Mr. Scot

All correct.

I'm guessing you predicted Jimmy Johnson's career was gonna be sh-t after his first season too. (just one of many examples that could be used here) As to our last offseason,coming away from the draft with three quality starters was a pretty good foundation. Is Rhule/Fitterer going to be a success? Don't know. And neither do you. But what I do know is that what and how their predecessors did doesn't matter.

No. What's happening with Watson is we're not interested because we've settled on Sam Darnold as the guy for now and probably at least next season. Beyond that, we'll see. But lemme ask you this: If your doctor suddenly decided that since they're smart enough to be a doctor they should also be able to fly a 747 (no lessons or experience needed because hey, they're a doctor and doctors are smart) would you buy a ticket on their maiden flight? Tepper making football decisions because, you know, he's good at business and all makes just about as much sense.

Rhule/Hurney had last offseason, and given Marty's deficiencies it went surprisingly well. Now it's Rhule/Fitterer.

They may indeed be the most talented guys we have, but are they ready? If they're not, putting them in now could be equally disastrous. More so if it affects their development.

There is no history. This is their first rodeo. They may be good at it or not, but the fact that Marty Hurney and Ron Rivera sucked will have no bearing on it.

It's not as simple as "hey, this guy is good so go get him." You also have to establish what you're willing to give up to go get that guy. If professional football guys tell a guy with zero personnel experience "this is too much to give up" and he doesn't listen, then he's not gonna have good football people working for him for very long. That's how you wind up with guys like Howie Roseman and Marty Hurney making your football decisions. And if that's what Tepper wants, he can have it. It would just mean that he's stupid.

We've only had our current braintrust for one offseason. Nothing that happened previously has any real bearing.

Pair that with Rivera wanting everyone to "leave on their own terms" and you have the makings of a total sh-tfest.

That can be said of any move we make, regardless of approach.

Pretty sure we're "monitoring" a lot of situations. But you forgot something else we know, or to be more correct something David Tepper knows, specifically that he is not a talent evaluator and isn't ever going to be. If the current guys in charge aren't up to the task, I expect we'll get new guys in charge. That'd be the sensible move. If Tepper decides instead to follow the examples of guys like Jerry Jones, Dan Snyder and Jeffrey Lurie, that'll tell me that he's not as smart as I hope he is.

We kept our best lineman for the next several years. That's a start. We also drafted a couple of guys that look promising. Will they live up to that promise? Don't know, but that needed to be done and it was. As for the rest, if I recall correctly, nobody's on a deal longer two seasons, so even if the signings are badd it's not like we're hamstrung long term.

Can't speak for anybody else, but one game isn't gonna settle everything for me. We could very easily start out looking like refried hippo sh-t but gel into a much better unit over the season, or begin the season looking great but look worse down the road. Talk to me in November.

Let's be real... We see these rankings and predictions every single year. And every season that follows they prove to not be worth the bandwidth they're written on. They'll got some things right, and a lot of things wrong. The hope is that the good things said about us are the ones that prove to be right.

Yeah... nobody's doing that.

Per our old buddy Brett, after 2003 Marty perpetually believed we were just a player or two away from another championship. I see that as a big reason for his failure, quite possibly the biggest reason.

That, plus the fear it could happen again at a time when it mattered.

What Marty did on an annual basis.

I don't know if Newton's vaccination status played a primary role or even a major role in his release. With that said, I have a really hard time buying Belichick's assertion that it played no role. (granted, I have trouble believing Belichick in general)

I'd reverse the question: Did we really believe a top O-Line was gonna be built in one offseason? My read this offseason has been that they're signing stopgap vets (minus Moton, of course) while looking to build the line of the future primarily via the draft. Will it work? Don't know, but I can respect the approach. Going all in on a single season when you're realistically in a rebuilding stage would be classic Marty Hurney.

I get that there are people who still desperately want to subscribe to this idea that David Tepper is some backstage power broker who's prepared to move heaven and earth to get Watson or some other franchise QB. And I'll grant that it's probably more fun to imagine that than the notion that he's just a regular owner who's prepared to simply trust his football people to do their jobs. Unfortunately, all the actual evidence says it's wishful thinking. Mind you, there's plenty of evidence in the opposite direction, not the least of which is Justin Fields' current address. But hey, if you wanna keep picturing some fantasy blockbuster deal or whatever, you can do that. You should likely be prepared for disappointment though.

Jets X Factor: Five Huge Mismatches Favoring the Jets The first couple probably won't surprise you, but the last three may give you pause. (or a few chuckles) Also recommend reading the author's bio.

I hadn't thought about it but yeah, Hurney genuinely could be one of them.

No argument.

Was that before the witch trials?