Black Monday tomorrow for some NFL coaches, who’s going be fired?? Already in season :
Carolina fired Reich
Chargers fired Staley
Raiders fired McDaniels
Pretty big lock that Ron Rivera will be fired here in Washington. They should clean house and rid themselves of the entire coaching staff including front office personnel.
I’m sure Eric Byenimi will interview for the HC job, but like me, most of the people around here want him gone just as fast as Rivera.
#2 pick, possibly Drake Maye or Caleb Williams. 90 million in cap space, and some underutilized talent on the roster. New owner. Should be a top destination for a new GM and head coach.
Just curious- why? I know the players didn't love accountability, but what's wrong with Bieniemy?
I actually think the Commanders offense was ok, considering their lack of talent. I thought their defense was porous this year. This is backed up by Points For/Against.
you’re right about our defense, they’ve been the biggest problem by far, especially given the amount of money and draft capital spent.
So basically here’s the cliff notes for my problems with EB.
We have a bad offensive line, there’s no doubt about it, and it’s not his fault. The problem is that he’s shown no creativity as far as play calling to help address this. Scott Turner, our OC last year (who was terrible too) did a better job of masking our line weaknesses. He ran a lot more PA roll outs, RPO, and misdirection. EB clearly had an offense that he wanted to run here and he was calling it the way that he wanted regardless of whether it fit the talent that he had.
And just to pile on my previous point. Our offensive line is much better at run blocking than pass blocking. Look at the pass to run ratio on EBs play calling, especially during the first half of the season. It’s absurd. At one point, he called 55 straight pass plays without designed run. This is when your young first year starting QB is leading the league in sacks taken and about to set a record for it. It’s a miracle Sam Howell didn’t get killed the first half of the season.
The guy has two play calls on 3rd or 4th and 1. Half back dive and wide receiver post.
Terry Mclauren is your best offensive player and makes no special effort to try and get him the ball, especially when the offense is struggling.
Good offensive coaches tailor their offenses to the talent strengths they have on the roster. If he’s been trying to do that he’s done a terrible job.
I could go on but this is the meat of it for me. I’ll say this, he’s gotten better as the season has gone on, but he’s clearly learning on the job, which is astounding considering this is the same job he was supposed to have in Kansas City.
