NFL 2021 Regular Season!

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WEEK 2 "WHO'S COOKIN' ON THE HOTSEAT?/FIRE THIS COACH!" DISCUSSION

11. Jon Gruden, Raiders (LUKEWARM SEAT): Yes, they’re also 2-0 after beating the Steelers up this weekend. However, we’ll see how long it lasts… The supposed QB whisperer cannot get the Raiders to get to the next level, and this offseason green-lit the trade of Pro-Bowl Center Rodney Hudson to Arizona, as if THAT would help the Raiders’ offense figure it out. This would be similar, but to a lesser extent how after Gruden’s arrival, seeing him trade away Khalil Mack to the Bears, except he only asked the Cardinals for a 3rd round pick for a key piece of their offense. It’s a miracle he hasn’t traded away Derek Carr to start Marcus Mariota yet.

Our reason why John Gruden won’t be fired no matter what his record is at year’s end: He still is only in year FOUR of a TEN YEAR contract. That’s a lot of money tied up into the guy, and if Mark Davis drops the axe, he’d have to keep paying Gruden millions until 2028. The business model is no longer a “Commitment to Excellence” though, it’s “find a way to make a profit until Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert retire”.

10. Kliff Kingsbury, Cardinals (LUKEWARM SEAT): Yes, they’re 2-0. HOWEVER…

Arizona missed the playoffs last year after starting the season 5-2, and after the Hail Murray versus the Bills, was 6-3. Arizona's 8 wins last year? Four were against the NFC (L)East and a fifth came against the Jets. They went 2-5 down the stretch. The starting QBs in that 7 game stretch:
• Russell Wilson, Seahawks (LOSS)- the only real threat of this group.
• Cam Newton, Patriots (LOSS)- Cam is considered washed up by many, and calls for Jared Stidham instead were being made.
• Jared Goff, Rams (LOSS)- Jared Goff has never been considered even a Top 10 QB. He put up 400 yards against the Cardinals. Rams coach Sean McVay went to 8-0 versus Arizona.
• Daniel Jones, Giants (WIN)- Daniel Jones sucks. He also was playing with a hamstring injury.
• Jalen Hurts, Eagles (WIN)- Hurts is in his second start, and puts up 300+ yards.
• C.J. Beatheard, 49ers (LOSS)- This one isn't simply a QB issue. San Francisco is beyond depleted on offense due to injuries. Arizona needed to simply win and they were in the playoffs. They can't force a turnover against a 3rd stringer.
• John Wolford, Rams (LOS)- A guy who a year ago was in the AAF throws a pick on his first series, then settles in to handle the Cardinals defense down the stretch, including opening the second half with a 12-7 lead and taking his team on a nine and a half minute drive. Yes, the Rams were chewing clock with a lead at halftime. They were just going to let their defense hang on.
Kliff Kingsbury started 2021 on the hot seat, and if they fail to get in the playoffs this year, he could be toast. He makes bad decisions on a weekly basis. He burns timeouts at the worst times (in Sunday’s blowout win, he burned two in the first seven minutes, and used his third in the first half a minute into the second quarter), and his team nearly coughed up a win to the Vikings, who got the ball back because Arizona went 3 and out on their final drive while managing to only burn 35 seconds off the clock, due to decisions to throw it or run out of bounds when they needed to shave off any time Minnesota needed.

This being said, he probably is the LEAST endangered coach we’re talking about after two weeks, because Kyler Murray is making a case for an MVP campaign. So… yeah, all is right in the desert… for now.

9. Vic Fangio, Broncos (LUKEWARM SEAT) : It’s year three of Vic Fangio, and somehow, he’s got the best QB situation he’s had with Teddy Bridgewater coming in this year. Perhaps we should mention that last year, the game that the Broncos played without an actual QB was because under Fangio’s leadership, the whole QB room broke Covid-19 protocols so they could sit right on top of each other in the film room, rather than socially distance in corners. If you can’t get guys to adhere to that simple thing… it might be because you yourself are fighting the regulations there to keep you alive.

