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[StreetHawk]

I hate the whole ranking of jobs, but I think that Raiders job might be the worst. It's between them and the Jets. I'm thinking it looks something like this:

1. Patriots
2. Bears
3. Jaguars
4. Saints
5. Jets
6. Raiders

First 3 have QBs. Would rather be in the AFC East and than NFC North. Jaguars might have broken Lawrence (TBD). Saints have a bad division. Jets in a mediocre division (and bad owner). Raiders in a good division and owner has had 5 head coaches (excluding interims) in 13 years of running the team.

Fair ranking.
Chi/Ne pretty dead heat.
Jags clear 3.
NO because of Division is 4. But cap he’ll to get out of soon. Lattimore money finally hit them. Ramsceck their OT likely as well.
Jets, higher taxes but better division to win. Though woody is a terrible owner as well.
LV in a division of death is what keeps them last imo.

 

[rfournier103]

In terms of going to an overly competitive division, I wouldn’t be the least bit concerned about coming to the AFC East. If the Patriots, Dolphins or Jets could ever get their shit together, I think the Bills would fold like a card table. Why do I think that? Because of coaching and because they’re a team that finds ways to lose games.

Josh Allen could be an all-time great if he ever manages to win anything, but the Buffalo Bills cough up a lot of hairballs for a team with that much talent.

 

[EverettMike]

We will see, but there’s a reason the falcons and panthers didn’t hire him after their interviews and went with other candidates.

And there’s also a reason only the Jets and Pats have asked this year.

Oh yeah the Panthers and the Falcons are total beacons of success and good decision making.

 

[EverettMike]

I think Vrabel is a good coach, but basically pre-deciding he's the guy without doing an actual search f***ing sucks and is more of the same shit from the Krafts.

 

[RoccoF14]

I hate the whole ranking of jobs, but I think that Raiders job might be the worst. It's between them and the Jets. I'm thinking it looks something like this:

1. Patriots
2. Bears
3. Jaguars
4. Saints
5. Jets
6. Raiders

First 3 have QBs. Would rather be in the AFC East and than NFC North. Jaguars might have broken Lawrence (TBD). Saints have a bad division. Jets in a mediocre division (and bad owner). Raiders in a good division and owner has had 5 head coaches (excluding interims) in 13 years of running the team.

Its such a subjective ranking, but if I'm a head coach, I'm looking at which team has more roster pieces already in place to work with. Similar to what the LA Chargers had last year: Some really good talent already in place hamstrung by awful coaching......I'm also taking a look at front office stability and fit.

For me, the Bears are the clear cut favorite. They've got some talent at the skill positions, and are decent defensively. They've also got a front office (Poles & Kevin Warren) that are pretty good football guys. Yeah, the NFC North is brutally tough, but that wouldn't scare me off. You got a lot more pieces to work with there, than you do in NE.

Just my opinion.

 

[Dreghorn2]

Raiders fire GM Telesco days after firing Pierce

The Las Vegas Raiders have fired general manager Tom Telesco after one season, the team announced Thursday.

www.espn.com

Raiders going scorched earth, fired Telesco after one season.

They must have something big brewing.

 

[BradPark22]

I think Vrabel is a good coach, but basically pre-deciding he's the guy without doing an actual search f***ing sucks and is more of the same shit from the Krafts.

5 interviews, 2 of them after Vrabel, doesn't constitute as an actual search?

 

[Johnnyduke]

5 interviews, 2 of them after Vrabel, doesn't constitute as an actual search?

I think it's the clearly fake interviews with Hamilton and Leftwich that has me a bit concerned. I would hope they have the patience to complete interviews with Johnson, Glenn and even Flores before naming a coach. Unless Vrabel is demanding an answer.

I think Vrabel would do very well. 4 winning seasons to start his tenure in Tennessee and a trip to AFC title game with Ryan Tannehill. They never even bottomed out next two years with same crap QB situation. Power struggle ensued and he was gone. But his first tenure as HC was a success despite mediocre QB.

 

[Smitty93]

Raiders fire GM Telesco days after firing Pierce

The Las Vegas Raiders have fired general manager Tom Telesco after one season, the team announced Thursday.

www.espn.com

Raiders going scorched earth, fired Telesco after one season.

They must have something big brewing.

Hmm, delayed firing of head coach, and then dump the GM two days later after a report he'd be retained, and a certain someone connected to a minority owner involved in the hiring process preferring to have full coaching and GM control...

I don't believe for a second the denials we heard yesterday from the new coach at UNC.

 

[Shaun]

brady as a gm builds a super bowl contender faster than the krafts/wolf

 

[EverettMike]

5 interviews, 2 of them after Vrabel, doesn't constitute as an actual search?

C'mon


C'mon

 

[UncleRico]

5 interviews, 2 of them after Vrabel, doesn't constitute as an actual search?

When they are interviewing guys who have been entirely out of the NFL for 2+ years, ya it can certainly be viewed as a sham

 

[Johnnyduke]

Round of applause for Aaron Glenn

Patriots deserve that slap in the face

 

[Boston Bandit]

PATRIOTS PREDICTED TO TRADE 4TH PICK FOR $110M WR TO PAIR WITH DRAKE MAYE

I’m posting this for a good laugh

 

[Dreghorn2]

5 interviews, 2 of them after Vrabel, doesn't constitute as an actual search?

Johnson interviews tomorrow I believe

 

[GatorMike]

FWIW, the Patriots are NOT the only team to interview two minority candidates with little-to-no shot of being hired. The Bears interviewed their interim Head Coach, Thomas Brown, and former Stanford coach David Shaw to also become Rooney Rule compliant.

I think perhaps the Patriots felt the need to become Rooney Rule compliant very quickly in case another team (Jets? Bears?) were to offer Vrabel a job before New England was done with their process.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

FWIW, the Patriots are NOT the only team to interview two minority candidates with little-to-no shot of being hired. The Bears interviewed their interim Head Coach, Thomas Brown, and former Stanford coach David Shaw to also become Rooney Rule compliant.

I think perhaps the Patriots felt the need to become Rooney Rule compliant very quickly in case another team (Jets? Bears?) were to offer Vrabel a job before New England was done with their process.

So you are defending doing a bullshit move because of a rule?

 

[N o o d l e s]

I think Vrabel is a good coach, but basically pre-deciding he's the guy without doing an actual search f***ing sucks and is more of the same shit from the Krafts.

This is exactly right and a major reason I don’t even really want him. The issue is he might be the next best option after Ben Johnson

 

[Johnnyduke]

So you are defending doing a bullshit move because of a rule?

Aaron Glenn didn't fall for their bullshit

 

[Smitty93]

I would like to pre-order 1 Abdul Carter, please

 

[Smitty93]

PATRIOTS PREDICTED TO TRADE 4TH PICK FOR $110M WR TO PAIR WITH DRAKE MAYE

I’m posting this for a good laugh

This is why aggregators suck. The original article from Solak just says that they'd trade out of the 4th pick (wouldn't be a surprise) and use draft capital for Moore or Metcalf (not specifically the 4th pick), but because the aggregator from Athlon Sports didn't bother to actually read what Solak wrote, they assume he is suggesting the 4th pick would be traded for Moore or Metcalf, which he isn't. All so they can throw out a clickbait title.

 

[Oates2Neely]

I’d trade the 4th for a top WR on his rookie contract

 

[N o o d l e s]

Absolutely want Carter at 4 tbh. OT Rd 2

 

[Johnnyduke]

 

[GatorMike]

I’d trade the 4th for a top WR on his rookie contract

You could just take Tet McMillan.