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Yes the Saints are in cap hell right now, worst in the league. They had a HOF QB and a great coach and I feel that is the reason for their success more than great organizational management. So I am leery about Ireland from NO but not totally opposed to him like the candidates from the Browns organization.
 

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Seems strange on the surface. Wonder why….
I would think most teams find him a limited choice for today's pass first offenses. At hart he is a ground and pound OC. The QB's he has developed Kapernick, Jackson, and to a lesser degree Huntley are not great pocket passers. Even great athletic quarterbacks like Mahomes, Allen, Wilson to name a few still have to make the majority of their throws from the pocket to have moved to the next level.
 

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Yes the Saints are in cap hell right now, worst in the league. They had a HOF QB and a great coach and I feel that is the reason for their success more than great organizational management. So I am leery about Ireland from NO but not totally opposed to him like the candidates from the Browns organization.
My problem with Ireland is not as much the talent that he has drafted or had a hand in drafting, but his choices for HC's when he was the GM in Miami.
 

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Ryan Day just filled two positions on his staff, Harbaugh has not filled any. There is still remote chance at Harbaugh per Hoge.
Not my 1st choice but wouldn't bitch. I think the GM should pick his coach but with Harbaugh, it might work better the other way around, LOL.
 

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2 candidates from the Browns organization (Adofo-Mensah and Glenn Cook). Really? A team who hasn't placed better than 3rd in their division in 10 years and is a combined 52-108 over that span with 7 head coaches.

Well Adofo sounds like a minority. THANKS TANESHA!
 

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I would think most teams find him a limited choice for today's pass first offenses. At hart he is a ground and pound OC. The QB's he has developed Kapernick, Jackson, and to a lesser degree Huntley are not great pocket passers. Even great athletic quarterbacks like Mahomes, Allen, Wilson to name a few still have to make the majority of their throws from the pocket to have moved to the next level.
But to not even get interviews? He’s had success and Jackson has improved quite a bit as a passer. He also had some success developing tyrod Taylor. Pass first offenses are a valid point, but there is more than one way to skin a cat, and success is success. The titans seem to have no problem winning with a similar philosophy. Unless you have a TB/Peyton Mannning type, you need a team and a coach that can muck it up and win on the ground. I think it’s very strange that he isn’t getting interviews
 

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Their long time GM is retiring so if they don't offer it to Khan that's enough said.
But isn't that a weird situation, like the old GM retiring after the draft?

It would be odd to have co-GMs for a few months.
 

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Pittsburgh is one of those teams that's truly a QB away. Tomlin is one of the 5 best coaches in football.
So give the GM job to Khan if he promises to bring Tomlin with him?

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6 out of 10 seasons with 10+ wins and no losing seasons. They did have Big Ben but he hasn't been a special QB for a few years now. Definitely a solid organization.

But I agree with you on Kahn. I either want an assistant GM, director of pro personnel or director of college scouting. Those are really the only 3 people with major weight in personnel decisions. Kahn is an executive and may have had little to do with talent acquisition. I think he is worth a look but I would need insider info that he was heavily involved in the draft and free agency before I would even consider him.
Pittsburg has had 8 losing seasons and 5 8-8 seasons since 1972. That is 13 bad seasons in 50 years, and 5 of them were not even losing seasons. That is 26% non-winning seasons in the last 50 years.

That is the ideal team in the NFL in regards to consistency. Few teams comes close (New England was 14 and 2 in the same time period, the Colts were 21 and 4, the Packers were 17 and 6 and the Browns/Ravens were 20 and 5).



The Bears?

27 losing seasons and 5 8-8 seasons. 64% non-winning seasons in the last 50 years.

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It's crazy how many streaming services there are now. I'll end up paying the same outrageous prices I was for cable to have all the streaming services I want lol

That's why I use a VPN and stream everything for free.

Prime video, Netflix, HBO Max, and Hulu would cost around 50$ a month, then I'm also an anime guy, so another 15$ for Crunchyroll and funimation.

Then another 50-85$ a month for an official IPTV provider like YouTube TV or Hulu live TV....

Yea, fuck all that. Instead I pay 80$ a year for a VPN and stream everything I want for free through unofficial apps. Another 80$ a year for an unofficial IPTV provider. (With way more channels then the official providers)
 

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in principle. He's going to lean heavily on Polian (and his unnamed source who I think is Trace Armstrong).
Dungy is who more have mentioned. Think Trace might be a conflict of interest since he reps a lot of these guys. But that’s pure speculation
 

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