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I’d be happy if Cal somehow snatched Sean Payton from NO and signed him to be HC.
I'm not trading picks for a coach.
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I’d be happy if Cal somehow snatched Sean Payton from NO and signed him to be HC.
At ten million dollars make ya holla!I think we'd all be thrilled with that .... but with him being under contract thru 2021 ....
For Sean Payton id consider itI'm not trading picks for a coach.
For Sean Payton id consider it
In another thread I brought up how Mike Zimmer didn’t interview well and was passed up for multiple HC jobs. Bieniemy could be the same way.
Bieniemy and Roman should be at the top of the list.
I don’t see other teams being any more attractive than us. If anything it is pretty even.
Jets, Falcons, Jags, Broncos, and Detroit and maybe someone else out there will have openings.
The Jets are the only other team that has a young QB to build around. Even then, Watson has proven he is top tier in the NFL. That is very attractive.
The problem with us is we don’t have any working capital with draft picks and we need to rework our salary cap situation.
Gross.Dan Quinn is available.
HmI felt that he was hamstrung at the Qb position and could not find a Qb that he could work with which made me more forgiving.
Why not? I think we got one pick left late in the 20th round between the 5 cent cassette tapes, an old banana and the box of miss matched missing socks.I'm not trading picks for a coach.
Hm
The Titans had signed Fitzpatrick to a two year deal in 2013. They cut him at the end of that season. We paid him more than he would have made that 2nd year to be our QB.
& Fitz was good for our team in 2014. That’s not to say he was good in 2014. He was good for our team.
But instead of focusing his attention on more pressing concerns, we cut Fitz, eating dead money, to sign Hoyer.
That decision by O’Brien irked me. Had Hoyer held down the QB spot for a couple of years I’d have got over it. But Hoyer was benched at halftime game 1. & we went through Mallet & Oswilder because Tj Yates, Case Keenum, & Fitz weren’t good enough.
That told me right there, BO’b couldn’t identify a QB if the GOAT was sitting right in front of him.
In another thread I brought up how Mike Zimmer didn’t interview well and was passed up for multiple HC jobs. Bieniemy could be the same way.
Bieniemy and Roman should be at the top of the list.
I don’t see other teams being any more attractive than us. If anything it is pretty even.
Jets, Falcons, Jags, Broncos, and Detroit and maybe someone else out there will have openings.
The Jets are the only other team that has a young QB to build around. Even then, Watson has proven he is top tier in the NFL. That is very attractive.
The problem with us is we don’t have any working capital with draft picks and we need to rework our salary cap situation.
Top tier?
The Watt marketing aspect as relates to what he has done for Houston (hurricane Harvey, etc) is an issue when considering releasing him. What I think is a possible out for both Watt and the Texans.............present the situation as an agreed positive for Watt.............as a sign and trade him (or release him so that he can negotiate with another team) to a team close to his wife or to join his brothers..............all could understand such a move.............no face would be lost on either side.Even if they don't want to cut Watt - why can't they restructure his and other contracts? Throw Watt some additional guaranteed money and reduce his cap hit? Who else could they restructure to keep them but at a much lower rate - it doesn't have to just be roster cuts does it?
The Watt marketing aspect as relates to what he has done for Houston (hurricane Harvey, etc) is an issue when considering releasing him. What I think is a possible out for both Watt and the Texans.............present the situation as an agreed positive for Watt.............as a sign and trade him (or release him so that he can negotiate with another team) to a team close to his wife or to join his brothers..............all could understand such a move.............no face would be lost on either side.
I think we'd all be thrilled with that .... but with him being under contract thru 2021 ....
You make good points tk. Still I was willing to give BO'b the benefit of the doubt early on. Winning in spite of misgivings did that for me. I know our division has been seen as one of the weakest in the NFL but still winning our division as much as we did is not easy. In that regard I overlooked issues early on.Hm
The Titans had signed Fitzpatrick to a two year deal in 2013. They cut him at the end of that season. We paid him more than he would have made that 2nd year to be our QB.
& Fitz was good for our team in 2014. That’s not to say he was good in 2014. He was good for our team.
But instead of focusing his attention on more pressing concerns, we cut Fitz, eating dead money, to sign Hoyer.
That decision by O’Brien irked me. Had Hoyer held down the QB spot for a couple of years I’d have got over it. But Hoyer was benched at halftime game 1. & we went through Mallet & Osweiler because Tj Yates, Case Keenum, & Fitz weren’t good enough.
That told me right there, BO’b couldn’t identify a QB if the GOAT was sitting right in front of him.
Name me 8 better QBs.
Lovie is not my top candidate by a long shot but he did coach the Bears to a Super Bowl and he did so with an average talent team and weak Qb help. Also he is not to blame for losing most of his assistant coaches from that Super Bowl team. He did more with less in Chicago than just about any other head coach could have done. I realize he sucked in Tampa Bay but so did a lot of head coaches with that franchise.There's too many pages of post at this time for me to look and see if anybody has mentioned the coach I have in mind. Has anybody mentioned former head coach Lovie Smith as a candidate for a head coaching job again? I think he deserves another shot as an NFL head coach.
