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"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

Pack has started strongly. Up 14-0. Dak already with a pick!

"I've been in KC in everso slightly warmer temperatures than yesterday (I think it got down to -15 once). It's likely to be in the mid 60s there later on this week, I think. Just a few days too late for the Fins."

Just watched... I swear I saw the Chiefs coach (reid's) 'tasche actually freeze before my very eyes... no chance for the summer 'fins

"As I've always said, frozen Fish is never the same. It was 22 degrees in Miami this weekend. It was -22 in Missouri, and -32 with the windchill. Mental temperatures and the Fish couldn't handle it."

Dolphins offensive play calling was terrible. They were horrible! Shocking performance.

"Peters (GM) gets the job, HC (Johnson) next üòÅ"

"Mayo will need to start well there, or he may end up with EGG on his face."

"Gotta' be honest, I don't know a lot about Mayo, other then the Patsies as an organisation hold him in high regard. Another defensive mind - but their big problem this season was getting the offense going. Mac Jones started life in the NFL well, and has tailed off with injuries and struggling to play under a new OC almost every year etc. Neither him nor Zappe had much to throw at this season. Fuck 'em, though!"

"Presumably, he will play a ""spread"" offense..! I thank you. Here all week etc..."

"I liked the BBC headline - ""Patriots to replace Belichick with 37-year-old Mayo""ù"

How you follow Belichick.? With some Mayo.! Patriots do the wise thing and hire from within. Jerod Mayo. Ex Pat's player and assistant coach. Takes a very hot seat.

GM search down to two people. Adam Peters (49ers) & Ian Cunningham (Bears). I would expect an appointment in the next day or so. best case scenario is hiring them both

we don't fucking want him

Anything to keep him away from Seattle

"Not a chance in hell! Besides, our owners have already confirmed that Saleh (HC) and Douglas (GM) are coming back for next season. I'm quite pleased they're retaining Saleh. His defense was very good. But I hope they get rid of the OC Hackett - he has been a disaster, even if he helped smooth the Rodgers deal."

"SBB I really hope he goes to the Jets now. ""Unfinished business""ù"

"Realistically, even though he is in decline (record-wise), I think most owners would sprint towards Belichick to get him to their franchise if he expressed an interest. For that reason, I wouldn't read too much into what owners say. For once, the main exception will be the Jets - and that's not because the Johnsons are reliable and fine, upstanding owners (quite the opposite). We just have shitshow-level form with BB and the fans would go genuinely apeshit. It would be like Ince, Lampard Jnr and Defoe returning to West Ham as part of the same deal."

"our owner has said he wants to move away from the coach-centric situation we had with rivera, where he was pretty much reporting to no one. belichik is just more of the same, but far more controlling. johnson (lions) and the texans oc are more what harris is looking for. none of this matters though until the GM is hired, peters heads that list"

"Wouldn't put it past Belichick to take a job at a play-off team that decides to part ways with its coach over the next couple of weeks - not least because he will inherit a half-decent team that already gives him a strong starting point. But. He is a very particular, fastidious and powerful HC and he will want a lot of say over not just how the team is run (that's the HC's job anyway), but also the wider franchise. He's been the GM in all but name in New England for a while. That will most likely rule out a move to somewhere like Seattle, where Pete Carroll (72 years-old) wants to stay on as an adviser (to a 71-year-old and more successful HC?!). Of the franchises with current vacancies, there are three that strike me as suitable for Belichick if he decides to carry on (which now sounds likely): Washington, Tennessee and, bizarre though it sounds, the LA Chargers. The first two are obvious. Washington is perfect for a total rebuild and Belichick would get any role he wants beyond the HC (effectively becoming the GM if he wanted). He'd also get the #2 draft pick. Likewise, Tennessee - where he'd get the #7 pick in the draft and an opportunity to take a high-grade QB. But even though it is across the country, the LA Chargers offers perhaps the best option of current vacancies for any incoming coach - because they have a top-level franchise QB already in place in Justin Herbert. And he fits BB's model. That's ""the"" key consideration sorted - and it would allow BB to focus on his defensive solidity in the draft. Realistically, I couldn't see BB upping sticks and going out west. But beyond geography, the Chargers job is a no-brainer for a proven coach coming in to a franchise that has a QB who can already move the ball. Long way to go yet, though. Some of the fancied play-off teams might yet sack their coaches when they lose."

Washington. If he could bring himself to go to the NFC East.

"I make it seven other HC vacancies already available, even before the play-offs are done: Seahawks, Commanders, Panthers, Falcons, Chargers, Titans and Raiders. Is that right? A few other sides could part ways with their HC and are rumoured to be considering it. Could see a ""big"" name team with an egotistical owner pulling the trigger on a half-decent coach if they want the kudos of Belichick's reputation. So that does put Dallas in the mix, although Belichick isn't a fan and they'd have to pay him an absolute fortune. The one franchise you can 100% rule out is the Jets: our fans would rather gouge their eyes out with a hot poker, and eat their own flesh, than go begging to that cսnt again, regardless of his record. And I suspect the feeling is mutual. So safe to say it's one of 30 teams!"

Can see Jerry having a brain fart over at Arlington and pulling the trigger.It's a Jones type of move.?

"So, Belichick has officially gone from the Patriots after a five-minute speech at a press conference alongside owner Robert Kraft. You couldn't get that speech onto a napkin, though, Bill. Superb coach, albeit a controversial and quite miserable one. BUT Rob Kraft gave the game away when he wished him every success in his cut-off hoodie ""except when he's playing the Patriots"". So expect a rush to appoint him. Sounds like he's carrying on..."

"Far Cough 4:59 Thu Jan 11 Not a chance he'd up sticks and move that far west. Much more likely he'll go to the other Washington And besides, I don't think our moving in a new direction involves replacing a 72 year old with a 71 year old"

"RB - yeah, but he's 14 games behind Shula's win record, which most likely means at least another two seasons in a head coaching hot seat. He might go for it. But he'd be in his 74th year at the point when he realistically had a shot at beating Shula's record (unless he went 15-2 with a brand new team next season). It seems like a lot of work still for a guy who would have to start again somewhere new."