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Run defense has been better lately (and on paper should be solid). Pass rush is atrocious. Secondary is awful. Neither are good for containing Brees.
I didn't realize Hurney and Rivera were fired. Is that something you would like to see happen?
Personally I don't. Rivera has earned another year and every other year is a winning season. Hurley had a decent draft. I'd like to see a year with a health Cam before making judgements.
I’ve never been a big fan of Rivera. He’s fine, but he’s not a top tier coach. Are there worse coaches? Sure. Are there better? Quite a few. I don’t want to be stuck with the next Marvin Lewis.
That's unprofessional of a team owner to complain about his organization to people who would convey it to sports writers.
I would hope so, and encourage him to go ahead and get shoulder surgery. He has been playing with a hurt shoulder for over half of the season, and it has only gotten worse.
Last night during the Kamara first down I said that 10 years ago TD makes that play and stops him for a loss.
I think he was sending a clear message..... and as the owner, he has that right to complain.
If he loses 10 in a row Ron is done. No 2 ways about it. They have to beat atl next week by all means necessary. With or without cam. You just cannot lose 10 in a row and keep your job in the NFL (unless your name is hue)
I agree with this point... but the only option I would consider is to retain TD as a new LB coach. He knows the game and can held develop the younger players to be their best.Worm said:
I agree. I don't know who else might be a good replacement. Maybe McCarthy. Certainly not Harbaugh.
Roll the dice with a hotshot offensive whiz and see if that works and if not Tepper can do a total rebuild from top to bottom replacing everything including cam. Sell what you can for picks and build from ground up.
I don't know how they kept letting him go on the field, he clearly couldn't throw the ball.
yeah, he just likes to disappear I suppose. He doesn't know how to get open. Not a good trait for your number one WR. Seems like that may have been his only target, not sure.
I was there last night and you're right, everyone knows it, not sure why they keep trotting him out there at this point. I guess there was a glimmer going into last night but they should just bench him and bring on Taylor Heinicke.
A Bucs player said recently that they knew Cam was hurt and wouldn't pass downfield, so they played up close. When your QB is limited like that, teams are going to game plan for it. Cam still can burn people with his running, but even with that, the OL has done a terrible job blocking. I think they should have shut Cam down after the Browns game. New Orleans was beatable last night, but the offense was limited in the passing game. New Orleans is good against the run, and the cats could not beat them with Cam's arm. The longest pass was by the RB. I wish they would have given Heinicke a chance. Cam is tough, and he has tried to play with this shoulder injury over the last several weeks, but when he openly says he just doesn't have the strength to make the throws, shut him down and let him get healthy.
Really a shame they do not have a capable backup to turn to. That is part of it and has to be a priority this offseason. Cam just takes too many hits
Something else that came up last night, Cam is hurt, we all know that but his level of effort seems to have dropped off as well. There used to be a violence to his game that isn't there now. Whether it's from him being hurt and being pouty about it like he tends to do or it's because he got paid and is just tired of getting beat up I don't know but it's very evident watching his recent gameplay.
To clarify my position, I think Hurney is a much scarier proposition for the future than Rivera. Hard to argue the defense responding (for the most part), since Rivera took over playcalling. I’ve personally never thought Rivera was adding a ton of value as a coach (like a McVay type), but was more the CEO type coach. That can work well in some scenarios, but it lets a lot of the responsibility fall to the coordinators. When they’re great, the team is very well coached. When they’re not, we start seeing the cracks like this year on defense. And part of the problem with that approach is that the best coordinators often become HCs elsewhere unless they’re like Norv and have been there, done that, and settled in as a coordinator.
I hope we dont draft a QB high if we do we are overpaying. There are no that guys a franchise QB in this draft mostly projects.
I thought I read this morning if we would have lost it would be the 9th pick. Kindof big difference. The only mock I saw this morning had us taking the alabama safety. While he is good and certainly needed I think a lights out pass rusher and tackle should be picked in the first even if its a reach. This nonsense with cam getting obliterated every season has to stop.
Allen played well, and they didn't run a vanilla offense with him either. Last week was the first time he has ever gotten any reps with the offense, and that makes his play even more impressive. He is signed through 2019, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him be Cam's backup next season.
I don't disagree about the edge rusher and tackle. Haven't really looked far into who will be on the list coming out. We need several positions addressed.
