Curious, is this guy a "homer," i.e.: are the Raven and the Orioles his favorite teams, or as a sports betting insider, is he more objectively focused on performance and less emotionally prone perceived rivalries and superstition?
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No, he's pretty objective professionally. But he's a fan of the Ravens and Orioles. Meaning he could take this in stride... unless it keeps happening for longer than his breaking point. Fans can be irrational, and there is a breaking point.
Well, THAT sucked. My 49ers lost to the Cardinals, and have a short week ahead as we face another divisional opponent at the Seahawks this Thursday. The only thing I was looking forward to was the Cowboys losing to the Steelers, and after an hours-long weather delay, they literally WON in the final seconds with a play that if they ran it 100 times, it would fail 99 times. So, in came the hate texts. Cowboys fans truly are insufferable; how I call any of them "friends" is beyond me.
To all the Cowboys fans out there:
To all the Cowboys fans out there:
New York Jets fire head coach Robert Saleh after a "disappointing" start to the 2024 season.
This is just dumb. Yes, I have a soft spot for Saleh as he was the defensive coordinator for the 49ers for a few years, but two and a third years in an already notoriously broken system to “prove” his worth and right the ship was too lofty an expectation if that was the case. The only substantial move they Jets have made in YEARS was acquiring Aaron Rodgers, and that ************ made it a whole FOUR plays of his first game as a Jet in 2023 before suffering a season-ending injury, so effectively, Saleh got 5 games and four plays out of Rodgers before ownership decided the problem was Saleh… How fucked up is that?? It’s like if you give a contractor 3 months to build a house, but only a tenth of the materials to start. Then it took two and a half months for the rest of the materials show up, and you fire the contractor because the house wasn’t completed within the last two weeks of the original agreement.
Rodgers was NEVER the solution to all the Jets’ woes, so expecting the head coach to make them viable immediately upon getting a healthy Rodgers was objectively unreasonable. He needed at least the whole season; let Rodgers acclimate outside of practice, learn the team, learn the schemes, acquire the talent Rodgers has already been very vocal about needing, etc. But now, 1 and 5, fire the coach and leave a vacuum and instability at a critical leadership position, yeah, that sounds like a recipe for immediate success (fucking idiots…)
This is just dumb. Yes, I have a soft spot for Saleh as he was the defensive coordinator for the 49ers for a few years, but two and a third years in an already notoriously broken system to “prove” his worth and right the ship was too lofty an expectation if that was the case. The only substantial move they Jets have made in YEARS was acquiring Aaron Rodgers, and that ************ made it a whole FOUR plays of his first game as a Jet in 2023 before suffering a season-ending injury, so effectively, Saleh got 5 games and four plays out of Rodgers before ownership decided the problem was Saleh… How fucked up is that?? It’s like if you give a contractor 3 months to build a house, but only a tenth of the materials to start. Then it took two and a half months for the rest of the materials show up, and you fire the contractor because the house wasn’t completed within the last two weeks of the original agreement.
Rodgers was NEVER the solution to all the Jets’ woes, so expecting the head coach to make them viable immediately upon getting a healthy Rodgers was objectively unreasonable. He needed at least the whole season; let Rodgers acclimate outside of practice, learn the team, learn the schemes, acquire the talent Rodgers has already been very vocal about needing, etc. But now, 1 and 5, fire the coach and leave a vacuum and instability at a critical leadership position, yeah, that sounds like a recipe for immediate success (fucking idiots…)
The solution wasn't Rodgers, no matter how much darkness he mires in or ghee he crams into himself until his bowels are basically slip-n-slides with a fire hose at the end. Having said that, Saleh probably wasn't an immediate fix either. But you are right, they didn't give him a chance.
One of the hosts of my show said that he was good with the move because "they had to do something" AND "benching or getting rid of Aaron Rodgers isn't on the table because of how much they paid for him." During the break, I told the other host... that was complete BS. You don't HAVE to do something. Just keep running AR out there with inadequate protection, accept the tank, get better picks. But if anyone is still holding out hope this season... it doesn't matter how much you paid for Rodgers. Go grab someone like Trey Lance, whom you wouldn't have to pay for a lil while. Basically any back-up in the league is better than a 40-year-old head case like Rodgers. Even if you are tanking, someone else would probably be better for morale and the locker room.
The Jets have no patience and no common sense. They seemed to think they're ONE piece away from a Super Bowl, and blew their load on Rodgers who subsequently went and blew out his knee, and five games later, the problem is Saleh? They should be ashamed of themselves.
As awful an idea as that was... I still don't think it was quite as bad as Denver doing the same for Russell Wilson. And the Jets were arguably closer to "one piece away" than Denver was. What does make the Jets decision worse, they had just SEEN how awfully that went in Denver. I heard people faulting the Steelers for picking up Wilson, but frankly they paid nearly nothing for him... little to lose there, plus a decent gain if someone (I've heard Miami was sniffing around) has a QB spot to fill and something the Steelers want. Hell, he might work out better for the Jets than Aaron Rodgers even though I can't imagine them wanting to give anything they still have up for a deal like that.
And the inanity gets worse (or better if schadenfreude is your thing): Jets just stripped offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett of play calling duties, the same Hackett with strong ties to Aaron Rodgers. Robert Saleh was a defensive coordinator before becoming head coach, and under is regime, the Jets were consistently a top 10 defense. The Jets offense it what has been their biggest problem, apparently even WITH a healthy and able Aaron Rodgers... so it makes total sense that they fired their strength, and merely demoted their weakness. The Jets are in a toxic relationship with failure, and I sincerely, sincerely hope they shit the bed for the rest of the season. And I'm not talking about tanking, oh no, I mean I hope they really try and it all just falls apart despite their best efforts. I hate the Cowboys, and I hate the Seahawks, but the Jets have just become my least favorite team, and yes, there is a distinction. You at least respect a hated enemy; but one you can't be bothered to consider as little more then a waste of time and effort is beyond pathetic.
