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I'm not sure Tua will be cleared to play, honestly.
Didn't know Williams was hurt for Chargers. That was indeed dumb coaching. Especially if one watches the highlights and it seems like the Chargers were going through the motions. If you're going to do that, why play your starters more than a half? Or one series? Or at all? Schitzo team. Look like serious contenders one week, headed to the cellar the next.
I have to admit the Jags really do look like a solid team across the board, and that Lawerence will be in this league at a high level for some time. My concern about the Jaguars was that blowout loss to the Lions, and how easily they were defeated by the Chiefs. Though that was almost two months ago. But if they win this weekend, it's KC where they will most likely head. I can't see them winning there. But who knows?
Didn't know Williams was hurt for Chargers. That was indeed dumb coaching. Especially if one watches the highlights and it seems like the Chargers were going through the motions. If you're going to do that, why play your starters more than a half? Or one series? Or at all? Schitzo team. Look like serious contenders one week, headed to the cellar the next.
Lots of Rams fans online complaining the refs cost them them game, pointing to this play in particular. While I agree DK should have been flagged, if you look at the drive, Seattle drove down the field and missed a FG. So if the call had been made, and Seattle didn't get a first down, at best they would have punted the Rams deep with seconds left in the game. The call/no-call had almost zero impact.
I'll argue the Bengals are. 8 wins in a row, against solid competition. They haven't lost since October. Every week their defense looks better, especially in the red zone. That and when Chase came back they have been unstoppable. Same with SF, who have won 10 in a row. They seem like a completely different team with McCaffery. Night and day since the bad back to back losses to the Falcons and Chiefs. I'm sure the 49ers would love to take the Chiefs on again in the SB. Though Buffalo has also won 7 in a row, and haven't lost a game when Jorden Poyer has played. And they haven't lost since Tre White came back. Poyer has been dealing with an injured elbow, and sore knee. At this point they'll probably have to drag him off the field to keep him from playing.
I have to admit the Jags really do look like a solid team across the board, and that Lawerence will be in this league at a high level for some time. My concern about the Jaguars was that blowout loss to the Lions, and how easily they were defeated by the Chiefs. Though that was almost two months ago. But if they win this weekend, it's KC where they will most likely head. I can't see them winning there. But who knows?
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Misdirection it seems.............or just distraction ?WTH? Andy Reid's football follies? Lol
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Guaranteed he was told to jump offsides hoping the Lions accept the timeout and potentially have less plays to run the clock down. I’m sure they were worried they’d pick up the first down on second or third down, so that’s 4-5 extra plays Lions could run vs 3 if they accepted the penalty. Honestly smart thinking, DC just didn’t take the bait. Wright called it before it happened, just wrong about Lions accepting it.
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The Packers honestly got lucky they didn’t have 3 players flagged and ejected that play considering all 3 committed penalties in front of the refs. You had the blow to the head of an unprotected receiver or whatever it’s called purposefully swinging your body into the falling Lions head. You had the push of the trainer by the player ejected. Then the shove from behind of the trainer after he was pushed. Ridiculous, something you’d expect the Lions or another losing team to do. Second time that players been ejected this season. And all of that shenanigans is right after we saw the trainers save someone’s life. Best believe if Bill was the HC all three would have been benched and probably cut.
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DK has been racking them up. He was already on his fourth one for the season against the 49ers if I remember correctly.
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It stops the Raiders from knowing who is lining up where, who to cover, and messes up their assignment. Chiefs lined up and immediately snapped the ball, before they could make any meaningful adjustments. So like going hurry up and snapping the ball immediately.
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Saw them do something similar in a 49ers game I think it was where they just scrambled the line and then snapped it immediately. Think they scored as it was close to the line anyway.
