NFL Playoffs Thread

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Voice_of_Reason said:
I don’t understand how this relates to the post I made.
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i honestly dont understand or care to understand the formula of strength of schedule. its meaningless stuff that doesnt matter for anything.

You want to compare maye to daniels because of strength of schedule? its dumb and cant be done
 
To close out the night, I will once again say that I am sure Maye can be a really good QB. I hope he is. Traditionally, I have always liked seeing the Patriots be a steady, successful team. I like Vrabel and wish there had been a time when we could have gotten him.

But the over the top praise that the Patriots and Maye got this season for curb stomping the weakest schedule in at least 25 years (according to NBC. My understanding was that it was in NFL history) was nauseating. The over the top praise that Maye got on BGO, particularly the ones complaining that "Maye is winning games and Jayden is on IR" were annoyingly defeatist.

The world is back to the way it should be. May the best team win next season. It was certainly the best team that won tonight.
 
burgold said:
This Superbowl just screams how badly Daniels needs a defense. Maye was an almost MVP? That defense carried him.
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this year is going to be year 1 with a new offense and defense. it kind of sucks its his 3rd
 
Hogwallop said:
i honestly dont understand or care to understand the formula of strength of schedule. its meaningless stuff that doesnt matter for anything.

You want to compare maye to daniels because of strength of schedule? its dumb and cant be done
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I wasn’t comparing anything. You stated something factually incorrect about having the second pick meaning easy schedule. I corrected that oft used and very misunderstood perception.


But then I would probably stop using bad record = easy schedule as a discussion point. Because it’s not true and hasn’t been for probably 30 years.

EDIT: my post got jumbled somehow, I was going to say if you don’t want to understand how the formula works, that’s totally fine. That part was missing from my post.
 
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Well, Washington simply became too impatient after drafting Daniels to build this team the right way from the ground up, somewhere along the way we pressured ourselves into thinking we had to win right away with little regard for the downstream effects.

If tonight’s game showed anything it is that it wasn’t vital for Washington to hire an offensive head coach but rather the RIGHT coach in 2024.

Macdonald and Vrabel ended up in the Super Bowl with both being defensive coaches that were detailed, efficient and didn’t have disconnects with assistants like a Kingsbury.

Macdonald held the kind of respect from his assistants that we should have had here.
 
burgold said:
This Superbowl just screams how badly Daniels needs a defense. Maye was an almost MVP? That defense carried him.
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True thing, plus one other related thought with this SB:

1. A decent RB is very handy (can win you a SB) if your WR's aren't getting much of the ball
 
Hogwallop said:
i honestly dont understand or care to understand the formula of strength of schedule. its meaningless stuff that doesnt matter for anything.

You want to compare maye to daniels because of strength of schedule? its dumb and cant be done
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Let's calm down and resist the urge to insult please.
 
I won't lie, I was rooting for Drake Maye to fail. Why would I want the guy we passed on being a HOF QB? But the MVP talk is nonsense, this is a regular season award and he certainly did enough during the regular season to deserve the votes he received. But man he needs to show that he can come up big when it matters and that is still in question. He could very well be another Goff, which is fine I guess.
 
We've seen it a thousand times. Talent is wonderful to have but that Martindale-MacDonald-Minter defensive scheme is just out of this world (Martindale being the weakest now of the three) and proved it time and again at both college and NFL levels. I'm sure it will be figured out too, eventually, but when you see a talented bunch take a step up, it's usually a good sign about the coaching and MacDonald calls the plays (unlike some guys who relinquish it and have a coordinator). Bill B didn't even do that as a defensive-minded head coach.
 
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I'm still searching for an answer to the how and why DQ, an alleged defensive guru, came here and has had a defense that has absolutely stunk for 2 straight years. Was the defense (scheme, roster) that got him hired by ATL actually a Carroll-Bradley creation that carried him to an HC gig?

On another note, though I'm a Carroll partisan, I think this SB victory is a fantastic validation of leadership's decision that it was time to move on from Pete and follow a new direction. Damn, it paid off FAST. Kudos to the Seahawks, and thank you for beating the Patriots! One hell of a job by Macdonald and the staff he put together. I hate that Kubiak is leaving. I'd love to see him stay and whether they can sustain things offensively, with Darnold. I still think back to Macdonald's decision to fire Grubb after that first season. He wasn't afraid to make a change. DQ should've done that with Whitt, and he already knew about Kliff's well-chronicled proclivities and shortcomings. Probably should've never even hired those two to begin with, but then took too long for corrective action. Good coaching and solid, decisive decision-making in Seattle.
 
Dan didn't call his own plays. Granted most head coaches step away from coordinating but we just got an example of a true guru calling plays and winning a championship. You should at least be good enough to bring someone along who is competent.
 
GhostofWoodson said:
Dan didn't call his own plays. Granted most head coaches step away from coordinating but we just got an example of a true guru calling plays and winning a championship. You should at least be good enough to bring someone along who is competent.
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The irony is hiring a guy like Kliff who had HC experience would have allowed Quinn to call plays on Defense if he wanted to, rather than trusting a first-time D-coordinator who had never called plays in Whitt.
 
I for one was much more comfortable with the DQ hire as HC than I was the Kliff hire for OC. I was never able to buy into Kliffs game at Arizona. DQ on the other hand in Dallas had once again proven himself an excellent defensive leader, was seemingly well liked and respected by virtually everyone in the NFL and we took him from Dallas. I just still can't believe it took 1 3/4 seasons for him to step in and assist his obviously floundering friend and DC. Whitt should have been removed after the 2024 season.
 
Dan is a great DC but I just don’t see it as a HC. I just can’t get past that epic choke job in the SB. You have to be pretty dumb to mess that up. I don’t see Kyle Shanahan winning the big one either.
 
Hogwallop said:
i honestly dont understand or care to understand the formula of strength of schedule. its meaningless stuff that doesnt matter for anything.

You want to compare maye to daniels because of strength of schedule? its dumb and cant be done
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Of course it can be done. Playing good teams is harder than playing bad teams. Playing with a really good defense gives a QB many more opportunities for success . We played a lot of good teams and our defense could not get off the field. New England had a schedule full of bad teams, created turnovers or 3 and outs and set the offense up all season. There's a difference.
 
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