No doubt that Tampa is going to want to sign him to a long-term contract, but I think his agent is going to want more like Daniel Jones/Derek Carr type money.
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The Bills are facing multiple challenges this week - injuries, shorter rest, more inclement weather - as they get ready for the Chiefs.
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Probably doesn't help that they sit the helmets on the heating vents from the hot bench. Probably gets super soft on the top of the helmet and then shrinks/gets very hard on the field. The break was right next to an air vent on the helmet from what I recall.
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VICIS, which makes the ZERO2 helmet that Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes wears, said its product "did its job" despite a piece breaking off in the freezing cold of Saturday's playoff game.www.espn.com
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If they referred to it as Belgian bike racing they wouldn't get the same knee-jerk response from Joe 12-pack.
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That stack of injuries is one of the things Richard Sherman talked about yesterday when he said he was leaning towards the Chiefs winning (that and Mahomes experience in big games). The three "big" names on that Buffalo injury list are TE Gabe Davis, who missed the Pittsburgh game, but could add a spark against KC if he is good enough to play. But on defense CB Taron Johnson, and LB Terrell Bernard who had been a tackling machine. Losing those two against KC would be bad news. Bernard was taken off the field on a cart against Pittsburgh with an ankle injury. But all x-rays were negative. When he left the facility he was wearing a boot and hobbling, but in good spirits told fans he planned on being ready for KC. Not sure how he could possibly know this, but that's one tough hombre. Was at the walkthrough practice today. Taylor Rapp is another DB they could sure use, but he's been limited for a month.
Plenty of Chiefs in limited practice too, Nnadi, Moore, Sneed, Toney, but not nearly as bad overall.
Two players Buffalo fans say could return either for the AFC championship or Super Bowl? Matt Milano and Jordan Phillips. Milano broke his leg back in October, but no ligament tears. Milano has been with the team, but still on IR, and McDermott was asked before the Miami game about him and said he didn't expect him to return.
Mahomes and Allen are 3-3 head to head. However, 5 out of 6 of those games have been in KC. The only time Mahomes played in Buffalo was during Covid, when the stadium was empty. Not that the Bills Mafia will throw him off his game, but it is an interesting factoid.
I still don't see weather being a big factor in this game. For driving to the game and clearing the snow, yes. Especially if the area gets dumped on with lake effect snow that morning. But I don't honestly think it will affect either team very much.
And why not? Neither of those guys are worth the $40m a year they are getting.
That stack of injuries is one of the things Richard Sherman talked about yesterday when he said he was leaning towards the Chiefs winning (that and Mahomes experience in big games). The three "big" names on that Buffalo injury list are TE Gabe Davis, who missed the Pittsburgh game, but could add a spark against KC if he is good enough to play. But on defense CB Taron Johnson, and LB Terrell Bernard who had been a tackling machine. Losing those two against KC would be bad news. Bernard was taken off the field on a cart against Pittsburgh with an ankle injury. But all x-rays were negative. When he left the facility he was wearing a boot and hobbling, but in good spirits told fans he planned on being ready for KC. Not sure how he could possibly know this, but that's one tough hombre. Was at the walkthrough practice today. Taylor Rapp is another DB they could sure use, but he's been limited for a month.
Plenty of Chiefs in limited practice too, Nnadi, Moore, Sneed, Toney, but not nearly as bad overall.
Two players Buffalo fans say could return either for the AFC championship or Super Bowl? Matt Milano and Jordan Phillips. Milano broke his leg back in October, but no ligament tears. Milano has been with the team, but still on IR, and McDermott was asked before the Miami game about him and said he didn't expect him to return.
Mahomes and Allen are 3-3 head to head. However, 5 out of 6 of those games have been in KC. The only time Mahomes played in Buffalo was during Covid, when the stadium was empty. Not that the Bills Mafia will throw him off his game, but it is an interesting factoid.
I still don't see weather being a big factor in this game. For driving to the game and clearing the snow, yes. Especially if the area gets dumped on with lake effect snow that morning. But I don't honestly think it will affect either team very much.
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I'm not sure thats the answer. I'm also not sure on what could be as the roster is at risk of losing focus as well.
We’ll have to see who will actually stay. I don’t know their financial situation, but I am guessing they will have to try to free up some cap space. I’ve read that both qb’s could be out. They have to look for a qb in the draft, beef up on the ol, and I am quite certain both the OC and DC are being let go. It has to be brand new coaches at every position. Otherwise you’ll see similar (or worse) from their playbook.
Vrabel is a bit old school, focusing on the run game and a solid defense. I am sure he’s learned a thing or two from Belichick and that’s incidentally what Carroll was doing in Seattle.
