2024 Week Eleven: Houston Texans at Dallas Cowboys

[Aggiepride]

Belichick over the years has spoken glowingly of Prescott (much to most people's surprise). I have wondered since the day Jones signed him to that ludicrous deal if it was something that Belichick privately gave a head nod to.

That said, the Prescott on film this year looks like a complete 180 from most of his career, I think having him and that 240 million albatross of a deal would definitely impact a lot of potentially "good" coaches wanting to come here, because they probably know there's no way to talk Jones into moving on and drafting someone early (which this coming draft looks poor for anyway IMO)

I think it is natural, or just part of good etiquette, to praise players when you're a HC in the league. Belichick might be doing less of that now that he is on YT, but I think his default is to find positives in players. I think the vast majority of coaches do that. But I have to believe Bill likes Trevor more than Dak.

Regarding the draft, we shall see. Only time will tell. I would take a chance on one, I think there are maybe 4 that will go round 1. Some say 5

My guess is the Panthers will try another QB. So that is one off the board. Then the Browns, that's 2. I think the Jets will take a QB to try and replace Rodgers, so that's 3. The Colts might be giving up on Richardson, who would be 4.

It's possible that the 4th or 5th rated QB could fall to 9. So I think it would be helpful if we can move into the top 5.

Plus, drafting a QB in round one (at least to me) is more of a way of forcing Dak to accept a trade and renegotiate the contract for a trade. even if the rookie isn't great, it would help us get out from under Dak's cap hit. We need picks and cap space. But it is a pipe dream as Jerry is committed to Dak and he will hire a HC who shares that view. That's where Moore come in.

One guy who was talked about as being a confidant to Jerry is Jimmy Johnson. I wonder what Jimmy told him in private.

 

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[dbair1967]

If only our owner would fire our GM

 

[Aggiepride]

Jerry the fuck up strikes again.

Again, you sent a 4th rd pick to another team (and one of your biggest rivals) for this guy, and you refuse to play him. There is absolutely no way in hell he is worse than Cooper Rush.

If Lance cant play at all, then why is he still on the roster? Call up Grier and get Lance out of here if he is so bad that he cannot play any. We know Rush is not the answer and this team has no shot in hell at the postseason. This makes no sense.

This organization is just mind numbingly inept. While I know the odds are low it would actually happen, I do have to wonder if in Jerry fucked up mind he is worried if Lance plays and shows ANYTHING, that it makes his 240 brainless twit decision on Prescott look even more pathetic. It actually would not surprise me.

I heard Brad Sham say that in his opinion it is 100 percent that Will Grier will be the backup next year. Brad is close to the team.

My GUESS is that he is thinking Cooper has shown enough to get a decent deal as a backup someplace that Jerry can't match. And, my guess is that Lance will want to go someplace where, in his mind, he has a chance to start.

And when you are a player like Rush, whose days in the NFL are limited, you have to take the money and run. A million bucks more is a million bucks. That's a lot of money in my book.

 

[dbair1967]

I heard Brad Sham say that in his opinion it is 100 percent that Will Grier will be the backup next year. Brad is close to the team.

My GUESS is that he is thinking Cooper has shown enough to get a decent deal as a backup someplace that Jerry can't match. And, my guess is that Lance will want to go someplace where, in his mind, he has a chance to start.

And when you are a player like Rush, whose days in the NFL are limited, you have to take the money and run. a million bucks more is a million buck. That's a lot of money in my book.

Nobody is giving Cooper Rush anything more than the league minimum.

There's also no way in hell any new HC is going to have Will Grier on this roster, let alone be the primary backup.

That said, Rush and Lance are both free agents. They will be both be elsewhere after free agency starts.

 

[Aggiepride]

Nobody is giving Cooper Rush anything more than the league minimum.

There's also no way in hell any new HC is going to have Will Grier on this roster, let alone be the primary backup.

That said, Rush and Lance are both free agents. They will be both be elsewhere after free agency starts.

All I can say is Brad Sham knows what is happening with the team and in the NFL much more than either you or I. There are likely teams out there who see Rush as a decent backup. Give him a running game and a good defense and he is serviceable.

But to your point about the league minimum. It might be the case and it might be that Jerry can't pay that. Remember that the league minimum is based on the number of years a player has been in the NFL.

I think the league minimum for Rush would be 1 to 2 million.

 

[dbair1967]

All I can say is Brad Sham knows what is happening with the team and in the NFL much more than either you or I. There are likely teams out there who see Rush as a decent backup. Give him a running game and a good defense and he is serviceable.

Eh. No matter what you give him he still can hardly throw the ball ten yards in the air.

He's should be an emergency 3rd QB at best. Far too limited from a throwing standpoint.

 

[Aggiepride]

Eh. No matter what you give him he still can hardly throw the ball ten yards in the air.

He's should be an emergency 3rd QB at best. Far too limited from a throwing standpoint.

Most backups suck. That's why they are backups. The better ones are going to want decent money.

A better GM might have traded for a guy like Kenny Pickett, who isn't a free agent (I think) until 2027 and who I think wasn't all that bad. He could have been a player that could have been used as kind of a stop gap (and maybe more with development) to allow Jerry to not sign Dak.

