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For me it’d be my pinky.

Yeah, I have no idea whether the Celtics can just turn it on in the playoffs or if they’ve just fallen off as a group.

People will talk about refereeing with the Chiefs and ymmv but an underrated advantage for the Chiefs and before them the Patriots was having a very very good coordinator that no one wanted to hire away as head coach. The first three Pats Super Bowl had Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel, neither of whom were hot commodities. Their departures in 2004 lead to the relative dry spell. The second three Pats Super Bowls had Josh McDaniels and his baggage This Chiefs era has Steve Spagnulo who has been a wizard. If anyone can figure out a way to disrupt the Tush Push it’s him. At this point if you were a division rival to the Chiefs like the Raiders you might have considered hiring away Spagnuolo as a move to weaken the Chiefs as much as to gain a coach.

Glenn should hire Ryan as his defensive coordinator.

To close out the trivia question, Marcedes Lewis, who I assume must be very good at blocking, played tight end in the relative obscurity of the Chicago Bears offense all season and caught one pass at the age of 40 for two yards.

Brett Favre's first pass was deflected and he caught it for a 7 yard loss. And then, as a Viking, he caught another deflected pass for a 2 yard loss. Both are here:

BTW, after sitting with the Mayo firing for a bit and seeing the chatter of Pats boards, I'm revising my estimate of Pats fans' approval of the firing from 90% to 99%. I've yet to see a single Pats fan make the argument that Mayo needed another year, or that they'll miss any aspect of his coaching.

That's two of them. Brady 1 catch, 6 yards. Rice 185 catches for 2509 yards, 12 TDs for the Raiders and Seahawks(?!) Two more players, who combined caught two passes for a combined zero yards. One is a Hall of Famer, the other happened this year.

Fun trivia question: who are the four players in NFL history to catch a pass at the age of 40+?

In the offseason when Daboll was hired, I remember being certain that the Giants job was by far the worst open coaching position of that offseason, as the roster and team structure was so far away from being competitive. And then they had that surprising playoff season right off the bat. Which was fun for their fans I'm sure but perhaps it was the worst possible thing that could have happened to the Giants as it led them to extend Daniel Jones and treat him like an actual franchise QB when by now we can all agree that he was not and he was never going to be one. Just looking from the outside, I still think Daboll is a good coach, and that the organization screwed him more than vice versa. I could be wrong, though. Were I the Patriots and if he were available, I'd certainly at least interview him.

Mayo was in way over his head and this is a mercy killing. The Krafts did him no favors by not pairing him with experienced coordinators like rookie HC Sean McVay had with Wade Phillips would could take on the Defense all by himself. Alex Van Pelt was at least credible and Maye certainly showed flashes. The DC Covington, who was an elevated defensive line coach, was an utter disaster. In hindsight one of the two coordinators should have had more experience. Very few players on the team did not noticeably regress in play quality throughout the season, particularly WR Boutte and CB Christian Gonzalez. They seemed to be the only young players who seemed to developed as the season went on. A bunch of players we were excited and/or hopeful in this offseason and early season seemed lost or checked out by the end. Keion White, Kyle Dugger, any and every offensive lineman. The two rookie WRs looked even more hopeless than Belichick's famously bad WR draft picks (and who were drafted using the picks obtained by trading away the pick used on Ladd McConkey). The defense as a whole just regressed from top five unit to bottom five unit. And most alarmingly Maye was starting to show signs of being shellshocked by the end of the season. We do not want to David Carr him. Also, after a year I have no idea what Mayo believes in as a coach. What style he was trying to instill. And while Mayo being frank with the press was hailed early on as a breath of fresh air by the long time browbeaten local press corps, it became a weekly occurrence that Mayo would say something in the Monday pressers that he would have to walk back the next day. Rookie WR having a mental issue with drops. Questioning his own O-Coordinator's play calls. Questioning his team's effort level in a game. Saying that he would bench Rhamondre Stevenson for his fumbling issues and then not actually doing so. All the stuff that Belichick would never say in favor of his famous beige nothingness. Yeah, there's a reason why you don't give the media anything and Mayo demonstrated it. 90% of Patriots fans will shed no tears over Mayo's departure. Love the player, I'm sure he's a nice guy. He appeared on Patriots podcasts after his playing days but before his coaching career and was fun and personable. I don't hate him and I think he tried his best but I'd be surprised if he surfaced elsewhere and was a success at coaching.

One day you are out, the next you are in.

I haven't watched the "Name all 12 teams with three word names" video, but I'm ready to be furious that they're apparently counting "Los Angeles Angels OF ANAHEIM" as three words. I guess I'd be furious at the Angels to changing their name to something less stupid whilst I wasn't paying attention.

If the stories about him are true he’s dumb as shit (Favre). A backup quarterback to him told the story of him being pulled aside many years into Favre’s career. Favre asked “Hey, when coach talks about nickel defenses and dime defenses what does that mean?” It apparently wasn’t a bit, he genuinely didn’t know. That he played so well while being so dumb is a testament to something.

Especially the one throwing him the ball.