A reminder, Fangio declared that Covid-19 is showing "who the whiners are" around the NFL, last season. On the field, though... “Mr. Covid Tough Guy” Fangio led Denver to a 5-11, and to paraphrase a wiser person on CBR than I… “Denver somehow found the only person who can make dumber decisions than Vance Joseph.” Prediction: The Broncos next head coach will not have a name that starts with “V”. Just in case.

For the moment, Fangio looks like a genius with his team at 2-0, but we can’t say his team is actually that good, because those wins are against the hapless Giants and the woeful Jaguars. Once he has to play the rest of the AFC West… that’s when we’ll really see if the Broncos are the real deal.


8. Bill Belichek, Patriots (LUKEWARM SEAT) : Does Belichek get a pass this year they’re starting a rookie QB in Mac Jones? They had seven starters on defense sit out last year due to Covid-19… but those guys are back. Is the story of this year going to be “Belichek gets a pass because he started a rookie he’s developing?” We’re saying, yes. That’s why no matter what Tom Brady does in Tampa Bay that will make people wonder if Belichek maybe isn’t that good without him, he’ll be allowed to hang around.

This week, Belichek looks reeeeallll smart, but that’s because he got the cure for whatever has ailed him for two decades… the New York Jets. Mac Jones completely outplayed Zach Wilson, his counterpart on the other side, and the Patriots’ defense picked off Wilson four times. Darth Hoodie’s doom is not impending… at this time.

7. Mike McCarthy, Cowboys (LUKEWARM SEAT) Jerrah does not like chaos at the coaching position… but Mike McCarthy has continually been exposed as a coach, and in spite of Dak Prescott AGAIN carrying the Cowboys to a late lead with 400+ yards passing, McCarthy cannot handle clock management to save his life. In Week 1, that left Tom Brady with 90 seconds to casually head the other direction against Dallas’ still porous defense (they gave up 379 yards and 4 TDs to Tampa Bay) and take the Buccaneers to a victory. The Bucs had 11 PENALITES which you would think would screw them out of a win, but the Cowboys had EIGHT of their own.

Yes, in Week 2, Dallas got the win versus the LA Chargers… but again, McCarthy and clock management. Dallas won on a 56 yard field goal, which was kicked from the Chargers’ 38 yard line with 4 seconds left. They started that drive on their own 13 yard line, and 3:54 on the clock. They had 2 timeouts, plus the two minute warning for a stoppage. In 3:50 of elapsed time, they only went 49 yards. In a “what the f*** are you thinking?” bit of clock management, they ran the ball with one timeout left from on 2nd and 6 from the Chargers’ 41 with 33 seconds left… and then didn’t run another play to kick that long field goal. They had another down where they could have thrown a pass AFTER taking their final timeout, and if it was incomplete, clock stopped. If they completed it but didn’t get out of bounds, they would have had time to spike it as well. But THERE. WAS. TIME. TO. GET. CLOSER. Postgame, he lied about the confusion with the final timeout, and why they let the clock tick down so far before they took it. McCarthy is lucky that his kicker is Greg Zeurlein, frankly.

At some point, it should be clear that Mike McCarthy cannot coach defense to save his life and all he can do is get a solid franchise QB and pray they carry him to victory. That was the case in Green Bay, and so it is in Dallas.

This being said, the NFC (L)East still is the Cowboys’ to lose, even with their abysmal D.


6. Matt Nagy, Bears (LUKEWARM SEAT): The Double-Doink happened like 3 years ago, but it made something snap in Matt Nagy. He spent that entire off-season talking about it, and making his players relive that trauma, and they responded by getting worse afterwards. Where they didn’t respond was fixing their QB situation. They drafted Justin Fields, sure, but Nagy is sticking with Andy Dalton. If you’re going with the Red Rifle at this stage of his career, you’re pretty f***ed. Their defense? They still have DPOTY candidate Khalil Mack. The offense? Yeah, again, that QB situation and poor Allen Robinson wishing he didn’t leave Jacksonville. Think about that… there’s a guy who was better off IN JACKSONVILLE than in Chicago. The Bears watched Arizona choke away the #7 playoff seed last year and got it, but 8-8 and early exits and a never-ending offense stuck in first gear could end Nagy’s tenure in the Windy City at four years.

