Random NFL comments/thoughts

[Tenacious D]

27 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

Maybe it is just me, but if I were Williams I would have refused and I would be embarrassed if my only rushing touchdown on the season came from when my team faked a victory formation.  Like....how do you feel good about that?

Agree.  He’s as guilty as Winston.

[NYLion]

13 hours ago, buddha said:

i'd be surprised if ben johnson doesnt end up in carolina.

Chargers

[Motown Bombers]

I wouldn't sleep on the Falcons. Atlanta is close to North Carolina where Johnson is from but he wouldn't have to coach the Panthers. He could also hire Staley for assistant. The Falcons have some interesting pieces. I could see them going after someone like Cousins or Wilson as a stopgap until they develop another QB. The Chargers have Herbert but they have an aging and underperforming roster that is up against the cap. 

[NYLion]

5 hours ago, RandyMarsh said:

Puka and AJ Brown also had Pro Bowl worthy years so somebody was gonna get left out.

Sucks for St. Brown but let's face it who really cares about the Pro Bowl anyway unless you have a contract incentive tied to it?

St. Brown cared, a lot. He made a big point of saying how "hot" he was about not being selected, the man thrives on being overlooked. He's very much in that Michael Jordan mold of insane competitor that looks for any little reason to be extra motivated.

[MichiganCardinal]

Jaguars should get a yearly Christmas card from this front office.

[Motown Bombers]

Hutchinson has about as many pressures as Thibodeaux and Walker combined. 

[RedRamage]

37 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

I wouldn't sleep on the Falcons. Atlanta is close to North Carolina where Johnson is from but he wouldn't have to coach the Panthers. He could also hire Staley for assistant. The Falcons have some interesting pieces. I could see them going after someone like Cousins or Wilson as a stopgap until they develop another QB. The Chargers have Herbert but they have an aging and underperforming roster that is up against the cap. 

I was kinda hoping that Staley might come back to the Lions as OC or some other capacity if Johnson left.

[Motown Bombers]

4 minutes ago, RedRamage said:

I was kinda hoping that Staley might come back to the Lions as OC or some other capacity if Johnson left.

Just promote Tanner Engstrand to coordinator or Brunell. 

[buddha]

if johnson leaves i bet the lions promote from within.

or bring duce staley back.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

How does Arthur Smith get fired in Atlanta but not their GM. Was Smith the one who demanded they draft Desmond Ridder as their QB of the future or does their GM get blame in that too? I don't see how you can fire Smith if their GM was behind drafting Ridder and saddling that organization with him as the QB. Had they drafted Fields instead of Kyle Pitts maybe their prospects would be better.

Also, it seems at least so far, Martin Mayhew is still with Washington as their GM.

[Motown Bombers]

I like looking at all these other teams with the smug satisfaction that the Lions are better run than they are. 

[NYLion]

1 hour ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Jaguars should get a yearly Christmas card from this front office.

This isn't taking into account impact in the running game where Hutchinson is a MAJOR factor. Don't know about the other two but I have a hard time believing that many in the league or as impactful as Hutch against the run.

[Motown Bombers]

I'll go out on a limb and say none of them have close to as many interceptions as Hutchinson does. 

[Motor City Sonics]

3 hours ago, buddha said:

i guarantee he is in the league next year.  there are a dearth of nfl quality qbs and he is still one of them.

If it was just about talent, sure, but dude brings a lot of baggage and I don't know that coaches tolerate that so much anymore, especially from that position. 

[Motown Bombers]

I could see Winston going to the Broncos and reuniting with Payton. 

[MichiganCardinal]

32 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

I could see Winston going to the Broncos and reuniting with Payton. 

That kind of move wouldn’t fly with Payton. No way.

[Motown Bombers]

2 minutes ago, MichiganCardinal said:

That kind of move wouldn’t fly with Payton. No way.

See I thought it was the kind of douche move that Payton would like. 

[MichiganCardinal]

10 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

See I thought it was the kind of douche move that Payton would like. 

Well I could see him okaying the play. It wouldn’t have been a fake kneel though. He wouldn’t let someone undermine him where he says no and they do it anyway.

[buddha]

from what i read, it was the entire offense that agreed to do it, not just jameis.

jameis will be in the league next year.  noted ass hole carson wentz played this year.  talent wins.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Motown Bombers]

In 2021, there were 7 head coaches hired. 3 of those 7 remain with Campbell, Sirianni and Saleh. Saleh is hanging on by a thread and I would not be shocked if Sirianni got fired if the Eagles flopped in the playoffs. Sports Illustrated graded the coaching hires and Campbell received the second worst grade. Only David Culley got a worse grade. Sirianni got the 3rd worst grade. The highest grade hire was Saleh with Staley earning an A-. Urban Meyer was 4th with a B+ grade. 

Grading every 2021 NFL head coach hire - Sports Illustrated 

[Motown Bombers]

In terms of coaching grades during their first season, Campbell was the worst graded coach earning an F and Staley was the best with a B. 

Grading 2021's First-Year NFL Head Coaches Entering Season's Final Month | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report

[Motown Bombers]

"The Lions went from the defensive-minded, player-unfriendly Matt Patricia to the offensive-minded, rah-rah Campbell. Campbell, 44, has entrusted just-fired Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn as offensive coordinator and former Saints assistant Aaron Glenn as defensive coordinator.

First off, Detroit shouldn't have been roasted for hiring Campbell vs. a minority coach, given that it also hired two minority coordinators along with new GM Brad Holmes, the Rams' former college scouting director. Second, with that out of the way, Campbell and Lynn also are presented with an immediate big challenge with the looming transition from quarterback Matthew Stafford to likely a rookie.

The other hires were based on scheming brilliance and staffing experience, while Campbell, the one-time Dolphins interim head coach, is somewhere in limbo on that spectrum. He's a wild card like Meyer, only with nothing close to the same individual winning resume. Someone had to be last and, given how good this round of hires feels, Campbell is that guy."

Ranking NFL's new head coaches: Jets, Eagles find best hires for 2021; Lions edge Texans for worst | Sporting News

[Jason_R]

Also, there was great consternation that Sheila didn’t hire a GM first and allow the GM to hire the coach. There was related consternation that Rod Wood was involved in the hiring process and that Chris Spielman had an undefined role.

Sheila didn’t do what everyone thought she should do, and she didn’t do it the way everyone thought she should do it. But it has worked. This franchise has gone from having the worst ownership in the NFL to among the best in the span of just a few years. 

[Motown Bombers]

I remember the Rod Wood derangement. Good times. I am impressed with how well Campbell and Holmes seems to fit together and their chemistry. 

I watched the entire press conference with Campbell and he talked a lot about strategy but the media only latched on to the kneecap soundbite. Campbell is smarter than people give him credit for. Ironically, he's who I thought Patricia would be.