Writers like to use the term “ coaching trees”. Any coach who was involved with that offensive debacle in Denver shouldn’t be allowed near Florham Park. I don’t care who they are related too or what quarterback likes them. Hackett never called played in Green Bay. That coaching tree is a busted twig.
As far as the Belichick coaching tree, the only one that you can say you would hire is Brian Flores who basically won games with the odds stacked against him. Unfortunately, he is a defensive coach. Other than him, almost all of Belichick’s former assistants have been total failures once they left the “ Evil Kingdom”. Belichick’s coaching tree looks like the aftermath of a colossal forest fire.
David, I think they should hire Brian Johnson. I saw something Saturday night that some people might not think is a big deal but struck a nerve with me. When Jalen Hurts went to the sidelines after the Eagles scored their first touchdown, Hurts was met by a black assistant coach who walked and talked with him. I will assume that was Johnson. I challenge anybody to show proof that Gase or any of his assistants talked to Darnold on the sidelines. Same thing with Zach, we always saw them sitting alone.
David, if Quentin Johnston is there at 13, would you take him over Jackson Smith-Njigba
yes it was a good weekend. Weekends like this, when my team has no dog in the hunt (like, oh i don't know, since when I had hair on my head!), I fall back on my fan-of-football status and hope for some good ball. Which the Wildcard round always gives, since those are the teams with the most significant flaws and thus, makes for some surprising and exciting play.
Now I don't have anything against Brady; yes i know he's been brainwashed into hating the Jets, the Belicheck-affect (the Dark Lord...) but he's mellowed out a bit. And besides, I lost the angst against him for two reasons; when he lead that fantastic comeback against the Falcons, that was a total mind-blast. But the most important reason, a few years ago I saw him during pre-game, come out and slap hands, fists, say hi to a row of national guardsmen. You see, as you can tell from my nom de guerre, I've served in our Military - so seeing him put aside the Dark-Lord inspired B/S and do something real... well that's when I set aside the crud, too. Before I'm a Jet, I am a Vet.
Being an ex-New Yorker, I also follow the Giants a bit. It was great to see Saquon Barkley return to the form he displayed as a rookie. And Saquon was a Jets fan in his youth, plus judging from the way he talks of the Jets, I think he still is a fan. I understand that; a fan for ever, no shrinking during bad years or even worse, no Rah-Rah coming out the woodworks when the team does good.
That plus the Parcells years (and how Parcells in his few years with the Jets turned around our franchise for the better, with effects lasting into the Rex Ryan years...), and now with Daboll whom I think is fantastic, getting what was essentially the same group of players that Judge almost Gase'd into irrelevance to make it this far - well, as a football fan, what's not to like about that story? Punching above your weight; that is the classic Underdog lede, and Lord (plus a couple million fellow fans...) knows we sure as heck have been that more often than not.
So yeah, I'll ck the Giants team... but the fans? Well that's a mixed bunch. I've met enough fair-weather sailors amongst the Giants fanbase to know that many of them - when the team was doing good and we weren't - only came out because the team was doing good. You couldn't hear or see them when they stunk. Likewise with Patriots fans. Man, I have been around for a while, bud. How Long? Let's just say that I have more road in my rearview mirror than I do in front of me. And do I remember when the Patriots were the laughing stock/pits of the league. Didn't see too many fans then. And here's the thing; these sunshine-only types, they always do two things; act like they've been true fans all their lives, and look down upon other fan-bases suffering as our teams struggle. That, to me, is the epitome of Unsportsmanlike Conduct (15 yards, automatic FIRST DOWN!!) - I have no use for them.
But I've usually got a good, shut'em up response for these types. Take the Dolphins for example, how many times have you been with a bunch of phish phans, ya'll are making fun of each other, and they always come out with the Marino Fake Spike, laughing it up at the SOJ. Seems to be almost a regular thing.
Last time, though, that I experienced that, with a few fans, mixed group, and this Fins fan ran this tired line again. I smiled and calmy replied, "Yeah, Marino was a great quarterback, I loved his lightning release, reminded me so much of Namath" Then I drop the hammer on him, "... a hall-of-fame talent, once in a lifetime kinda player... and the highlight of his career, is a silly-ass trick play. All that talent, and he never won a SuperBowl".
The phish guy drops his jaw a bit, and I continue. "... 'I AM THE GREATEST!', Marino shouts... but no ring. You're a dolphins fan... how do you think Danny-boy feels about that? "
The group got quiet real quick, the other fans, looking back and forth between us as we bantered against each other, looked at the 'fins guy with nothing to comeback with just looking down at his belly button. Well, David, it was plain on everyones face that I won that round. And i don't hear the fins fan talking crap anymore - which is just the way I like it.
OT, DT, C and S. I suppose one of those can be upgraded in free agency. I'm not against the WR pick, but we have the luxury of filled skill positions, so we should explore trading back for a swap of first round picks and an additional second round pick and then using our 3 high picks on the priority positions. A theme of the divisional round is power football. Would love to finish of OL and stuff the run with a big NT.
Bobber, JSN is an awesome player. I’m with you. I want the best OT available so I get why you’re not a fan. There’s gonna be a bunch of these so I happy rolling with Njigba today😂🤣
Writers like to use the term “ coaching trees”. Any coach who was involved with that offensive debacle in Denver shouldn’t be allowed near Florham Park. I don’t care who they are related too or what quarterback likes them. Hackett never called played in Green Bay. That coaching tree is a busted twig.
