2017 NFL Season

^ Good point. I agree, although to some extent it works in reverse, in that winning engenders managerial/front office stability, but certainly trying to stick with a plan has its merits. Cleveland are the poster boys for changing the plan way too often, although Buffalo & SF seem motivated to give them a run for their money.

It took Tom Landry about 6 years to hit his stride with the Cowboys, which was then followed by a sustained run of excellence nearly 20 years long. Today, Landry is likely fire in year 2 or 3.

I think Jax and LA tried to do this with Bradley & Fischer, respectively, and Dallas has done so with Garrett, although many people here in Big D would argue that Jason stays because he's a puppet for the owner. As for our GM, he ain't going anywhere!

Indy is interesting to me, since they have coaching and GM stability - albeit turmoil - a blue chip QB, and not much to show for it over the past decade or so.

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To many fans, perhaps, but his teammates gave him the team's highest award at end of season, so one might conclude he is popular among his peers. Of course, they ain't the ones with the control of the purse strings.

So, to Mike's point, I don't know if there's a concerted black listing of him among the owners, or if most teams would just rather not deal with the PR fallout.

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I was about to call b.s. on you Mike, but I looked up 2016 QBR and Passer Rating and Kaep does have a better Rating than some employed folks, albeit some of them have better/more recent track records of success, e.g., Rivers, Flacco, Newton. His QBR is likewise higher than some prominent names.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/qbr

https://www.espn.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/passing/sort/quarterbackRating

While I can't blame teams for not wanting to take on the PR headache, if he's not picked up by some QB hungry team that'd be surprising to me.

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Agreed...T

 

I thought it was essentially a swap of picks and Brock thrown in as a consolation prize?

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Hope springs eternal?
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I see they signed defensive help, but any weapons that Carson can use?
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Well, let's hope that we have many years of quality Dak v. Wentz battles in the NFC East!
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LMAO. The wife's looking at me like I've lost a marble.
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That's assuming Eli continues to play to a high level. He's 36, an age that many mortal quarterbacks start to wane.
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Agreed. I think after Zeke's performance last year, for a lot of teams, the running back position will come back into vogue...T