CanadianCat

Why are you like this?

I like the hire.

I mean if anything, this year showed me the kid can take a hit. A big concern with him was durability and he got pummeled this year. Kids eating his wheaties.

Honestly I was on the Ben Johnson train but the more I hear about Slowik the more he in my #1

Deal is done.

My hope is in a Jacksonville-esk turnaround when we get a proper coach and staff in the building. Whoever we hire will come in with a plan for Young.

I really liked him last year with Dallas... this year... not my top pick..

I know it a bad look.. but a worse look is not doing that and being turned down.

Not bumping this to 'take receipts' but to remind everyone of who BY was before this disastrous season.... the best player in college.

I dont know who you are but you seem to have the best memory of events of what actually happened at the time than anyone on the board here. Its refreshing. I agree with you on all points your making.

This is essentially what Tepper is doing.

I dont think Tepper is all that bad. Hes learning. This time will be better.

All those issues will be solved in the next few weeks.

to be honest... probably treat it like Madden franchise mode.

I've lived through this before with Pickles. This was a bad year but I dont think we are far away. Sure not have our #1 pick sucks but good coaching can make up for a lot. Im confident.

Man Horn is SOO good when hes on the field. I really hope we get a full season out of him.

Im not worried. We will turn this thing around.

Im ok slapping the tag on him and seeing what happens. If we can trade him great, if not Im ok with him playing under the tag this upcoming season. Would way rather pay for Josh Allen at that price tho.

I see us following the Jags strategy this offseason.

Great post. I think a good HC can turn this place around very quickly. Despite how terrible this year was we have good pieces in place. Next year will be fine.

Bad 1st round QB's get traded for high picks all the time. His trade value is still a 1st rounder. But we are not trading him.

Im into owners throwing drinks at opposing fans no matter what was said.

I mean.. us beating the Bucks with BY and causing them to not get into the playoffs would give 'winning the superbowl', vibes at this point.

Its easy to root for the underdog.

I actually dont disagree. Tepper has swung big but missed several times, but I appreciate that he has swung. People love revisionist history so I expect blow back for this but it was what it was at the time. 2020 - I liked that he hired Rhule who was a sought after College coach known for building teams rather than being a OC or DC guy. He hired Joe Brady who was an up and coming OC in college. Then brought in Teddy who looked good before he got hurt. At the time these were good and thought through decisions. 2021 - The team learned that Teddy was not the guy and saw another 1st round QB that was on a bad team that had top end potential in Darnold and traded for him. Maybe a bit too much but had Darnold played to his potential no one would have said anything. Draft wise, people keep pointing out we should have drafted Parsons but at the time the value of off the ball LB's was declining across the league and we had a need at CB. Horn was the best man to man corner in the draft. Our 2nd pick in Marshall was also widely regarded as a steal in the draft. Trading for Henderson was also a good trade IMO as he was the highest rated CB in his draft and played for one of the worst NFL HC's ever. Trading a 3 round pick for a top 5 drafted CB is good value. 2022 - Team brings in Baker. Another big swing at a high potential QB without having to use top draft picks at that position. 2023 - Tepper cleans house of the coaching staff and tell Fitt to get the best QB. We draft the top QB in the draft. The rest of the team, even the area's of strength regress significantly and we are where we are. All of that to say is that we have an owner that I can appreciate will make the moves to put us into better positions. UNFORTUNATLEY so far that moves have not worked out. But I would rather cheer for a team that swings and misses then one that never swings. Because the opposite it true. When we had Newton the biggest complaint was that we had generational talent on the team but RR and Co. were never was aggressive enough to get the final pieces. How many seasons did we say we just needed a better oline? Basically all of them. But rather than address it we didnt make moves. We wasted one of the best rosters the NFL had ever seen by sitting on our hands. Tepper wont let that happen. If we keep swinging, we will hit one.. eventually.