I forget what my original vote was, but I agree with this line of thinking. The schedule isn't really a bear. They have 13 more games. I don't see 5 wins, but I also don't see 3-10.
Trading Judon was one of the best decisions they made. He’s a shell of himself and on the wrong side of 30. They would have the same record with or without Judon. Now they have an extra 3rd round pick.
They went 4-13 last year and so far this year are demonstrably worse, particularly in the coaching area.
Well, I wasn’t really passing judgment, but if you wanna call them geniuses they should’ve done it last year. We could’ve used those picks this year too.
They are better on ST and on not turning the ball over. I can't think of anywhere else they are better, but those 2 things are meaningful.
This. I like Tavai next to Bentley. In place of Bentley he is a mess. Maybe Takitaki or Mapu can help?
This. I'm sticking with 5-6 wins and a top 5 draft pick.
We live in hope
There's a HUGE difference in giving the raw rookie 4th quarter snaps and prepping him all week to start.
Say what you want, but in the four minutes on the field, he took a ton of hits and still had the team on the verge of a scoring a TD before Mayo (wisely) let the time run out. And it did not look like the Jets defense were backing off in that series.
They are taking a tremendous risk in engaging in a total rebuild with a novice head coach who has never even called plays before. There's a non-zero chance that whatever improvements they make for the team, he will screw up because he might not be a capable head coach.
One of the closest comps we can find from a hiring perspective is Mike Tomlin, right? Only one year as a DC I believe, and another 5 or so as DB coach in the NFL.
In Parcells case (1993) sure, but when Belichick came in, he was a guy who hadn't enjoyed a lot of success in Cleveland, even though there were reasons for that. But he got better, as did Pete Carroll over the years. Right now, nobody knows if Mayo will eventually prove to be a good head coach. It's only four games in.
I hope "Mayo Sucks" isn't your "Mac Jones is the problem" from last year. I was with you 100% on that train last year but the Mayo stuff seems pretty short-sighted. Has he been perfect? Absolutely not. Has he had some questionable decisions exacerbated by unbelievably poor offensive performance due to a litany of oline injuries that they couldn't afford? Yup.
I'm not there in the Mac territory on Mayo. I think his start has been inauspicious, but it's also early. I think he's giving a lot of signs that he's in over his head, but even I'm not going to fire him after 4 games. His strategy calls yesterday were horrible, but I don't think they were winning that game under any circumstances. And certainly I understand and approve of a non-BB approach to coaching the team, it's not reasonable for the new coach to exactly be like the old coach.
Belichick had already been a DC for many years with tremendous success and an HC for 4-5 years. Mayo wasn't even calling the defensive plays as DC, and obviously had no HC experience. It's a helluva risk for sure.
Harry was playing with Brady. The other 4 are Mac and Brissett.
This to me is far more like 1993 than the BB rebuild, in that it is a "personnel" rebuild. The 1992 team was bereft of talent. This year's team is on that level. Those later teams actually had some guys who could play, but Pete Carroll hadnt fully developed as a coach and was taking them in the wrong direction.
Carroll and Grier left the Pats in such bad shape under the cap that for the 2000 season there was real concern that they wouldn't be able to field a full 53 man roster. They had to keep a ton of guys on the team who would normally be cut because they simply couldn't afford better ones. That is a huge reason why the 2000 season was so bad.
