NFL: ***Official Week 17 Thread***
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Did you see the video going around the web this week of their LV stadium? It looks badass. All black hockey puck looking deal. The Black Hole lives!
You never know what team is going to show up. The completely unprepared team that played Green Bay a week ago or the team that actually looks like they could win a few games.
Granted losing Cook didn't help but the O-line couldn't hold a block to save their lives against Green Bay
RIP Chase Young's career. Have fun in Washington...
Lions are sitting pretty at 3. They have Stafford so they should trade down to someone desperate for a QB. Or stay put and grab Okudah, OL help or one of the many stud WRs.
They should be a prime candidate to trade down unless they see Stafford's eventual successor there at 3. I think Miami's ideal scenario is Tua falling to them at five but several teams are going to be looking to leapfrog them. Really their best play might be to skip a QB this year, work on building out the rest of the roster, and either sign up for another year of Ryan Fitzpatrick or another bridge QB. It's not like they're just a franchise QB away from contention, so why reach unless they're sure their guy is in this draft?
The tank for the 2021 Draft with Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields is going to be amazing.
Pretty quiet around the league for Black Monday. The Giants have fired Pat Shurmur, bringing the list of open jobs to four:
Cleveland
NYG
Carolina
Washington DC
Of those openings I'd think that Carolina is the most attractive just in terms of stability and support. It'll be Tepper's first big hire so whoever it is will probably get a pretty long leash.
That might end up being it, although I think Doug Marrone is in trouble in Jacksonville, Jason Garrett is finished in Dallas, and I kind of wonder what happens to Mike Zimmer if the Vikes are one and done in the playoffs.
Cleveland
NYG
Carolina
Washington DC
Of those openings I'd think that Carolina is the most attractive just in terms of stability and support. It'll be Tepper's first big hire so whoever it is will probably get a pretty long leash.
That might end up being it, although I think Doug Marrone is in trouble in Jacksonville, Jason Garrett is finished in Dallas, and I kind of wonder what happens to Mike Zimmer if the Vikes are one and done in the playoffs.
If the Bears stick with Trubisky and don't bring in a replacement or at least some competition to push him then I think they might be the one of the frontrunners in the race to the bottom.
Brian Flores did a hell of a job with the hand he got dealt this year. I was kind of surprised when they went with Fitzpatrick instead of Rosen but once they made that change at QB they were generally pretty competitive.
I don't think Zims' seat is even warm. Maybe a different situation if they tank in year three of Cousin's big deal.
The problem is it's the Lions. Instead of firing Quinn and Patricia like any sane ownership would, they've decided to give them "the ultimatum" - one more year to fix it. Which means Quinn and Patricia will be making all of their offseason moves out of desperation instead of what's good for the team long term. Now, at #3, it's quite possible that a player can be drafted that both helps right now and is good for the long term, but history isn't with Quinn - in 4 years the only pick he's made that's been a smart pick is Kenny Golliday. This is a guy, who at 8 last year, picked a TE in Hockenson, a guy who can't keep himself healthy because he plays stupid, and a number of Iowa fans would say wasn't even the better TE between the two Iowa TEs drafted in the first round. And this was when the first round last year was filled with stud defensive linemen, which was and still is a clear need for this team.
Basically, I'm more interested in how Quinn screws up this draft, and if the Fords go back on their word that this is the last chance.
