Mr. Scot

That's the second time I've done that I really gotta pay closer attention to my edits.

Wasn't a fan of Richardson because he's not as accurate a passer as Stroud. The nickname "ball placement machine" is a true one. He'd have been ideal. Turns out Richardson isn't very durable either but nobody really saw that coming.

There are valid criticisms to be had with Frank, but you demonstrated with your ridiculously weak attempt at explaining what a Reich offense was that you had no clue what they were. Largely the same deal with Fitterer. What's even funnier though is that I put out a pretty clear indictment of where the coaching issues were weeks ago and have even expanded on it since. But instead of talking about that you're trying to use it to bash the front office. You don't get it. I wouldn't bet that you're going to.

Top of the order. If we want somebody, we'll get 'em.

I preferred Stroud.

Actually, the "mental gymnastics" is when you try to blame front office people for coaching mistakes. The OL was already built, and Reich had no issue with it (nor should he have). Deciding to use them against their skill set was a baffling decision, but that's not the fault of anyone in the front office. I get that you want an excuse to fire everybody because that's your thing (and it might actually happen) but blaming scheme problems on personnel people is a pretty good sign of having no idea what you're talking about.

Bryce is an obvious West Coast quarterback. You're not gonna put him in a Coryell. His OL are not WCO type linemen though (they're big, road grader types). Neither are his receivers suited to this attack (need speedy "run after catch type guys mostly some other at least one deep throat wouldn't be a bad idea.

Which makes no sense when you come in saying your plan is to tailor the schemes to the players

Wasn't planning on it...no need to

Keep in mind a lot of those guys will never make it to free agency. We drool over free agent classes on an annual basis only to watch a pretty good number of them get re-signed.

With Matt Rhule lin charge? Yeah, I wouldn't bet on that.

Maybe on an occasional pick or two, but building a complete franchise? No. Some of these guys have been in scouting (starting frequently as interns) for ten to twenty years, and even then it's not easy. I'm sure there are guys do some occasional carpentry and/or home maintenance that think they could build a house just as well as any master builder, but if I'm having a house built, I'm sure as hell not hiring those guys to build it.

Daaaaaammmmnnn

They'd have to. Pretty sure Gibbs himself is dead.

Which from what we're hearing, is not a new thing for Reich. It really doesn't make sense.

I'll probably check out the broadcast at some point. In game, I spent too much time trying to keep myself from swinging my cane at obnoxious Cowboy fans.

Can't really lay this particular issue at the GM's feet, or anybody in personnel admin honestly. The front office built a very good offensive line last season. Those same personnel being used improperly is on the coaching staff.

Let's just say I put a lot more stock in Young's ability to handle a power run scheme than I do our offensive lines ability to do zone blocking. But hell, even if you stuck with what we have now, what prevents you from running someplace out of a "jumbo' package with an extra tackle or something like that? If we've tried anything of that sort this season, I missed it.

I get the impression I'm not gonna need to

I daresay Bryce doesn't seem very "comfortable" in games right now. If that's the goal, it ain't workin'

Yes they are. Fans on here might have info about five to ten guys they like because they've seen highlights of them. GM's have to have info on hundreds. They also have to be able to look beyond the highlights and attempt to project things like character, medical, etc. and not just in the first round, but all the way down to the seventh and undrafted players. Fans on a message board thinking they could do better just because they picked a certain guy in hindsight are roughly equivalent to the people who think they could coach an NFL game because they won a Super Bowl in Madden.

The correct answer is "a lot". Even the worst GMs and personnel people in the league know infinitely more about football than the average fan.

That's basically the question they asked Reich. His answer was because they could block power/man. So was it his assumption that if they could do one, they could automatically do the other regardless of their physical make up or skill set? I'd expect James Campen would know that's not necessarily true but there's no way to know whether he said anything or not.

The blocking problems? Yeah.

We have big, "road grader" type offensive line personnel but we're running a zone blocking scheme that requires smaller, more agile linemen to be effective. It's roughly equivalent to sending a big blocking tight end on a speed route while asking a small scatback to single block a defensive end.