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garrett, 4 months ago

This report just made me annoyed, changing nothing, saying the challenge was accurate with Jaylen getting slapped in the head, and other calls being knowingly bad.

garrett, 4 months ago

If they dump Fields for a new draft QB, I’d say that the whole front office should probably go 😂

garrett, 4 months ago

I don’t know if I buy it but there does have to be something happening. At minimum, imposing a GM on him is necessary cause this “get the most out of players I found at a yard sale” isn’t working without strong role players and a winning record.

garrett, 4 months ago

Yes, not rebuilding at all is a problem. Yes, the defense still has strengths and injuries were largely to blame for their issues but we gotta be aggressive when moving on from the dynasty, trying to find who we can build around instead of bragging about how little money was spent in free agency, a common Belichick comment that was certainly not a directive from Kraft.

Mac could use more time from a line but he’s not a franchise quarterback. We gotta move on from him. You should watch some of the QB school videos on him that emphasize how his fundamentals broke down in games once there was any pressure and just didn’t recover. That’s a huge problem cause no matter how good to line, you’re gonna get pressure.

garrett, 4 months ago

True. That trade was a masterclass. They probably just gotta get Flus outta there. I’m just being extreme since the Bears have a bundle of positions with greater need than swapping a QB.

garrett, 4 months ago

I wish you were right that we just have to stink for a few years to somehow justify everything, but that’s not how the league works. It’s not even how the Patriots have historically worked. We’re literally the second lowest spend in the league (www.spotrac.com/nfl/cash/). Belichick made this a sticking point, leading to Kraft emphasizing it wasn’t even from him (cbssports.com/…/robert-kraft-responds-to-bill-bel…). We have the draft picks. We’re not the Rams, having traded every pick we possibly could’ve. We just used them to get Cole Strange in the first round in 2022, leading to McVay to laugh at the choice since Strange would’ve been available for at least another round without risk. 2023 was notably better but still emphasized defensive side of the ball. If it’s not money or picks, what do you mean when you say “borrowing from the future”? I don’t mean to sound like a prick but it sounds hand-wavy and doesn’t really point to any deficiency.

I agree that we need to have a foundation on the team but we need to have that on both sides of the ball. We’ve got a great defense but no offensive standouts. An O-Line repeatedly swapped around leading to no cohesion. No WR1. Not even really a WR2. Unloaded Jakobi Meyers for Juju at the same rate thinking we’d get an improvement in yards after the catch but didn’t. We don’t even have players on offense that can “do their job” any longer. Players were running into each other during routes or clearly trying to recover a bad route in the Cowboys game. We’ve had the resources to rebuild, we just haven’t used them.

And Mac is just not gonna be that guy. He has some bright spots but lost the locker room with his O-line refusing to help him back to his feet (which literally every O-line does when their QB is hit) and just repeatedly breaking down his fundamentals every time he played this year. Tossing across the field multiple times in a game is unhinged and really playing with fire. I really do think you’d enjoy those QB School videos on YouTube. They have a lot of great details about the play calling, qb fundamentals, etc.

garrett, 4 months ago

I agree that spend is make believe but kinda in the other direction since there’s always a way to structure a deal that fits into the cap. Either way, Kraft has said money spend is not an issue so unless you have a reference to the contrary, I can’t take that seriously.

garrett, 4 months ago

I think the redeeming quality is getting a known good player that can put points on the board. Again, it’s not “future cap”. We’re not strapped for cash by any measure unless you have something that says to contrary.

garrett, 4 months ago

Feels that way 😭😭

garrett, 4 months ago

That’s pretty awesome to see that attendance is trending upwards for MLS. The sport’s been improving in the US. Still a ways to go but we’ll be there.

garrett, 4 months ago

It’s about the intersection of their app, their rewards systems and the dark patterns in the whole system that lead to them accruing a lot of money that they don’t really deserve. That’s pretty much a tech story.

garrett, 4 months ago

Badass!

garrett, 4 months ago

Fun device but I feel like we’ve most past the longing for physical keyboards.

garrett, 4 months ago

Wait… was it??

garrett, 5 months ago

Honestly didn’t expect this with the way Browning’s been cooking but good on the Steelers to figure something out.

garrett, 5 months ago

Not surprising. He’s great at what he does, firing up a team to get buy in. Any other coach would’ve lost the locker room with the year they’ve had.

garrett, 5 months ago

With how bad Lemmy federates across other platforms, even those still federating won’t be seen on Threads lol

garrett, 4 months ago

I might be able to help here. Is it outbound or inbound networking? Is there a ticket number you’d be okay sharing?

garrett, 4 months ago

ONE is will be just fine lol

garrett, 5 months ago

This is a reminder that “Deflategate” was dumb as hell.

garrett, 5 months ago

I always hate policy talk trying to split the hairs of Nazism and “calls for violence”.

Even worse, I just can’t get allowing monetization. If you truly “hate the views”, stop lining your pocket with their money…

garrett, 5 months ago

Especially since this was what was touted as the solution when spiking high speed rail in California… Drives me mad.

garrett, 5 months ago

The bit about this system flagging a “single person” more than 900 times at over 130 stores without any awareness of it as bunk data is just staggering.