2024 NFL Season Thread

[Danny]

Look at saints offense with taysom hill vs without. Hill covers Carrs biggest weakness. Without him they lose

[Lathum]

I can not believe how fast that very large man can run

[cartman]

Saleh fired from the Jets

[Thomkal]

I guess that wasn't an almost hug after all...

[miami_fan]

Please tell me that Nat Hack is the interim head coach. PLEASE!

[albionmoonlight]

Heh. There was an argument among Saints fans over whether Dennis Allen was the worst coach in the league. And the counter argument was "He can't be the worst b/c Robert Saleh is a coach"

I guess DA is the worst coach in the league now.

[Ksyrup]

I guess he should have done his own research on a 40 year old QB coming back from a full year off.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

Please tell me that Nat Hack is the interim head coach. PLEASE!

If so, they should have fired him before the Broncos game.

[Ryche]

DC Ulbrich is the head coach now. Would have been hilarious to make Hackett coach, he was so god awful in Denver.

[miami_fan]

That is an interesting pseudonym Aaron Rodgers has chosen for his head coach persona.

[CrimsonFox]

heh I started watching my recording of the dallas pittsburgh game. It was rain delayed. It was wild seeing just how much rain. Making waterfalls down the stairs. Do they have like water vacuums to soak up the water on the field? THere were no tarps.

[GrantDawg]

Drake Maye is going to get his first start on Sunday.

[GrantDawg]

With Drake Maye now the @Patriots starting QB, four of six first-round QBs are in. And I've updated my chart, showing when every first-round QB going all the way back to 2000 got his first start.

As you'll see here, 2008 (Ryan/Flacco) was the turning point. pic.twitter.com/RRUovpogFj
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) October 8, 2024

[Honolulu_Blue]

In 2021 there were 7 NFL head coaches hired:

Brandon Staley (Chargers) - Fired!

Urbs (Jags) - Super fired!

Arthur Smith (Falcons) - Fired!

David Culley (who?) (Texans) - Fired!

Robert Saleh (Jets) - Fired!

Nick Sirianni (Eagles) - Doesn’t talk to his QB, can’t coach without Big Dom on the sidelines, and will soon be fired!

And….

Dan Campbell (Lions)!

As things stand now, it looks pretty clear all as to who won that coaching cycle.

[stevew]

Saleh’s about to get a wake up call on full time co-parenting this week. It can’t be easy getting 7 kiddos ready for the school bus. Prob makes dealing with Aaron Rodgers a cupcake by comparison.

[Ksyrup]

I find it funny that Eric Mangini essentially called the firing last week, although not directly, by pointing out that Johnson, former US ambassador to the UK, would be pissed off about a loss in London because it would happen in front of all the friends he invited.

[Solecismic]

The Jets did a nice job on defense. They should have won that game, but the interceptions made a big difference, as did the lack of a running game. I'm not that impressed with Darnold, but I am impressed with everything else Minnesota is doing.

You look at the three Jets losses, and you see no rushing attack at all. They're putting it all on Rodgers' arm. The last two weeks combined, 32 non-Rodgers runs for 74 yards. It looks like the book on New York is to make Rodgers beat you. In his prime, that would have been ill-advised.

I'm not convinced it was time to fire Saleh. The Jets had a chance to win in the closing seconds and it came down to a last-minute interception at the Minnesota 9. But you can't fire the quarterback these days - there's no one to replace him.

Can't fire the owner in Cleveland. The Deshaun Watson trade and contract makes the Herschel Walker trade look like nothing. I don't know which was worse - the trade or the contract.

Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, Minshew is out and O'Connell is in again. Minshew seems like the ultimate backup quarterback. I'm reminded of Fitzmagic there. He's been very steady. O'Connell wasn't good last year, that could be rookie struggles. But I don't see him as starting material, either. Can you have a good offense if you have two of the best backup quarterbacks in the NFL?

Two deep is in favor again... interesting. I am seeing a slight increase in short passing this season, but it's in line with the usual year-to-year fluctuation. It really is a small change. Scoring is actually up a little from last year, but still a bit down from past heights. I'll emphasize that these are all very small changes.

[Passacaglia]

Robert Saleh wearing Lebanese flag on sweatshirt in London game played factor in Jets firing, radio host says | Fox News

Wasn't Jets owner Woody Johnson the ambassador to the UK in the Trump Administration? This seems on brand, then.

[Atocep]

The problem with firing Saleh is that he's a defensive coach and the defense wasn't the problem. The problem has been the offense and they weren't going to make Hackett the HC which would then allow them to hire a new OC. They also aren't going to fire Hackett and piss of Rodgers. Saleh doesn't appear to be a good coach but this seems like a temper tantrum firing that has a far greater likelihood of making the team worse.

The reality seems to be Rodgers is old and looking old. LaFleur extended his career a couple years but he's not the same guy and building an offense around him while expecting him to look like an MVP was a bad decision.

[RainMaker]

It is still really funny that Rodgers decided the Packers were not well enough run so he decided to join the New York Jets of all teams. Like I'm sure the Packers have their issues, but that organization seems fairly well run compared to the Jets.