I watched a couple of Pickett's games and he didn't' seem horrible to me. Better than Rush anyway and better than Trey Lance.

Staying on the Steelers theme. A GM with balls might have signed Wilson as a way to have some sort of leverage over Dak that would be more credible than trying to do it with Trey Lance.

Per Spotrac, Russell Wilson is costing the Steelers 1.2 in base pay and the cap hit is also 1.2. The Broncos are picking up 38 million.

But our GMs (Jerry and Stephen) lack creativity. Lack balls. Lack being able to stand up to the player and his agent's demands. For Jerry and Stephen, it's all show. The agents know that Jerry will eventually give in.

I would betcha, for example, that if Zeke demanded a pay raise and Belichick was the de-facto GM, Zeke would have been traded before the agent had a chance to put the phone down and Belichick would have found a way to eventually make it work.

We need a GM that players fear. A coach that when the player walks into the coach's office, isn't smiling, but fearful. Players should be thinking, "Did I just get traded or cut," not about asking how the kids are doing.

 

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i can think of 1 thing that would make enduring the trials and tribulations of this season even worse, and it would be this:

 

[dbair1967]

Make it stop, please

 

[yimyammer]

i can think of 1 thing that would make enduring the trials and tribulations of this season even worse, and it would be this:

lol, why not?!

Spoiler

But only if Deon agrees to ba a player coach

 

[yimyammer]

Make it stop, please

No, put the pedal to the metal, let's go full on crazy!!

 

[Aggiepride]

Missing BIG TIME on Mazi really hurts! Yes, he is only one player, but it was a huge swing and a miss. The trade for Phillips was a bust, and we also lost a big boy to Seattle.

 

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[Aggiepride]

At the risk of sounding like I am defending Jerry (I am not), I personally do not put much stock into what Shannon Sharpe says. Have you ever heard his political takes? Maybe you agree with him and that is fine. Personally, I think Sharpe is a moron, not too sharp, pardon the pun.

I am skeptical of people like Sharpe and Skip Bayless who "pretend to know" but have barely ever even talked to the man.

Even the casual fan knows Jerry DOES consult with outside people and I highly doubt people like Belichick and Jimmy Johnson are afraid to tell Jerry how it is behind the scenes. Now that does NOT mean Jerry is taking action on their recommendations (and none of us know what those recommendations are) but Jerry DOES consult with others.

Do a Google search and you'll probably find articles stating that Jimmy acted as a confidant to Jerry last offseason and that Jerry and Belichick do talk (and I doubt they are talking about their golf game). Those are only a couple that I know of.

NOW, do NOT interpret that as me defending Jerry, It is more of a "I don't think Shannon Sharpe is very smart" argument. I personally want Jerry gone not so much because I think he is clueless, but because his method of operating has proven to be flawed. There is no defending it at this point.

Jerry likes to say they make collaborative decisions. I think that is the problem. When you have a strong leader, like a Tom Landry was, like a Jimmy Johnson was, like a Bill Belichick is, then that singularly strong leader can have his vison executed (good or bad).

Belichick can say, I'm going t trade player X, because I have in my mind that I am going to replace his production with player Y, or I'm going to run more, pass more, blitz more. And he doesn't need to take his ideas through a committee.

In other words, by having a single strong head coach in charge, who also serves as the de-facto GM, you create synergy. The Titans fired Vrabel because he didn't want to collaborate. Their owner said she saw the future and being a collaborative process. How far did it get them so far?

The Falcons didn't hire Belichick because they wanted a collaborative process. Yes, the Falcons are better, but they had no QB last year. It was bound to get better with Cousins, but they still aren't going anywhere.

We need a clear leader! That guy is Bill Belichick, but as I wrote earlier, my gut tells me Belichick doesn't want the job. Does he need a total restoration project at this point in his career?

 

[Aggiepride]

I don't disagree with Baldinger, but Rush should not be throwing so much. He's not Dan Marino!

If Zack Martin is hurting that much then play someone else. We've got to run the ball! Well, not really because at this point I want a better draft pick, so I suppose Rush should throw it 70 times.

 

[dbair1967]

Missing BIG TIME on Mazi really hurts! Yes, he is only one player, but it was a huge swing and a miss. The trade for Phillips was a bust, and we also lost a big boy to Seattle.

Mazi isnt "missing big time" yet. Landry and Parcells both believed in the 3 year rule, and he isnt even there yet.

There are clips (granted, more limited than ideal) that show him making some quality plays the past 4-6 weeks. He's had 9 tackles in the past two games and has a number of reps where he is holding his position well. I think people have to continue to be a little patient as last yr was a lost cause due to a really poor coaching and organizational decision (having him lose weight and try to become a 3T) and this yr he's having to play in a clearly subpar scheme in a DL unit that has clearly been impacted by a slew of injuries.

He may end up being a bust, but there are some flashes here and there the last 4-6 games that things are trending upward a little.

 

[dbair1967]

somebody might want to remind Baldy (who I really like) that the Texans probably dropped 5 or 6 balls. They had a ridiculous 10 passes defensed and honestly it seemed like more than that.