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Couple of calls in the Rams game looked very suspect. The roughing the kicker looked marginal at best
They fired the GQ coach. Lol
28-37-1 in 4 yrs; no division titles, only one winning season, one playoff appearance (one & done) all with having Murray for his entire 4 seasons:
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Wasn't this supposed to be the winning combination for bringing a SB title to the Valley of the Sun? Take Murray as the #1 OA in 2019, bring in the offensive genius from Texas Tech & let the magic fly. Lol.
Calling Sean Payton....calling Sean Payton.
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Wasn't this supposed to be the winning combination for bringing a SB title to the Valley of the Sun? Take Murray as the #1 OA in 2019, bring in the offensive genius from Texas Tech & let the magic fly. Lol.
Calling Sean Payton....calling Sean Payton.
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The last two late season collapses by the Cards coach probably doomed him when they were at the top of the table then just went backwards quickly.. This season they were crippled by injuries. But they also had plenty of weird stuff going on with Murray. Cards had a great team with Arians as well and probably should have won a SB with that squad when Palmer and Fitzgerald were at their peak.
The coach extension was a mistake which is easy to say in hindsight and the Murray contract, a lot of NFL pundits seem to think, was just as bad. In a way it reminds me of the Dak contract with the team being left little option but to stick with Murray which Murray knew of course. Murray's career is badly in need of a good season. Cards keep losing good pieces. Chandler Jones, JJ Watt etc. ........doesn't look like a quick turnaround for the new coach.
The coach extension was a mistake which is easy to say in hindsight and the Murray contract, a lot of NFL pundits seem to think, was just as bad. In a way it reminds me of the Dak contract with the team being left little option but to stick with Murray which Murray knew of course. Murray's career is badly in need of a good season. Cards keep losing good pieces. Chandler Jones, JJ Watt etc. ........doesn't look like a quick turnaround for the new coach.
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No. Bennett is surrounded by a great OL, and his arm is iffy. He looks like the next AJ McCarren, Steve Fuller, Cade McCown, etc. Not bad at all, but not a top NFL QB.
This goes back to what I've probably posted 50 times now. You don't magically draft a player, even a star college QB, and/or mystically hire the "right" coach, and Shazam! All of a sudden, your team is built to win. As if you don't need a line to run block, or pass protect. Don't need much of a defense either. You also don't need other coaches. Special teams, etc. etc. You just need that magic formula. Right.
I still remember what Mike Tomlin said I think at the start of this season about the reported lack of talent, saying they didn't need to reach for some star player. "We can win with the players we have." he said. Granted, they didn't make the playoffs, but he was right. People thought they'd stink, but they finished 9-8 and their future looks pretty good.
Feel bad for Arizona fans. That's also a lot of money to flush down the toilet. Now the next coach has to mop up with Murray, in a similar way as Denver with Wilson.
This goes back to what I've probably posted 50 times now. You don't magically draft a player, even a star college QB, and/or mystically hire the "right" coach, and Shazam! All of a sudden, your team is built to win. As if you don't need a line to run block, or pass protect. Don't need much of a defense either. You also don't need other coaches. Special teams, etc. etc. You just need that magic formula. Right.
I still remember what Mike Tomlin said I think at the start of this season about the reported lack of talent, saying they didn't need to reach for some star player. "We can win with the players we have." he said. Granted, they didn't make the playoffs, but he was right. People thought they'd stink, but they finished 9-8 and their future looks pretty good.
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OPINION
GUEST ESSAY
Football Is Deadly, but Not for the Reasons You Think
Jan. 9, 2023
By Chris Nowinski
Mr. Nowinski, a former professional athlete, is a behavioral neuroscientist and the founding C.E.O. of the nonprofit organization Concussion Legacy Foundation.
When Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during the N.F.L. “Monday Night Football” game last week, it felt like the world stopped — both on the field, where emergency medical teams rushed into action and fellow players looked on in shock, and on televisions in millions of homes, where fans tried to make sense of what they had just witnessed in real time.
