Spiderfan's Week 17 Random Thoughts & Stuff

[spiderfan]

Happy New Year everyone it is me spiderfan here! We have a bunch to get to so let us begin!

Coaching changes

This week's top story is the coaching changes that are going around the league. The Bears, Cardinals, Lions, Raiders, Colts, and Giants are all looking for new coaches and I'll tell you my educated guesses/predictions on who will be hired.

The first teams up are what I call buddy buddy jobs. This is because of the current GM's relationships with assistant coaches of the teams the GMs worked for previously. The Colts, Lions, and Giants fit into this category. 

-NY Giants hire Panthers DC Steve Wilks (because current GM Dave Gettleman was the Panthers GM)

-Indianapolis Colts hire either Chiefs Special Teams coach Dave Toub or OC Matt Nagy (because current GM Chris Ballard worked in the Chiefs front office)

-Detroit Lions hire Patriots DC Matt Patricia (because current GM Bob Quinn worked in the Patriots front office)

I'm weary of the potential Wilks and Patricia hirings but I like the likely options for the Chiefs in Toub or Nagy. 

The second teams up are teams that I'm not as sure as to who will be hired. The Bears and Cardinals fit into this category.

-Chicago Bears hire Eagles QB John DeFilippo (to help develop Carson Wentz)

-Arizona Cardinals hire Pat Shurmur (that way either Sam Bradford or Case Keenum can replace Carson Palmer)

The last opening is the Raiders who are likely to hire Jon Gruden as first reported by the Las Vegas Raiders Report. I look forward to seeing Gruden on the sidelines after all the years of him being on MNF and to finally put to bed the Grumor mill. 

Bills Make Playoffs!

For Week 17 there were various spoiler scenarios that didn't come to fruition expect one and is was the one that had the Bills making the playoffs for the first time since 1999. After the Bills beat the Dolphins it was a matter of the Bengals beating the Ravens for the Bills to make the playoffs and it happened. 







What a scene huh? 

Other thoughts:

-Enjoy retirement Carson Palmer and Jay Cutler!

-Poor Chargers 

-Jimmy G and Pat Mahomes will be 2 of the NFL's Top QBs pretty soon.

-The Jags are not playing good football right now and I'm surprised. 

-The Eagles are not playing good football right now and I'm not surprised.

-I guess it was good the Cowboys got a winning record?

-How did Hue Jackson, Bill O'Brien, and Vance Joseph keep their jobs but Jack Del Rio get fired?

-The Road to 0-16 will be finished with my thoughts on the Browns going 0-16 in video form. 

-Vikings-Patriots is my re-done SB pick.

I do apologize for the delays on this one but I hope ya enjoyed anyway! See ya next week! This is spiderfan out.

[SurferGirl]

The Bills' fans' celebration is epic! It's like they just won the Super Bowl! Never mind that their team has no chance at advancing past the Wild Card Round. It's fun to see that enthusiasm.

Gruden to the Raiders is interesting, but I don't know what exactly would bring to the team after several years away from coaching. I'll stay tuned.

[spiderfan]

Jan 3, 2018 19:35:32 GMT -8 SurferGirl said:

The Bills' fans' celebration is epic! It's like they just won the Super Bowl! Never mind that their team has no chance at advancing past the Wild Card Round. It's fun to see that enthusiasm.

Gruden to the Raiders is interesting, but I don't know what exactly would bring to the team after several years away from coaching. I'll stay tuned.

1.) With how the Jags are playing right now, I could see the Bills winning in the WC round. Once they go up against the Pats they are done though.

2.) Gruden brings just that interest/excitement to the Raiders. He also brings some pedigree being that he is one of the few coaches to win a SB. I still think they should have given JDR another year or two before pulling the plug. 

[Nevadanut]

My Wild Card Round picks:

Chiefs over Titans, 24-16
Rams over Falcons, 35-20
Jaguars over Bills, 17-13
Saints over Panthers, 31-23