3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

what flavor kool aid are you drinking? Kool aid man

 

1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Yep, that's exactly where I'm at too. It's always a game of cat and mouse. The innovative offensive minds will usually remain a step ahead.

Yes, I find it hard to believe this was squarely on Brian Johnson. Brian Johnson was here last season. He's been around the offense. Were some of his situational play calls bad? Yeah. But Sirianni himself said in an interview that he does dictate what plays were called on some occasions. So he still has a lot of influence on it. And it's his scheme. He's responsible for the inability to adjust to the blitz. The route combinations. The overall structure. That's all Sirianni.

The question is: will he still have control of that in 2024 with a new OC? Or will Lurie and Howie strip that away from him?

And he already regrets removing the word

FINALLY!!!!

Name your top 5 Kool and the Gang songs.

11 minutes ago, Moderator12 said:

  

Done

You should get a raise. 

This has no bearing on future but hopefully it lasts at least one more season  🤞 

 

 

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

Gotta give Shanny some credit. He loses coaches all the time and knows exactly how to replace them and keep the pipeline full. 

That's because Kyle Shanahan is a great offensive mind who actually controls all aspects of his offense, including the playcalling.  They can lose offensive assistants all day and it won't matter much.

Unlike our head coach.

8 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

what flavor kool aid are you drinking? Kool aid man

Howie flavored

Just now, Arsenal79 said:

That's because Kyle Shanahan is a great offensive mind who actually controls all aspects of his offense, including the playcalling.  They can lose offensive assistants all day and it won't matter much.

Unlike our head coach.

What about all the defensive coaches he can replace without much of an issue?

It's a good thing, it would have been weird if we drafted Kool-Aid and then had him sign his autograph as "I need to find a new cliche McKinstry"

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

What about all the defensive coaches he can replace without much of an issue?

They don't have issues on D because they have a ton of talent there.  If they had an offseason like we did in 2023 their defense would fall off a cliff also.

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

Yes, I find it hard to believe this was squarely on Brian Johnson. Brian Johnson was here last season. He's been around the offense. Were some of his situational play calls bad? Yeah. But Sirianni himself said in an interview that he does dictate what plays were called on some occasions. So he still has a lot of influence on it. And it's his scheme. He's responsible for the inability to adjust to the blitz. The route combinations. The overall structure. That's all Sirianni.

The question is: will he still have control of that in 2024 with a new OC? Or will Lurie and Howie strip that away from him?

This is why it's a risk to let him hang around, you won't know for sure if we waste another year with the offense sputtering, at which point you would likely have to fire him anyway. And if he does manage to turn things around offensively, then maybe it was just a Brian Johnson issue, but if I were Lurie, I'd have cleaned house and started over to be sure. There's needs to be a sense of urgency, and I'd hate to see another opportunity with this roster (on the offensive side of the ball, at least) squandered with a wait-and-see attitude.

 

47 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Hurts’s ceiling is a perfect 158 passer rating to throws 10-20 yards - middle of the field yet this offensive system only called 5.2% of passing plays there.  Absurd. 

Stats like this are why I don't buy this idea that the team is "completely driven by analytics." When the analytics show they should be changing and they're not, what analytics are driving every decision?

 

 

kool aid

9 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

What about all the defensive coaches he can replace without much of an issue?

Some of that might also be Lynch having an eye for aptitude coming from that side of the ball. 

6 minutes ago, pisceschica said:

kool aid

Tang

14 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

What about all the defensive coaches he can replace without much of an issue?

Shanahan has been around the NFL for a long time.  His connections date back to 2004, almost 20 years.  Not to mention all the connections his father has as well, etc. 

On 1/22/2024 at 1:05 PM, NOTW said:

And. Here. We. Go.

@EazyEaglez @Bwestbrook36 Howie has to nail this draft!

 

Howie nailing the draft won’t matter. At most two new contributing rookies will not fix 2024. The bigger issue for me is wasting 2024 and 2025 to try and give Sirianni one more chance to prove he can’t do what he’s already proven he can’t do. 

24 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

I'm all in for Kool-aid 

55 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

Too bad it's not a deep draft though 

Depends what position you're looking at