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He screwed himself over by getting run over by the Bengals and the Steelers and losing to the Bucs (not going for it on 4th and short and leaving his CBs in Cover 3).

It's one of 32 NFL Head Coach opportunities. If the HC believes in themselves they won't care which one they get - they'll mold the franchise into their image.

Didn't he just spend the summer promising high school kids that he was done with chasing the NFL?

You don't need to go back that far - the Colts under Manning had an undersized defence... but they were always playing with the league and just needed as top or two (i.e. disrupting a drive with a big sack) to beat you.

Which has always been my point about Rhule (and by extension Fitterer) - he's a very good talent evaluator (or perhaps acquirer as he didn't play Marshall, played Chinn out of position, didn't play Boseman etc etc), but a poor Head Coach. Wilks has just mostly put people where they should be and asked the team to play sound, fundamental football. That, unfortunately, doesn't get you over the hump in the NFL without a sensational QB, which we obviously don't have. If I'm in charge I thank Wilks for his time, which has been great for his CV, and wish him well. You'll get lambasted by the media, but the media just want us to be quietly competent without being a threat to their darlings.

I don't watch coach press conferences, but did he really throw players under the bus?!

Throw Kellen Moore in there too.

I just think he underthrew it - the pass was there to be made.

How many coaches continue to leave their CB on an island against Evans when he's already gone for 2 TDs? He's meant to be a defensive coach - a secondary coach no less. Make a fuging adjustment.

I'd love a TE and a #2 WR. Bump Marshall to #3 and you're cooking.

Did he record a stat?

Trade value doesn't come into it when talking QBs. Ask the 49ers - we'd get fleeced.

"We need all of these players", also "Let's trade away everything for the chance to draft a QB who may not be any good". Does not compute.

Did Darnold get beaten by the same player on the same route 3 times for 3 long TDs?

Yep, you know that Brady is eventually going to get going - especially when you have your top two CBs out against Godwin, Jones and Evans. You have to be aggressive on O.

You mean once again we can't get any pressure on the opposing QB and the result??

He's hit the rookie wall.

Getting obliterated from the blind side = bad ball handling? H'ok.

I mean Brady has thrown for 400 yards because we can't get any sort of pressure. 4 weeks ago most of you wouldn't have hired Darnold to mow your yard. He's not going to go toe-to-toe with Brady, that was never the game plan.

We can't move their NT.

No he can't.

McAdoo has to be his OC too, at least for the first year.

How 'bout that Sam Darnold, huh?

He's not calling the Defence, although his best mate is.

Damn, the Lions took that loss to heart, huh?