Just moments earlier, the second-year Buffalo Bills safety had made a tackle on the Cincinnati Bengals’ Tee Higgins, causing his chest to collide violently with Higgins’s helmet. Cardiologists have speculated that the impact may have triggered commotio cordis, a rare condition that can occur when the chest wall is impacted during a vulnerable moment in the heartbeat cycle, which can knock the heart out of rhythm. Hamlin has made remarkable progress, but the condition can be fatal.
The episode has focused international attention on the physical dangers of football, with many parents wondering anew if they should allow their children to play and some fans questioning whether it’s ethical to support the sport at all.
As a former college football player and neuroscientist who has advocated better protections for athletes for the last 20 years, I am encouraged by the outpouring of support for Mr. Hamlin, a talented player and a role model, and for his family.
But as alarming as his injury was, the terrifying incident carries a secondary risk: It is focusing attention on a single, dramatic outlier rather than the chronic medical conditions that pose by far the greatest danger to players.
According to the National Commotio Cordis Registry, there are an estimated 15 to 20 cases per year nationwide, usually in sports like baseball or hockey when a fast-moving projectile connects with an unprotected chest. In football, where players wear lots of padding, an event like this is so rare at the N.F.L. level that it probably won’t occur again in our lifetimes. Meanwhile, chronic heart disease and the long-term effects of traumatic brain injuries have robbed countless players of their health, their happiness and even their lives but do not receive the same medical or cultural attention because they happen away from the cameras.
Hours before the Monday night game, I learned that the former N.F.L. offensive lineman Uche Nwaneri, who started 92 games at guard and center for the Jacksonville Jaguars, had died from a heart attack at the age of 38. Uche and I had been messaging on Twitter about our shared concerns about concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (C.T.E.). He had struggled to find his next passion after retiring but had recently gained a dedicated following on YouTube commenting on football and pop culture, calling himself the Observant Lineman. He is survived by his wife, Michele, and two young daughters.
Young former N.F.L. players, mostly linemen, die from heart attacks or heart disease nearly every year. In addition to Uche, Shane Olivea died in March at age 40. Max Tuerk, age 26, died in 2020. Taylor Whitley, age 38, 2018. Jeremy Nunley, age 46, 2018. Nate Hobgood-Chittick, age 42, 2017. Rodrick Monroe, age 40, 2017. Ron Brace, age 29, 2016. Quentin Groves, 32, 2016. Damion Cook, 36, 2015. According to a 2019 study from Harvard University, N.F.L. players are 2.5 times as likely to have cardiovascular diseases listed as an underlying or contributing cause of death as Major League Baseball players.
Scientists believe N.F.L. players are at greater risk of heart disease because of the weight they gain, even when it is mostly muscle. After players retire, it’s extremely difficult for them to lose the football weight, partly because of chronic pain from injuries suffered while playing. (N.F.L. players ages 25 to 39 have about three times the rate of arthritis as the general public.) These men’s untimely deaths were a tragedy to their loved ones, friends and former teammates, but the public was largely unaware.
Neurological disorders are also uncomfortably common among former N.F.L. players. Uche had recently invited me on his podcast. We planned to discuss how football players should interpret data from the Boston University’s C.T.E. Center study showing that around 90 percent of the more than 300 N.F.L. players they have studied since 2008 have had C.T.E., a neurodegenerative disease that is linked with the development of dementia and is caused in part by repeated traumatic brain injuries. While it is unlikely that those 300 N.F.L. players studied are representative of the total N.F.L. population, a separate analysis has suggested the minimum prevalence in N.F.L. players is 10 percent, more than 10 times what it is in the general population. Uche wanted his brain tested for C.T.E. after his death, and his family is following through on his request.
Neurological damage from repeated head trauma may be behind the findings that N.F.L. players are three times as likely to die of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and 3.5 times as likely to die of Parkinson’s disease as Major League Baseball players. Death certificates tend to undercount dementia, but a survey published last year found that N.F.L. players in their 50s are 10 times as likely to be diagnosed with dementia as the general population.