Besides that our team should be proactive in at least giving minorities a fair shot at the head coaching job. I am sure they can come up with more minorities to interview other than Eric Bienemy.
I wouldn't mind that at all
I question Rivers with 4 TDs and 5 INTs, but can't argue with your statistical logic after five games. I'll get back to you at the midway point and end of the season.Opinion -
Mahomes
Brady
Brees
Wilson
Rodgers
Jackson
Roethlisberger
Rivers
I'd add Garoppolo but he's hurt and even tho the Falcons are 0-5 Ryan is a better QB. That team just sucks.
Statistically -
21 players have a higher QBR.
14 players have a higher passer rating.
23 QB's have a better won loss record.
Opinion -
Mahomes
Brady
Brees
Wilson
Rodgers
Jackson
Roethlisberger
Rivers
I'd add Garoppolo but he's hurt and even tho the Falcons are 0-5 Ryan is a better QB. That team just sucks.
Statistically -
21 players have a higher QBR.
14 players have a higher passer rating.
23 QB's have a better won loss record.
I would put Watson ahead of Jackson, Rivers and Garoppolo when healthy.
Why? Watson took his team all the to the Divisional Round with Bill “I am the master of running it up the middle for no gain” O’Brein as head coach.
He didn’t have Harbaugh design a team to his strengths. He doesn’t have Shanahan who is a premier talent on the offensive side of the ball. He doesn’t have Reid, Belicheck, Payton, McDaniels, or Arians or any head coach who smart enough to do anything else but call running plays up the middle.
He has had Bill “I run such a complex system I go through QBs like hand sanitizer in 2020” O’Brein.
And one OC who is so green that last week before last he was demoted to being the water boy.
And yet - Watson has still had success throwing. Success running. Success in the playoffs.
He ain’t top 5, but he is somewhere in the 5-8.
Seriously - how many times last year did we say - “Great playcalling Bill” or “Great game plan Bill”. ?
Watson is in the same situation as Manning was in with Mora.
If you were Bruce Arians. Going into 2020. If Watson was a free agent like Brady.
What would he have done? Or Indy with Rivers? Or Pittsburgh with Roethlisberger coming off injuries? Or Peyton with Brees on his last year?
Could you imagine Watson in NO with Kamara and Thomas?
Very long post. Sorry.
Arians is on record that if the Texans didn’t move up to 12 to take Watson, he would have selected him with the Cardinals’ 13th pick.Watson would not fit in NO system as it stands. Arians signed the best QB maybe ever. No idea if he would have been interested in Watson. He would have preferred to try to work with Winston most likely. And so on. Watson won games and division titles. But, don't think OB was 100% a fool. He won a division title with Brock and a few scubs. Meaning his play calling declined seeing if you can make a plan for Brock to win that is impressive.
Name me 8 better QBs.
I would put Watson ahead of Jackson, Rivers and Garoppolo when healthy.
Why? Watson took his team all the to the Divisional Round with Bill “I am the master of running it up the middle for no gain” O’Brein as head coach.
He didn’t have Harbaugh design a team to his strengths. He doesn’t have Shanahan who is a premier talent on the offensive side of the ball. He doesn’t have Reid, Belicheck, Payton, McDaniels, or Arians or any head coach who smart enough to do anything else but call running plays up the middle.
He has had Bill “I run such a complex system I go through QBs like hand sanitizer in 2020” O’Brein.
And one OC who is so green that last week before last he was demoted to being the water boy.
And yet - Watson has still had success throwing. Success running. Success in the playoffs.
He ain’t top 5, but he is somewhere in the 5-8.
Seriously - how many times last year did we say - “Great playcalling Bill” or “Great game plan Bill”. ?
Watson is in the same situation as Manning was in with Mora.
If you were Bruce Arians. Going into 2020. If Watson was a free agent like Brady.
What would he have done? Or Indy with Rivers? Or Pittsburgh with Roethlisberger coming off injuries? Or Peyton with Brees on his last year?
Could you imagine Watson in NO with Kamara and Thomas?
Very long post. Sorry.
So yeah there are a lot of reasons even outside the players we have for why candidates would want to come here.
The Watt marketing aspect as relates to what he has done for Houston (hurricane Harvey, etc) is an issue when considering releasing him. What I think is a possible out for both Watt and the Texans.............present the situation as an agreed positive for Watt.............as a sign and trade him (or release him so that he can negotiate with another team) to a team close to his wife or to join his brothers..............all could understand such a move.............no face would be lost on either side.
Watson would not fit in NO system as it stands. Arians signed the best QB maybe ever. No idea if he would have been interested in Watson. He would have preferred to try to work with Winston most likely. And so on. Watson won games and division titles. But, don't think OB was 100% a fool. He won a division title with Brock and a few scubs. Meaning his play calling declined seeing if you can make a plan for Brock to win that is impressive.
OB took Hoyer and Osweiler to the playoffs and Osweiler to the division round. So Watson had the same level of success as the Blunder of Oz with arguably better talent around him. Make of that what you will.
Nfc south QBs to start with.
