Jason_

In my 2024 draft, I was able to get Rome Odunze and Byron Murphy in the 1st round and later in the draft I still got Xavier Legette and Cam Hart. if Ballard can't do the same he's a complete failure.

Honest question, have we gotten any indication that they want to make the defensive playcalling more diverse? In terms of incorporating more man coverage, that is.

What scheme was that corner drafted to play in?

This is highly unlikely

Again, you know this how? We needed long term solutions at both DE spots. Perhaps they drafted him hoping they could improve his pass rush and make him the long term RDE while also knowing that if they couldn't, they'd still have a long term solution at LDE.

Says who? besides you of course

um, no

Nobody said Doyle was a Clark. But he was definitely a decent (or better), consistent TE, which was what you originally said.

You are correct. What I should have said was, PM if you wanted to continue the discussion. My intention was to provide an alternate path to continue the conversation, not to dictate anything to you. That was my bad.

those flat earthers and sovcits...amirite?

I said...PM me if you want to continue. Quick question though (rhetorical of course) am I ignoring facts or deflecting them with laughable conspiracy theories? can't be both now can it? Honestly though, you seem to be the only one who really got their panties in a twist over this. Is it because someone dared suggest Irsay might have done something a tiny bit shady? who knows. again though. Done here. Literally the last time I'm saying it.

again, we're done here. You are also entitled to your opinion. But you've provided nothing other than "no you're wrong that never happened" I've ignored facts? I asked you what I've ignored. I have responded to every post that responded to me. I could literally say the same thing about you because, unlike others who have provided some discussion and specific questions, all you've done is this: I will not respond to you again on this topic. Feel free to PM if you'd like.

Negative champ. but also, ugh..forget I asked that. PM if you want to respond, but I've ignored nothing. I've addressed every point where possible and clearly admitted points that could not be refuted. Several others have discussed this with at least some level of intelligence. All you've done is compare me to a flat earther, say I'm ignoring facts and denying truth and of course your original dismissive comment about your moon real estate. You can be as dismissive of the possibility as you want, and it might dampen your opinion of Irsay but it really isn't that outlandish of an idea.

what facts exactly have I ignored?

say that again, but in the mirror we are very much done here though. If you think that what I've suggested is in the same category as flat earthers then so be it. I would vehemently disagree that they're even close to the same thing. Really want to say more but not going to. Enjoy your weekend

like who? I don't recall anyone saying that any HC was dictating (you used that word) anything to Ballard.

I did call it what I wanted and I'd do it again. Also, I've looked at all of the facts for far longer than 2 seconds. You can no more prove that it didn't happen than anyone can prove that it did. Plain and simple. I addressed this in my first post on the subject. Feel free to reread it. Did Christiansen get fired? No. And again, Caldwell did not get fired until AFTER Spags turned down the opportunity to be Caldwell's defensive coordinator. Bill Polian retired. If you saw Superman's question then you should have also seen my response to him about it. No you don't. You just need them to call the plays that are called. Essentially the only point I've been trying to make is that this part is simply not true. It does not require an entire team or even the entire staff. Less than a handful of people could have made it happen. ;)

Kinda feels like your just being pedantic

Why would a GM, Ballard in particular, hire a HC if he (Ballard) doesn't agree with the schemes that HC wants to run?

sorry, but I think that's very naive on your part. Also, one big difference is that flat earthers truly believe that the earth is flat. I've said repeatedly that I just can't completely discount this. That in itself is a pretty big difference.

That's fine....but there have been a number of conspiracies throughout history far more outlandish than this one that people said the same thing about and they were eventually proven true. Obviously there are far, FAR more that have not been proven true...but still. Oh and you can keep that moon property for yourself.

I totally get that. I also want to reiterate that I don't think that this happened, but rather I'm not completely convinced it didn't. Also, it could have been as simple as Irsay saying something like, "hmm, let's no try too hard" because it was pretty obvious they didn't really NEED to try too hard to lose lol. just, for the record, I've never made that argument. One thing I will point out though is that with painter, the offense still looked like the Peyton offense. 3+ WR sets, same playcalls etc. Once Orlovsky took over there was a lot more I formation, a more simplistic offense. It just seemed like they were expecting Painter to make the same reads and plays that Peyton would make and only changed that up when Dan took over. Obviously that was 13 years ago...but that was a strong feeling I had at the time. If they hadn't tried to bring back Caldwell and did actually bring back Christiansen then I don't think this would have even occurred to me as a possibility. But that, plus the defensive playcalling and the comments made by Coyer after being fired....there was just too much there to not at least be suspicious.

If he does that then he acknowledges that he was in on it too and then he likely never works in the league again.