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He still played three more seasons. He was just a VERY physical old school CB and that style of play basically got outlawed.

I'm not going to know what to think about Fields until I know whether or not he puts a towel over his head on the sideline and if Nolan Nawrocki deems his smile as fake.

Ricky Manning Jr. He was a huge part of our first Super Bowl runs but his career quickly fizzled out after they changed how illegal contact is called.

Richard Rogers is approaching a decade of NFL coaching experience. They're not all elite.

I just want a winner. We gotta find a QB to have a chance at that but at the same time, we can't gut the roster to land that QB or we're gonna be this year's Texans. It's a balancing act. Kinda glad it's not my decision and I can just sit here and praise them if they get it right or call them dumbasses if they don't. LOL!

Now do you get it @Khyber53?

Yeah, I really want a Lombardi, but the best way to get one is to compete year in and year out. The flash in the pan approach hasn't exactly worked out for us.

Bingo. People get caught up in the results and overlook what led to them. He's accurate. He's smart. I'm sure he works hard and is a great teammate. But, he's very athletically limited. Wait... am I talking about Mac Jones or Teddy Bridgewater? I honestly don't think they're all that dissimilar.

I mean, there may be a reason why we've been so open about our desire to upgrade the QB position this off-season. That bridge may be in the background like It's very unfair if we were shitty to Teddy. It's not his fault. We signed the guy expecting him to be something he's not. That's on us, not him. Move on, but don't be shitty about it. It makes me wonder if Teddy trying to throw the staff under the bus after that Minnesota game wasn't spurred by numerous ass chewing where Teddy felt like he was being thrown under the bus and he was just tired of biting his tongue.

When I think about the best bosses I've ever had they all shared the same thing - at the end of the day they all truly cared about their people and despite the process you always knew that at the end of the day they were going to do the right thing for their people. Too many people forget that in today's corporate environment of constant "restructures" (a.k.a. waves of layoffs). It's why I bailed on the corporate world years ago and hope to god I never have to go back. If I do it'll just be for a temporary paycheck until I can find my way back out again. You take care of good people. They're more than numbers on a spreadsheet and mean more to you long-term than that short-term quarterly report that you're trying to make look better. Short-term bandaids create long-term problems.

That "I don't need you" attitude is what creates a revolving door of people jumping ship for greener pastures. If someone isn't getting it done, work on it or part ways with them. The "I'll fire your ass stuff" isn't effective. You're the guy's boss and you know that his job relies in part on you doing your job. The reality that you'll get fired for not performing is already fully implied. If you have to threaten that to get the best out of someone then they're not going to work out anyway.

LOL! I only go scorched Earth when I'm done with someone though. If I come at you like that, you're already fired.

Coaching is management.

Fine. I deleted it. Happy now?

Nah, it was a long time coming. Sorry, not sorry. He knows what he's doing. It's his always been his entire shtick.

You can get away with riding your team hard as long as they know at the end of the day you give a poo about them and have their best interests at heart. If they don't believe that, then you'll have a revolving door of people jumping ship as soon as they can.

poo gets said in the heat of things but in all my years of management one thing I've learned is that you never outright threaten to fire someone out of emotion. People will move past it, but you can bet your bottom dollar that they don't forget it and they'll definitely remember it if/when another opportunity comes calling.

One of the biggest problems with our society right now is a near complete lack empathy for others and an insistence that me and mine have it harder than them anyway, so fug 'em. Seriously, it's completely pervasive in our society. The guy wasn't necessarily complaining about anything, just providing a different perspective that fans rarely get.

Yep, like I said in the other thread. That was a big old nothing burger that Newton tried to twist into something.

I have no idea why either team would be interested in this.

Tell that to Luke and John Beason and Andrew Luck, etc.

Who are you hearing that from? One group of assholes doesn't make a different group of assholes any better or worse.

You forgot that you're actually almost always being forced into retirement because you're physically broken and quite possibly brain damaged.

https://sports.yahoo.com/martellus-bennett-twitter-rant-dark-side-nfl-dangerous-jon-kitna-041609652.html Long read but worth it. What he's saying makes a lot of sense.

It was so obvious they were trying to transfer the stardom from Lynch to Wilson. Such an arrogant play call and it backfired in hilarious fashion.