys from the other media outlets have been vague-tweeting it is that they know what the story is but can't get specific since they and their own employers don't want to risk getting sued, either. It hasn't nothing to do with professional courtesy. These guys would kick their own mothers to get a story out first. It could be that other media outlets are trying to sufficiently source the story to beat the Post to the scoop, but it's unlikely to happen at this late hour--particularly if the story requires an extensive write-up to avoid a lawsuit.

The Redskins' current unis are a classic look. No need to change. You know it'd be some atrocity like what the Rams just did. Combining the deep maroon and number colors of the 1937 jerseys with white pants and the current helmet stripes/logo might be cool, but we'd never get that lucky.

I'd prefer '30s retro like the 1937 throwbacks over the garbage new uniforms the league has been generating lately. The Redskins are a cornerstone franchise and should look like it, not like an XFL team.

I have no use for the New Jersey Swamp Creatures, but much respect for Eli. So many times he pulled some wacky play out of his *ss at the last moment to save the day on offenses that really weren't very talented.

Leonard Fournette better get ready to run into a brick wall of defenders at the LOS on every single first down play.

Those Giants fans will no doubt love experiencing years of anxious clapping on the sidelines at Jimmy Hoffa Memorial Stadium.

ESPN reports Browns are hiring Vikings OC Kevin Stefanski. You just keep doing you, Jimmy Haslam.

Don't question him. He's a Football Guy. 😄

Jerry heard bells. Not that there's anything wrong with that... As only Jerry Jones can, he spun a family tale to connect to his affection to McCarthy. "My sister explained to my dad one time when she was explaining why she wanted to divorce," Jones said. "Dad loved her husband, and he said, 'What's gotten into you?' And she said, 'I don't hear bells.' He said, 'Bells? Bells? I haven't heard bells for the last 30 years.' The bottom line is that is a dad trying to advise his daughter on the right move. "But the bottom line is, I heard bells." McCarthy smiled as Jones told that story and had one of his own about the interview. "Jerry is telling a story about the purchase of the Dallas Cowboys, and at the end of the story, he leans over to me and he grabs me by the forearm and reaches out to shake my hand and he says, 'You need to be the coach of the Dallas Cowboys,'" McCarthy said. "I jumped up and hugged him. I'll stop right there. We had a hell of time. "Now that's a moment. And that's a story I'll be telling the rest of my life."

It could be they're waiting on someone whose team is still playing...nah, it's just the Browns being the Browns.

That is what the ESPN reports indicates. Seems like a weird match, to me. In fact, the whole thing seems odd--like Gettleman and the Giants are being too clever by half.

I think that is a legitimate criticism of Payton. For years, he focused on buying talent to put around Brees while neglecting the defense, even though it's obvious that defense is what gets you through the playoffs. The Saints' SB win was fueled by an opportunistic defense, and that should have clued in Payton.

The media reaction seems pretty mixed, so far. As ever, the real issue is Jerry.

I married a Texas lady. Her family is just as fatalistic about the Cowboys as we are about the Redskins. I did enjoy a brief look at Cowboys Zone and everyone talking themselves into liking this hire.

Au contraire. It's simply the delicious buildup to another excruciating 8-8 disaster for "America's Team."

Thing is, literally every single year of McCarthy's tenure in GB included a first-ballot hall-of-famer at QB. Despite that, he only made it to the Super Bowl once. Doesn't mean he's a bad coach, but he's probably not the best choice to get the Cowboys to the SB.

Not as much as he wants full control at all costs. Terrible hire. Cowboys need someone to take firm control of that locker room and turn it into a team. Not that I'm complaining...

I recall an expose, I think it was at ESPN, of the dysfunctional relationship between Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy. Rodgers didn't come off great, but McCarthy sounded clueless. Rodgers became disgusted with the playcalling and supposedly started calling his own plays in the huddle. Sounds like a perfect Jerry Jones hire...

From ESPN: "A team source did confirm the Cowboys had a recent telephone conversation with former NFL coach Jeff Fisher, who took the Tennessee Titans to Super Bowl XXXIV and whose regular-season record is 173-165-1, with a 5-6 playoff record. Fisher is highly regarded by Jones and team vice president Stephen Jones, but Fisher's three-year hiatus since being fired by the Los Angeles Rams in 2016 was a detriment to scheduling a formal interview." Please, Santa Claus, please make Jeff Fisher the next Cowboys coach. I've behaved really well so far this year.

I'll be in such a good mood if the Cowboys hire McCarthy or Lewis. 😄

My guess is that Ron will want someone more experienced to be his OC.