NFL Playoffs/Early Offseason

[nicksaviking]

I'm sure Flores would take the job if offered. It kind of feels like Jackson maybe needs to be handled with kids gloves at this point though. Not sure Flores has a pair of those.

[gunnarthor]

Cincy isn't going to do it, I suppose, but they should hire Flores to make the defense competitive and let whoever the OC is have free reign with Burrow and company. That team needs a win-now approach and the AFC North is a mess right now.

[nicksaviking]

I'm thinking there's a ton of 'group think' going on with NFL coaching hires. Why is everybody interviewing Matt Nagy? He last was a HC back in 2021 where things didn't go great with the Bears. Since then he's been back with KC where he's still not calling the plays and KC is coming off of their worst offensive season in over a decade. I could see why one or two teams might get the bright idea to kick the tires on him, but why is EVERYONE interested?

And also why is nearly 60-year-old Lou Anarumo getting so many interviews? With him as DC, the Colts were an overall average defense at best and this comes after getting fired in Cincinnati where it's nearly impossible to get fired.

And these aren't Rooney Rule guys who teams will give token interviews to, these are middle-aged (generous term) white dudes. The only thing I can think of is that if John Mara or Arthur Blank want to interview a guy, the other water-carrying and ineffectual owners think, "Oooh, I better interview that guy too!"

[gunnarthor]

Two Vikings - LB Wilson and K Reichard - make Next Gen Stats all-pro team. Congrats to them.

https://www.nfl.com/news/next-gen-stats-2025-all-pro-team-defense-special-teams

[TheLeviathan]

54 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

I'm thinking there's a ton of 'group think' going on with NFL coaching hires. Why is everybody interviewing Matt Nagy? He last was a HC back in 2021 where things didn't go great with the Bears. Since then he's been back with KC where he's still not calling the plays and KC is coming off of their worst offensive season in over a decade. I could see why one or two teams might get the bright idea to kick the tires on him, but why is EVERYONE interested?

And also why is nearly 60-year-old Lou Anarumo getting so many interviews? With him as DC, the Colts were an overall average defense at best and this comes after getting fired in Cincinnati where it's nearly impossible to get fired.

And these aren't Rooney Rule guys who teams will give token interviews to, these are middle-aged (generous term) white dudes The only thing I can think of is that if John Mara or Arthur Blank want to interview a guy, the other water-carrying and ineffectual owners think, "Oooh, I better interview that guy too!"

It just goes to show that simply because you have billions of dollars doesn't make you a smart person.

[nicksaviking]

13 minutes ago, TheLeviathan said:

It just goes to show that simply because you have billions of dollars doesn't make you a smart person.

Particularly the ones who inherited their wealth instead of figuring out how to become wealthy on their own.

 

 

[nicksaviking]

The Ravens have requested interviews with Anthony Weaver and Klint Kubiak. The Weaver interview is a good sign for the Vikings holding on to Flores. Weaver is a youthful DC but cut his teeth with the Ravens. 

But so far I haven't heard Flores mentioned for any interviews, and most teams have not only announce a half dozen but started holding them. This is complete BS, he's a better candidate then just about everyone out there.

Good for the Vikings though.

[TheLeviathan]

1 hour ago, nicksaviking said:

The Ravens have requested interviews with Anthony Weaver and Klint Kubiak. The Weaver interview is a good sign for the Vikings holding on to Flores. Weaver is a youthful DC but cut his teeth with the Ravens. 

But so far I haven't heard Flores mentioned for any interviews, and most teams have not only announce a half dozen but started holding them. This is complete BS, he's a better candidate then just about everyone out there.

Good for the Vikings though.

The Raiders are really the only threat IMO.

[gunnarthor]

1 hour ago, nicksaviking said:

The Ravens have requested interviews with Anthony Weaver and Klint Kubiak. The Weaver interview is a good sign for the Vikings holding on to Flores. Weaver is a youthful DC but cut his teeth with the Ravens. 

But so far I haven't heard Flores mentioned for any interviews, and most teams have not only announce a half dozen but started holding them. This is complete BS, he's a better candidate then just about everyone out there.

Good for the Vikings though.

One of the reasons I think he doesn't do a lateral move is that if he stays here, he has been constructing his defense with his players for several years, so it's likely it'll stay a good defense. If he goes to Dallas and the defense sucks b/c you can't fix everything in a year, owners can be like "he's not a good coordinator anymore". But if he stays, he can rightly show that his level of success as a coordinator has never not lead to a HC job before (lawyers hire experts to make claims like that). 

[Vanimal46]

How is this abuser still in the NFL? Get rid of this clown 

[TheLeviathan]

5 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

How is this abuser still in the NFL? Get rid of this clown 

Yup, NFL needs to drop a ban hammer at some point.  This guy should be the guy.

[Vanimal46]

22 minutes ago, TheLeviathan said:

Yup, NFL needs to drop a ban hammer at some point.  This guy should be the guy.

And his teammates wore “Free Rashee Rice” shirts earlier this year. They should all be embarrassed to back this loser 

[nicksaviking]

1 hour ago, Vanimal46 said:

How is this abuser still in the NFL? Get rid of this clown 

Rashee Rice? Yeah the street racing thing was already bad. 
 

Im no anti-me-too caveman, but I might want to hear more about this. Reading the post, She says all kinds of dislikable things about him, but no physical abuse? I don’t do X though so maybe I don’t understand how this all works. Maybe there’s more I’m not seeing, but if he’s beating her, why didn’t she mention it?

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Rashee Rice? Yeah the street racing thing was already bad. 
 

Im no anti-me-too caveman, but I might want to hear more about this. Reading the post, She says all kinds of dislikable things about him, but no physical abuse? I don’t do X though so maybe I don’t understand how this all works. Maybe there’s more I’m not seeing. 

