https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ig-in-coaching-search/?utm_term=.c10902e090cf You might have bigger worries if the Rams decide to go after Pete Carroll.
I saw that. Imagine you're Pete Carroll, the oldest coach in the league. You have a franchise QB. Your best defensive players are in the prime of their careers. Your owner is a hands off billionaire. You're one of the top paid coaches in the league already, and you're signed through 2019. Your GM consistently pulls late round talent out of the draft and undrafted free agents line up to sign with your team because nearly half of the team came from undrafted free agents. Your stadium and practice facility is state of the art. Your fans give you a home field advantage that may be matched by one or two other teams in the league. Would you turn that down for a team that, quite frankly, is a gut job? With the exception of that patently unfair defensive line, there really isn't a whole lot going on in LA. A name that makes way more sense to me is someone like Kyle Shanahan.
Those are all excellent points, and it makes complete sense that you're right. But, as a counterpoint, I would say:
I somehow doubt that Paul Allen is hurting for cash to pay Carroll. Or that Carroll, currently tied with Sean Payton as the highest paid coach in the league, is having trouble paying his mortgage. Perhaps he just really loves California that much, but I doubt it. It certainly "makes sense" for the Rams, but it also would "make sense" for me to fuck Kate Upton.
Jordy fucking Nelson. This second half of the season schedule looked brutal, but this is a different team. With Detroit losing today, they actually might win the division. Boo ya, son.
Meanwhile my team just completely shit the bed. I wish someone would put together a montage of TJ Clemmings' ineptitude just so non-Vikings fans could have an appreciation of how unfathomably awful he his.
I didn't watch, but when I saw the score, I commented to my friend, "holy shit, a team as bad as the Colts just shredded a defense that was on pace for historic numbers earlier in the season."
Zek jumping in that big red bucket was by far the highlight for me. Sure he'll get fined bu,t I read that donations went up 61% from the same timeframe as the week prior after he did, many in the amount of 21 bucks. I like it. All I have to say is this is one weird season.
He is still planning on donating to the Salvation Army, even though the NFL didn't fine him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...to-the-salvation-army/?utm_term=.e7fa62975f21
I'm glad they didn't fine him. My biggest bitch about the NFL is the crackdown on celebrations. There is a big difference in spiking the ball and striking a pose or doing the snake than standing over the guy you just piledrived into the turf and calling him a little bitch.
VIkings DBs decide to go against Zimmer's game plan for the Green Bay game Fucking hell, as if this Vikings team needed more drama. This has been such an awful season and I can't wait for it to be over.
Fuck the Cardinals. Fuck Fox for showing Tyler Lockett's leg liquifing eleventy billion times. Fuck the offensive line and by extension, the offense. Your QB buys you worthless donkeys massive TVs on top of 2 first class tickets anywhere Alaska flies for the entire team, coaches and staff. You return the favor by letting Calais Campbell whip your collective asses for two quarters. And how in the name of Steve Largent do you score ZERO fucking points with 7 total downs with goal to go in the first quarter? I don't know if you know this, but you traded your only Pro Bowl lineman for a TE that used to play basketball. Why did he not even get targeted until the 4th quarter? This might sound ridiculous, but maybe a guy that big and athletic might be able to win a fucking jump ball or two. Fuck the defense. You assholes force a 3 and out that lets the offense tie the game, then roll over and die? You let them drive 50 yards in less than a minute with no time outs. Sodomize yourselves with a boxing glove. Fuck the special teams. One blocked kick, a blocked field goal, and a missed XP that would have put you ahead.
As a consolation they're already in the playoffs and considering the falcons play the saints next and the seahawks play the 49ers they might still get a bye out of their Jekyll and Hyde season. I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about playing at the lions this Sunday. The packers have been red hot, but their defense is showing signs again of their infamous end of game collapses and I don't think they're going to go into the 4th quarter with the massive lead they had over the bears and vikings. Man, you got to feel for the raiders. Al Davis finally dies, they've been waiting forever for this team to get its shit together and then Carr breaks his leg right before the playoffs. The raiders don't have a particularly strong defense so barring something really unexpected from McGloin this pretty much ends the playoff run before it even starts. Bad luck.
The Raiders? The Raiders??? Man fuck the Raiders. Boo-fucking-hoo a team with three titles lost its starting qb. Who fucking cares they haven't been to the playoffs in 14 years; playoff appearances count for shit - believe me I know. At least they lost their qb on the field of play and his injury is doesn't have any long-term danger. My team's starting qb was lost for the season before the season even started with some freak injury that may prevent him from ever playing again. Though behind this years line he probably wouldn't done much anyway, so I don't know which is actually worse. Not that next year looks all the promising either considering my team traded away its first round pick. Hey Kampf, congrats on the Packers Superbowl LII victory BTW, which is pretty much guaranteed to happen because the entire fucking universe hates my team and wants fans of my team to suffer. Fuck everything.
The game isn't over, but Carolina's kicker sure is doing his best to keep Tampa Bay in the playoff hunt.
The 49ers have just fired their GM Trent Baalke and Head Coach Chip Kelly. A good start but they probably need to fire the owner Jed York. I hold out hope that Jed will hire a quality GM and then let him take over and stay out of the way.