As for the 49ers, oh well. Let's go get Sean Payton. The Saints want a 2nd round pick and the 49ers can easily pay that and still have an oversized draft class.
Question is does Payton want to get in bed with the Yorks and Trent Baalke? I think when the dust settles during the off season, the 49ers are going to get another Jim Tomsula because no one in their right mind would want to sign on with that organization in the state it's presently in.
Grigson and Pagano. I get keeping Pagano. I don't get keeping Grigson. But I guess if he didn't get fired for the Trent Richardson trade then he may never get fired.
That transcript of the Jed York press conference...YIKES.
Grandpa this, Uncle that. "I took the criticism too personally..."
Part of me really feels for him and his situation. Tremendous familial expectations, no experience to lean on to help put the whole situation into perspective, probably growing up way too rich and insulated and apparently no ability to look within himself to understand what's going on. I mean, seriously, who has a press conference and bares his soul like that to basically say, "I'm too immature to be doing this"?
The other part of me enjoys watching this douche get his comeuppance. Schadenfreude and all that.
Kickoffs at Levi's should all start with this:
Rams, Chargers, Raiders filed for LA relocation last night.
And the Browns have achieved Maximum Cleveland. Their new GM according to Jason La Canfora is...Paul DePodesta of the New York Mets.
Rams, Chargers, Raiders filed for LA relocation last night.
How many damn teams do they need for one city?
And the Browns have achieved Maximum Cleveland. Their new GM according to Jason La Canfora is...Paul DePodesta of the New York Mets.
And the Browns have achieved Maximum Cleveland. Their new GM according to Jason La Canfora is...Paul DePodesta of the New York Mets.
He's not the new GM, he's the Chief Strategy Officer.
Guess he's gonna be doing statistical stuff for them.
Rat Boy wrote:Rams, Chargers, Raiders filed for LA relocation last night.
How many damn teams do they need for one city?
If it's L.A., based on past attendance, zero.
If you take the $550 million relocation fee the NFL is floating, plus the money Kroenke wants to spend on a stadium in LA, and drop it on a stadium in sports crazy town like St. Louis, I still think Kroenke would make more money than trying to lure southern California fans to the Rams when he will also have another team in town to compete with.
Rat Boy wrote:And the Browns have achieved Maximum Cleveland. Their new GM according to Jason La Canfora is...Paul DePodesta of the New York Mets.
He's not the new GM, he's the Chief Strategy Officer.
Guess he's gonna be doing statistical stuff for them.
It's an interesting commentary on the state of sports in this country and/or the temptation value of dumptrucks full of money if someone's willing to leave the runner up for the World Series for the runner up for the first pick in the NFL Draft.
garion333 wrote:Rat Boy wrote:And the Browns have achieved Maximum Cleveland. Their new GM according to Jason La Canfora is...Paul DePodesta of the New York Mets.
He's not the new GM, he's the Chief Strategy Officer.
Guess he's gonna be doing statistical stuff for them.
It's an interesting commentary on the state of sports in this country and/or the temptation value of dumptrucks full of money if someone's willing to leave the runner up for the World Series for the runner up for the first pick in the NFL Draft.
The Mets almost made the World Series?
garion333 wrote:Rat Boy wrote:And the Browns have achieved Maximum Cleveland. Their new GM according to Jason La Canfora is...Paul DePodesta of the New York Mets.
He's not the new GM, he's the Chief Strategy Officer.
Guess he's gonna be doing statistical stuff for them.
It's an interesting commentary on the state of sports in this country and/or the temptation value of dumptrucks full of money if someone's willing to leave the runner up for the World Series for the runner up for the first pick in the NFL Draft.
Taking a guy with a strong interest in analytics seems like a really good idea if you have a stable organization where that kind of data can really be used well with a view towards long-term growth.
So, basically, terrible idea for the Browns, because everybody's going to be fired the first week of 2018 anyways.
Honestly, a guy with strong analytics could be the right guy to help shape a rebuild based on an understanding of what actually contributors to winning football. I'd say that is something the Browns need before they start accumulating talent.
Honestly, a guy with strong analytics could be the right guy to help shape a rebuild based on an understanding of what actually contributors to winning football. I'd say that is something the Browns need before they start accumulating talent.
I'd say they more need an ownership group willing to be patient and build the team the right way, but it's instead the guy who fired Chud after one year because he apparently didn't win it all with a bad team.
I would like the hire if somebody else did it.
*Legion* wrote:I assume the Chargers, Cowboys and Ravens aren't.This is less assured. Rivers and Romo are 34 and 35. They're both secure for 2016 but they start to be realistically replaceable beyond that. Jerry Jones already wanted to draft JFF.
But the Ravens are the big target here. Flacco's contract is ballooning to league-leading numbers starting next year. The Ravens could easily decide to rip the bandaid and swallow the dead money now, helped along by starting a rookie QB and his low cap figure. Or they could draft a QB to sit behind Flacco and let Flacco go a year from now. They could also double down on Flacco and extend his deal, but until that happens, they are a threat to potentially draft a QB.
The Ravens are too conservative to move on from Flacco. They'll restructure his deal at some point, but it's not their MO to cut their Super Bowl winning QB.
Oh wait...
Spoiler:Seriously though, they won't be getting rid of Flacco. I expect they'll get an edge rusher, d-lineman or a CB here.
I'd be floored if Flacco didn't restructure. He's got a good thing here, and you see that reflected in a lot of what UFAs on the team are saying.
garion333 wrote:PFT's got a handy firing/hiring tracker. It currently starts off with the Browns and this gem:
Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam announced Sashi Brown has been promoted from general counsel to executive vice president of football operations. With this move, Haslam said the team will prioritize hiring a head coach before a general manager; the new GM will answer to Brown.So, you want to coach the Browns? Good news, you'll be hired by the new puppet of Jimmy Haslam. The puppet will then hire your direct boss, the new GM, who had no hand in your hiring.
Tell me, who wants either of those positions?
I mean, I'll take the puppet GM spot for a year.
I'll be your HC then!
MilkmanDanimal wrote:Stele wrote:Rat Boy wrote:Rams, Chargers, Raiders filed for LA relocation last night.
How many damn teams do they need for one city?
If it's L.A., based on past attendance, zero.
Wasn't it terrible prior to moving, though? I'm going on memory here, but I thought the Rams attendance was terrible at the end, and that was before there was even worse traffic and about ten billion other entertainment options.
The Rams were in the top half of the league in attendance for the majority of their 48 years in Los Angeles.
Then I read things like "Mike Mularkey has legitimate chance to be retained", as well as the team president basically giving him a pass for last year ("you look at [...] how he interacted with Ruston, what obstacles he faced in trying to use a system that was someone else’s design ...") ... and I now realize there is a real threat of Mike Mularkey being the head coach of the Tennessee Titans for real.
As an old person, I love the Rams going to LA. I hate to see STL losing a team but I still think of the Rams as belonging in LA, it still seems weird to say "St. Louis Rams". Now if they can only get the blue and white jerseys back
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