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I honestly don't want Harbaugh but I can't lie that it would excite me simply because no way in hell he's taking this job unless he has assurances that Tepper is gonna stay the fug out of football operations and if he doesn't then that poo show will be fun to watch too because Harbaugh has never been one to bite his tongue.

One that the S2 test factored very highly in I bet. Seemed like it was right after the S2 test that it started getting talked about that Stroud was out and it was basically between Bryce and Richardson at that point. Hell, it might have just been the S2 test to be honest. I struggle to see any formula coming out with Bryce and Richardson 1 and 2. It just doesn't make sense that any formula applied consistently would produce that pairing. The inputs that are going to favor Richardson would also favor Stroud over Bryce. The inputs that would favor Bryce would also favor Stroud over Richardson. IMO, most logical formulas are gonna have Stroud at #1 or #2 with Bryce and Richardson at #1 or #3 depending on whether your favoring measurables or you're favoring stats and/or intangibles like test scores and/or subjective inputs. Bryce and Richardson just seem like kinda polar opposite evaluations IMO. Do you want the all intangibles guy backed by stats and college production or do you want the all measurables guy who doesn't have the stats or production but passes the eye test on film all day? I just can't see the same formula or group of evaluators having them 1/2.

Damn. That was a helluva half of football. The Seahawks had to score three TDs in the finals seconds just to get one on the scoreboard. That was some bullshit.

It was really head scratching how much weight Tepper and company (well, at least Tepper) put into that test. Those folks should've taken advantage of the opportunity to try to sell him on an investment opportunity in the company.

If Tepper realizes he's turned this job into this hard of a sell then he should be more than willing to go out and hire a legit GM and give him legit GM controls and that would fix a lot of the hard sell issues.

Well, so far the Seahawks are keeping pace. They're a very makeable missed FG away from being tied.

So why as an assistant coach would you agree to this? What an awful situation to be in. How is this situation going to create a more favorable situation for HC candidates after another year in which you're once again looking for a new HC after one year?

The numbers they were going over earlier in the game about the Cowboys' offensive numbers on turf vs. grass were very eye opening. They are a MUCH more prolific offense on turf. Home field advantage might be vital for them in the playoffs.

This is gonna get ugly if the Seahawks don't find some defensive answers. The Cowboys are scoring way too easy.

You cannot go into a season with an interim coach. That's absurd. No one is buying into that. You're guaranteeing another complete poo show. Pierce is an interim coach because they fired their coach. That's an entirely different situation. He's in the Steve Wilks chair right now. He's filling in with a locker room that already believes in him and are gonna give it their all for him.

I really doubt we'll ever know for sure but there sure has been a lot of smoke that Tepper at minimum heavily influenced the pick for there not to be some fire there. His presser was weird. This whole flex that he had veto power, he could've overridden the football folks but he didn't need to because there was consensus, actually there was unanimity. Was there really though? Or were their folks who just saw the writing on the wall and wanted to continue to cash Tepper's checks? Who knows? I honestly doubt we'll ever really know unless someone from within the organization eventually airs the dirty laundry and even then will we REALLY know or does this guy just an ax to grind?

Good game so far. Maybe we'll finally get a good TNF game. It was a good game on paper but even the rare one of those on TNF usually ends up laying an egg.

As for Greg... honestly, he's always struck me as a smart, level headed guy. Which is why this is so bizarre to me. He should know full well he's nowhere close to being able to step into an NFL HC role. If he wants to coach in the NFL he needs to go be a TE coach. If he wants to be a HC, he needs to the HS level or maybe the minor college level. That's just reality. That's why it makes no sense for him. He has a nice cushy well paying media gig he'll have to walk away from to make a lot less money in a very unglamorous coaching role to get started. You don't get to just jump to the front of the line and get a NFL HC gig right out of the gate with no coaching experience, pill popping Irsay and an brief interim HC who wasn't really considered for the full-time role not withstanding. I mean, is Greg just trying to get back at Tepper here? He was very open that he straight up got his feelings hurt by his release which I get. It's understandable even when you know the business side of the game. But honestly just trying to straight up steal money from Tepper is about the only thing that makes sense here.

Deion as you you know (nervously chuckles) is killin' it at Colorado... Really?

We are not brave enough to break out our actual Christmas tree ornaments with these guys around.

Like I said, this is on you. It was an honest offer. How do I prove that? Because I held up my end of the bargain.

There's just way too many variables involved to come up with a formula to predict draft prospect success. I'd honestly go as far as to call the effort a fool's errand.

I gave y'all a positive thread because the poll of people wanted it. I deleted a poo ton of posts out of that thread, gave temporary bans for posts on that thread, and gave a very legitimate effort to create a place for people who wanted to post positive takes without encountering what they interpreted as toxicity to have a place to go. And you want to mock me for it? Okay, but that's on you though. That says more about you than it does me. If you don't believe me I don't care. But that's the god's honest truth.

Who have I called a name here? I've been a mod for years. What changed is that we traded up to draft a QB prospect that I was okay with but preferred other prospects over. That prospect has played very poorly. Many of us are frustrated about that and talk about it. Some folks want to pretend like it's not happening and blame anything and everything other than Bryce. The offense is broken. I acknowledge that. But Bryce is part of that problem and a lot of y'all refuse to acknowledge that. The Dalton game demonstrated that IMO.

I was just giving y'all poo. We were taking Bryce #1. Everyone knew it. Draftniks like being right. A lot of folks moved Bryce to #1 as a result. Go back and look at big boards from around the conclusion of the college playoffs. It didn't start looking like something that one could argue as a consensus until it became a consensus that we were drafting Bryce Young.

Only one of us has resorted to personal attacks. You've done that twice now. If you want to preach it, practice it.

There were quite a few folks who didn't had Bryce over CJ. Enough that IMO it wasn't not a consensus that Bryce was #1. If you disagree, that's fine. I won't call you a loser who just wants to be right for having a differing opinion on what boils down to semantics.

And now we have a guy emotionally throwing personal insults over a difference of opinion. Real stand up guy.

Speaking of semantics though, it's hilarious how a handful of folks are trying to redefine "toxicity" as someone having a differing opinion.

Most outlets had Bryce #1. To you it was enough to be a consensus. To me it wasn't. Especially considering how many bumped Bryce up when it became obvious he was going to be the pick. Ultimately these guys are trying to bail the draft. The closer you get to the draft the more they move toward trying to predict the draft vs. giving their opinions. We're arguing over the semantics of a definition.