The Official other Teams and General NFL News (includes) Management and Coaching moves.

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Tribune Mailbag almost as good as Chicago sports radio.

When does it stop being too early for Ryan Pace to be on the hot seat? We can yell, scream and make faces about Mitchell Gabbert’s play or the way Gary Crowton 2.0 calls plays or (soils) the bed under pressure (the Chiefs-Titans playoff game looks like a hell of a harbinger right now), but Pace is the one who put the fate of the franchise in their hands. Yes, the roster is better than what he inherited, but he squanders a lot of the draft capital that he doesn’t trade away and has given out some truly awful free-agent contracts in his tenure. Is Virginia McCaskey pissed off again yet? — Ryan

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-cb-chicago-bears-mailbag-mitch-trubisky-matt-nagy-20191023-ocj4flhk7favlbfl5e5a6mfefy-story.html

The universal complaint:

The Green Bay game did not go well, in part because of the lack of playing time in the preseason for the starting lineup.

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All of which goes to say that the correct answer to the Mailman's poll is (C): Because they're the Bears!

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Can we call it the HHCD Curse?

By the way, at some point the Packers are gonna go thru a tough stretch and people are gonna wonder how good MLF is and if he's just riding Rodgers coattails. I'm calling it now: don't panic, let it play out. He's made some missteps but has done better than I thought he would. (Low bar to clear after M3? Dunno.)

It's too easy to get wrapped up in one loss, having two bad losses back to back (OAK, NO) is a concern but not the end of the world.
I think you have to look bigger picture, but right now the CHI locker room is a mess and Nagy has work to do if he wants to salvage the season.

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ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk
Chad Henne designated for return from IR

Why?

[Teamcheez1]

Seems like a lot to give up for a 30-year old guy who's at best a 2. But Pats are loaded with draft picks and their window is now--as it has been since 2005.

The Patriots put Josh Gordon on IR and do not expect to bring him back.
It's pretty obvious now why they were so desperate to trade for Sanu.

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Manish Mehta
Kelechi Osemele says that Jets GM Joe Douglas admitted to him that the team inadvertently sent blank MRIs to doctors. KO said Douglas called it an “honest mistake” by the team

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@AdamSchefter
Trade: Arizona has reached agreement in principle to trade a conditional 2020 draft pick to Miami for RB Kenyan Drake, league sources tell ESPN.

Unbelievable. At some point, collecting draft picks runs into diminishing returns.

[mraynrand]

@AdamSchefter
Trade: Arizona has reached agreement in principle to trade a conditional 2020 draft pick to Miami for RB Kenyan Drake, league sources tell ESPN.

Unbelievable. At some point, collecting draft picks runs into diminishing returns.

Dolphin fan isn't gonna put up with 1-32 like Brown fan.

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Dolphin fan isn't gonna put up with 1-32 like Brown fan.

Many more options in the winter.

Beach, sun, frolic, prepare for hurricanes.

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He's a Genius
One in a million coach

@diannaESPN
Dead Money in New England
Antonio Brown 5.7 million
Michael Bennett 3.6 Million
Adrian Clayborn 2 Million
Gronk 2 Million
Brian Hoyer 1.7 Million
That's about 15 million dollars in dead money.
For the Patriots, that's pretty high.

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The Jets are up for trading Leveon Bell.

You see, when you hire a coach and he is over his head with problems he cannot solve, he always tries to do someone's job instead of his own. Its also a neat way to deflect blame.

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Andy Dalton is being benched for a 4th round rookie.

I don't watch Bengals games, but my unresearched opinion is the team's performance (and Dalton's) is more a result of its coach/GM than it is the QB.

[Fritz]

The Jets are up for trading Leveon Bell.

You see, when you hire a coach and he is over his head with problems he cannot solve, he always tries to do someone's job instead of his own. Its also a neat way to deflect blame.

Lions up for trading Darius Slay, but because he's signed through 2020 at ten mill per year, they want a first rounder plus.

Slay is an all-around great guy and excellent cover corner. He's missed two games and parts of others with a hammy injury this year.

[Teamcheez1]

Doesn't look like any of the big names changed teams today.

I expected to possibly see Trent Williams, AJ Green, and slew of others possibly move.
Looks like the trading deadline was more hype than anything actually happening.

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Andy Dalton is being benched for a 4th round rookie.

I don't watch Bengals games, but my unresearched opinion is the team's performance (and Dalton's) is more a result of its coach/GM than it is the QB.

Zac Taylor is in over his head. Glad GB didn't hire him. Also, that OL is making Dalton's life miserable. He could be throwing balls in Soldier field next year.
CIN could have traded players for picks and didn't, they need a rebuild.