Mr. Scot

Early in the season, it was way more than a small group of fans. A lot of analysts were taking us seriously too. And while some caught on once the course corrected, others didn't.

Brees' football knowledge is top notch. I don't think anyone doubts that. But to be a TV guy you need charisma too. He was kinda lacking on that front.

Well, I was also hoping to trigger you, so I guess I've reached all my goals

I'd love for us to have a true fullback, but that's pretty rare these days.

They were hyped early, and even at the end people were talking about them being "the #2 defense in the league". What I saw though was overall a subpar unit, especially against the run.

I think it's probably more that he just wasn't very good at the job. Brady might not be either.

That'd be you. Any other questions?

No, but their defensive approach was predicated on those characteristics, and we look for the same thing in the corners we draft and sign. Snow's approach is different, but I've been of the opinion that our defense under Snow isn't as good as they've been hyped to be. Could we be affected in a similar manner?

So I guess that didn't go so well...

I'm not especially interested in McAdoo as a head coach. There'll certainly be candidates this year. Heck, the Packers OC might be one of them again.

It's the argument you always have with a star player. Limit their usage to save wear and tear but risk blunting their effectiveness, or play them to maximum usage at the risk of shortening their careers? We had this same debate over how much to use Newton as a runner.

His college resumé was basically "make a team better and move on". But "better" generally only involved the regular season. Bowl victories? Championship seasons? Not so much. Rhule was pretty heavily inflated by the media. Unfortunately, Marty and Dave fell for that and his salesmanship. (plus meatballs)

An article by Diante Lee in The Athletic asks that question... It's a question that's kinda relevant to us since we've invested a lot in the secondary so far. That, plus our GM comes from the team that built that unit. Worth noting though that the question is equal parts systemic and personnel related. Excerpts: Nearly a decade removed from the Seahawks winning a Super Bowl, it’s clear the elite talents of Richard Sherman, Bobby Wagner and Earl Thomas helped make the scheme iconic. But the framework that made it all possible comes back to Carroll, who used that defensive system to inform a unique approach to personnel management. The idea of the modern, long corner traces directly back to Carroll and general manager John Schneider, as do other height-weight-speed composite metrics used to identify the athletes needed to execute this system. Yesterday’s successes will be today’s failures in the NFL, though. The defense that birthed and developed the Legion of Boom isn’t obsolete, but it cannot bear fruit on its own. The talent pool at wide receiver improves every year, and the spread of Carroll’s scheme led to every NFL offense developing their best Cover 3 and Cover 1 beater concepts while the Seahawks’ defensive stars began to atrophy. Seattle felt every effect firsthand: Following repeat Super Bowl appearances in 2013 and 2014, Seattle allowed eight or more yards per attempt in each of the next three seasons; more than 35% of attempted passes against the Seahawks have resulted in a first down every year since 2018; and the team’s defensive EPA per pass has fallen dramatically over that same stretch, according to TruMedia. ... The NFL has been pass-first for a while, but teams responded to the Legion of Boom era with explosive-first football, looking to punish a defense as soon as the safeties roll into a single-high look. Compare any two-season sample of Seahawks football in the past seven years to 2013-2014, and you’ll find a staggering difference in the amount of 20-plus yard completions allowed. More often, teams began running receivers across the seams to stress underneath defenders, using play action to manufacture space in intermediate windows and aligning in 3×1 formations (like the right side of the diagram above) to attack mismatches in single coverage. It’s become less viable to line up every down in an “over” front (four down linemen who align to the tight end, as shown in the diagram above) and play Cover 3 and Cover 1 until the offense taps out. Defenses have responded by reintroducing a method better suited to handle today’s game: the 3-4 defense, with more two-high safety looks. The thought leader of the NFL’s modern 3-4 scheme is former Broncos head coach Vic Fangio, whose coaching tree includes Chargers head coach Brandon Staley and Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry. Fangio uses the odd front to stop the run on the interior and outside linebackers to control the edge while inside linebackers work in tandem with safeties to handle any potential play action throws or dropback passes. Even in the nickel/sub packages, Fangio’s defense keeps its edge defenders aligned outside of the tackle and its safeties deep. By aligning this way, his defense stays true to its commitment to controlling the edges with outside linebackers, instead of rolling a safety down in run support. If the bolded part sounds familiar, it probably should

This is one of those "if I knew that I'd buy lottery tickets" kind of questions

What I posted above you is pretty much the expectation. Well that, plus occasional attempts at plagiarism.

Apparently not as much as you...but I'm okay with that.

Occasionally funny, frequently stupid, and nowhere near as funny as he thinks he is...

I'd call being beaten by some of the worst teams in the league, guys that wound up fired, is pretty solid evidence that he's bad.

We have an equal amount of evidence that they do. All we know is what the public decision is, and I doubt you'll get anything other than that on video either. Just like you'll get plenty of evidence that every draft pick was exactly the one they wanted.

People in The Huddle aren't sources.

You can always fix it.

Juan thinks dumbass clickbait titles are funny.

Pretty much, yeah. Can you name a source that doesn't?

"Diminished", yeah probably. But everyone acknowledges he still has final say. It's not hard to understand.

Rhule's contract gives him final say over the roster.