The ala carte Chinese food menu where you check the box of what you want and don't pay for what you don't is already here, or coming soon. Disney has been experimenting with pay for everything model for a few years. Don't know if ESPN and Amazon saw a boost from NFL..I personally say it's a mistake to make post season available in whatever amount on pay TV..
Okay then, why not pay Mayfield $52m that Herbert gets or even the $46m that Watson receives? Neither of those guys are worth that much. Lol I've already roasted Herbert to the disliking of some of his worshippers here. Watson, a #12 OA pick is 36-29 in 7 seasons split between Houston & Cleveland (only two winning seasons!), but has only one win in three playoff appearances!
What's halirious is Mayfield wins one playoff game and the TB faithful thinks he's the next Brady. Lol And some of the media thinks he's resurrected his career & will lead TB to the promised land. He's still an unproven commodity. Perhaps if he beats the Lions and plays in the NFC championship then maybe there's something developing here - but going to the championship game would be minimum expectations of a #1 OA pick. You really what to see SB appearances with #1 OA's - there suppose to be thee best player taken in the draft. That's the target owners want with that high of a pick.
Instead mediocrity seems to rewarded in this league. Lol
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A win over the Eagles at the moment is hardly noteworthy that's why I was stunned to see people still picking them after the shenanigans of the previous 6 weeks. As a team they seemed to check out after the 49ers loss. They have showed no fight and don't even seem to interact as a team on the sideline. Hurts sits on his own staring into space. It is mind boggling to hear rumors that the players want the coach retained. They were 10-1 and now some people just want to blame the O/C and D/C ? Their problems seem to go much deeper than that. If Green Bay had played them, they might have scored 70. At least the Buccs showed up and played as a team.
The Cowboys sticking with McCarthy is also getting a lot of raised eyebrows especially at the moment when Bill B, Harbaugh, Vrabel and others are out there and available. There's every chance he'll be gone in a year when his contract expires anyway unless they want to keep counting regular season wins as successful seasons for a previously multiple SB winning franchise. All you will hear about next year is the Cowboys coaching and Dak's extension, so much so that such that the Eagles implosion will be forgotten about quickly. How a first round blowout can be sugarcoated by the Cowboys after their previous three years of early exits is anyone's guess and hardly a positive for their current coach, QB and team captains.. They were outcoached and beaten up on both sides of the ball. They were down by four scores before getting a point on the board..........
I expect Mayfield to get a good mid level contract. He's done what the team wanted him to do on a depleted, aging roster. Can't see him getting elite money but the elite QB money is on the rise all the time so none of them are going poor even mediocre back ups, who are still needed, with so many injuries happening,. are earning good money. Flacco will get a pay rise and it seems he wants to keep playing. Who knows where Wilson ends up ? While the Browns have hardly seen value for money from Watson so far.
Hard to see Jones lasting at the Giants, Vegas will ditch Jimmy G when it makes financial sense or they just take a loss and get it done but his contract isn't a major problem to move around unlike Wilson's etc.....Jet's will get to see what Rodger's can offer them but there are probably still ten or so teams where the QB situation is still up in the air and the draft will hopefully solve a few of them.
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Given the players they have to put on the field, I’d like to see the Hawks get a sophisticated offensive coach and make the best use of their talented skill positions,
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LOL! Those guys aren't worth the money either. Herbert has shown more potential, but only that. Watson has bordered on being a bust. His contract was laughable. Everyone not only laughed at the Browns for giving it to him (and Houston fleecing them), but other owners angry at them for being so stupid.
Me thinks you put too much stock in where a player is drafted! Now, if you are saying GMs, coaches, scouts, owners are foolish to put everything into a QB they way they do with money, and sometimes drafts, I don't disagree. Look at what Bryce Young did for Carolina. Granted, not his fault at all, but everything we saw made him look like the next Jamis Winston, Teddy Bridgewater, Blaine Gabbert. Not the next Patrick Mahomes, like he was touted.
One could go back to whatever draft that was where Dick Vermeil took Orlando Pace #1 overall, and didn't blink about it. Anchored the Greatest Show on Turf, ended up in the HOF. Few teams think like this. Similar was the way GB took Jordan Love.
By the way, Bryce Young is making three times the amount of money Jordan Love is.
And then there's Brock Purdy...
Just for clarity. Purdy's QBR this year was first in the NFL, at 72.3. Young was 31st, at 33.2. In passer rating Purdy was again 1st at 113.0 , while Young was 32nd at 73.7.
I too would like to see highly incentivized contracts.
I don't disagree. But ask this question. If you fire Siriani, who are you going to get, and why is that person going to be better at coaching and building the team? Is it impossible for Siriani to regain any semblance of being a good HC? Impossible for him to learn and grow from this?
