I dont mind keeping Licht...but not at the expense of a premier offensive mind who may want his own GM.

Coen is winning now so short term for sure but take a look at the drafts.  

thought this would be interesting to revisit.

originally had them at 9-8 to win division

the 0-4 Bucs looked helpless and i had them at 3-14 at best

this Dallas win has given me hope, most likely false hope, but i digress

Feel this Pittsburgh match-up is huge.  They win that and the Bucs can be back on track; but if they lose, could be back to cellar.  Let's give em a W to make it interesting. 

Feel best case would be 4-2 in division with 3-3 most likely

The Bears, Lions, Ravens, and Rams are likely losses.

The Chargers a toss-up but let's be optimistic and give Bucs the W

So assuming 4 wins in division, chargers W and a Steelers W, Bucs get to 7 wins. Is that enough to win division?

If the Bucs go 3-3 in the division and win 2 non divisional games that puts them at best 6 wins on the year.  It will be hard for them to reach 7 or even 8 wins but we shall see.

football gods have a sense of humor

originally had them at 9-8 to win division

the 0-4 Bucs looked helpless and i had them at 3-14 at best

this Dallas win has given me hope, most likely false hope, but i digress

Feel this Pittsburgh match-up is huge.  They win that and the Bucs can be back on track; but if they lose, could be back to cellar.  Let's give em a W to make it interesting. 

Feel best case would be 4-2 in division with 3-3 most likely

The Bears, Lions, Ravens, and Rams are likely losses.

The Chargers a toss-up but let's be optimistic and give Bucs the W

So assuming 4 wins in division, chargers W and a Steelers W, Bucs get to 7 wins. Is that enough to win division?

If the Bucs go 3-3 in the division and win 2 non divisional games that puts them at best 6 wins on the year.  It will be hard for them to reach 7 or even 8 wins but we shall see.

If the Eagles kick that ball through the end zone the game is over. The Jags had no timeouts 

Sirianni won a Super Bowl, has been to another and lost, and has made the playoffs in his 5 seasons as head coach. Still, i think it's entirely possible he gets fired at end of year. 

compare his resume to that of Quinn, Bowles, etc. and it shouldn't be that hard to understand 

How does Siriani get a pass but Quinn doesn’t???

Because Quinn's was far more egregious.

f the Eagles kick that ball through the end zone the game is over. The Jags had no timeouts

Maybe.  Or maybe the Jags complete a pass to the sidelines with one second remaining and drill a FG, just like they did with the kickoff.

If the Eagles kick that ball through the end zone the game is over. The Jags had no timeouts 

That's the funny thing, some jokestars talking about a QB controversy but clearly not going to let 1 game elevate JD...but what would cause the controversy would be if Baker returns and maintains being ass at QB. 

fair point

There is no real QB controversy, but hypothetically Mayfield could create one.

Not to circle back to the same point again, but the RUN GAMES MATTERS.

The biggest reason Daniels succeeds against the Cowboys is because of the Bucky Irving led run game. 165 yards and a nearly 8 ypc average. 21 carries, I think.

To give that some perspective, in the 2025 slide that everyone talks about Irving is running at 3.3 yard per carry (versus almost 8) and he only passes 20 carries in the last W against the Panthers and he is only averaging 60 yard per game versus 165 in the Cowboys game.  Night and day. 

That kind of running attack with Mayfield is more like the Charger 2024 game where we win 40 -17 in LA. Mayfield throws for 300 yards on 82% completions and has 4TDs.

Or if you think of the 2024 Tucker running wild Saints game.  Most of that running is late and Mayfield has a BAD game with 3 INTS and we still blow them out with him throwing 4 TDs and more than 300 yards

So, as much as the NFL (and its fans) love things to be simplified down to QB v QB its actually the RUN game that may be the most important thing. Just look at Coen

Mayfield need to NOT be rushed back and he needs to play within the framework of a hopefully competent offense when he gets back

Browns game - defense didn't play well. Jets defense just shut down the Browns. Pretty pathetic even if the stats say it was ok.

Vikings game - terrible offense and no Jefferson. Defense def played well but this is not something I'm putting much stock in.

Packers game - we literally got their offense back on track lmfao. If not for two comically bad turnovers in the red zone that's likely a 31 effort for Packers who found their run game.

Cowboys game - best performance of the season. Gave up the early drive then clock control on offense kept cowboys out of rhythm. Bowles drop back philosophy finally fooled someone.

Overall gotta give it a B or B+ 

An overall grade of a B is fair.  7th ranked YPG and 18th ranked PPG.  They have done enough that we should have a winning record instead of 1-4.  Would argue at worst...3-2 but 4-1 more likely. 

The offense gets an F so far.  Bottom 10 in both YPG and PPG. They did enough to win last week against a poor Dallas defense but was the main reason we lost all of our games this year.

I'm hoping Baker comes back and musters up the Baker from 2 seasons ago.  If he comes back and is flat again, after a JD prime time victory, that would be discouraging.

That's the funny thing, some jokestars talking about a QB controversy but clearly not going to let 1 game elevate JD...but what would cause the controversy would be if Baker returns and maintains being ass at QB.