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Agreed. But I doubt O'Connell is the answer.
The D is strong, and let’s not forget the offense has Adams, Meyers, Mayer and Bowers.
Absolutely true.
I agree with this but the thing that kind of gets glossed over is that Stroud comment. It is more than likely that Mork vetoed that trade. And this gets to the heart of the issue with the Raiders. The guy making the final football decisions is incompetent.
No, it was McD that overruled the attempt. He wanted his noodle armed boyfriend to relive their NE days.
Do you know that for certain? I have read otherwise. Regardless, the Raiders’ history under Mork is littered with poor decisions. Until he gets removed from football related decisions the team is doomed for mediocrity.
Gotta be honest, I never got the feeling that Mark Davis was the ego guy who thinks he knows better. That was his dad. IMO he's not Al, or Jerry Jones. He hires GMs, maybe not good ones but guys that it seems he turns over the keys to the personnel department.
Add that to the pile…
That was my gripe with the hire. He wants to run his system and have the players adapt to the system rather than tailoring the system to the strengths of the players he has.
Already picked the ravens in my survivor league. :confident:
And yes, I saw what you did there. Bravo
That was his problem in Chicago too. He cut Fields off at the knees quite figuratively the second season and tried to turn him into a QB that rarely left the pocket. Anybody with half a brain knows that's not Fields' game. He saddled him with a mind-numbing system that made him robotic and took away all his instinctiveness and all the traits that scared DCs to death. And Fields is no dummy. But he was never a Getsy guy. If he could have he would have gone with Bagent the entire season.
I like AP but I very much wish Davis had gone after Harbaugh instead.
Similar except with anyone but Harbaugh - mostly because as a raging OSU fan I don't want to have to love anything associated with thex
Mishew was bad. I have never seen a QB more scared to pull the trigger on an open receiver. Multiple times there was an open Bowers or Adams in the flats or at the 1st down marker and Minshew clearly was looking at them, then decided to dump it off elsewhere. I simply can not comprehend it. I read a lot of Colts fans saying he leaves a LOT of yards on the field and I 100% get it now. Not only that but the thing that was supposed to set him apart from AOC (His legs/mobility) were hardly even used. Besides him our OL was also very poor (Kolton Miller likely had one of the worst games as a pro), Pierce made a couple inexcusable decisions on 4th down, our D started off great but eventually got gassed and even our elite K had a weak day.
give the guy a game or two to get comfortable. the guy looked pretty good when he started in Jaxonville and I thought he looked good last year.
I'd take Mike Shanahan back if I thought he would win games (he wouldn't).
Possibly terrible o-line scheme, which is a much bigger concern.
I'm with you on this. I said last year I would sign Harbaugh as the new Head Coach. I want wins not pep talks.
Oh me too or sure. Wins are all I care about. I would just hate having to do it. I loved (hated) Woodson when he was here and I was all-in on (dreading) the idea of drafting JJM - I think he's going to be very, very good in the NFL.
what? you have your teammates back on the field or you have no business on the field
Maybe thats why Minschew got the job, hes more mobile than AOC and if the Oline hasnt jelled they need his style . AOC may get the job back when the oline can pass block better?
Glad this has been brought up. I knew Pierce would be the worst coach in the division. No shame in that. But where does it stop? Worst coach in the AFC? Worst coach in the league?
Seems like most coaches are too aggressive and go too often on fourth down. Pierce is the opposite, he's too conservative. I thought that last year when he was interim coach. The fourth down on Sunday in the fourth quarter is as bad a fourth down decision as you will see. Marvin Lewis was also conservative and not sure to what extent he is involved and what his role really is. I hope he is involved in preparation for the games not in game decisions.
I can't see AP and Telesco being gone after just one year, nor should they be, unless the season is a disaster of epic proportions.
Isn't it?
After a week 1 loss in a game they could have won? Not in my opinion. We clearly have a different idea of what a disaster of epic proportions looks like.
That's fair, and I am absolutely being an extreme alarmist and I recognize that. I'm pretty sure that's going to be my shtick in here this season. Please don't view it as coming from a place other than love & fun.
