frankw

LB and DL are the priority. Let the chips fall where they may in the first round of the draft and take the best player available.

I have no idea if he would pan out as an NFL coach I mean stranger things have happened. But if the argument that he could pan out is based on his NFL career my position is he has been comically overrated. To have had the hall of fame talent around him on the Chargers and only sniff one conference championship is pitiful.

If the Bills are even remotely considering Rivers everyone in that front office needs a welfare check.

In a perfect world I agree. But a Moose level reunion is not realistic in this era of the league with how crazy contracts are now. By comparison his contract with the Bears before he came back to us worth $30 million with only $12 million guaranteed. Compare that to DJ Moore at $110 million with $82.6 million guaranteed and have yourself a nice chuckle.

I meant to post that in the other thread about DJ Moore I just got the two mixed up in my tabs. I do agree we could use some speed. Unfortunately I think we are at a point where we have got to spread our resources around and with what we have invested in the OL already and two firsts in WR and the investments in the backfield it just reaches a point where you have to say alright if your QB and offensive minded head coach can't work with the offensive group as is they'll never succeed.

Folks complained quite frequently when DJ Moore was here that he was not a #1 and never would be. That was when he was still on a rookie contract and then briefly on the new deal we signed him to which now looks like an absolute steal compared to his current contract. If he were here now making what he's making we would never hear the end of it. Gotta turn the page.

Wrong thread.

Tomlinson was a dog. I think CMC is one of the best to ever play as a swiss army knife type of weapon. In terms of pure punishing bruising runner he cannot hold Tomlinson's jock. LT was a literal Ironman. 9 years with the Chargers never played less than 14 games in a season. Missed 3 games total. 12,490 yards. 138 touchdowns. That's an MVP candidate. Since 2020 CMC has missed 57 games. Fifty seven. You can't be the most valuable from the bench brother.

"He's ascending" Yeah that's why we're all holding our breath waiting to see if Bryce Young will begin his fourth season as a starter playing horribly like he has the first three seasons.

True words. We've waited a long time for this moment.

Saleh is willing to sacrifice himself for public entertainment. We accept.

Yeah I definitely remember for a long time the narrative was that he couldn't get past Brady and the Patriots. When he finally did the media was all over his dick.

In general the team was cheeks from three. The baffling inconsistency again points to a coaching problem.

Full minutes or not going 1-15 from the floor AT HOME is disgusting for a Supermax player.

Does anyone know anyone else that thinks he is an MVP candidate in line with quarterbacks? Honestly the only reason he is in these conversations is because he has literal Stan's in the media sphere. How many playoff games now have they lost by double digits with him? They even had to create an all purpose yards category to get him in an All Pro slot. Comical.

Some people have carried water for so long I think they just don't know what else to do. Fascinating.

In some ways I agree. It all depends on who is delivering the message though. Baker being a loudmouth tough guy is yawn inducing to me. Anyways it sounds like we will have some interesting storylines for the NFCS in 2026. I think there's a good chance this division will be fairly competitive again. We better be ready.

I hope Stefanksi flames out in ATL but Baker hasn't changed one bit. Busy trying to settle scores through the media instead of focusing on his craft and not returning to the form that got him jettisoned from Cleveland in the first place. I love that the Bucs are getting to see the real him.

The hyperbole is amusing but ultimately nobody cares about press conferences. The Texans seem to be a fairly well ran organization with a solid coaching staff. If they're smart they'll buy low on Stroud and keep a backup plan. The rest of the roster around the QB is plenty capable. And as the playoff picture has shown this past year it doesn't take much to get into the dance for them. Remember when folks here were clowning them for having 2 wins early in the season? They still won another playoff game while we're still trying to get over the hump. As far as playoff meltdowns go. Sam Darnold had a meltdown against the Rams in the playoffs as the Vikings QB a year ago and most of us laughed our asses off at him and now he's a game away from the Super Bowl with the Seahawks while the Vikings sunk back to joke status. It's an unpredictable league.

I would say in terms of the interior as much as competent Guards were a need Center was the biggest hindrance and that had been an issue well before Bryce's rookie year. Go back and look at who Darnold had to work with in 2021 and 2022 on the interior. Paradis Tecklenburg Elflein Cam Erving Michael Jordan (the other one) and Bradley Bozeman. My goodness.

Certainly it needed to be addressed but can we be honest with one another and acknowledge that the urgency to address it by any means necessary was due to the org needing to save face for how poorly their #1 overall pick performed? Only thing to do from here is learn from the experience and begin building a complete roster methodically. Heavy emphasis on the word complete.

How did the Texans afford to put those weapons around him though? 25 out of 32 in OL spending compared to us at #1. And they gave up the same number of sacks as we did in 2025.

Could be McDermott pushed heavily for Coleman. I've heard the "it was a collaborative decision" line after firing a coach before though. They may win the short term PR game with this decision but the onus is still on them to hire not just a new head coach but one that will get them not just into the playoffs but the Super Bowl.

Therein lies the problem. Doing so has propelled us to the most expensive group in the league. And if we hadn't signed them in all likelihood the company line would be that our QB needs better protection. But the argument could be made that without those signings we could have upgraded the defense much more. $153 million is no chump change.

I can see that. Hurney was bad bad but he did hit on more studs than just Cam in the early rounds. Beane gets credit for Allen but really he just got lucky because Allen's development easily could have gone the other way without the coaching he had.