Jason_R

We’re done with Harbaugh. But we need someone Harbaugh-adjacent.

So long, Skip. 🫡

Speaking of Hooker, he was drafted right before Tank Dell. Martin was drafted right after Jordan Battle. This franchise looks a lot different if, instead of those two, Brad had picked, say Byron Young or Kobie Turner.

I agree that Hooker was his worst decision. Made no sense at the time. Even less in retrospect.

This is a legitimate complaint about Holmes. It is the downside of his smartest-guy-in-the-room tendency to identify the guys he thinks will be difference makers and to find a way to get them. Maybe he will learn from this, or maybe this will be his Achilles heel, like Dan being overly aggressive on 4th down The trade deadline stuff is a sideshow. There are relatively few players available at any given trade deadline. Often the marginal difference between players available by trade versus players in practice squads who already know your coaches, system, and personnel, is not significant.

18 games is inevitable. I don’t like it but the owners didn’t ask me. They would have to add a second bye week, and probably increase roster size.

Morton was a different situation though. Whether through wishful thinking or laziness they seemed to think they could plug in a guy who had been in the building and maintain continuity. He had never called plays so there was no independent track record to evaluate him on. At least this time they did enough due diligence to decide that Petzing was a better candidate than the consensus best OC candidate on the market.

Arizona never put up 70 points.

The fact that McDaniel went to an OC position raises the stakes on Detroit’s decision not to pursue him. I feel cautiously optimistic about Petzing but I find it hard to believe that McDaniel would have been anything less than a home run, even if he was packing his bags for a HC role in 2027.

Agree. If I’m Dan, I tell Petzing that the first call he needs to make is to David Montgomery. FYI, in 2025 Detroit had 442 rushing attempts for 2,041 yards. In 2024 they had 535 attempts for 2,488 yards. In 2023, they had 500 attempts for 2,311 yards. If they really want to get back to the running game, they need him.

I look forward to seeing Baker put up 80 on the Falcons next season.

Wait… is that you, Coach Lalonde?