Like I said earlier. The NFC is gonna be really tough. It's stacked with alot of good teams. The AFC is weak as shit. There are two decent (but very flawed) teams, and one decent (very banged up) team. (Pitt) Consider Baltimore and New England getting buys to the AFC championship game without even breaking too much of a sweat.
Presenting The Jeffrey Lurie Guide to Evaluating Your NFL Head Coach
Here it is, this is the Jeffrey Lurie test for being a head coach in the NFL, according to the Eagles' idiot owner, who today didn’t fire his coach after talking in circles for 10 minutes about how goddamn shitty the season was.
Three things to look at when deciding whether or not to can your coach:
1) Track record.
Lurie says Andy Reid has a good one, and bounces back quite well from years he doesn’t make the playoffs, often with double-digit win seasons.
2) Recent success.
He mostly skipped over that one. But did say the following, all of which touched on Reid's recent performance: [quotes were transcribed live, so there may be minor, trivial omissions]
“We proved we could dominate teams that weren’t competitive [not the Packers, Saints and Steelers]."
And...
"Being too caught up in final month's success is fool's gold.”
And...
“[It was] dismal, unfathomable to have the record we had first half of the season."
And...
“No legitimate excuses in my mind for team to take that long to come together.”
3) Intangibles. The tiebreaker, if you will.
There are many, but two specifically:
A) The Eagles were one of the best groups in terms of motivation. Talked about how the Eagles had great motivation (fuck yeah!) and great practices. Yes, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PRACTICE.
Reid has a “fire in his belly.” Really, he actually said that. Just before announcing that Reid would stay on as coach, after talking about how there were absolutely no excuses for this season, the owner of an NFL football team said the head coach had “fire in his belly.”
But wait, there’s more!
A follow up question revealed how Lurie, who spoke at a wooden podium in a suit, and sounded like a Public Speaking 101 student who had shit in his pants, performs analysis of the above intangibles:
“One of the analyses I do, is how humble [Reid] is, and how self critical he is. You’re dealing with a non-arrogant man, who blames himself for the troubles.... I don’t think you’re ever going to meet a head coach who is less arrogant than Andy Reid.”
More!
“When you can sacrifice your own popularity for the players, that goes a long, long way in the locker room. I have a coach that handles press conferences and communicates with the media in a way that protects the team. That creates unselfishness on his part, that’s the dynamic here.
I could use a line of Andy’s... Andy’s got to do a better job of that (communicating with media).”
Those were the highlights of one of the weirdest press conferences of all-time. The only thing I can even liken it to is when you didn’t want to tell your parents about a bad report card, so you told them every positive thing you could think of before informing them that you failed Algebra, brought back your fat, underachieving coach.
no way the falcons beat the saints and the packers. they can't muster enough of a pass rush to handle teams that throw a lot. it sucks
Yeah they can, I mean, putting Abraham against Newhouse on the right side could yield a lot of hurries.
It's just such a shame Edwards didn't really pan out as much as a lot of people thought he would.
abraham feasts on shitty linemen, but he's not out there every down. his hamstring and knee issues force him to sit out too much to be the force they need him to be.
edwards looks to me like he's more suited to be a 5 technique guy in a 3-4. you can tell that a lot of his sacks with the vikings were just scraps from playing opposite jared allen.
based on this, i'd *really* like to see the falcons move to a 3-4 next season since abraham probably will be cut or retire after this season. lofton and weatherspoon would probably have a bigger impact in a 3-4. i don't think it'll happen though. smith and van gorder are both 4-3 guys. that's the falcons root problem, afaic: their coaching doesn't really play up to their strengths. they have the tools for an effective pass-first, high pressure offense, but mike mularky prefers a balanced attack. they end up burning a lot of downs trying to run the ball when they have 4-5 recieving weapons on the field, depending on personnel. watching how the saints and packers run their offense, then seeing how the falcons have more potent weapons and waste them gets really frustrating sometimes.
there defense has gotten progressively better over the season.... if you look at there second half defensive stats there not bad at all..and there offense is unstoppable at this point with gronk playing out of his mind and welker picking up first downs at will....not to mention green ellis is stepping up and hernandez playing extremely well too...they will be a tough team to beat..the opposing team would need to blitz very well..that seems to be the pats one real weakness
drinkwine732Posts: 20,418destroyer of motherfuckers
You can win in the regular season like that, but I'm telling you, the team that wins will be the team that plays the best defense. All these teams invest so much in their offense but you won't win without balance.
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It's just such a shame Edwards didn't really pan out as much as a lot of people thought he would.
Here it is, this is the Jeffrey Lurie test for being a head coach in the NFL, according to the Eagles' idiot owner, who today didn’t fire his coach after talking in circles for 10 minutes about how goddamn shitty the season was.
Three things to look at when deciding whether or not to can your coach:
1) Track record.
Lurie says Andy Reid has a good one, and bounces back quite well from years he doesn’t make the playoffs, often with double-digit win seasons.
2) Recent success.
He mostly skipped over that one. But did say the following, all of which touched on Reid's recent performance: [quotes were transcribed live, so there may be minor, trivial omissions]
“We proved we could dominate teams that weren’t competitive [not the Packers, Saints and Steelers]."
And...
"Being too caught up in final month's success is fool's gold.”
And...
“[It was] dismal, unfathomable to have the record we had first half of the season."
And...
“No legitimate excuses in my mind for team to take that long to come together.”
3) Intangibles. The tiebreaker, if you will.
There are many, but two specifically:
A) The Eagles were one of the best groups in terms of motivation. Talked about how the Eagles had great motivation (fuck yeah!) and great practices. Yes, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PRACTICE.
But wait, there’s more!
A follow up question revealed how Lurie, who spoke at a wooden podium in a suit, and sounded like a Public Speaking 101 student who had shit in his pants, performs analysis of the above intangibles:
“One of the analyses I do, is how humble [Reid] is, and how self critical he is. You’re dealing with a non-arrogant man, who blames himself for the troubles.... I don’t think you’re ever going to meet a head coach who is less arrogant than Andy Reid.”
More!
“When you can sacrifice your own popularity for the players, that goes a long, long way in the locker room. I have a coach that handles press conferences and communicates with the media in a way that protects the team. That creates unselfishness on his part, that’s the dynamic here.
I could use a line of Andy’s... Andy’s got to do a better job of that (communicating with media).”
Those were the highlights of one of the weirdest press conferences of all-time. The only thing I can even liken it to is when you didn’t want to tell your parents about a bad report card, so you told them every positive thing you could think of before informing them that you failed Algebra, brought back your fat, underachieving coach.
edwards looks to me like he's more suited to be a 5 technique guy in a 3-4. you can tell that a lot of his sacks with the vikings were just scraps from playing opposite jared allen.
based on this, i'd *really* like to see the falcons move to a 3-4 next season since abraham probably will be cut or retire after this season. lofton and weatherspoon would probably have a bigger impact in a 3-4. i don't think it'll happen though. smith and van gorder are both 4-3 guys. that's the falcons root problem, afaic: their coaching doesn't really play up to their strengths. they have the tools for an effective pass-first, high pressure offense, but mike mularky prefers a balanced attack. they end up burning a lot of downs trying to run the ball when they have 4-5 recieving weapons on the field, depending on personnel. watching how the saints and packers run their offense, then seeing how the falcons have more potent weapons and waste them gets really frustrating sometimes.
ive been telling people the whole year that the pats are legit and they are the afc number one seed...its hard work being this right all the time
Ppg and turnovers. That's what it's about. They forced the most turnovers and allowed 15 ppg. Their defense played great.