Khyber53

Great post OP. Thanks for shining the spot light on some guys that normally get left in the dark.

This 100% and he played like he knew that was the situation. Brought a lot of fun into the game and I hope he does well in broadcasting, too.

Maybe. There was some stellar rep touted on previous hires under Rhule, too. Let's just say that I'm going to have to see it before I believe it while Rhule is here. Twice bitten, three times shy I guess. But, on paper, it should be good.

On paper... but then, on field... I like the players and the potential. I'm looking at the coaching and feeling doubtful, though.

I feel the same, but I also have to look at last season with that entire offense. What we saw on the field wasn't great and it always made me think there were off-field issues that were affecting it. Maybe the ineptitude and strife hit the rookie hard and he'll come back better this year. We'll just have to wait and see. Still, second rounders aren't a sure thing either, but you expect more than we got.

Fair point. Like I said, not sure what to make of it because whatever the dustup is, it happens behind closed doors. Bienemy is a heck of a coordinator, but there's something that keeps him from getting the HC gig. I just don't know. I always find myself hoping everyone is a good guy, but I know it is rarely the case.

Has McCoy had any other problems with coaches? I know he's been moved around a lot, and he's had to prove again and again he wasn't done yet. So much can go into this whole situation that I'm not sure anyone on the outside can get a fair read on the situation.

Considering how long he had him on the bench last season, I've got to look at this a bit askance. They've looked like they fumbled Brady from the time he was picked, in all honesty. And it ain't the kid's fault.

They're just fumbling about like blind men when it comes to the line. Again. Who knows? Maybe they'll get lucky.

Sorry, Coach, I tried to catch a ride this morning and... yanno. Yeah, Robby, we know.

Honestly, I'm looking at our schedule, our coaches and our players. I've got three maybe wins, New York Giants, Falcons, Falcons. I'd throw in one win to a team that will be surprisingly bad (not sure who it will be, but there's always one of them). I can't get behind even five wins. Steelers? Nope. Even with questions at QB, they're a better team and better coached. They can just keep handing the ball off and run us over. Detroit? That's a bad team getting better. We're a bad team spinning its wheels. Seahawks? Better coaching and they take us after a bye wherein we may have just lost our coach and folks are making January vacation plans on the team. Yeah, I love some of our additions this off season, but I just have no faith in the coach. That being said, I'd love for him to prove me wrong, wrong, wrong, but that ain't going to happen.

He's definitely better with his right, the left throws tend to have just a bit of wobble in them. But this is a 14-year old kid. Seven more years of training and wow...

Unsettled.

Wish there was this much attention over the education rather than the sports at colleges and high schools. But, oh well, let the monster feed itself.

Mills looked like a guy who can keep improving. He's not hit his peak yet and Houston may have found at least a serviceable guy in him. His knock coming out of college was his lack of on field time compared to others in the draft. Now, he's learning on the job. Still, might not pan out, but the cost wasn't too high for him.

Those certainly wouldn't have been viable upgrades.

Doesn't look like he thinks there's much of a chance.

I had so hoped we'd pick up Tarik Cohen, but his recent, tragic injury won't allow for that to happy. Best wishes to the young man, but he was just the kind of RB we needed.

I don't think teams get put in the 32nd place in any power rankings out of spite. Honestly, it's kind of a "usual suspects" thing. The same three or four teams are usually at that spot: Detroit, Jacksonville, NY Jets, Houston, the Giants... We seem to have joined that club but something is making the list makers think all of those teams have made more strides to improve than we have.

In this world today, I just think maybe we need to praise people who do good work. It seems pretty faint and few anymore.

Man, do we ever sound desperate as a franchise...

Let's see how it plays out. There are a lot of us who have been pointing out that this is the direction we have been headed and no amount of whitewashing it was going to change the overall results. Still, even I've got to admit we know nothing about how this season will really turn out at this juncture. We just had a draft, the big free agency push and the first round of rookie camps in the league. No one really can say how things will be once the pads go on and the games mean something. While I think we're set up to fail big right now (I don't believe in the coaching/game planning/overall well-being of the team), there's also a chance that Rhule will get built what he promised, that our draft picks will pan out beautifully and that the ball will fall the right way with us this year. I'm really torn between my optimism/hope for my team and the evidence that our team's coaching, management and ownership really don't know what they are doing. We are living in a weird space right now.

Some team will end up with either a pre-season injury or a poor performance from a bubble QB and make the trade for Mayfield. They'll probably be more competitive after doing so. And there's always the outlier that after this week's investigative interviews by the NFL that Watson might end up in a suspension situation. Cleveland then could end up having to make amends with Baker quickly. Of course, the NFL investigation could be just as flimsy as it's expected to be and nothing comes of it. Still, off of the list they gave in the article, Houston would be the most likely landing spot. If Cleveland just up and releases him, expect him to be there before the ink is dry on the pink slip.

Hate it for a guy so young to be injured and out of the NFL before really getting a shot. Best of luck to him and he still made it to the dream so many kids start out with yet never see.