The risks N.F.L. players incur are not limited to their years on professional teams. C.T.E. risk is partially determined by the length of a player’s career — the longer one plays football, the more head impacts and traumatic brain injuries they are likely to suffer, the greater their risk. Therefore, this risk is also shared by college football, high school and even youth players, all of whom are exposed to the risk, the vast majority without any financial upside — and in the case of children, without informed consent.
I hope the football safety conversation that Damar Hamlin has inspired makes the game safer for young players who consider him a hero and want to follow in his footsteps. I also hope the public will focus on what we can influence, including how we manage risk factors for heart disease and when we introduce our children to tackle football. According to a study by the C.D.C., youth tackle football players average 389 head impacts a season. Perhaps we should Stop Hitting Kids in the Head and push for only flag football before high school. And perhaps those who profit off the sport should start to live up to their responsibility. The N.F.L. requires on average 30 medical professionals at each game. But while the risks do not end on the field, the medical care often does.
Damar Hamlin deserves every ounce of our attention, support and respect after putting himself at risk for our entertainment. Let’s keep talking about him, his family, his teammates, his city and the fans who have rallied behind him and all the positives that he has inspired and represents, including the preciousness of life — even the parts of it that are not captured on camera.
Chris Nowinski is a behavioral neuroscientist and the founding C.E.O. of the nonprofit organization Concussion Legacy Foundation. An all-Ivy defensive lineman at Harvard University, he joined WWE, but his professional wrestling career was cut short by concussions.
GUEST ESSAY
Football Is Deadly, but Not for the Reasons You Think
Jan. 9, 2023
By Chris Nowinski
Mr. Nowinski, a former professional athlete, is a behavioral neuroscientist and the founding C.E.O. of the nonprofit organization Concussion Legacy Foundation.
When Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during the N.F.L. “Monday Night Football” game last week, it felt like the world stopped — both on the field, where emergency medical teams rushed into action and fellow players looked on in shock, and on televisions in millions of homes, where fans tried to make sense of what they had just witnessed in real time.
Just moments earlier, the second-year Buffalo Bills safety had made a tackle on the Cincinnati Bengals’ Tee Higgins, causing his chest to collide violently with Higgins’s helmet. Cardiologists have speculated that the impact may have triggered commotio cordis, a rare condition that can occur when the chest wall is impacted during a vulnerable moment in the heartbeat cycle, which can knock the heart out of rhythm. Hamlin has made remarkable progress, but the condition can be fatal.
The episode has focused international attention on the physical dangers of football, with many parents wondering anew if they should allow their children to play and some fans questioning whether it’s ethical to support the sport at all.
As a former college football player and neuroscientist who has advocated better protections for athletes for the last 20 years, I am encouraged by the outpouring of support for Mr. Hamlin, a talented player and a role model, and for his family.
But as alarming as his injury was, the terrifying incident carries a secondary risk: It is focusing attention on a single, dramatic outlier rather than the chronic medical conditions that pose by far the greatest danger to players.
According to the National Commotio Cordis Registry, there are an estimated 15 to 20 cases per year nationwide, usually in sports like baseball or hockey when a fast-moving projectile connects with an unprotected chest. In football, where players wear lots of padding, an event like this is so rare at the N.F.L. level that it probably won’t occur again in our lifetimes. Meanwhile, chronic heart disease and the long-term effects of traumatic brain injuries have robbed countless players of their health, their happiness and even their lives but do not receive the same medical or cultural attention because they happen away from the cameras.
Hours before the Monday night game, I learned that the former N.F.L. offensive lineman Uche Nwaneri, who started 92 games at guard and center for the Jacksonville Jaguars, had died from a heart attack at the age of 38. Uche and I had been messaging on Twitter about our shared concerns about concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (C.T.E.). He had struggled to find his next passion after retiring but had recently gained a dedicated following on YouTube commenting on football and pop culture, calling himself the Observant Lineman. He is survived by his wife, Michele, and two young daughters.
