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This article makes me a little sick that we missed out on him. But giving Rhule that kind of player? Might have just prolonged Rhule's awful NFL career and in the long run been bad for this team. He would have won just enough to hang around. We need to find a very good HC who can find and develop this kind of talent. Hopefully we suffered through the miserable Rhule error to end up with something good. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/13/justin-herbert-playoffs-chargers/ We got a special one in him,” linebacker Drue Tranquill said. “It’s the toughness factor — the ability to take hits, the ability to stand under pressure and come through in the clutch — on top of all the physical tools.[ he is 6'6"] If you don’t have that guy at quarterback, you really don’t have a chance to see everything you can do. But we know we have that guy in Justin.” “You see him do stuff every day at practice that, like, there’s no one else in the world — just a handful of guys, maybe — that can do what he does as far as moving the pocket, throwing it back across the field, making throws without his feet and being accurate all the time,” Stick said. “But probably the area he’s grown the most is understanding and really becoming the leader of this locker room and understanding how to connect with everybody. When you’re the quarterback, it’s tricky. I’ve always looked at it as you’ve got to be one of the guys without actually being one of the guys. “He’s just been himself, and I think that’s why everyone appreciates him so much. He’s a humble, humble guy that genuinely loves playing football, loves his teammates and doesn’t want to do anything else.” He’s just there, always, excellent and reliable. Since taking the reins, Herbert has made 49 consecutive starts. When he suffered the rib injury in Week 2 against Kansas City, Herbert sat out one play, returned and soon threw a 35-yard dime to Carter. The Chargers lost the game, but Herbert’s tenacity during that agonizing final quarter still resonates with his teammates. “That’s the kind of stuff he does,” Carter said. “That’s the type of leader he is. You see his heart and his commitment to us. He leads by example, and we follow.” But the Chargers already have the most important asset: a player with impeccable talent and unassailable football character. A quarterback to lift the franchise.

Payton anxiously awaits the outcome...

Jags and Niners here. The Jags are kind of an underdog story which I love. Purdy...big time underdog story. Plus, always pulling for CMC. Did I mention coaching matters?

Coaching matters.

Do we know which side cancelled the interview for now?

lol...so much for weather forecasts. Bet the grocery stores were cray the day before.

Green Bay is again the NFL’s epicenter of offseason drama, turmoil and palace intrigue. Another Packers season ended sooner than expected — without so much as a playoff berth in the lackluster NFC to show for it — and Aaron Rodgers, the Packers’ unquestioned leader in passive aggressive performative arts, is at it again, only bereft of any MVP votes to his name this time around. Sunday night, and already Rodgers was oscillating about his future, this after consecutive offseasons of warring with Green Bay’s front office and hinting at retirement only to sign a record three-year, $150 million contract 10 months ago. ...... “I think he wants out, and I think he wants to show them he can still play somewhere else,” the executive said. “They would give him away now just to get out of that contract and play Love. They wouldn’t get much for him.” One NFL general manager, under similar restrictions, said: “He’s going to try to do what [Tom] Brady did [when he left New England] and get where he thinks he can win a Super Bowl right away. But he looks old to me. I think he’s done.” Even with at least half the league either in dire need of a quarterback or with at least one eye on a potential upgrade, it will be difficult for the Packers to force much compensation in return if Rodgers is dealt. His already poor statistical season actually got worse down the stretch, he has become accustomed to dictating personnel decisions to the front office, and he carries what might be the second-worst contract in the NFL (Rodgers — who ranked 16th in passer rating, 23rd in yards per attempt, 20th in completion percentage and 14th in touchdown-to-interception rate this season — pocketed $42 million along the way, the fifth-most cash earned in the league, according to Spotrac. He is due a staggering $59.5 million fully guaranteed in 2023 — nearly $20 million more than MVP favorite Patrick Mahomes) https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/14/aaron-rodgers-future-packers/ I imagine some in Green Bay are ready to move on.

Don't have to go far to get some snow this weekend. 16 to 20 inches of “heavy” snow and 45-mph gusts are forecast for parts of the North Carolina mountains through Saturday morning, National Weather Service meteorologists warned Friday. Counties in the Great Smoky Mountains near Tennessee should see the greatest accumulations, according to an NWS winter storm warning bulletin early Friday. Communities under the warning include Banner Elk, Newland, Mars Hill, Marshall, Burnsville, Spruce Pine, Bryson City, Waynesville, Canton and Robbinsville. But there is this: “Only travel in an emergency,” according to the NWS alert. “If you must travel, keep a flashlight, food, water, and a warm blanket in your vehicle in case of an emergency.” Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/weather-news/article271148777.html#storylink=cpy

Good. Do not want either one of them. Those choices seem so bad, Payton may stay in the booth instead of hitching his wagon to QBs that got their HC fired. Not sure who would want Houston.