The Bears managed to escape with a win against the Bengals, who injured their own former QB. Which means the Justin Fields experiment begins, and the new Matt Nagy excuse will be, “but I had a rookie QB…” if they can’t win.

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6. Dan Campbell, Lions : To paraphrase a cleverer poster than me, , “The Lions continue their 60 year process of rebuilding…” They’re 0-2 again, getting handled by the 49ers and Packers in the first two weeks, the latter on MNF where they got outscored in the second half 21-0 and gave their division rivals the much-needed bounce-back game to take heat off of the Aaron Rodgers/GB Front Office feud.

We always say that first year coaches are not usually on the hot seat, but Dan Campbell is a former Tight Ends coach who yells about getting up again and again to bite your opponents’ kneecaps, which starts out like some inspiring Captain America speech but ends up sounding like a meek little chihuahua. He’s close to motivating… but not close enough.

The Lions have Jared Goff at QB without Sean McVay in his headset, and that quickly has seen him transform back into the rube he was as a rookie under the tutelage of Jeff Fisher. Oh yeah, they traded Stafford for this guy, and tried convincing themselves they could make Cinderella work as the clock was already at 11:59 PM. Well, now you have Jared Goff sitting in a rotting pumpkin in rags. Great job, Detroit. Can you run the ball yet? NO. Do you have any receivers? Well, you have T.J. Hockensen at tight-end, and nothing else. How’s the defense? Well, Jeff Okudah went down for the year in Week 1, and otherwise, you have just an aging Michael Brokers at DT. That’s it. That’s all. The cupboard is almost bare, and this looks like they will be one of the worst three teams in football by year’s end.

They’re only hope to avoid another 0-16 is that they can go 0-17 this time. Minnesota and Chicago are always ready to stumble and get tripped up for a division win in one of their four games against them. But is Dan Cambpell good enough to capitalize? After he went 5-7 as an interim coach with the Dolphins?

It’s Detroit. And were it anywhere else, if this guy bombs in his first season, he’d be fired. But they’re used to 3 and 4 win seasons, so he might get a pass.


5. Zac Taylor, Bengals: The Bengals won their opener against a poorly coached Vikings team, but this week reverted to what we expect of them, losing to the Chicago Bears even as they knocked Andy Dalton out of the game but couldn’t manage to sneak one out with Justin Fields in. At least the O-Line made sure Joe Burrow wasn’t murdered by Khalil Mack…

Why Zac Taylor might not get fired is "Mike Brown is a f***ing cheapskate!" Remember all the years where people thought FOR SURE Marvin Lewis would get fired because he couldn't win a playoff game? And Cincinnatti kept him around? Well, the talk always was because Mike Brown couldn't find a cheaper, better option than that, and the skinflint would never spend money on a good coach. So I look at Zac Taylor, and think they're gonna give him at least until the end of the year and maybe longer because as bad as the Bengals look outside of Joe Burrow and as disgruntled as this locker room is... Zac Taylor still only makes between $400,000 and $600,000 a season. He is valued at roughly 1/20 of Bill Belichek, and maybe like 1/16 of an Andy Reid. And y’know what? The Brown family are “bullish” on a coach that last year, got their rookie star hurt and only won 4.5 games. It’s Cincinnatti, it’s not a question of if they’ll suck, it’s how much.


3. Urban Meyer, Jaguars: Jacksonville’s preseason was filled with self-inflicted wounds caused by decisions from Meyer, from hiring coaches without vetting them properly (strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle), bringing in Tim Tebow as a possible TIGHT END option that was nothing but a media distraction, and acting like he’s the smartest guy in the NFL because of his college success. I’m no coaching expert, but having a rookie QB throw over 50 times in his first start MAAAYBE isn’t a winning formula, even if he is a butt-chin wonder like Trevor Lawrence.