We had a top notch defense when O’Brien supposedly took the Texans to the playoffs with Hoyer and Brock. A fact that continues to escape ones mind around here. Here’s another fact that gets swept underneath the rug. The Texans were playing in the worst division in football during that time as well.
Also - how bad has Watson’s protection been compared to Hoyer or Brock?
I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone having to remind people of this.
You are better than this. Don’t embarrass yourself.
Also - how bad has Watson’s protection been compared to Hoyer or Brock?
I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone having to remind people of this.
OB’s year with Brock. Yes the run heavy and rely on the defense to win games. The year, as every year until recently we played weak division opponents to win a division title with a 9-7 record. OBs entire record is beating division opponents, beating teams with losing records, and losing to winning record teams and play off teams.
OB didn’t make a game plan for Brock. It was run the ball. Hope the defense keeps us in the game. That’s not impressive.
OB didn’t have a declining play calling ability. His game plan is to run heavy. His play calling sucked with in the beginning just as much as it did this year.
Am I the only person that remembers Lamar Miller up the middle? When the question was “Why is he running Lamar Miller as a power back when he isn’t that?”
And yes. OB is a fool.
Zero chance by your standard. ![]() |
Honestly, all you need to do is to go back and look at the roster.Its not a matter of twilight zone its a matter of double standards that gets to me. When the team went to the playoffs before it was because the AFCS was horrible and the defense and Oline so amazing and OB had nothing to do with it. When they did it with Watson it was because Watson is so amazing and had done it with no defense and no Oline and OB was destroying the team. Here's the thing that same amazing defense was still there for the most part Watson's first two years and they couldn't stop crap. That amazing Oline was not dismantled by OB and they had screwing them up as a coach just like the current Oline does. As much as "OB defenders" are accused of twisting things around "OB haters" are just as bad. When the team lost it was because of OB and when they won it was despite him. Team wins and loses as a team, OB made bone headed moves, more than his share, but so did the players, including Watson, and he did get this team further than it had ever gone before.
He couldn't take us where we wanted to go and he should have been fired long before he was but lets not rewrite history and say everyone wanted him fired the same day he was hired and everyone felt the team was going nowhere with him those first 3 or 4 years. I remember back when Osweiler was brought in and the main theme around here was if he could get to the playoffs with a guy like Hoyer then with a real QB, which most of us thought the Blunder of Oz was at the time, we can make a real run at a championship. Hindsight and revisionist history are strong around this place.
DW4 has the propensity to make some fantastic unbelievable outstanding plays. And occasionally he has a game where he plays lights out. This is what undoubtedly excites the fan base. Unfortunately DW4 overall makes as many bad throws as he does good ones. Until he can reverse this pattern things will not change.For me this is no longer about BOB. He's history now, this is about finding out if the 160 million dollar man can actually play up to the level he's getting paid.
Brees/Ryan/Brady, even Teddy has had a better yr. Until this last game the 9 ga.es before DW4 was below avg. That's the uncomfortable truth.
More DW4 excuses early in the morning.
These are the same discussions we had about Carr.
OB’s year with Brock. Yes the run heavy and rely on the defense to win games. The year, as every year until recently we played weak division opponents to win a division title with a 9-7 record. OBs entire record is beating division opponents, beating teams with losing records, and losing to winning record teams and play off teams.
OB didn’t make a game plan for Brock. It was run the ball. Hope the defense keeps us in the game. That’s not impressive.
OB didn’t have a declining play calling ability. His game plan is to run heavy. His play calling sucked with in the beginning just as much as it did this year.
Am I the only person that remembers Lamar Miller up the middle? When the question was “Why is he running Lamar Miller as a power back when he isn’t that?”
And yes. OB is a fool.
Its not a matter of twilight zone its a matter of double standards that gets to me. When the team went to the playoffs before it was because the AFCS was horrible and the defense and Oline so amazing and OB had nothing to do with it. When they did it with Watson it was because Watson is so amazing and had done it with no defense and no Oline and OB was destroying the team. Here's the thing that same amazing defense was still there for the most part Watson's first two years and they couldn't stop crap. That amazing Oline was not dismantled by OB and they had screwing them up as a coach just like the current Oline does. As much as "OB defenders" are accused of twisting things around "OB haters" are just as bad. When the team lost it was because of OB and when they won it was despite him. Team wins and loses as a team, OB made bone headed moves, more than his share, but so did the players, including Watson, and he did get this team further than it had ever gone before.
He couldn't take us where we wanted to go and he should have been fired long before he was but lets not rewrite history and say everyone wanted him fired the same day he was hired and everyone felt the team was going nowhere with him those first 3 or 4 years. I remember back when Osweiler was brought in and the main theme around here was if he could get to the playoffs with a guy like Hoyer then with a real QB, which most of us thought the Blunder of Oz was at the time, we can make a real run at a championship. Hindsight and revisionist history are strong around this place.
Unfortunately DW4 overall makes as many bad throws as he does good ones.
No Texans QB has had a line as talented as the one Watson has had the last two years.Also - how bad has Watson’s protection been compared to Hoyer or Brock?
Carr didn’t make plays to offset his limitations. He gave us no chance to win.These are the same discussions we had about Carr.