The perfect female president doesn't exi...
Harris for president. Also, divorce your husband and make me your first gentleman.
Harris for president. Also, divorce your husband and make me your first gentleman.
Oh, related. The 49ers looked pretty good last night. Came out of halftime a little flat, but managed to finish strong. With McCaffrey out I was kind of skeptical... but it seems like the offensive mindset is "hey, just plug in whomever and we can deal with whatever." But that was a fun game, the Achilles heel for both teams seemed to be the big gamebreaker. And that is not only entertaining, but better for the 49ers than most.
Holy fucking shit, my birthday came early this year. The Cowboys didn't just lose, they got fucking curb stomped, 47 to 9. NINE. The Lions had as many scoring drives as the Cowboys had points. It was so bad, that Jerry Jones actually went on his routine appearance on 105.3 FM The Fan radio show with Shan and RJ, and threatened to have them "fired" because he didn't have answers for the tough questions he had to respond to.
The Cowboys are the kind of mess that haters dream about. I actually set my alarm to watch Stephen A. Smith on First Take because, as their most notorious hater, I knew the sheer joy he would take from Sunday's abysmal outing would be a spectacle, and he didn't fail me. Thoroughly roasted were the Cowboys. Jerry Jones has been forced to look in the mirror, and what happens next is strictly on his shoulders. My Niners have another loss coming up next week against the Chiefs (I've accepted it,) but we have the Cowboys after that, and it's my sincerest wish that we catch them with their pants down as they currently are.
The Cowboys are the kind of mess that haters dream about. I actually set my alarm to watch Stephen A. Smith on First Take because, as their most notorious hater, I knew the sheer joy he would take from Sunday's abysmal outing would be a spectacle, and he didn't fail me. Thoroughly roasted were the Cowboys. Jerry Jones has been forced to look in the mirror, and what happens next is strictly on his shoulders. My Niners have another loss coming up next week against the Chiefs (I've accepted it,) but we have the Cowboys after that, and it's my sincerest wish that we catch them with their pants down as they currently are.
Sunday's game was so wonderful! Our
Lions are motivated and working as a team!
My favorite teams are the 49ers and whoever is playing the Cowboys, and the latter team made me prouder than should be legal this past Sunday. Great win, Lions.
The Cowboy's game was like the easiest game to predict of the year. I knew the Lions were just gonna run all over them (same as what Rex Ryan and Dan Orlovsky said in the video below); I didn't realize it was also a revenge game for the Lions, they ran a hook and ladder play to a fucking lineman. In my Pick'em league, I got every single game right and came in tied for 1st (in score tiebreaker on Monday night, I picked 42 for the score and the other guy picked 44 and they scored 43). I'd say the Niners got a 50/50 chance (eh, maybe a 33% chance since the Chiefs coming off a bye) to win against the Chiefs; the Chiefs don't blow out teams really and it's usually a one score game, the Chiefs can be gotten by any good team in the regular season, the playoffs are a different story though.
Jerry Jones is a joke. He spends his billion dollar time holding out for players he has instead of looking to build the team he needs to win. A quarter of a billion dollars later for Dak, and his team can’t win at home?? "America’s Team" my ass. I'd say "fuck the Cowboys," but they're doing a pretty good job fucking themselves, so I won't waste the breath.
Nowadays when you got a mid-tier QB, you're in a tough spot because they are asking for so much money. If you pay them, you can't really compete for super bowl because you can't afford a roster good enough to win with that QB. If you don't pay them, tough luck trying to find a QB good enough to make the playoffs. Jerry's been old for awhile now and I don't think he wants to go through a real rebuild because you'll have years where you just ain't good at all.
When your sports passions collide, hilarity ensues. Born and raised in Ohio, diehard Buckeyes fan from birth, I don't typically appreciate anyone making fun our mascot Brutus, but "Ohio State Humpty Dumpties?"... Well played, Lando Norris.
Yeah so like I've been saying since the start of the season we're winning the whole thing this year. Never used the word 'cautiously optimistic' in my life.
Nah feels good. Even if this doesn't last finishing anywhere above .500 will be a huge success, especially after we were slated as the worst team in the leauge from the start. With this defence and Bo developing well, skys the limit.
But seriously, congrats. The Broncos have been due some high times for a while now, and I've no immediate beef with them.
Meanwhile, 49ers are in a tailspin. Injuries, after injuries. McCaffrey was like pulling the thread of a perfectly woven tapestry; we've be unraveling ever since. In 7 games I went from Super Bowl asperations to "let's just finish above .500."
*Whew* I'm not going to lie, I was afraid for my 49ers going into Sunday night against the Cowboys. Not because the latter is a good or scary team, but because it had all the trappings of, well, a trap game. It was against a storied and bitter rival, a primetime game, and the 49ers are missing key players due to injury. Then we got off to a slow start, not scoring a TD until the 3rd quarter where we came alive. Even after the Niners took the lead, the Cowboys mounted a surge of their own in the 4th quarter to bring it within 6 points, and I sorely remembered how much Shanahan loves to blow 4th quarter leads. I was sweating like a whore in church for the last 10 minutes of the game, so was extremely relieve when the clock hit zero.
The next morning, I took to social media to see how the fans were dragging the Cowboys, and they didn't disappoint.
The next morning, I took to social media to see how the fans were dragging the Cowboys, and they didn't disappoint.