Recent content by Frank Lee

Who are the voices of reason on this? Who are the folks who have the power to set some structure? And with all that money is out there for grabbing, no one will want to listen anyway.

Assuming Tomlin never gets fired, the Steelers need to fire the GM for a team with such a poor OL, LBs, and WRs. Then fire the OC. The playcalling is a head-scratcher. I looked up the bios for both. Khan and Smith. Unimpressive. What causes these guys to get hired?

Do NFL OCs need to pass any type of competency exam?

HOU v PGH. Refs again arbitrarily with PI non-call. And the announcers always come to the refs' rescue, no matter the call.

Change 1st and 2nd team to Primary Rotation and it works for me. Brahmer, Bacon, Peoples, and Eskildsen will make big plays, but the rules say only eleven guys at a time.

With Elijah Sarratt, formerly with the St. Francis Red Flash, excelling at IU, then I'm thinking with guys like 6'4" Sowell and Speedster Eskildsen coming in and combining with Howard and Becht, then we'll see how things play out. Either buy into the Indiana model or buy into the Oregon model...

Thanks for the reply. Based on most others saying the same thing, I was thinking that it was rationalizing or maybe scapegoating for other weaknesses.

Indiana is the model, but I don't know if Lanning knows how to replicate it. I believe CMC gets it.

Didn't want to clog this board up with NFL stuff, so this thread should work. To Eagles fans in particular, is Hurts the QB you want or need to get to another Super Bowl?

I'm looking at the State College weather forecast for January 19 through the end of the month. 🥶 Let's hope that those committed from the sunbelt stay committed.

How many players are contracted to an NFL team including taxi squad? Three deep on both offense and defense is 66. Add some specialists and 80 can work. Tell an OT to also learn the OG position, a Safety to also learn the CB position, and so forth. And let's not forget that "Concrete...

Yep. But for 2026, Hanson has the reps and can catch the ball. I'm not sure who will be the workhorse RBs. Peoples and Martin? Hanson and Peoples? At least RBs will need to compete for playing time (I hope).

How much does the NFL pay its coaches (e.g. $10m+?) and does success translate between CFB "pro" and NFL "pro"? And, like Paterno, Cignetti might be someone who understands this and likes where he's at. There are various factors that lead to success in both. E.g. Saban, Meyer, Belichick, Chip...

Where a coach matters and may be worth the pay in this environment is his ability to shape teams into complete and productive units. Cignetti, maybe CMC, probably Meyer and Saban. Big12, speed & skill position mentality guys like Riley, Franklin, and Sark not so much.

A sweep at home. Not bad. There are a few things that might need adjusting for the last half of the season, IMHO. 1) Get tougher along the boards and win some of those scraps. Bigger teams are winning there. 2) The 1-2-2 powerplay setup makes for some nice perimeter passing, but it would...