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2008-09 NFL Season Thread
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Alive but unlikely sad to say... Singletary is definitely laying out his credentials for the job though.
FOX broadcasting the Viking locker room in a state of undress was amusing.
This Cowboy/Steeler game has picked up unfortunately - means I can't go to bed!
This Cowboy/Steeler game has picked up unfortunately - means I can't go to bed!
You can go to bed now.FOX broadcasting the Viking locker room in a state of undress was amusing.
This Cowboy/Steeler game has picked up unfortunately - means I can't go to bed!
Not the best way for the Giants to clinch, but I am sure they will take it. Somebody is going to have to tell the Giants that this is crunch time.
Cowboy loss helps the Falcons
They let another one slip away...
They let the Broncos, Saints and Eagles off the hook
Still have a shot at the playoffs
Woof, Woof - Dawg
They let another one slip away...
They let the Broncos, Saints and Eagles off the hook
Still have a shot at the playoffs
Woof, Woof - Dawg
Now the 49ers have to wait another year. The Arizona Cardinals clinched the NFC West.
Better to lose a game now rather than in the playoffs.
With three men out of the season now, the Giants are extremely vulnerable. What looked like a shoe in to the Super Bowl now looks like a vulnerable team that can conceivably lose in their first playoff game. Dallas looked like a potential threat but tonight's loss shows their weaknesses, too.
I have no idea who will do well in the NFC at this point.
Who can catch the Titans in either conference? They are the runaway bullet train.
Steelers looked great tonight on defense, but I don't think they have it this year all around to make it to the Super Bowl. Ben looks hurt and unable to run with the ball.
The Jets looked like they could be the one at a certain point, but their loss to SF was not pretty. I think Favre may be the best old man QB, but he's not who he was.
Let's see how the last game tonight fares, and on Monday night. Injuries to any key players at this point can doom a division leading team and usually one or two lose their chances due to that factor.
Wiki has him going to a lot of possible teams, even college.
This will be interesting to see.
I don't see him going college. Maybe Notre Dame but it looks like Charlie will be back.
He coached for Detroit? I know he was with the Browns (and KC Chiefs) and most think he is most likely to go back to the Browns where he started is coaching career nearly 24 years ago, but who really knows? I am sure he has enough money so the initial offer won't be his only consideration at this point.
I know with the dot.com billions that went to the Browns with their part owners and staff, from SF's niners creating the niners downfall, they can pay anything that he asks for. When some teams ask for a stadium upgrade, they have to ask for money from the city. On any given year since the big high tech money infused themselves into the Browns, they can, every year, build a stadium if they want.
The Browns have the heir of MBNA as their chief owner, and the richest families in Ohio and Northern California bankrolling them as partners, and had no trouble spending twice as much for control of the Browns franchise than had previously been paid for any team in NFL history. We are talking tens of billions here collectively. I think they can easily see any offer that is given to Cowher, with his 21-22 year coaching history with good records, and tenfold any other team's offer. Does Cowher want 40 mil. a year? No issue, they just cut a check.
When the niners went downhill after Ohio megafamilies the Policys and the DeBartolos left, as did much of the big silicon valley and SF money, and Walsh went back to Stanford, some NFL wannabes like Larry Ellison, Paul Allen, and 100s of other centimillionaires or billionaires had a new hobby in the "new" and refurbished Browns. None of that money was ever put back into the niners, and having the team reject San Jose as a new location was not exactly something to make high tech mavericks warm up to.
I remember when the niners were terrible and they had Bill Walsh come in and turn it around. Cowher could take Detroit, and no matter what he does, anything will be an improvement. But the Browns can seriously outspend Detroit for Cowher.
There would be major bragging rights if he took Detroit, from where they are now, to the playoffs next year. It would be one of the great turnaround stories of the NFL.
I have a strange feeling that the niners, wiped from playoff contention this year, and threatening to be in a losing season, may come back next year and be a playoff contender. Arizona has the division, but they are only 8-5 this year and Warner is not getting any younger.
Though the niners were not mentioned on Cowher's short list, which is actually long from all internet sources in a search engine snapshot, it could be a great match in building a second niners dynasty. Part of what could fuel that also is that the NFC West is pretty weak right now and open for a hero.
