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Lack of villains.

For sure they should have tried more, but the Chiefs stuffed the run effectively.

Run game did nothing today.

You were saying? 😂

Ravens aren't built for comebacks. Everything looks impromptu and hectic.

Those long pass attempts are just sad.

Did the Ravens take Dumb Pills this morning? This is wild.

Flowers is having a day...

Baltimore tourism ads don't look desperate. At all.

Better her than shirtless Jason.

It was a joke. I'd much rather see the lovely Ms. Swift than endless shots of, say, Jerry Jones

Oh Lord, we're going to get the Taylor Swift Super Bowl, aren't we? I might have to find something else to do. 😂

Lamar doesn't look as sharp this week, and it's not just the opposition.

Why is Taylor Swift at the game? Does anyone know?

I favor Johnson for the aspect of working with a rookie QB. That's the most critical aspect to the Commanders job.

It's interesting how quickly the dominos have all fallen without many teams actively pursuing Ben Johnson. That would tend to support the speculation about him coaching the Commanders being a done deal. I'm not surprised about either Belichick or Carroll being left out. The fad right now is to hire young-ish coordinators, and those two are used to having a lot more say over than the operation than many teams will be willing to give them now.

Something else that just came to mind: Interviewing EB is part of a culture change, too. Don't forget that he's still employed by the Commanders. NOT interviewing him for the HC position would be a pretty cruddy thing to do, even if it ends up just being a courtesy interview.

Are you sure that EB can be grouped with Campbell or Pierce in terms of leadership style? The stories that came out of camp remind me more of a Parcells-type character. If Terry Mclauren was griping about him, I take that seriously. He's the opposite of a diva or malcontent. Of course, EB wasn't the HC in camp, so the dynamic was very different.

Thanks. I forgot about that.

EB seems to have a more favorable reputation inside the league than he does among us Commanders fans. I'm torn on this. There were alarm bells in camp about his leadership style. His playcalling seemed odd at times, decent at others. I didn't see a lot of adjustments. Brissett moved the team down the field pretty easily in EB's offense. Tough for me to say how much of Howell's struggles late in the season were on him versus EB. The concerns about his leadership style are the main reason I wouldn't hire him. Maybe the team needed some shaking up, but I didn't sense that the offensive players were willing to "run through a brick wall" for him.

Why not interview him? If nothing else, it gives the advisory committee some further insight about the roster and why things went the way they did in 2023. That's not even getting into the Rooney Rule stuff (which I hope Harris would take seriously and not as a cynical exercise).

Josh and Adam have already said they're building for the long term. Grabbing a high-priced veteran QB who peaked 10 years ago is the opposite of doing that.

It's interesting how the Falcons are publicizing their HC search. Josh seems inclined to keep the Commanders' process quieter. We've gotten updates from the beat reporters, but the team itself is keeping things under wraps.

The Niners didn't play very well, but they just had too much going on for the Packers to overcome. That was a fun game.

Terry doesn't *do* hotels.