And about that game… the Houston Texans, regarded as many as a candidate to be the worst team in the NFL this year… the Jags got blown out by THAT team. One that doesn’t have a first or second day drat pick until 2022. One that doesn’t have DeShaun Watson, and keeps letting Arizona poach its Pro Bowlers. THAT Texans team wiped the floor with Urban Meyer’s squad, and to their 16th consecutive loss.

That was Week One. In Week two, they just got flat-out handled by the Denver Broncos. This week? Arizona’s coming to town with Kyler Murray averaging 400 YPG and rushing for at least one TD to boot. Should be uh… a very Jacksonville game.

2. Joe Judge, Giants: We don’t believe Joe Judge should have ever been a head coach. His prior experience before getting the gig in the Meadowlands with the G-Men was serving as special teams coordinator/wide receivers coach in New England (a team not regarded well for its WR corps during his tenure). His QB is living blooper reel Daniel Jones. His team’s preseason was marred by a massive brawl with THEMSELVES where the pileup of players throwing haymakers tumbled onto their starting QB who ended up at the bottom of the mound of humanity, enraging Judge so he made his players run gassers like they were back in high school JV, and resulting in one veteran filing to retire immediately, rather than play for him any more.

This guy’s team loathes him, and the New York media are salivating at all the ink they can lay out simply by getting his players to throw him under the bus. His only hope for any job security is he’s coaching in the worst division in the NFL right now, where practically any of the four teams in it could accidentally stumble into a division title to get destroyed in the first round of the playoffs. That’s the GOOD news.

In Week One, this squad got the good fortune to play against the Denver Broncos, who are thought of as, at best, a mid-tier team at the moment. The Giants’ defense gave up 400 yards against them, Saquon Barkley had only 26 yards on the ground on 10 carries, and Daniel Jones fumbled, again. For those keeping track, that’s 10 career fumbles in 28 career starts to go along with 22 INTs. Their offense was so anemic, they didn’t even hold the ball for 25 minutes of action.

The Giants lost to the WFT in Week 2, and on the sideline, their top free agent acquisition, WR Kenny Golladay, was thought to be screaming at his quarterback, but Golladay let the New York media know he was actually screaming at OC Jason Garrett… yeah… things are just fine in the Big Apple. Just fine…




1. Mike Zimmer, Vikings : The Vikings were supposedly "just a QB away" from winning a Super Bowl a few years ago with the impeccable defense they had, and they spent BIG for Kirk Cousins. Then they traded away Stephon Diggs (BIG MISTAKE), and their defense officially "got a case of the olds" going into 2020. Minnesota’s biggest off-season free agent signing was CB Patrick Peterson, who age has not just proven to be “no longer an elite corner”, he’s arguably “not even a starting corner” in the league, admitting on his podcast he struggles at covering any receiver who’s simply PUT IN MOTION. That’s the top free agent addition to an aged defense. That probably had a lot to do with how Joe Burrow and the Bengals beat the Vikings yesterday, with rookie JaMarr Chase going for over 100 yards and a big late catch against Peterson, who any coach worth their salt would admit needs safety help to get the job done anymore.

But no… there’s two big failings by Zimmer after Week 1. Somehow, he failed to get Dalvin Cook involved in the offense, having his team throw 50… yes FIFTY times, and thus they got outgained 149 to 67 by the Bengals. More embarrassing? Cincinnatti, often the butt of jokes for getting in their own way… the supposed Bungles only committed 3 penalties for 15 yards. Mike Zimmer’s Vikings squad? TWELVE PENALTIES. 116 yards. HOLY F***, that is a damning statistic for how ready he had his team to play.

In Week Two, Minnesota went up 20-7 against Arizona, ended up trailing 24-23 at half, and then got a pick six on the Cardinals’ first drive of the second half. Their vaunted offense then got 3 points the rest of the second half, and their kicker lost them the game by one point, when you factor in his missed extra point early in the contest, and going wide right on a field goal attempt from 37 yards as time expired. Mike Zimmer coaches a team that keeps finding a way to lose, and as those losses continue, he’s making comments that lay the blame on his players… which is a way to lose a locker room fast.