Young former N.F.L. players, mostly linemen, die from heart attacks or heart disease nearly every year. In addition to Uche, Shane Olivea died in March at age 40. Max Tuerk, age 26, died in 2020. Taylor Whitley, age 38, 2018. Jeremy Nunley, age 46, 2018. Nate Hobgood-Chittick, age 42, 2017. Rodrick Monroe, age 40, 2017. Ron Brace, age 29, 2016. Quentin Groves, 32, 2016. Damion Cook, 36, 2015. According to a 2019 study from Harvard University, N.F.L. players are 2.5 times as likely to have cardiovascular diseases listed as an underlying or contributing cause of death as Major League Baseball players.
Scientists believe N.F.L. players are at greater risk of heart disease because of the weight they gain, even when it is mostly muscle. After players retire, it’s extremely difficult for them to lose the football weight, partly because of chronic pain from injuries suffered while playing. (N.F.L. players ages 25 to 39 have about three times the rate of arthritis as the general public.) These men’s untimely deaths were a tragedy to their loved ones, friends and former teammates, but the public was largely unaware.
Neurological disorders are also uncomfortably common among former N.F.L. players. Uche had recently invited me on his podcast. We planned to discuss how football players should interpret data from the Boston University’s C.T.E. Center study showing that around 90 percent of the more than 300 N.F.L. players they have studied since 2008 have had C.T.E., a neurodegenerative disease that is linked with the development of dementia and is caused in part by repeated traumatic brain injuries. While it is unlikely that those 300 N.F.L. players studied are representative of the total N.F.L. population, a separate analysis has suggested the minimum prevalence in N.F.L. players is 10 percent, more than 10 times what it is in the general population. Uche wanted his brain tested for C.T.E. after his death, and his family is following through on his request.
Neurological damage from repeated head trauma may be behind the findings that N.F.L. players are three times as likely to die of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and 3.5 times as likely to die of Parkinson’s disease as Major League Baseball players. Death certificates tend to undercount dementia, but a survey published last year found that N.F.L. players in their 50s are 10 times as likely to be diagnosed with dementia as the general population.
The risks N.F.L. players incur are not limited to their years on professional teams. C.T.E. risk is partially determined by the length of a player’s career — the longer one plays football, the more head impacts and traumatic brain injuries they are likely to suffer, the greater their risk. Therefore, this risk is also shared by college football, high school and even youth players, all of whom are exposed to the risk, the vast majority without any financial upside — and in the case of children, without informed consent.
I hope the football safety conversation that Damar Hamlin has inspired makes the game safer for young players who consider him a hero and want to follow in his footsteps. I also hope the public will focus on what we can influence, including how we manage risk factors for heart disease and when we introduce our children to tackle football. According to a study by the C.D.C., youth tackle football players average 389 head impacts a season. Perhaps we should Stop Hitting Kids in the Head and push for only flag football before high school. And perhaps those who profit off the sport should start to live up to their responsibility. The N.F.L. requires on average 30 medical professionals at each game. But while the risks do not end on the field, the medical care often does.
Damar Hamlin deserves every ounce of our attention, support and respect after putting himself at risk for our entertainment. Let’s keep talking about him, his family, his teammates, his city and the fans who have rallied behind him and all the positives that he has inspired and represents, including the preciousness of life — even the parts of it that are not captured on camera.
Chris Nowinski is a behavioral neuroscientist and the founding C.E.O. of the nonprofit organization Concussion Legacy Foundation. An all-Ivy defensive lineman at Harvard University, he joined WWE, but his professional wrestling career was cut short by concussions.
I have agreed with you 50 times, and maybe even added a few of my own. I don't understand how teams keep repeating the same thing hoping for a different outcome. Yes, you must have a really solid QB, but you must have a solid/deep roster as well. Are the sub .500 teams not observing the teams who win more?
