Mongo3451

No. It's about being in a leverage position. It's not about him being weak. He's a big boy and handles it well when in a proper set. At OG, he'll always be in that position. Plus, they'll not have a run at him and the moves that I explained earlier.

There are opinions and then there are facts.

Not the same positional responsibilities. Guard is way easier to block on bull rush. IYKYK

This is the opposite of true. The anchor is everything and it's ten times easier from the guard position.

Yes. I even posted it on another thread. Pass sets are completely different for guards and OT. The hardest thing an OT does is to anchor after contact. Does the DE dip, rip, spin, swim or bullrush? When you remove the dip and spin with DT, it's just square up and anchor. That's why GM's draft OT's higher, because they usually can successfully transition to guard if they fail at OT. Draft a pure LOT highly. When he beats Braxton out, he can compete at OG to be a starter and swing tackle. Same Kiran.

We are winning this game.

The coach sets the overall personality of the team, until player leaders emerge. That being said, coaches can kill teams by expecting personas that are against the nature of individuals. I remember Eberflus not wanting foul language on Hard Knocks. Are you thinking about playing football or the camera? I also remember Eberflus going the extra mile insisting his players not get into a fight during joint practices. In their world, not fighting back makes you a punk ass bitch.(Verbatim) I can't remember how many times I've heard accomplished coaches say that a good camp fight is a good thing. A recent example leads me to the Trevor Lawrence hit. If his OL doesn't come to defend him, what does that say? Damn the penalty. Don't F with my quarterback!

No to Freeman, Kingsbury and Glenn. If Brown and Vrabel are the best candidates, I will be greatly disappointed. Vrabel has experience, but not an offensive mind. Brown will have to show alot quickly. Ben Johnson and Joe McDonald are hot. My personal favorite is Gruden.

Hate it...

Something's gotta change...

Y'all think Kerry Joseph will move to OC?

Don't give up on that edge rusher so easily. All things being equal, we know we need LT and EDGE desperately. It's been said many times, that a QB's best friend is a pass rush. I would love to have a high first rounder to use on either. That being said, OL cannot be neglected anymore. Pedigree means something with OL success rates. Draft them high and often. Dudes get hurt. No more patch work journeymen. If I'm rebuilding the OL, I'm keeping Jones, Jenkins, Wright, Kiran, Shelton, Pryor and Bates. I would draft the best LT in the draft. Then, I would have Jones backup LT/LG. Jones wouldn't be as susceptible to the bull rush inside, due to being able to engage quicker. Jenkins stays put. Shelton/Bates at center unless we sign or draft a stud. Draft a bastard to play guard! Wright stays put, with Kiran at backup to RT/RG. A great scenario would be for Kiran to be a stud and have him bump Wright inside. That would leave the stud OG to fight it out with Jenkins. Fun times...

I was saying the same for the last couple of weeks. To rationalize, maybe Brown has the guy under him that he trusts enough to collaborate with. Maybe that was even part of the selection process with Poles. Look at me thinking we may be competent...🤪

They let him have a conference call this morning, so he's probably staying. The first three questions were about whether he'd keep his job, which was brutal. He deflected all them with on to SF...

If they fire him tomorrow, we will win our next game. Book it!

Virginia is the only one with balls, so it'll have to come from her.

I've been simmering on this the last two weeks and haven't found the time. Year one of Poles was, hold on and take the beating and I loved it. Year two of Poles was trade the pick, get Edmonds and Edwards for the price of Roquan. And I loved it until he didn't improve the OL like he said he would. Then trades for Sweat and he became Lord Poles. Year three and my full expectation was drafting our future face of the franchise, get another pass rusher and fix the OL. That's a yes, no and hell no. Instead, he trades a 4th rounder for an injury prone reciever with a 24 million contract, in the best receiver class in years. Then, drafts Odunze instead of OL, or Verse. He could have traded that pick and possibly gotten OL, DL and a receiver. Everett and Swift were both unnecessary signings. Drafting Tory Taylor in the 4th is now a slap on his own face. Poles failure has enhanced Flus' chance of failure this year. Poles has two outta three good years, but his arrogance has really hurt us and Caleb's growth. If Flus goes, Poles needs to go as well. Coaches and GM's should be a package deal when together multiple years. How many times have seen a lame duck GM hire our next coach. Either Poles goes or gets extended. No status quo. I hate to say it because I idolized Poles for the work he was doing. He simply had three years to fix the trenches and it's not close enough for me to endorse him. We lack a dominant pass rusher, a dominant 3T, a LT, an OG and a center. It get gets bigger if Brisker has to retire, because Byard has lost two steps. We also didn't have effective speed at the WR position, as we are nothing but possession types. The roster should be close, but it is not...

I thought 8 or 9 wins. I'm also on record saying Justin and another bounty of picks would have netted is 10+. I'm still happy about the Caleb route, because he can take us somewhere Justin never would.

I say yes to firing Flus. As far as Brown is concerned, I believe he is serving us best from the box. He may indeed be a good HC someday, but he has Caleb cooking from the rule he is playing now. How about Washington? That may be a smoother transition.

What continues to kill us is giving up 3rd down conversations when the odds are hugely in our favor. I believe we gave up four with 10+ yards to go. Our pass rush is terrible and that hurts our secondary.

I don't understand the 2 point conversation attempt. Does the math support more than 50% success rate?

Yeah, it's a philosophy with me. Waldron was supposed to be two TE and heavy run, so Bowers made more sense in my head. I also see the NFL through a fantasy football lense. When looking at players and I'll use Kelce as example. He was scoring like a high end receiver and his theoretical gap with the other TE's has been pretty big over a long span. As a result, I started drafting Kelce like a WR before anyone. (Even the experts). Was I lucky, yes. Even better, I was on to something. My fantasy league is in it's 26th year and they roasted me for drafting a TE in the third round. It got worse when I drafted him in the second. Now, my arch rival has beat me to the punch the last couple of years. It's not the total value that Kelce provides, it's the steady mailbox money points. He's there when called upon. That's what I thought of Bowers and he's more athletic than Kelce. Before Stinger comes in and tells me real football is not fantasy or that I'm wasting brain energy, I'll say, if you parallel the difference making concept, it's here...

We talked about this before the draft. Kmet is a classic inline and Bowers is a classic move. They would have played like a dream in eleven personnel. Bowers would have been very affordable on a rookie contract while Kmet aged. I'm not bitching about Rome because I really like him and trust/ed Poles to make the right call. In the end, I believe both will have great careers. I'm just always looking for a matchup edge...