BrianS

If Coach Hoodie wins it all this year, it will put the ultimate stamp on this line of thinking. Even if takes him a couple years. They're 9-5 with a rookie QB for heaven's sake. Not Trevor. Not Trey. Not Zack. Not even Justin. The fifth best QB in the draft. I don't like him, but you have no choice but to respect him.

This is something I'm sure that the few remaining Rhule apologists haven't even considered. The playoffs are an entirely different level of NFL football. Maybe Rhule finally becomes an average NFL coach. MAYBE. In a few years. In the playoffs, you're coaching against Belichick, Reid, Harbaugh, Payton, etc. The best of the best. Does that sound like something Matt Rhule is capable of in the next five years? I daresay it's not. Speaking only for myself, I don't want to wait five plus years for our coach to be capable of winning a playoff game. Free agents won't want to wait five years. I do not understand how anyone thinks this is ok. Successful coaches turn an NFL team around in two years. That's the thing about the NFL. Andy Reid took the Chiefs to the playoffs with ALEX FREAKING SMITH at QB. He was 11-5 in his FIRST SEASON there. With the Eagles, in his first NFL HC job, he took a 3-13 and made them 5-11. The next year they were 11-5 and in the playoffs. This is what good coaches are capable of.

Never underestimate the pride of someone who has been wildly successful. It makes you believe you are "smarter" than you really are. When you have success you spend a good amount of time with people telling you how smart and great you are. It's pretty rare that a successful person is wise enough to understand that their success in one area doesn't guarantee their success or knowledge in another.

Assuming the interest is mutual, the Jacksonville Jaguars are making better decisions about their staff than the Carolina Panthers. And they hired and fired Urban Meyer. Think about that.

If I'm an NFL assistant coach, what on earth could possibly persuade me to join a staff where the HC didn't really want me and who is likely to be fired in a year anyway? No. Just . . . no.

Under Rhule, our offense is fine . . . until teams get tape on us. Teddy, Sam, Cam; doesn't matter. As soon as opponents have seen all 10 of our plays, our pass game goes in the toilet.

You're thinking about it wrong. If after five years of drafting QB's you have more than two who look like legit NFL players, you can EASILY turn those players into draft picks, and likely better picks than you used on them in the first place. The Patriots do this ALL THE TIME.

Remember this? It was followed by this. Never judge a backup QB on one game. Or two. Or even four. They need to have the pressure of starting week in, week out with opponents having tape. Huntley looked really good, yes. That doesn't make him a starter, or worth trading for.

I love Luke, greatest MLB to ever play the game. But I don't believe his career was as impacted by injury as Cam, and it's not even close. If you put 2015 Cam's arm on 2021 Cam's body, we'd be talking about Cam as our guy for another five years.

Baker isn't great, but you can do a WHOLE lot worse. Browns gonna Browns I guess.

Is Person trolling us? Did Rhule really say that? Is this just Rhule's way of saying "We plan to cut him in the offseason" ?

More than occasional. How many times do I remember Jerry Rice just gashing people. WCO is all about hitting the underneath / short / intermediate stuff just until the defense steps up to take it away. Then it's Montana or Young to Rice or Taylor for 65 yards and a TD.

The problem is Sam's salary next year. Because it's guaranteed, we know he will be here. This plus other needs basically means we are not in the running for a high end QB. Our potential includes such luminaries as Dalton, Foles, Brissett and Mariota. And of course Cam Newton. The question you have to ask yourself is which of those guys do you like better than Cam Newton as a starting QB? I dunno. I don't love any of them. Unfortunately, that's the cap we have unless we want to go through another season bitching about our OLine being historically awful.

Actually, we do have a LT now. We have no (*&$@ing idea if he can play there because Rhule is hell bent on playing him at guard, but we do have a LT.

Yea, me too. Which is unfortunate. If we inform him now, we can start interviewing current NFL coaches next Monday.

I know it's a bad time of year, but seriously, we need to go ahead and tell Rhule he won't be back so we can at least interview some actual NFL coaches early. I don't even need his firing to be immediate, I just need us to let him know and start the process of finding a real coach.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but it may not even have been Darnold who is the problem. I still have no expectations that Darnold is an NFL QB, but judging him in context of the sh!t show here is no different than judging him in context of the Jets. We need a qualified offensive coordinator and head coach before we make any judgements.

I do not like a coach who throws his players under the bus like that. Especially before he has a chance to go watch the film. Seems pretty obvious watching the film that there wasn't a run play that was going to happen. It's like the Bills knew we had one of the most dynamic running QB's in history back there and took steps to stop it. Weird. On the outside, the play design was off. Someone said earlier that the outside receiver missed his block. True. However, he wasn't going to make it anyway because of the design. He was grossly out-leveraged by the CB there. The play design was asking him to make a tremendous reach block and that's a really tough ask for a receiver in space like that.

While I see the Huddle is split, it looks like some are finally coming around to the idea that it doesn't take all that long to rebuild in the NFL unless you've truly created a mess with your salary cap. Our salary cap over the next two years is looking good. If you put a quality coach in this locker room, continue to draft well and most of all find a QB, this team can compete for playoffs in the next two years. We can be over .500 next year.

Wentz has played pretty well this year, which has definitely helped the Colts out. It was obvious last year everything was in place except the QB. No, he wasn't good against the Pats. I think it's a little much to be celebrating their defense. The bottom line is that the Colts give up 21.4 points per game. Good for 8th in the league . . . just ahead of the Panthers in 9th (21.7).

This is actually incorrect. Per the new NFL rules, starting two weeks from now we can interview candidates during the season for a head coaching job provided we have let go our head coach or told him that he will be let go at the end of the season.

Rhule had almost complete roster control. If the roster churn happened, it's because he wanted it. Here's the issue. There have been five coaches in the history of the NFL who have had two losing seasons to start their career, then gone on to have 8+ season and a SB appearance with that club. Since 1980, there has been ONE. The question everyone should be asking is "Do I believe Rhule is capable of breaking forty years of history that says it's time to cut bait?"

Remember when all we needed was a LT? Good times man, good times.

You're leaning pretty heavily on some staff blowups there . . . I wouldn't be surprised if Castillo and Bisaccia retain their current positions even in regime change.

Meh. Was hoping for some better insights. Nothing the Huddle hasn't already mulled over. *shrug*