We’re predicting Mike Zimmer gets fired mid-season (Week 7 is their BYE, if they go 1-5 or 0-6, he might get the boot then). This week? They have another tough matchup against a 2020 playoff team in the Seattle Sehawks s… And it could easily go to 0-3.

[Kirby101]

Post game, Rodgers said "now the trolls can get off our backs"...

How can he focus to throw with such thin skin?

It was a response to a question about about online trolls.

[babyblob]

Post game, Rodgers said "now the trolls can get off our backs"...

How can he focus to throw with such thin skin?

I am glad that beating a shitty team means that things are fine and that he is the best QB in the League. Beating the Hell out of a team that has been in "Well there is always next season." Mode since they day they came into the league and at home no less will really prove Rodgers is a contender for League MVP!

[BeastieRunner]

To be fair, all QBs are prima donnas.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Post game, Rodgers said "now the trolls can get off our backs"...

How can he focus to throw with such thin skin?

Damn good question. Dealing with Aaron the Pissy Packer must be a real pain in the ass for Green Bay's front office.

I think people are seeing the shell crack of Aaron Rodgers now. Back in 2017 or 2018 former teammates came out and said how he'd treat them after they left. That he literally is like this.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Got an alert from Bleacher Report that smoke and flames were seen coming from the roof of NOLA's Superdome. Yikes! As if that city, and the Saints need more misery!

[BeastieRunner]

Got an alert from Bleacher Report that smoke and flames were seen coming from the roof of NOLA's Superdome. Yikes! As if that city, and the Saints need more misery!

Didn't it have a structural issue as well, not long ago?

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To be fair, all QBs are prima donnas.

[Deathstroke]

Got an alert from Bleacher Report that smoke and flames were seen coming from the roof of NOLA's Superdome. Yikes! As if that city, and the Saints need more misery!

Hell is coming for them for helping the catholic church cover up the sex scandal, maybe?

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I heard that Big Ben suffered a pectoral injury after getting hit some TEN TIMES on Sunday:

https://www.nfl.com/news/mike-tomlin...tter-be-ready-

[BeastieRunner]

LOL!

There was a Brett Favre / John Randall Monday Night football commercial back in the day where Randall is going off on calling all QBs Prima Donnas. Just left and right.

And Favre goes, "I'm surprised he even knows the word Prima Donna."

Then Randall's shocked face.

That's what I always think of when QBs complain about stuff.

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WEEK 2 "WHO'S COOKIN' ON THE HOTSEAT?/FIRE THIS COACH!" DISCUSSION

11. Jon Gruden, Raiders (LUKEWARM SEAT): Yes, they’re also 2-0 after beating the Steelers up this weekend. However, we’ll see how long it lasts… The supposed QB whisperer cannot get the Raiders to get to the next level, and this offseason green-lit the trade of Pro-Bowl Center Rodney Hudson to Arizona, as if THAT would help the Raiders’ offense figure it out. This would be similar, but to a lesser extent how after Gruden’s arrival, seeing him trade away Khalil Mack to the Bears, except he only asked the Cardinals for a 3rd round pick for a key piece of their offense. It’s a miracle he hasn’t traded away Derek Carr to start Marcus Mariota yet.

Our reason why John Gruden won’t be fired no matter what his record is at year’s end: He still is only in year FOUR of a TEN YEAR contract. That’s a lot of money tied up into the guy, and if Mark Davis drops the axe, he’d have to keep paying Gruden millions until 2028. The business model is no longer a “Commitment to Excellence” though, it’s “find a way to make a profit until Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert retire”.

