LinvilleGorge

Just a brain dead mantra of every win is a good win and the brain dead perspective that mantra makes you a better fan. From the perspective of the players, coaches, front office personnel, etc I get it. They have jobs to protect. But from the fan perspective, there comes a point that there is an actual real future competitive disadvantage to winning and that point is when you realize you're not a contender. It's what sucks about pro sports fandom. In college, there's never a competitive advantage to losing unless you're desperately wanting a coach change. You always want to win. That's just not the case in the pros with the way the draft order works.

Scheme has a lot to do with it. We've basically been running the simplest, most pared down offensive concepts we can get away with. But yeah, we could certainly use a better WR opposite DJ and an actual NFL caliber TE.

It sucks when really decent good guys aren't the answer. Steve Wilks seems like a great guy. Sam Darnold seems like a great guy. But they aren't the answers. If you want to compete for SBs you have to move on. Keep Darnold as a backup if we can, but there are no backup head coaches and with his support in the locker room you simply can't keep him on the staff. It sucks, but we have to wish him all the best and mean it and let Steve Wilks go.

I have no idea what's going to happen but I don't put it outside the realm of possibility.

Now imagine that intrigue being derailed by a presser introducing Wilks as the head coach moving forward and him waxing poetically about how McAdoo and Darnold proved down the stretch that they are the answers on offense. McAdoo will be his OC and Darnold is signed to new three year deal to be our franchise QB.

Having your franchise QB on the roster changes everything in terms of hope.

From a roster standpoint we're closer to being ready to compete than we have been for a long time. If you don't believe me, imagine Cam in his prime on this roster. What's your expectations? You expect to be a contender. We need a coach and a QB. Sticking with Wilks will just waste time and the opportunity of having multiple Young studs at key positions still on rookie contracts. Wilks ain't it. He stabilized the locker room and the players love him. Awesome. That was needed in moving on from the dumpster fire that was Matt Rhule. But from an Xs and Os standpoint? Significant issues. And don't forget, he's a defensive guy and the D got worse after he fired Phil Snow. Even more pointed, he's a secondary specialist and yet we couldn't adapt to Mike Evans simply running go routes to torch us. The improvements came on the offensive side of the ball where we focused on running the ball and not turning the ball over. Thrilling. Wilks was the right man for the task at hand. He's not the right man for the task ahead.

This would be stunning. One of the hottest candidates on the market is seemingly basically begging to coach the Panthers and Tepper is like...

Does Sean Payton think Russell Wilson is fixable? Because if he doesn't he ain't taking that job.

Build stadium on the Vegas strip, one of the biggest tourist traps in the world and a place folks from Vegas generally avoid like the plague then complain about opposing fans. Oh and surrounding Vegas for 100+ miles in every direction is basically desolate desert. Not exactly gonna be fans day tripping it from elsewhere to catch a game. Putting a team in Vegas will likely be profitable. Tourists and convention goers will attend games just to attend an NFL game. But I don't think it's very conducive to building an actual thriving local fanbase. He doesn't actually give a fug. All the money is green and spends the same.

Best of luck with the kiddo.

Being competitive tomorrow means Wilks might stay. We need to get our asses kicked. These things matter and it's why I actively root for us to lose as soon an it's evident that we're not contenders. That's the unfortunate reality of pro sports fandoms. If you're not a contender you're better off losing.

I like Wilks and I wish he was the answer but I just don't think he is. Please Saints, do us a massive favor and blast us by three TDs tomorrow.

Oh, we could definitely use another playmaker on the DL. We could use a better starter at WR opposite DJ. We could use better secondary depth. We could use help at LB. No such thing as a perfect roster. You're always going to have needs and spots you'd like to upgrade if the opportunity presents itself. But having young studs at pretty much all the key non-QB positions isn't a terrible place to be sitting. It opens up the possibility of going all in on a QB if the opportunity presents itself.

My actual reaction if I was sitting in on a Demeco Ryans interview for the Panthers job and he suggested that his plan to fix our QB situation was to sign Jimmy G after we've gone through Teddy Bridgewater, Sam Darnold, and Baker Mayfield in recent years...

This is what I've been saying about the roster. We have a young stud at every key position outside of QB.

The D got worse after he fired Snow. No way to sugarcoat it.

If the Dolphins are dumb enough to fire him I'd be all over that. I'd definitely want clarification on how he handled the playing Tua situations but honestly that's more questions for the Dolphins' medical staff than it is the coach.

I don't think the Giants are dumb enough to do that. They're doing as much as they can with Daniel Jones level QB play.

I definitely don't think a player in his situation would ever consider tanking his play on purpose. I mean, there was virtually no market for him to get out of Cleveland. He couldn't afford for his stock to go down even more. Based on his play in L.A. and Darnolds okay here post-Rhule I honestly think Rhule needs to never have any input on an offense ever again.

Tepper. The season was sunk when he didn't fire Rhule. Mayfield went to L.A. and looked a lot better immediately. Darnold looked a lot better post-Rhule. I'm basically giving the players a pass this year.

This. If you take a swing there and land a franchise QB you got a massive steal. If he ends up being a decent backup it's still a pretty good pick. If he's an outright bust it still doesn't hurt you all that bad vs. typical 3rd round pick expectations. If you think there's a chance the guy is a starting QB the pick is well worth the risk.

Not saying there wasn't a lot of bullshit around that Kaepernick situation but also barely a month after he opted out of his 49ers contract... https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49ers/source-kap-not-willing-take-broncos-current-pay-cut-offer I probably wouldn't even know about this had I not been living in CO at the time.

I think Carr will try to find him a much better landing spot than ATL. I wouldn't be surprised to see him suiting up for the Giants.