Isn't Belichick's son also involved in the defense there. Might not want to officially make him an underling. Yea, I agree...dumb.

OMG I am so sorry. Can't imagine anything worse.

Would be a conversation about joining him if he does get the job. Might add strength to his candidacy.

Bet Wilks has already made a call.

I would think the new HC would like to pick his OC.

Got to have a HC 1st.

Mays hadn’t played a live rep on the offensive line since the preseason, and he had only worked 17 snaps as a part-time fullback to that point. Despite the inexperience, Mays thrived as the Panthers pushed past the Saints. With Corbett and Christensen set for lengthy rehab stints, Mays — a sixth-round pick in last year’s draft — could be destined for a temporary starting role in training camp and beyond, based on the potential he showed in the finale. “I hate it for those guys — wish them the best in their process,” May said Monday. “I got that opportunity and made the most of it. For next year, it gives me a great jump start into next season of having that confidence, going out and just playing hard. I think everybody got some confidence in me, seeing that it was actually my first time going out there and doing it. It was awesome.” Mays, a Tennessee alum, doubled his reps for the season during his fill-in duty. While he spent his first rep as a fullback, his other 33 plays were in the trenches, and the rookie impressed his bosses with his ability to come into the game and work at any spot necessary. “To put a big guy like that in the backfield, just shows the type of athlete he is,” GM Scott Fitterer said. “It’s so hard for a 315-pound guy to adjust on the run like he does. And then (Sunday) was sort of a blessing in disguise. You hate any injury, especially to Corbett, who is an awesome guy. But to see what Cade did when he came in, the movement he got at the line of scrimmage, the physicality that he played with, a guy that hasn’t taken a lot of reps with that group and the way he communicated with them. ... That’s a great sign.” Veteran center Bradley Bozeman took Mays under his wing this season. Like Mays, Bozeman was once a sixth-round pick who had to battle his way onto the field by any means necessary. Against the Saints, Bozeman and Mays played alongside each other, and the fifth-year veteran was impressed by the rookie to his right. “Cade showed what he can do in the second half,” Bozeman said. “He just — he’s a dog.” Mays will spend the offseason working out and reflecting on his rookie season. With Corbett potentially sidelined until the start of next season, Mays knows he has a big opportunity awaiting him in the summer during training camp. Mays won’t get too far ahead of himself. He knows he has areas of his game to improve and that every year brings new competition. For now, though, he is just grateful for the foundation he established in his first season in Carolina. “I just grew so much,” Mays said. “Just being consistent, being the same guy, showing up to work every day and just learning from the great guys I had in the room. The great leaders we had — watching how they went about their business, it was just awesome to have them to lean on and learn from.” Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article270994737.html#storylink=cpy

Hope all is ok. Sorry to hear you are stuck in Cali.

Yep...this^. I just want to know that there will be some experienced football people involved. Fitt is there but would like to know that there is more imputed. From knowing what questions to ask and evaluating the answers. End of the day, it is Tepper's decision but if he is smart and can get his ego out of the way...he should know what he does not know. He mentioned after he fired Rhule that he would reach out and get some help. Just have not heard anything recently.

Looks like the players, or some of them were not confident in their OC but it also looks like there were mixed messages from the top. Washington’s struggles were connected to myriad factors, including inconsistency at quarterback. But the offense and the play-calling became a source of frustration in the locker room as nearly a dozen players shared their gripes about its predictability, its lack of production and certain calls that seemed to detract from the strengths of the team’s personnel. In short, the players believed that, given the talent on the roster, they should be producing and winning more. “We did a nice job getting into the red zone. We just got to convert with touchdowns,” tight end Logan Thomas said. “I think that was a little bit of our struggles. In the red zone, you got to be able to run the football for touchdowns. We got to be able to make plays. It stinks that we didn’t get the job done ... because we have the talent.” “I thought we [found our identity in Week 10] when we won in Philadelphia,” left tackle Charles Leno Jr. said. “I felt like that was our identity. We started to get on a win streak after that, and at times we got away from that for whatever reason. I don’t know what the reason may be, but that’s not my job. I just got to go out and do mine.” We were 2-to-1 pass-run, which is not our formula. As you saw, this last game, we were 2-to-1 run-pass. ... That’s how we want to play.” Mayhew and Rivera said their emphasis on the running game is a philosophical belief rooted in their experience The problem with that: Washington’s offense seemingly was constructed with a focus on the passing game. Not only did the Commanders trade for Wentz, they drafted a wide receiver, Jahan Dotson, in the first round. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/10/scott-turner-fired-commanders/

Yea..somebody had to go. As tight as Rivera is with the Turners it has to be a job saving (or delaying) move for Rivera. Scott was given nothing to work with at QB. Still can't believe that Rivera thought Wentz could be the guy after Reich could not salvage him. He must have had Hurney whispering in his ear. Probably did him a favor.

Zac Taylor was not an NFL coordinator at all. QB coach.