Patriots turned more than half their roster over from last year. 30 new players, between FA and draft picks. TJ $94 in dead cap and DK $49 in dead cap. They going noweher withoyut eating alot of their dead cap. Reworking their contracts....pushing money down the road may be the only oprtion to save ...

Guess a young, innovative, and now Super Bowl winning offensive mind was too extreme for the Steelers to consider. Must stick to paleolithic 4 TE centric offense. I think one thing we know for sure, given McCarthy's historic preferences is that it will NOT be a "4 TE centric offense." Probably not ...

Another thought if he fails in LV..... These new young coaches go to teams that fired their coach because the teams were terrible or very bad. Bad for a while. Bad roster, coaching or both. And its a lose lose HC gig many times. look at Vrabel......first stint was heading in the right direction........

OTOH....

Imagine AA dropping back vs. the Seahawks or PATS defense.....as those two teams defenses kept getting better each week up to the SB.
Or the Denver defense.

Bringing AA back certainly aligns with their goal of getting to NHALS-23 I would really like to see what Howard has. With 12 draft picks.....gotta believe they Draft a QB. even if its a 3rd or a 4th. ...as we have ( 5 ) 3rd and 4th round picks. Maybe they bring him back and he gets banged up early.....

May Maye never see another SB

Steeldrama wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 09, 2026 2:21 am

Apparently defense still wins championships

And defensive minds..

Think I saw that New England went from not making the playoffs...
Adding 30 new players...FA, draft, trade?
To SB

We've seen list by some here how we can easily shed 15 of our inferior players and under performers...

We've seen a few team's turn it around in a year...

Dan Smith--BYU wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 09, 2026 1:32 am

not music

Bad Bunny and Reggaeton suck

To be fair..
I gave the half time show the first 15 seconds....
Before turning to something else

The de-line certainly needed a new voice, a new direction. Like most think...Benton is not a NT. And he has regressed ... tho he came along at end of year, has potential to be better. Two more young pieces in Harmon.... could be a stud.. And the big Yak. I would add another to that group with one of...

I'd be concerned if Falkner gave all our run play Intel to the Ravens. , but 1. They've known our run plays for 19 years. 2. I would assume McCarthy will incorporate his whole new scheme, play design, calls, etc.. 3. I'll assume Rooney did not mandate MM use the same scheme and calls as MT. I'm posi...

Your painting a red barn red?

And no, Kubiak didn't turn down the Steelers nor would he have if offered . Zero way for you to know this unless you know him or have him quoted saying he would take the Steelers job if offered. In Vegas he has brand new, state of the art facilities AND the number 1 pick in the draft where he will ...

Legit question...
Does it seem like the staff will be bigger this year?

Stosh-67 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 03, 2026 1:47 am

Peko was a volunteer coach in McCarthys oldest sons high school football team last 2 years.

That's a lie man..
Come on!

Peko was a volunteer coach in McCarthys oldest sons high school football team last 2 years.

And drafting in January...
Not April

I see Schwartz going to S>F> to replace Salah?

Probably too expensive to be Steelers DC.

Plus they would ask Schwartz to coach to fit the Steelers 3-4 scheme

Don't get the last play.. hand it to 9

franco32 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 26, 2026 2:31 am

Payton gave up 3 today as well on a 4th and 1. Critical points in a low scoring game.

Yeah. I was saying kick.
Had to know weather was coming in 2nd half.
No?
Too much bravado this year in 4th and 1.
Especially in playoffs...

langer wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 26, 2026 2:00 am

Might be the dumbest penalty of all time.

Ref gave him more than enough time to get some jabbing in...
But he just could not stop

Seattle gotta get to 41 to win this.
Stafford so good.

The league really needs to address blowing the whistle when forward progress is stopped. This waiting another 3-5 seconds is crazy. I'd actually prefer the Seahawks win but the Seattle RB was stopped at the 4 and was pushed 2 yards backwards for several seconds but the play continued and suddenly h...

Now we get to watch my #1 Choice , KK, compose another masterpiece for the Seahawks...
But we had to hurry and hire McCarthy before another team swooped in and not let him leave their building without a signed contract..
.
Who that team would have would have been....lol.

Swiss, looks around…….coast is clear……takes off his Patriots jersey, hangs it in closet quietly……. Jumps back on computer, resumes fighting against reason……and 95 :lol: :lol: 8-) :D :D :P Your not saying......? How long you think Jack was working undercover for the Feds in the 'Departed'. And he ha...

Loved your humor and nicknames...

And the vision you planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

Maybe bring in Scheelhaase as OC...
A year to learn how to Coach a team...
Ready to step in....

Oye

Bills interviewing Philip Rivers for HC...last known coaching high school. He can always be a player coach in case they go thru 2 or 3 QBs during the season. Who was the last player coach? Bill Russel in the NBA? In the mid-1950s, Tom Landry played defensive back while serving as defensive coordina...

TimmayLake wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 23, 2026 5:15 pm

Ben might as well toss his hat in the ring too...

CheapAss Rooney* may be looking at this and thinking he can save salary with Ben as HC as well as head coach......for at least one year at QB for transitiion to FC?

* I do not recall who gave this nickname?

KC?

swissvale72 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 23, 2026 5:05 pm

Bills interviewing Philip Rivers for HC...last known coaching high school.

He can always be a player coach in case they go thru 2 or 3 QBs during the season.

Who was the last player coach?
Bill Russel in the NBA?