Coaches, especially HC, is a little different monster. A good coordinator won't necessarily make a good HC, nor will a good NCAA HC necessarily translate to the NFL. Most GMs don't really know what to look for beyond the shiny things though.
Bieniemy might or might not be a good HC. Jeff Saturday might or might not be a good HC. Obviously, those are two dramatically different paths to a HC job, but IMO, Saturday has just as good a chance at success as Bieniemy. There are just sooo many factors. Campbell has worked well in DET, but he might not have worked well in a different organization with different pieces.
PLUS, nothing can be viewed in a one year picture because it takes time to build, and a few key injuries can wreck a season.
Also, 'fans' are stupid! LAR won the Fn Superbowl last year, but due to a poor off season, and several injuries, they had a bad year so now the fans want McVey fired. REALLY?!
I think that Bennett can be a successful QB in the NFL, but he needs to end up in the right system.
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Those Rams fans might get their wish in another way. Even though McVay is young, it seems he was already thinking of moving off to the media whether the Rams won the SB or not. Now that box is ticked and he has said he is taking time to deliberate on his future after a perfect storm of a season which started with a thrashing from the Bills at home and never got back on track. Obviously coaching is a high stress job and not for everyone long term or maybe its simply family pressures, who knows ? Donald and Stafford are not far off retirement you would think. At the moment it seems like the Hawks and 49ers are in the best positions going forward in the NFC West. Rams got their SB mainly through big swings in the free agent market and with some smart but expensive trades by their GM while the Cards are a mess and now they owe a ton of money to the ex-coach and have a QB who misses a lot of games and seems to have locker room and maturity issues and reportedly demanded to be involved in the selection of a new coach. Wonder what sort of coach that will attract ? Probably not one of the proven ones but maybe another first time NFL coach . i don't think its a team that Payton would be interested in or Dan Quinn.
IMO, they got their SB mainly through smart building, and then sprinkled in some big/key acquisitions.
You'll have to check my memory, but I think that they had 10-13 wins each year going back to '17 after a 3 or 4 win season in '16.
The building and spending paid off in a SB win. Long term though, it might mean a few difficult years. IMO, MS's contract was too big and too long ($160 MIL, 4 or 5 years), yes it lead to a SB, but it has them bound now.
FYI: MS just announced that he plans to return this year no matter what McV decides.
There are occasions where a team drafts a QB #1 OA and Shazam...instance success! Look at Cincy - Burrow drafted #1 in 2020. He blows out his ACL mid-season of his rookie year, comes back last year & takes the team to the freaking SB! This year he finishes 12-4, division champs & on pace to go deep in the playoffs again. Short of winning the SB, this is the kind of success you want to see with a #1 OA QB. This is why they're paid huge rookie contracts & crazy-ass signing bonuses! One statement: WIN & WIN NOW! In fact, Burrow is just 3 freaking seasons 24-17-1 in 42 GS & 2-1 in the postseason!
Now look at the #1 OAs the last few years who are on the cusp of being colossal busts: Murray in 4 seasons: 57 GS/25-31-1/0-1 PS.
FFS, Mayfield in 3 seasons: 69 GS/31-38/0-1 PS. Now with this 3rd team - total CLOWN show!
Lawrence 2 seasons; 34 GS/12-22/PS - TBD. I'm listing Lawrence here because, though he made the playoffs, one & done isn't going to cut it & he needs to win at least this playoff game. Next year, barring injury, expectations would be a deep run in the PS & perhaps a SB appearance. Remember, scouts touted him as the best QB prospect in the last 20 yrs! The next Payton Manning! (Expectations become very high when & there's no margin for mediocrity when you are advertised with that kind of talent).
You cut way too much slack to these #1 OA QBs. Keep in mind when a team with the #1 pick selects a QB - they're are declaring that this is the best player in that draft class - a franchise player who is expected to change the entire dynamics of the team from loser to winner - immediately. That's why they're given these ridiculous rookie contracts & insane signing bonuses. If this isn't the case, why draft QBs #1 OA, let alone in the 1st round anyway? Why not draft a QB in the later rounds & instead draft top skill position players in the first round will a long-term rebuilding objective.