So, if and when Cowher comes back, will be to his, now super rich former first team, the Browns, to Detroit, the Eagles, or some other team not on the hot list? There is no salary cap for head coaches. Even players like Dwight Freeney made 31 mil. last year while Coach Holmgren made 8 million, chump change for the Browns deep pockets.
Ravens, Panthers, Dolphins, and Redskins have also been mentioned.
I wouldn't mind the niners got him, though they don't have the same former deep pockets.
Just the main owner alone of the Browns has a worth more than that team's nearly billion dollar franchise value. Smart money says he goes to the Browns.
Ravens, Panthers, Dolphins, and Redskins have also been mentioned.
I wouldn't mind the niners got him, though they don't have the same former deep pockets.
Just the main owner alone of the Browns has a worth more than that team's nearly billion dollar franchise value. Smart money says he goes to the Browns.
Which is a shock in itself. The NFC West has been appalling this year. OK so the NFC North has the Lions but for most of the year, the Rams have been a 'gimme' win as have the Seahawks.
Well, Eddie was asked to leave after all. And if he'd sold back then during the first internet bubble, then who knows what would have happened with the original dotcom crash. Then again, couldn't have been much worse than York. Denise DeBartolo never really seemed to have the same love for the team. York tinkered but without knowing what he was doing and trying to scrimp on the wrong things. Things started to go downhill when they fired Mooch and got rid of Garcia without having a QB in mind to replace him - lack of football brains and lots of accountants.
Seahawks won it last year with what - 9-7? It's not a strong division so it's definitely winnable. Then again, Seahawks have had injury nightmares for most of the year and should come back stronger next year. The Rams have to come back stronger otherwise they'll be mistaken for the Lions. And there will be at least 2 new coaches, if not 3 which could make for an interesting shake-up.
I wasn't convinced by Singletary when they announced him as an interim guy (not that I'm brave enough to say that face to face to him!) but he's doing a good job with the same cast of players. Part of it is better game management although that couldn't have got worse than Nolan but not sure whether it's better game planning, better motivation but he does deserve serious consideration for the job full-time.
Cowher's not going to a team unless he can be coach and GM so that he can build his own roster. Wherever he can have total control is where he'll go. His next coaching job will be in the NFL,not college.
I'm not about to hand the Titans the AFCC just yet.I can see Pitt,Bal or Indy giving Tenn a run for the money in the playoffs. Pitt and Bal have solid defenses and Indy has quietly won 6 in a row and continues to improve.
I'm not about to hand the Titans the AFCC just yet.I can see Pitt,Bal or Indy giving Tenn a run for the money in the playoffs. Pitt and Bal have solid defenses and Indy has quietly won 6 in a row and continues to improve.
Thank you Redskins for participating in this year's football season. You may pick up your goodie bag and home version of the game on your way out the door.
With the top coach getting 8 mil., or at least that's what we see over the table, and the top player making 50% percent more, also over the table (but really 30 something), a rich team like the Browns, Redskins, or Cowboys can pay Cowher super big bucks, I mean NFL star player salary, and this will eventually happen. If a team is missing their star player, they may still survive, but w/o a great coach they are dead.
I can see a case for Indy making it all the way. Baltimore and the Steelers only seemed to win by having teams lay down for them. Both have either injured QBs or lucky QBs. You can't read it all in the the win-loss ratio. The latter two teams don't look anything like the Titans. Indy doesn't either, but they are a much better team, but still the best hope for any AFC team is if Manning gets injured, or if key players on their defense get hurt. This can and has happened to a lot of unstoppable teams in the past.
Remember the Raiders who were up early at 8-0 with QB Hoss, or the Rams who returned to the Super Bowl with a team only half healthy? The only exceptions I can think of where a team lost a key player(s) and had a step in do the job for the rest of the season/playoffs/super bowl was 1) the NY Giants with Hoss and 2) the Redskins with QB Williams.
What would be interesting would be if the Titans destroyed the rest of the competition through the season remainder and playoffs only to lose the big game to the...Arizona Cardinals.