Jay Roosevelt

Rookie. Give him time.

Rhule says his toes aren't far enough apart to play DT. He wants him to lose 70 pounds and be our 3rd down pass rush specialist.

A young offensive minded HC who calls plays + an older coach with plenty of experience at DC. Shane Steichen + Vic Fangio would be interesting.

I worry Joe Burrow is going to get Cam Newton'd by the Bengals organization.

Man... as bad a coach as Matt Rhule is Nathaniel Hackett might be even worse

I care about the long-term, yes. But anything in the short-term is whatever.

I thought it was worth a shot to make an outside the box hire for once. But I did begin to worry once Rhule started putting his staff together and I had no idea Tepper would be so stubborn and stick with him despite all the evidence of him being in over his head.

Ickey will be fine. He just needs time and experience. Just look at Andrew Thomas for the Giants. Took him 2-3 years to develop into a top-tier LT. The worst decision we can make would be to bench or move him and short-circuit that process.

I can't fathom why we're not throwing to CMC more than we are.

Will Levis. That is all.

Few NFL owners are anything but generic businessmen with huge egos. Only a handful actually contribute to their team's success on the field.

This all falls on Tepper, ultimately.

Worst case scenario is an 7-8 win season where we miss the playoffs but where Tepper can point to "progress" and keep Rhule for another year. Meanwhile we're not picking high enough to draft a franchise QB.

Pat Elfein must have walked into the room.

Joe Lombardi.

If we're in a position to draft a top QB prospect next year we can't pass that up because of Matt Corral.

Probably more a question of what McAdoo changed.

CP R SCRWD WTH MR AS HC.

We should be prepared to hire a defensive coordinator who can use him in a way that maximizes his pass rush ability while minimizing his deficiencies as a run defender.

Our QB actually showed some gritt and determination when we were trailing. Haven't seen that since Cam was our starter.

NASCAR isn't a sport.

Our run defense has been horrible going back some time now even as other areas of our defense have improved. This despite spending a top-10 pick on a DT, a 2nd rounder on a DE, and signing a pretty well regarded veteran in Matt Ioannidis. The question is: is this because we just don't have the players capable of stopping the run or is there a larger schematic issue to blame here? Or could it be both? What say the Huddle?

Nobody WANTS us to lose. Most of us just realize that we're never going to win consistently (if at all) with Matt Rhule as our head coach.

We need to go out and get the biggest run-stuffing DT we can find that's still available. Wonder what Kelvin Benjamin is up to these days?