I'm not accusing you of anything and I truly apologize if this sounds like I am, but this thinking (I hear it elsewhere a lot too, so it's not you at all) that he should be fired for this year reminds me of corporate America CEO thinking. Once a person makes a mistake, fire their sorry ass!!!
The same to some degree applies to Mike McCarthey, though what he's done is repeatedly fail the same way, a few years in a row. Loaded roster, wins a lot of regular season games, then folds quickly or badly in the playoffs. That's where even I have to question if the guy can do anything different. Siriani? I'm not so sure.
You just keep firing coaches, GMs, others, as soon as they underperform you end up with a rotten culture, a culture of fear, and the result is constant losing. Look at Carolina and David Tepper, or Daniel Snyder and Washington before him. What did an insider say it was like working for Tepper in Carolina? "The Hunger Games".
NFC East could be interesting next year. As bad as Dallas and Philly tanked, both NY and Wash are still building.
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If someone told me after Super Bowl 51 Belichick would be the Falcons head coach I’d think they’d be crazy. I don’t know how true the second interview report is but I don’t think anyone picked them. What are the odds Brady and Belichick both go to the NFC South. If he does go there, biggest game has to be at Foxborough in 2025 besides any playoff games. They were frisky at times this year but I haven’t watched a Falcons game to know how they performed. If he gets full control it could be a train wreck though his sons look to be staying at NE.
I actually like Vrabel as the Seahawks head coach, definitely can get them into a more pounding team. If not Dolphins should try getting him as DC (he deserves to be head coach but they need someone with his attitude).
McCarthy while having his flaws that haven’t been fixed for years, I think it’s hard to win with Jerry Jones. But again who are you going to replace him with.
Whoever made the decision to demote the old defensive coordinator and put them up in the booth with a new position while promoting/hiring Matt Patricia needs to be fired honestly. The team just imploded after that. It’s also hard for Siriani losing both his coordinators, that’s a lot to recover from when you had something working.
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Vrabel apparently interviewing with the Raiders, though Mark Davis has been completely silent. How much is Tom Brady involved in Vegas as an (unapproved) owner? Could he push Davis to hire Vrabel instead of Pierce? That sounds like mutiny in the locker room to me.
I too would like to know who made the decisions in Philly. Basically Brian Johnson was their DC, and Sean Desai was calling the plays. After back to back losses to SF and Dallas, Desai was demoted and Patricia moved to play caller. They went 1-3 after that, giving up even more points. Insider reports implied that at that point Johnson was a figurehead, and Patricia took over as de facto DC. Siriani said it was his decision. But was it? It looks like if Siriani stays, Johnson, Patricia and Desai will all be gone. What does that tell you?
If you look back in time, there hasn't been much difference between Jason Garrett and Mike McCarthy, in the results. Garrett was 85-67 in the regular season, but 2-3 in the playoffs, never getting past the division round. Jerry Jones was the owner and effective GM through all of it.
I too would like to know who made the decisions in Philly. Basically Brian Johnson was their DC, and Sean Desai was calling the plays. After back to back losses to SF and Dallas, Desai was demoted and Patricia moved to play caller. They went 1-3 after that, giving up even more points. Insider reports implied that at that point Johnson was a figurehead, and Patricia took over as de facto DC. Siriani said it was his decision. But was it? It looks like if Siriani stays, Johnson, Patricia and Desai will all be gone. What does that tell you?
If you look back in time, there hasn't been much difference between Jason Garrett and Mike McCarthy, in the results. Garrett was 85-67 in the regular season, but 2-3 in the playoffs, never getting past the division round. Jerry Jones was the owner and effective GM through all of it.
Not saying Sirianni should be canned but expected to hear more from the players post season than just "i support the coach"...........will be interesting to hear what Kelce has to say after he's been retired for a while. I'm sure the players that move on from the Eagles will have more to say later. Most people including the Eagles themselves seem to have no answers to the team implosion post a 10-1 start. Obviously there will be a team review which is probably underway already. The coach couldn't seem to shed any light on why the situation went south so suddenly.LOL! Those guys aren't worth the money either. Herbert has shown more potential, but only that. Watson has bordered on being a bust. His contract was laughable. Everyone not only laughed at the Browns for giving it to him (and Houston fleecing them), but other owners angry at them for being so stupid.
Me thinks you put too much stock in where a player is drafted! Now, if you are saying GMs, coaches, scouts, owners are foolish to put everything into a QB they way they do with money, and sometimes drafts, I don't disagree. Look at what Bryce Young did for Carolina. Granted, not his fault at all, but everything we saw made him look like the next Jamis Winston, Teddy Bridgewater, Blaine Gabbert. Not the next Patrick Mahomes, like he was touted.