10. Kliff Kingsbury, Cardinals (LUKEWARM SEAT): Yes, they’re 2-0. HOWEVER…

Arizona missed the playoffs last year after starting the season 5-2, and after the Hail Murray versus the Bills, was 6-3. Arizona's 8 wins last year? Four were against the NFC (L)East and a fifth came against the Jets. They went 2-5 down the stretch. The starting QBs in that 7 game stretch:
• Russell Wilson, Seahawks (LOSS)- the only real threat of this group.
• Cam Newton, Patriots (LOSS)- Cam is considered washed up by many, and calls for Jared Stidham instead were being made.
• Jared Goff, Rams (LOSS)- Jared Goff has never been considered even a Top 10 QB. He put up 400 yards against the Cardinals. Rams coach Sean McVay went to 8-0 versus Arizona.
• Daniel Jones, Giants (WIN)- Daniel Jones sucks. He also was playing with a hamstring injury.
• Jalen Hurts, Eagles (WIN)- Hurts is in his second start, and puts up 300+ yards.
• C.J. Beatheard, 49ers (LOSS)- This one isn't simply a QB issue. San Francisco is beyond depleted on offense due to injuries. Arizona needed to simply win and they were in the playoffs. They can't force a turnover against a 3rd stringer.
• John Wolford, Rams (LOS)- A guy who a year ago was in the AAF throws a pick on his first series, then settles in to handle the Cardinals defense down the stretch, including opening the second half with a 12-7 lead and taking his team on a nine and a half minute drive. Yes, the Rams were chewing clock with a lead at halftime. They were just going to let their defense hang on.
Kliff Kingsbury started 2021 on the hot seat, and if they fail to get in the playoffs this year, he could be toast. He makes bad decisions on a weekly basis. He burns timeouts at the worst times (in Sunday’s blowout win, he burned two in the first seven minutes, and used his third in the first half a minute into the second quarter), and his team nearly coughed up a win to the Vikings, who got the ball back because Arizona went 3 and out on their final drive while managing to only burn 35 seconds off the clock, due to decisions to throw it or run out of bounds when they needed to shave off any time Minnesota needed.

This being said, he probably is the LEAST endangered coach we’re talking about after two weeks, because Kyler Murray is making a case for an MVP campaign. So… yeah, all is right in the desert… for now.

9. Vic Fangio, Broncos (LUKEWARM SEAT) : It’s year three of Vic Fangio, and somehow, he’s got the best QB situation he’s had with Teddy Bridgewater coming in this year. Perhaps we should mention that last year, the game that the Broncos played without an actual QB was because under Fangio’s leadership, the whole QB room broke Covid-19 protocols so they could sit right on top of each other in the film room, rather than socially distance in corners. If you can’t get guys to adhere to that simple thing… it might be because you yourself are fighting the regulations there to keep you alive.

A reminder, Fangio declared that Covid-19 is showing "who the whiners are" around the NFL, last season. On the field, though... “Mr. Covid Tough Guy” Fangio led Denver to a 5-11, and to paraphrase a wiser person on CBR than I… “Denver somehow found the only person who can make dumber decisions than Vance Joseph.” Prediction: The Broncos next head coach will not have a name that starts with “V”. Just in case.

For the moment, Fangio looks like a genius with his team at 2-0, but we can’t say his team is actually that good, because those wins are against the hapless Giants and the woeful Jaguars. Once he has to play the rest of the AFC West… that’s when we’ll really see if the Broncos are the real deal.


8. Bill Belichek, Patriots (LUKEWARM SEAT) : Does Belichek get a pass this year they’re starting a rookie QB in Mac Jones? They had seven starters on defense sit out last year due to Covid-19… but those guys are back. Is the story of this year going to be “Belichek gets a pass because he started a rookie he’s developing?” We’re saying, yes. That’s why no matter what Tom Brady does in Tampa Bay that will make people wonder if Belichek maybe isn’t that good without him, he’ll be allowed to hang around.

This week, Belichek looks reeeeallll smart, but that’s because he got the cure for whatever has ailed him for two decades… the New York Jets. Mac Jones completely outplayed Zach Wilson, his counterpart on the other side, and the Patriots’ defense picked off Wilson four times. Darth Hoodie’s doom is not impending… at this time.