Might want to delete your post...

 

[nicksaviking]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Might want to delete your post...

 

Seriously, I’m not familiar with the platform. Mea culpa if she actually accused him of that. Is she KB? I don’t follow.

[Vanimal46]

8 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Seriously, I’m not familiar with the platform. Mea culpa if she actually accused him of that. Is she KB? I don’t follow.

You can't see pictures of the physical abuse? Come on man. If the Yikes, bro emoji reaction was still alive on this site you deserve 2 in a row. 

[nicksaviking]

6 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

You can't see pictures of the physical abuse? Come on man. If the Yikes, bro emoji reaction was still alive on this site you deserve 2 in a row. 

The photos are terrible. Rice can go to jail and burn in hell. Truly, I’m just missing something with this as I don’t see where she says he did this to her.

X and Elon can also go to jail and burn in hell and I have no interest in downloading that useless app so I apologize if I’ve lost context, I’ll sit this out until I can understand more from CNN, ESPN or even PFT. I looked to find out more but haven’t seen anything yet.

 

[Vanimal46]

7 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

The photos are terrible. Rice can go to jail and burn in hell. Truly, I’m just missing something with this as I don’t see where she says he did this to her.

X and Elon can also go to jail and burn in hell and I have no interest in downloading that useless app so I apologize if I’ve lost context, I’ll sit this out until I can understand more from CNN, ESPN or even PFT. I looked to find out more but haven’t seen anything yet.

 

Did you look deeper in the sand your head is buried in? A simple google search does wonders. Here's an update from one of your 3 trusted resources

 

[nicksaviking]

9 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Did you look deeper in the sand your head is buried in? A simple google search does wonders. Here's an update from one of your 3 trusted resources

 

Come on, that was timestamp at 9:16, which was obvious while I was posting. I said a half dozen times I understood that I was missing context, but I’m not going to feel bad for not taking X innuendos as gospel. It’s not real journalism; so I’m happy actual journalists made the effort to disseminate this.

Anyway, yeah, Rice snd Diggs can share a jail cell.

[Vanimal46]

32 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Come on, that was timestamp at 9:16, which was obvious while I was posting. I said a half dozen times I understood that I was missing context, but I’m not going to feel bad for not taking X innuendos as gospel. It’s not real journalism; so I’m happy actual journalists made the effort to disseminate this.

Anyway, yeah, Rice snd Diggs can share a jail cell.

Bold and brave of you to wait another 2 hours after I posted about it. Especially for a guy who has previously driven nearly 120 MPH through a city and injured 7 other people

[Vanimal46]

Just a little bit of time has passed since that happened

[nicksaviking]

1 hour ago, Vanimal46 said:

Bold and brave of you to wait another 2 hours after I posted about it. Especially for a guy who has previously driven nearly 120 MPH through a city and injured 7 other people

Two hours? I'm serious when I said I checked ESPN, PFT and even CNN after I saw your post, it wasn't anywhere. And why are you making it sound like I was defending Rice when I clearly was saying I wouldn't trust a thing I solely gleaned from the much derided and discredited X platform. It needs to go away; it is the world's biggest source of propaganda, disinformation and fear mongering. Unless someone actually knew that poster, how could you even determine that it was an actual human being?

Waiting two hours for Mike Florio to vet the claim doesn't seem like such a terrible use of patience with the pitchforks. 

Ugh, I'm sorry for my tone. I know you and I are similar in our societal beliefs. I'm just really frustrated with the world that the norm is to now take random unvetted comments from social media and treat it as news. It's not news because journalists confirm sources. So if PFT, ESPN or CNN have to take a beat to do the leg work, perfect, it's how it should be.

Mostly it's the people I don't see eye-to-eye who weaponize it, but I absolutely don't want to give clicks to their favorite tool.

[Mike Sixel]

Being on Twitter funds this government. I wish I could block all x posts. 

[Mike Sixel]

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Being on Twitter funds this government. I wish I could block all x posts. 

It also generates more deep fake and child porn every minute than any other site. 

[nicksaviking]

25 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

It also generates more deep fake and child porn every minute than any other site. 

Yeah, it’s a real sore spot for me. Still, I derailed the thread, sorry for the detour everyone.

[gunnarthor]

Flores will be interviewed by the Ravens.

https://www.dailynorseman.com/minnesota-vikings-2025-season/94445/baltimore-ravens-interview-brian-flores-head-coaching-job-minnesota-vikings

Potentially a really good fit - he could really maximize Starks - but they also might want an offensive minded coach to make the offense more modern. 

[gunnarthor]

And Dolphins fire Mike McDaniel. I don't think he'll get another HC job right away but some team will want him as a coordinator. 

[nicksaviking]

44 minutes ago, gunnarthor said:

And Dolphins fire Mike McDaniel. I don't think he'll get another HC job right away but some team will want him as a coordinator. 

The guy is so different than every other coach in the league, but it seems like everybody likes him. It even seems like the Dolphins were reluctant to fire him even though it felt like one of the most obvious coaching changes.

But I think we can safely say Flores won't be interviewing in Miami.

I know Flores to the Raiders was the hot take, but they've already lined up four interviews and Flores isn't one of them. So I'd have to think even if he eventually does get an interview, he's not at the top of their list. The Ravens scare me, but if they want a young defensive guy for the job, I'd have to think Antonio Pearce probably has the edge at this early stage. He's the known figure to that organization.

[Mike Sixel]

Vikings moved their year end press conference back a week..... Something's going to change..

[gunnarthor]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Vikings moved their year end press conference back a week..... Something's going to change..

Could be. But could also be because of the trauma ICE is inflicting on the cities.