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You're comparing Kirk Cousins to the band of misfits Stefanski had? I HATE the Falcons, and hope they fail miserably. But if I had to lay money on it, I would bet Matt Ryan figures it out. There is no mess in the QB room. As I said before, if they make Kirk Cousins the starter, they are 3-4 games better than every team in this division. Disagree, but we will see. There is now game tape on Shough. He will revert back to why he was a 2nd day pick. Serviceable, not a game changer. Why is this cringe? Other than he's wearing a backpack with only one strap like he's in 90210.

Good start to the weekend. Let's go.

There is zero chance anyone wants this bum. Still remember everyone on this site posting how cool it was he was generating so many social media and marketing impressions in the offseason. And I kept saying he should be in front of a jug machine, not the glass at a Canes game.

NCAA approves uniform patches, opening up new revenue streams - ESPN Dook and Tampax partnership incoming.

Sean McVay/Andy Reid/Kyle Shanahan wouldn't have done much better with this QB assortment.... Daniel Jones (always injured), Davis Webb, Tommy Devito, Tyrod Taylor, Drew Lock, Russell Wilson (the washed version) and Jameis Winston. Daboll is a terrific X/O football coach. If he gets the Bills job, he will succeed from a win loss perspective. Whether or not he gets them to a Super Bowl is TBD, and basically on how Allen plays.

Have to remember Daboll is credited with developing Josh Allen into what he is today as the Bills OC. It's how he got the Giants job as they saw Daniel Jones as a Josh Allen in the making. Daboll took them to the playoffs in his first year in New York, then Jones couldn't stay healthy. Hard to walk away from or not have a soft spot in your heart for people who were part of you coming up. Daboll would be a good football hire. Rivers would be a great PR hire, and because Josh Allen can put the cape on when he wants, Rivers could fake his way to 12 wins with the right assistants around him.

With Josh Allen being part of the interview process, I actually think this has legs. Daboll or promoting Joe Brady would be the smart play here. But in a small market like Buffalo, hiring Rivers makes you national sports news for the entire offseason, and that's almost as important as winning.

I don't think he had a no trade clause, but very possible the Lions gave him the option of selecting the destination if all offers were equal due to his service with that organization. Still fun / sad to think what could've been had he come here like rumors had it back then.

It wasn't his fault he wanted out, not blaming him. Another colossal misstep by a front office that hasn't gotten anything right since we drafted Cam.

I still can't believe Harbaugh took the Giants job knowing the Bills job was going to open up with anything less than a Super Bowl run by McDermott. Now he's stuck with basically the white Lamar Jackson, on and off the field, a RB who will be in the WWE in 2 years, and Malik Nabers who will want to be traded by the end of next year. Not to mention that division is an absolute gauntlet. Stefanski to the Falcons, unfortunately for us, is a great hire. He will see what a bum Penix is, make Cousins the starter and they will run away with the division for the next 2-3 years. The rest of the jobs are great opportunities to get a guaranteed $30-$50M depending on who you are and where you go, but there isn't a single job out there where you are going to win immediately other than Buffalo (where you have to deal with a front office undermining you) and Baltimore (where your QB purposely sounds like he has a mouth full of marbles and dresses like he's in a Bobby Shmurda video).

They aren't truly better post trade. Stafford was traded after the 2020 season. Dan Campbell became head coach the next year, Ben Johnson elevated to OC the year after that. That's why they were "better" post trade, until Johnson left. With those two calling the shots, and Matthew Stafford, the Lions would have at least one Super Bowl this decade. Also, Jamhyr Gibbs, Sam LaPorta, Amon St Brown, Jameson Williams, and David Montgomery were all added post trade, which would've given Stafford more talent than he was ever surrounded by in Detroit. With respect to Megatron.

2 former Panthers, and Stafford, who should've been a Panther if our front office wasn't clueless.

This thread should've ended here. Anyone who thinks CMC wanted to be here, PM me for information on a dirt-cheap beach house I have for sale in Omaha.

Same, why isn't Hulu streaming the game like it says online. Watching through ESPN.com. Glad a I got to see that beat down by Nikishin.

Redeemed ourselves with a solid middle to end the night....

I was wondering when someone, or if I should make this post for the other degenerates on here like me. I don't use Facebook, and notice you bet mostly player props, which I don't really play unless it's the Super Bowl. But happy to trade picks here or through PM if you want. I'm +$770 the last 4 weeks. I'm on this tonight. Hoping to middle the OKC / Bucks game and then USC can hang on for the parlay.

Tarheels and Hornets both on TV tonight. So when I get bored of watching one coach fug it up, I can switch over to watch the other coach fug it up. Going to start drinking now.

Paying Tommy Tremble ANYTHING would be too much. I'd rather buy one of those motorized blocking dummies and line it up at TE on Sundays.

It's actually quite comical that Brady as an OC, and Baker and Darnold as QBs were so limited by awful coaching here and have gone on to thrive elsewhere.

There is no doubt that winning on the field is the ultimate goal. But not far behind that is winning off the field / in the board room / at the bank. Beane has been meticulous in betting on Josh Allen being able to put on the cape and taking a band of misfits to the playoffs every year. That drives tickets, merch, concessions, TV shares, etc. Which all put money into the owner's pockets. The coach only controls what's on the field, and even then, it's mostly out of his hands minus time management as he doesn't throw, catch, run or kick for those 60 minutes. My guess is Beane has made that owner a poo ton of money through contracts (or lack there of), and staying the course financially when it's easy to overspend to get over the hump. That's why he's still there and McDermott isn't. My guess is they will hire a non-splash candidate that commands middle of the pack money for a head coach, and Beane will once again point out to ownership how he saved them $4-$6M with this hire, and they still have Superman on their team. New England has a first place schedule next year, and that's likely good for 2 additional losses, which would give them the same record as the Bills had this year. I knew McDermott was gone if they didn't reach the Superbowl.

That night after the Final Four is a complete blur on Bourbon Street. Didn't Love turn around and beat Duke again the next year as a transfer at Arizona?

Thank goodness for 65 jumping offsides. Made sure I hit both the live over 31.5 and full game over 47 hit.

What a call, and trust in your QB, and the execution by Mendoza. It takes a village.

I'm a big believer in this is the internet and all rules are off because we don't know each other, and everyone should take all posts as jokes / not serious. But damn, you walking the line with that one. It did make me (regrettably) laugh though.