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Reiterated just what I said about mocromanaging last year and now feeling comfortable with McAdoo. So we will.let his folks do their job. Will we go on a deep run? Hard to predict that unless everything fell just right. But at 500 to 1 odds a 20 dollar bet isn't a lot for a long shot reward. I personally like the over on 6.5 wins.

And replace him with who? McAdoo or Wilkes? Neither has had a great run as a head coach either. You don't get rid of someone midseason unless you replace them with someone better. Otherwise you fire them at the end of the season unless you are auditioning an assistant for a headcoach gig.

You don't fire a coach midseason let alone before games start. So we promote an assistant like Wilkes or McAdoo who weren't better than Rhule as a head coach? Not sure that is a good bet. The mistakes he has made aren't deal breakers except for hiring incompetent staff who had no clue. And hopefully he has fixed that. The reason he isn't micromanaging everything imight be because he doesnt have to. He actually has a competent staff on paper so far. If he stays the pep boy and let's the football guys do their job then if we do well he gets the credit. If we struggle he gets the boot. But if we believe the narrative that he ended up micromanaging the last 2 years to make up for a poor staff and we see him taking a more relaxed approach this year, it makes sense to believe he thinks he now has a good staff and will let them do their job. At least that is my hope.

If he goes on IR before the season start he can't come back where if he goes on IR once the 53 is set he is eligible to return at some point. I think that is right.

That is the way I heard it. He will be waived and thrymight try to stash him on the practice squad or he gets picked by someone else.

Rhule said that this injury may decide if they keep 3 qbs. They may only keep 2 now that Corral is on IR. They still may not keep PJ is they need that spot unless it is on the practice squad. We will see.

This may be a year where several of the guys we waive will be picked up by other teams. That speaks to good depth and drafting.

Actually many still do. Look at GB or San Fran as 2 examples. Guys like Mahomes sat a year also. It used to be the norm not the exception. Rookies starting are almost always a recipe for disaster.

Seems our depth is pretty good based on last night. Excluding those missing due to injury which has made some positions like TE thin.

You are right. I though the 2nd and 3rd string defense did great. New England's top 3 qbs all had significant starter experience. Jones had to play 3 series before he had a decent drive and by them we have a mix or second and third stringers on defense. Our rookies got a lot of work. Likewise their defensive starters played into the second quarter while we had our second and third string WRs out there and 2nd string line. Truth is except for mistakes our scrubs gave NE all they could handle

I wouldn't give him who starts or not. Coordinators determine rotation and who plays. Matt just announces it. He is a rah rah guy who won't calls plays and does control timeouts and challenges and whether we go on fourth down or not. He has input but if he is smart he will defer to the football guys in the room. And if he doesn't he may be sent to the office to speak with Fitterer or Tepper.

I don't think the pass rush has to take a step back. With a better secondary I expect more coverage sacks.

This is exactly what I have been saying. Now that we have a good OC who knows what he is doing, Rhule won't be micromanaging him and will stay in his lane. That is why I have been saying that things are going to be different and the whole we can't win with Rhule might be overblown.

I might be making this up but I suspect he must-have done something reallybwrong to get fired so close to the season starting.

I met his wife at Superbowl 50. She was just coming out of the players area where she was visiting her son who was coaching for us. She saw me in my Mills jersey and came up and told me she was his wife. We talked a moment and I let her know that there were a lot of us who remembered him even 10 years later and we would surely keep pounding. I got a picture of her and I on my wife's phone somewhere.

My favorite game was in Clemson SC when we beat the Jets after Sam intercepted the toss and ran for a TD. First win ever as a franchise. What made it special was sharing it with my oldest son and my father. My son is 38 and married and my father died from Alzheimers years ago. But this was when he was still sharp and a big football fan. There have been other great moments but you always remember your first.

Bronico and Fuches were wild men seemingly everywhere exorting their teammates to keep up the pressure. I though the substitutions were right on and whatever Latanzio said at halftime lit a fire under their butts.

I would say they learned something from the butt kicking they got on Saturday which was also 1-1 at half. It is even more impressive when you realize this is their second game in 5 days. They had the desire and drive in the second half that they didnt have on Saturday and outhussled NY to the ball. Coupled with some great goaltending it was the most impressive win this year in MLS play for Charlotte and surely their best road game yet.

That was the whole point in putting people at different positions so you can see what substitutions work best when folks miss time which is inevitable. To build familiarity for players and for coaches to see who works best with whom.

Exactly. Head coaches watch everything but the position coach knows them intimately. Campen is one of the best. You know Rhule is listening to him. If bringing in coaches was Tepper's idea then Rhule knows to defer to them or give more ammunition to replacing him for not going along with the plan.

My take is different than others apparently. Instead of blaming Rhule for not making a decision until now I want to take to task all the whiners and complainers who went back and forth about how stupid we were for not handing him the job day 1 and instead making it a competition. So here we are before the second preseason game and Ickey is the starter as we all expected he would be. But I don't see the huge problem in doing it just like we did. Maybe I wouldn't have done it that way but that doesn't make it wrong Hundreds of posts bitching about Ickey spending his time at guard and tackle and here we are with everything settled and it is all good. Lots of complainers for what? He still has plenty of time to gel with the ones.

I think that we have better coaching throughout which will allow Rhule to let his people do their job and as a result we will do better. Does that make him competent. Depends on your definition of competence.

If that means he understands the playbook better I get that. But from who can move the offense and will air it out it has to be Baker. Let's see how Darnold does when New England blitzes while playing tough man press.

You know it was Scott "in on every deal" Fitterer. He nurtured this one for months.

Baker, Darnold and PJ. Seems to be a quarterback friendly system.