Mr. Scot

Neither was Dan Morgan

I get it, but sometimes the consensus #1 is a guy like Sam Bradford.

Probably, but the staff he was left with isn't his fault. I don't blame him for trying, but at this point the odds are approaching snowball in hell level.

The staff on the defensive side isn't exactly anything special right now. Of course, anyone available for hire at this point is either unemployed or retired.

Don't know much about Abrams but I could get on board with that.

Funny thing about Grimm... There was a story at the time that Pittsburgh had actually decided to name him head coach. But then the league allegedly stepped in and said something along the lines of "Hey, wouldn't it be nice if the team where the Rooney Rule originated hired a minority coach?" No idea whether there's any truth to that. I don't recall it ever being verified or checked out so it remains strictly a rumor. I do know Grimm left the Steelers right after (think he went to the Cardinals). Obviously, hiring Tomlin wasn't a mistake. I do wonder what kind of head coach Grimm would have been though had he gotten an opportunity there or somewhere else.

Speaking of coaches...

It's possible. I've said before though that I'm always a little nervous at the idea of taking "the next" whoever.

To be fair, who didn't while Rhule was still in charge?

I'd add if there's anything I've learned over the years of doing this, it's the importance of staffing. One of McDermott's biggest successes is that he hired a rockstar staff. Rhule? Not so much. Getting those hires right or wrong can make or break a head coach.

McAdoo actually hasn't looked so bad since Rhule was fired. The debate though would be between he and Wilks (if there is one).

Wonder who's generally more popular between this year's backups and next year's draft prospects.

I have a really hard time buying the notion that a decision on as high a profile player as Burns would have been made unilaterally. We're not talking about Sean Chandler here.

It's a very small statement, but it does pop a question into my mind. Do we know for sure that McAdoo agrees with Wilks decision to start PJ?

I feel like the line from "Joker" about life being a comedy rather than a tragedy is probably appropriate here

Appreciate it. Right now Lady Cowboy Fan is still recovering from her third surgery so things are kind of busy around here, but that's something I plan to get to in time. One thing I've learned: As much information as you can find about somebody, it's still really hard to predict who will succeed and who won't. But hey, thanks everybody

Oy Yeah, it's about that time again...sadly

More from Brugler... Pretty sure we said the same thing last year about the 2023 class

Especially one named "#1 Hurts Fan"? Don't know.

It actually happens a lot, though more commonly after they're drafted rather than before.

Answering an Eagles fan question...

One big flaw in any comparison of Burns to Rhule... Burns is actually good. It's only a question of how good. Rhule was no good whatsoever.

Related note from Dane Brugler...

Which is pretty much all that anybody is suggesting... Fitterer has (I think) three years left on his contract. Nobody's suggesting we extend that. Hell, nobody's even suggesting that his remaining years be guaranteed. About all anybody has actually said is that they've seen enough good in him that they would like to see how he can do without the hindrance of Matt Rhule. Unfortunately, we've got some rabid "guilt by association / fire everybody / let Tepper rebuild it from scratch" folks who apparently think that's too much to ask.