7. Mike McCarthy, Cowboys (LUKEWARM SEAT) Jerrah does not like chaos at the coaching position… but Mike McCarthy has continually been exposed as a coach, and in spite of Dak Prescott AGAIN carrying the Cowboys to a late lead with 400+ yards passing, McCarthy cannot handle clock management to save his life. In Week 1, that left Tom Brady with 90 seconds to casually head the other direction against Dallas’ still porous defense (they gave up 379 yards and 4 TDs to Tampa Bay) and take the Buccaneers to a victory. The Bucs had 11 PENALITES which you would think would screw them out of a win, but the Cowboys had EIGHT of their own.

Yes, in Week 2, Dallas got the win versus the LA Chargers… but again, McCarthy and clock management. Dallas won on a 56 yard field goal, which was kicked from the Chargers’ 38 yard line with 4 seconds left. They started that drive on their own 13 yard line, and 3:54 on the clock. They had 2 timeouts, plus the two minute warning for a stoppage. In 3:50 of elapsed time, they only went 49 yards. In a “what the f*** are you thinking?” bit of clock management, they ran the ball with one timeout left from on 2nd and 6 from the Chargers’ 41 with 33 seconds left… and then didn’t run another play to kick that long field goal. They had another down where they could have thrown a pass AFTER taking their final timeout, and if it was incomplete, clock stopped. If they completed it but didn’t get out of bounds, they would have had time to spike it as well. But THERE. WAS. TIME. TO. GET. CLOSER. Postgame, he lied about the confusion with the final timeout, and why they let the clock tick down so far before they took it. McCarthy is lucky that his kicker is Greg Zeurlein, frankly.

At some point, it should be clear that Mike McCarthy cannot coach defense to save his life and all he can do is get a solid franchise QB and pray they carry him to victory. That was the case in Green Bay, and so it is in Dallas.

This being said, the NFC (L)East still is the Cowboys’ to lose, even with their abysmal D.


6. Matt Nagy, Bears (LUKEWARM SEAT): The Double-Doink happened like 3 years ago, but it made something snap in Matt Nagy. He spent that entire off-season talking about it, and making his players relive that trauma, and they responded by getting worse afterwards. Where they didn’t respond was fixing their QB situation. They drafted Justin Fields, sure, but Nagy is sticking with Andy Dalton. If you’re going with the Red Rifle at this stage of his career, you’re pretty f***ed. Their defense? They still have DPOTY candidate Khalil Mack. The offense? Yeah, again, that QB situation and poor Allen Robinson wishing he didn’t leave Jacksonville. Think about that… there’s a guy who was better off IN JACKSONVILLE than in Chicago. The Bears watched Arizona choke away the #7 playoff seed last year and got it, but 8-8 and early exits and a never-ending offense stuck in first gear could end Nagy’s tenure in the Windy City at four years.

The Bears managed to escape with a win against the Bengals, who injured their own former QB. Which means the Justin Fields experiment begins, and the new Matt Nagy excuse will be, “but I had a rookie QB…” if they can’t win.

Belichick would probably need 3 or 4 consecutive losing seasons to be ousted and even then they would have to be 5 or less win seasons imo with a real stinker in there. He still has more security than any coach in the league.

[Gray Lensman]

Belichick would probably need 3 or 4 consecutive losing seasons to be ousted and even then they would have to be 5 or less win seasons imo with a real stinker in there. He still has more security than any coach in the league.

I think Bill would be on a hot seat if the Pats really stink up the place this season, but as long as he meets expectations this season (which seems to be just missing the playoffs) he's in a safe seat.

He has 2 things to work on - run defense, and red zone offense. That's going to be what decides the season for New England.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I think Bill would be on a hot seat if the Pats really stink up the place this season, but as long as he meets expectations this season (which seems to be just missing the playoffs) he's in a safe seat.

He has 2 things to work on - run defense, and red zone offense. That's going to be what decides the season for New England.

I'll say this...after 6 Super Bowls ...Bill Belichick will never be on the hot seat. He'll never have a place there. Because the man won 6 championships and took the franchise to heights no one ever expected. Now whoever replaces Belichick ....oooh man I pity that guy. Because that guy has to follow someone who won 6 championships and didn't have a losing season for like 18-19 seasons.