As far as the Belichick coaching tree, the only one that you can say you would hire is Brian Flores who basically won games with the odds stacked against him. Unfortunately, he is a defensive coach. Other than him, almost all of Belichick’s former assistants have been total failures once they left the “ Evil Kingdom”. Belichick’s coaching tree looks like the aftermath of a colossal forest fire.
David, I think they should hire Brian Johnson. I saw something Saturday night that some people might not think is a big deal but struck a nerve with me. When Jalen Hurts went to the sidelines after the Eagles scored their first touchdown, Hurts was met by a black assistant coach who walked and talked with him. I will assume that was Johnson. I challenge anybody to show proof that Gase or any of his assistants talked to Darnold on the sidelines. Same thing with Zach, we always saw them sitting alone.
David, if Quentin Johnston is there at 13, would you take him over Jackson Smith-Njigba
hey David -
yes it was a good weekend. Weekends like this, when my team has no dog in the hunt (like, oh i don't know, since when I had hair on my head!), I fall back on my fan-of-football status and hope for some good ball. Which the Wildcard round always gives, since those are the teams with the most significant flaws and thus, makes for some surprising and exciting play.
Now I don't have anything against Brady; yes i know he's been brainwashed into hating the Jets, the Belicheck-affect (the Dark Lord...) but he's mellowed out a bit. And besides, I lost the angst against him for two reasons; when he lead that fantastic comeback against the Falcons, that was a total mind-blast. But the most important reason, a few years ago I saw him during pre-game, come out and slap hands, fists, say hi to a row of national guardsmen. You see, as you can tell from my nom de guerre, I've served in our Military - so seeing him put aside the Dark-Lord inspired B/S and do something real... well that's when I set aside the crud, too. Before I'm a Jet, I am a Vet.
Being an ex-New Yorker, I also follow the Giants a bit. It was great to see Saquon Barkley return to the form he displayed as a rookie. And Saquon was a Jets fan in his youth, plus judging from the way he talks of the Jets, I think he still is a fan. I understand that; a fan for ever, no shrinking during bad years or even worse, no Rah-Rah coming out the woodworks when the team does good.
That plus the Parcells years (and how Parcells in his few years with the Jets turned around our franchise for the better, with effects lasting into the Rex Ryan years...), and now with Daboll whom I think is fantastic, getting what was essentially the same group of players that Judge almost Gase'd into irrelevance to make it this far - well, as a football fan, what's not to like about that story? Punching above your weight; that is the classic Underdog lede, and Lord (plus a couple million fellow fans...) knows we sure as heck have been that more often than not.
So yeah, I'll ck the Giants team... but the fans? Well that's a mixed bunch. I've met enough fair-weather sailors amongst the Giants fanbase to know that many of them - when the team was doing good and we weren't - only came out because the team was doing good. You couldn't hear or see them when they stunk. Likewise with Patriots fans. Man, I have been around for a while, bud. How Long? Let's just say that I have more road in my rearview mirror than I do in front of me. And do I remember when the Patriots were the laughing stock/pits of the league. Didn't see too many fans then. And here's the thing; these sunshine-only types, they always do two things; act like they've been true fans all their lives, and look down upon other fan-bases suffering as our teams struggle. That, to me, is the epitome of Unsportsmanlike Conduct (15 yards, automatic FIRST DOWN!!) - I have no use for them.
But I've usually got a good, shut'em up response for these types. Take the Dolphins for example, how many times have you been with a bunch of phish phans, ya'll are making fun of each other, and they always come out with the Marino Fake Spike, laughing it up at the SOJ. Seems to be almost a regular thing.
Last time, though, that I experienced that, with a few fans, mixed group, and this Fins fan ran this tired line again. I smiled and calmy replied, "Yeah, Marino was a great quarterback, I loved his lightning release, reminded me so much of Namath" Then I drop the hammer on him, "... a hall-of-fame talent, once in a lifetime kinda player... and the highlight of his career, is a silly-ass trick play. All that talent, and he never won a SuperBowl".
The phish guy drops his jaw a bit, and I continue. "... 'I AM THE GREATEST!', Marino shouts... but no ring. You're a dolphins fan... how do you think Danny-boy feels about that? "
The group got quiet real quick, the other fans, looking back and forth between us as we bantered against each other, looked at the 'fins guy with nothing to comeback with just looking down at his belly button. Well, David, it was plain on everyones face that I won that round. And i don't hear the fins fan talking crap anymore - which is just the way I like it.
CGVet58
No way they draft a WR with the 13th pick
There still isnt a name i would like for OC
Also - have to think what drfat picks would need to go for a starting QB
Needs (other than QB) in priority order:
OT, DT, C and S. I suppose one of those can be upgraded in free agency. I'm not against the WR pick, but we have the luxury of filled skill positions, so we should explore trading back for a swap of first round picks and an additional second round pick and then using our 3 high picks on the priority positions. A theme of the divisional round is power football. Would love to finish of OL and stuff the run with a big NT.
Bobber, JSN is an awesome player. I’m with you. I want the best OT available so I get why you’re not a fan. There’s gonna be a bunch of these so I happy rolling with Njigba today😂🤣
Sorry Jaxon Smith-Njigba