If they went 3-8, who would you have blamed?
Practically two different eras, man (when Tom came up vs. when the other guy came up). If you go back some more, TD passes equal to INT’s was considered fine.
last year, sure.
He wasn't even fine in 2021. He was pretty awful down the stretch that year, starting with that weird Buffalo game where he threw 3 passes. 5 games averaging under 200 yards a game, 6 TDs, 5 INTs, 2-3 record. Then he was dogshit against Buffalo in the playoffs.
He definitely wasn't good down the stretch, but holding the Buffalo game against him to say "averaged under 200 yards" is pretty tough. lol
Others gave him credit for the wins that year so it bears noting that in one win he threw 3 passes.
Dude. Jones fucking sucked. And I won't stand for whitewashing anything he did here.
I never said he was good, just that it wasn't his fault they lost that playoff game. Buffalo did not punt in that game, so I blame the defense and Allen playing out of his damn mind.
EVERY QB faces adversity. A lot of QBs overcome that adversity.
Oh absolutely. He wasn't good or even terrible. But he wasn't the sole reason they lost that game.
Zappe had played reasonably decently when called it to play in either relief or in place of Mac in 2022. He certainly played better than he did in 2023. It was a mistake on BB's part, but I assume he figured if Mac struggled again he could get by with Zappe. He was wrong.
I think it came from one of the Wickersham columns on ESPN about the end of the dynasty. I'll try to dig it up.
But SJH didn't say that either.
All he said was that Mac sucked in the playoff game. I don't think he was implying he needed to lead the offense to a 50 point game.
No one wants to admit it, but BB was well past his peak. And as good as he was, he was never the style of coach who develops future coaches. For someone who was inarguably the best ever (none of the other names in the mix for best ever had to do it in the modern salary cap league), his coaching tree is an embarrassment. What was on display in 2021 to 2023 is BB still being great at some things (specifically, coaching defense) while being completely unable to cope with some other key aspects of the job, like filling out a coaching staff without having to resort to putting a career defensive coach in charge of the offense.
The "coaching tree" stuff has been overstated. Much like many of Jimmy Johnson's former assistants (Norv Turner, anyone?), some of Belichick's assistants were indeed notable failures (McDaniels, Mangini). But Brian Daboll, Jim Schwartz, and Bill O'Brien all had successful NFL coaching careers, and Nick Saban probably would have had he not been kneecapped by Dolphins ownership (and Saban got the last laugh anyway).
That, and BB develops very very very good assistants. Those guys just seem to mostly fail at being HCs. But guys like Romeo, Charlie Weis, Josh, Mangini, Daboll, BOB, Flores, multiple special teams coordinators (O'Brien, Seely).
This is a new theory. BB sabotaged his own offense because he didn't like BOB. I'm not sure I buy that. I think you may need to show some work there.
Phenomenal song. I love Sundown too but I don’t either associated with my season
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A57tT30peaM&ab_channel=JDaviesPhenomenal song. I love Sundown too but I don’t either associated with my season
I did not know that Edmund Fitzgerald brought the Brewers to Milwaukee though, that’s pretty cool
Gracias, lol. Seinfeld references go over my head, though small world went to school with the girl who has ‘man hands’. She married the producer who wrote the episode and she did have very impressive hands.