The reason I believe is the QB in this day & age has most impact on the overall success of the team. And when look at some of the genetic freaks playing QB these days (e.g. Mahomes, Allen, Lawrence, Burrow, Fields, Tua, Lance, etc - incredible size, strength, quickness) you can see why they have the potential to single handedly change the dynamics of the team. How many times have we seen Mahomes perform magic on the field & single-handedly win games? KC would not be where they're at without Mahomes. Reid wasn't winning any AFC championships nor a SB with Alex Smith at the helm.
Btw, Big Ben made Tomlin successful. He's only a SB winning coach because of Big Ben. Great QBs make coaches look good - not the other way round. Pittsburgh had a shitty year & didn't make the playoffs (the benchmark for Pittsburgh is to make the playoffs every year). Billy B only won all those SBs because of TB - look how crappy the team is now that the GOAT is gone. Lol.
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Yes Stafford is returning this year but how long will the body hold up and Donald had to be coaxed back post SB for two more seasons it seems. The massive money convinced him. Yes McVay's record is impressive post the Jeff Fisher days.......and the ramifications of those trades have already bitten them along with the horrific injury toll. They deserved their SB of course and the 49ers not having Jimmy G or Trent Williams 100 % healthy for the NFC game made it easier for them. Still the Bengals ran them close in the SB which surprised me at the time. I was never confident they were going to beat the Patriots in their previous SB attempt.
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Mahomes at 6'2" is not huge which explains his quickness IMO. He's super adaptable and most other QBs aren't allowed his tactical flexibility. He can thank Andy Reid for that. He's paid Andy and the team back hugely for that authority.
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Maybe I'll try again later, but I only made it four minutes into that
until I had to turn it off. These two aren't the worst of the talking heads, but FFS, verbal diarrhea.I'm not referencing just height but weight as well when I use the word "size." Mahomes is 225 lbs on that 6-2 frame giving him good size for a NFL starting QB (he's bigger than Elway, Montana & Favre). And he's got tremendous quickness for a man that big recording one of the fastest times in the 3-cone drill at the combine. And I don't think I have to mention that cannon of an arm - one of the strongest ever in the history of the league.
It's all Mahomes that changed the dynamics of KC vaulting them to SB champs. If he were to step away from the game today the impact he's left at KC is legendary. In 5 seasons & 80 GS, he's 64-16! In the PS, he's 8-3 with 4 AFC championship appearances & a SB title. His career RTG is 105.7. The last time the Chiefs won a SB was 50 yrs ago back in the Len Dawson/Hank Stram era.
And Mahomes wasn't even a #1 OA pick but only 10th OA. Lol. His was drafted with one primary objective - to bring a SB title back to KC. Mission accomplished & there's potentially more to come if he stays healthy.
Btw, the guy is a beast with his workouts & demonstrates amazing agility for a 225 lb man. Good upper body muscularity & big legs also.
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These 2 clods are a reflection of the times and a 36yo guy,super bowl winner.. But being 36 has a ton to do with it..
Fickle used to be a word..not so much anymore..if the Rams,McVey and these couple of jugheads see a losing season as a long term trend.. wow!! The culture of what have you done for me lately has gone a step further.. Super disappointing to see that long term for lots of people is measured in months. I see McVey as slaughtering the golden goose for not understanding history.. if he feels pressure.. wait a little bit.. Get some whiskey,bottle of wine or a case of cans and give a call to a guy like Andy Reid,Tony Dungy, Mike Tomlin, Bill Cowher..say " hey love to meet with you and bend your ear,get a little insight and advice.. Are you up for it? "..Really think that conversion to TV color commentary is a huge step back and down.. and sure he could last 10+ years but he could after a few more years of coaching and being inside.. Just an opinion
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