Jay Roosevelt

Meh. Not a huge deal in the scheme of things.

True, but if Frank really thought the slow approach was the way to go it really shows a huge lack of awareness on his part given who he was working for.

In all honesty, it sounds like Reich was an absolute disaster of a coach. I don't blame Fitterer (as much as I think he needs to go) or anyone else on the staff for pointing out these issues to Tepper. If Reich and McCown didn't think pushing Bryce to improve his footwork was a priority then they both absolutely deserved to be fired because that's one of the most basic functions of a coach. I mean, what kind of coach doesn't even bother working on his rookie QBs footwork? You can blame Tepper for the failed approach of hiring too many different coaches with different philosophies causing this, but this article makes it even more clear to me that Frank Reich was providing very little - if any - leadership as the head coach and was much more of a problem than we even realized. I think you can view the entire offense this way on the field as well; it's a mirror of the dysfunction that has been going on behind the scenes. Too many cooks in the kitchen and a dysfunctional mix-match of different players who fit different schemes who might be productive in the right scheme/situation, but all together in this offense can't even figure out how to put one foot in front of the other.

I like McClay too. Just saying Tepper has made this whole process so much harder than it has to be by trying to constantly prove to everyone that he's the smartest guy in the room.

JFC. This poo isn't rocket science. Hire an experienced team president who can help Tepper run the organization and act as a buffer between him and football operations. Then hire a GM who has a good resume with (and an actual role in) an organization known for building competitive rosters. Then have those two work together to find the best coaching candidate that they can work with to build a winning organization. Just one example: PR: Kevin Colbert GM: Jon Ferrari HC: Frank Smith Tepper has really made this a WHOLE lot harder than it should be.

We have a MAJOR problem on the interior OL. I know we're down both starters at guard, but you just can't go into a season with depth this awful and expect to compete.

The fact is neither Wilkes nor Reich was ever going to be the answer. Tepper should have gone with a young offensive coordinator back when he hired Rhule.

Way too many conspiracy theories on here about Nicole Tepper. I seriously doubt she has as much influence as people seem to think. In other words, David Tepper doesn't need any help to be a terrible owner. If we are keeping Scott Fitterer it's because he's Dave's rubber stamp/proxy, not Nicole's.

Steichen was my #1 choice last time around. Reich wasn't even on my list.

We'll see. We really have no choice but to wait and see. Hopefully we can actually manage to hire a decent HC who runs an actual modern NFL offense and hopefully that works out. If not, it's back to the draft board in 2025.

No. Never.

I actually didn't think Bryce looked bad under center. No worse than shotgun anyway and the run game looked more effective.

It was a little better, but we're nowhere close to being where we need to be.

What happened with Horn?

I'd hire him in a second as GM, but head coach? Nah.

My top candidates: 1. Will McClay (Cowboys V.P. of Player Personnel) 2. Jon Ferrari (Eagles Asst. GM) 3. Adam Peters (49ers Asst. GM) 4. Trey Brown (Bengals Sr. Personnel Exec)

I certainly hope this is the case. Only time will tell.

Never a good idea to anoint a QB as "the guy" this far in advance. Much can change between now and 2025. Hopefully Bryce comes around with a new staff and we don't have to worry about it, but if not it's entirely possible there will be one or more QBs available in 2025 that nobody is even talking about now.

Ever hear the phrase "like trying to piss up your back?" I'm afraid that's where Zavala might be in the NFL.

No, Amini looked like an All-Pro next to Zavala. I've never seen an OL as consistently bad as he has been. Not even Nate Chandler, Michael Jordan, and Dennis Daley were this bad.

LBJ just looks like an old school college coach.

This.

Who the hell knows anymore.

I've been saying this for months. Look at the Saints when Brees was at his peak; they routinely had the best or one of the best interior OLs in the league. Jahri Evans, Carl Nicks, Ben Grubbs, Max Unger... they clearly made the interior OL a priority because they knew how important that was for a shorter QB.