One could go back to whatever draft that was where Dick Vermeil took Orlando Pace #1 overall, and didn't blink about it. Anchored the Greatest Show on Turf, ended up in the HOF. Few teams think like this. Similar was the way GB took Jordan Love.
By the way, Bryce Young is making three times the amount of money Jordan Love is.
And then there's Brock Purdy...
Just for clarity. Purdy's QBR this year was first in the NFL, at 72.3. Young was 31st, at 33.2. In passer rating Purdy was again 1st at 113.0 , while Young was 32nd at 73.7.
I too would like to see highly incentivized contracts.
I don't disagree. But ask this question. If you fire Siriani, who are you going to get, and why is that person going to be better at coaching and building the team? Is it impossible for Siriani to regain any semblance of being a good HC? Impossible for him to learn and grow from this?
I'm not accusing you of anything and I truly apologize if this sounds like I am, but this thinking (I hear it elsewhere a lot too, so it's not you at all) that he should be fired for this year reminds me of corporate America CEO thinking. Once a person makes a mistake, fire their sorry ass!!!
The same to some degree applies to Mike McCarthey, though what he's done is repeatedly fail the same way, a few years in a row. Loaded roster, wins a lot of regular season games, then folds quickly or badly in the playoffs. That's where even I have to question if the guy can do anything different. Siriani? I'm not so sure.
You just keep firing coaches, GMs, others, as soon as they underperform you end up with a rotten culture, a culture of fear, and the result is constant losing. Look at Carolina and David Tepper, or Daniel Snyder and Washington before him. What did an insider say it was like working for Tepper in Carolina? "The Hunger Games".
NFC East could be interesting next year. As bad as Dallas and Philly tanked, both NY and Wash are still building.
As for McCarthy, I suppose it's fair that he sees out his contract at least with a good regular season record but I don't think franchises like the Cowboys among others are tallying up regular season wins and seeing it as another good year when they keep failing in the playoffs, beaten up by a team that scraped into the playoffs itself. but many insiders are seeing this as an opportunity for the Cowboys to change course while certain coaches are available. It seems that Bill B to the Falcons is becoming more of reality based on the amount of noise around the league at the moment. Harbaugh has had multiple interviews as has Quinn. One thing seems certain in that the NFC East has taken a downturn this season in a big way. Maybe Jerry is worried about dumping McCarthy and getting worse ? One thing is for sure, their roster needs a makeover and if Quinn leaves their D/C selection will be very important as at the moment their run defense isn't stopping anyone and their defensive plan against GB was plain bad.
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Of course I am - why else would there be a draft? Watch the Combine this year & see all the coaches, GMs & scouts in need of a QB diligently taking notes & detailing everything about all the prospects. That data is compiled (prospect rating) & submitted to the owner(s) on recommendations to select the top player given their draft position (and of course some teams will trade up in the draft to get "their guy" like KC did with Mahomes).
What I'm simply saying is Herbert, #6 OA & the third QB taken behind Burrow & Tua in the 2020 draft, was drafted that high based primarily on his Combine performance & skill set he demonstrated. And the Chargers were more than confident that he'd be their franchise "guy" leading the team to instant success. Didn't happen - like I said in four full yrs of starting, he's terrible with one playoff appearance which was a loss! Lol (and not to be redundant - I reiterate again: One playoff appearance in four years of starting!). And what's funny is the Chargers blame the coach by firing Staley...go figure!
Contrast that with some other 1st rounders drafted over the last several years & look at their postseason record in their first four (4) yrs of starting (and how good they've made their HC look!).
Mahomes (10) 8-3
Burrow (1) 5-2
Allen (7) 4-4
Jackson (32) 4-4
Goff (1) 2-2
The NFL is all about winning in the postseason with the QBs. The impetus for success starts with the QB. The QB has ability to make his HC look good or bad (most of the stress endured by HCs directly relates to QB problems, e.g. Payton & Wilson, Saleh & Wilson, Bellichick & Jones, etc). The QB is the most high-profile position in the sport - always has been & always will be.
As the legendary Vince Lombardi once said; "Winning isn't everything...it's the only thing." And there will be plenty of winners and losers with high-drafted QBs.
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Pierce is staying with Vegas
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- WR Stefon Diggs (foot) did not have an injury designation for Sunday's game.
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- LB Baylon Spector (back) ruled out
- CB Christian Benford (knee) ruled out
- CB Rasul Douglas (knee) questionable
- CB Taron Johnson (concussion) questionable
- S Taylor Rapp (calf) ruled out
- P Sam Martin (left hamstring) questionable
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