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The mess that is Washington:

Former running back LeSean McCoy once played under current Washington Commanders offensive coordinator and assistant head coach Eric Bieniemy ......

"The thing that alarmed me the most was the relationship with the players," McCoy said about Bieniemy during a Wednesday appearance on "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" program, per Zach Dean of Outkick. "You have to change with the times. With Bieniemy, I think he’s stuck in that old, back in the days where the coaches were cussing players out … that’s not how it’s played nowadays." 

McCoy had Bieniemy as a coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs during the 2019 NFL season and suggested that the 53-year-old needs to realize that his coaching style could cause more harm than good in a new environment that doesn't include his offense featuring Patrick Mahomes at quarterback. 

"I was part of that Kansas City Chiefs championship team, and it was terrible," McCoy recalled about Bieniemy. "One of the first things I noticed is how he talks to the players." 

A potential controversy arose for the Commanders when head coach Ron Rivera acknowledged on Tuesday some of his players struggled to adapt to Bieniemy's intensity and personality after the two-time Super Bowl champion coordinator joined Washington this offseason. A somewhat defiant Bieniemy said later in the day that he simply "is who he is" and Rivera backtracked Wednesday by noting that he "put [his] foot in [his] mouth" via the original statements. 

It's unknown exactly why Rivera shared such information roughly one month before the Commanders open the regular season with a home game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sept. 10, but it seems he already has a built-in excuse should the club's offense produces multiple duds in Bieniemy's system this fall. 

https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/former_chiefs_rb_reacts_to_commanders_coachs_eric_bieniemy_comments/s1_13132_39114559

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Thursday doubleheader kicks off four straight days of NFL preseason games
 

(All times eastern - games televised locally unless otherwise noted)

Thursday

Texans at Patriots - 7 p.m. (NFL Network)
Vikings at Seahawks - 10 p.m. (NFL Network)
Friday

Packers at Bengals - 7 p.m. (NFL Network)
Giants at Lions - 7 p.m.
Falcons at Dolphins - 7 p.m.
Steelers at Buccaneers - 7 p.m.
Commanders at Browns - 7:30 p.m.
Broncos at Cardinals - 10 p.m. (NFL Network)

https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/nfl-news-scores-schedule-training-camp/EjAESabU0PRT/

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3 hours ago, csx said:

Bieniemy's former players in KC telling Washington players to buck up and take the coaching.

This. What world are we living in nowadays? Safe spaces, don't name call, trigger warnings, etc. The NBA is already soft as can be ... is the NFL going to follow suit?

I saw a comedin's bit saying how back in the 80s/90s the youth would always rag on their elders for being tame and soft. Now, in 2023, for the first time ever, elders are looking at the youth and saying the teens are the soft ones lol.

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It kind of depends on how you do it.

Being an old school guy, I'm all for being tough and building winners. But even with that, there's a right way and a wrong way to do it.

Mike Ditka of all people criticized Bill Parcells for his approach. He said Parcels would break guys down until they believed they were completely incapable of playing football unless he was their coach.

How true is that? Don't know, but it doesn't sound like something I'd be in favor of.

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