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Steelers sign Brian Flores as LB coach/defensive assistant


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3 hours ago, Ozzy said:

By the way the Dolphins have $62 + mil to spend in cap space, not too bad for a 9-8 team that almost made the playoffs, perform like that....yeah Brian Flores was the problem, I seriously doubt it.  

You think losing 7 games in a row is a resume-enhancer for an NFL coach? Riiiiight. 

Flores always seemed defensive-oriented, and quite brilliant at it too. Offense...a mess from day one. 3 OC's in 3 years is madness. Well actually it was 4 OC's in 3 years because last season was "co-OC's" which is also madness. Who does that?

Love to see Flores be a HC again somewhere. He's a dang cool dude. The NFL merry-go-round has coaches bouncing around constantly. Not a normal job, these people work more than 100 hours a week apparently. 

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15 minutes ago, FinSting said:

You think losing 7 games in a row is a resume-enhancer for an NFL coach? Riiiiight. 

Flores always seemed defensive-oriented, and quite brilliant at it too. Offense...a mess from day one. 3 OC's in 3 years is madness. Well actually it was 4 OC's in 3 years because last season was "co-OC's" which is also madness. Who does that?

Love to see Flores be a HC again somewhere. He's a dang cool dude. The NFL merry-go-round has coaches bouncing around constantly. Not a normal job, these people work more than 100 hours a week apparently. 

I heard 200 hours.

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16 minutes ago, FinSting said:

You think losing 7 games in a row is a resume-enhancer for an NFL coach? Riiiiight. 

Flores always seemed defensive-oriented, and quite brilliant at it too. Offense...a mess from day one. 3 OC's in 3 years is madness. Well actually it was 4 OC's in 3 years because last season was "co-OC's" which is also madness. Who does that?

Love to see Flores be a HC again somewhere. He's a dang cool dude. The NFL merry-go-round has coaches bouncing around constantly. Not a normal job, these people work more than 100 hours a week apparently. 

True but winning the next 8 out of 9 changes that losing 7 in a row totally.  Not to mention going 10-6 the year previous.  But sure he is not some QB coach, but that apparently is all the NFL wants now a days is a QB coach HC that makes the QB happy.  When really the successful ones are just lucky to have a great QB and they make the coach look good.  

Sure McVay got to the Super Bowl with just Goff at QB but they had Todd Gurley at his peak who was a MVP contender, but that D had Talib, Marcus Peters, Suh, Fowler, Joyner, John Johnson and Brockers not to mention Aaron Donald...

 

 

37 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

Didn't say he was.

Not saying you did but obviously some do.

 

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6 minutes ago, NudeTayne said:

I heard 200 hours.

 Sure they work a lot of hours but compared to most jobs, it is not that hard to watch tape or study players or game plans.  Not to mention being paid millions of dollars sometimes to do it and having one of the most public rewarding jobs on earth in one of the most watches sports on earth.  Sure is not fun when you lose all the negative attention, but you still get paid either way and most likely could work your way into another job doing the same thing even in a bad season.

 

If someone thinks coaching football for a living is a bad gig, they clearly have not worked many bad jobs then.  

 

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Got their defensive coach, just need a couple defensive pieces, and mostly a QB.. Ben held this team back two years in a row. Clear Super Bowl contenders in 2020 with a different QB. Ben fell off a cliff mid way through the year and arm died. He should have never returned for 2021, as his arm was still totally dead. 

Time to get this team a new QB. Jimmy is not the answer. And Pickett is not the answer, even though he went to Pittsburgh. 

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3 minutes ago, BayRaider said:

Got their defensive coach, just need a couple defensive pieces, and mostly a QB.. Ben held this team back two years in a row. Clear Super Bowl contenders in 2020 with a different QB. Ben fell off a cliff mid way through the year and arm died. He should have never returned for 2021, as his arm was still totally dead. 

Time to get this team a new QB. Jimmy is not the answer. And Pickett is not the answer, even though he went to Pittsburgh. 

Shh 🤫. Pickett is the answer. The Steelers need to spend their first rounder on him (after a steep trade-up). He's the answer.

Sincerely,

AFC North fan

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44 minutes ago, FinSting said:

You think losing 7 games in a row is a resume-enhancer for an NFL coach? Riiiiight. 

Flores always seemed defensive-oriented, and quite brilliant at it too. Offense...a mess from day one. 3 OC's in 3 years is madness. Well actually it was 4 OC's in 3 years because last season was "co-OC's" which is also madness. Who does that?

Love to see Flores be a HC again somewhere. He's a dang cool dude. The NFL merry-go-round has coaches bouncing around constantly. Not a normal job, these people work more than 100 hours a week apparently. 

3 OC’s in 3 years isn’t as rare as its being made out in Miami. OC stints are notoriously very short. And co-OC (and co-DC) isn’t so rare either. (Though I’ve yet to see it work).

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4 minutes ago, NudeTayne said:

Shh 🤫. Pickett is the answer. The Steelers need to spend their first rounder on him (after a steep trade-up). He's the answer.

Sincerely,

AFC North fan

I think they would love Pickett's toughness and his mobility along with knowledge and ability to prepare.  But no way they trade up to get him, he could easily fall right to them.

Not clue what they do with Burrow and Lamar Jackson in the same division, it will be tough unless they become much more of a run team than they have been in the past.  They were the 4th worst running team in the NFL this past year and that was with Najee getting over 1000 yards rushing.

 

Lucky for the Steelers Baker Mayfield is not the answer in Cleveland and most likely they draft a QB 1st or 2nd round.

 

13 minutes ago, BayRaider said:

Got their defensive coach, just need a couple defensive pieces, and mostly a QB.. Ben held this team back two years in a row. Clear Super Bowl contenders in 2020 with a different QB. Ben fell off a cliff mid way through the year and arm died. He should have never returned for 2021, as his arm was still totally dead. 

Time to get this team a new QB. Jimmy is not the answer. And Pickett is not the answer, even though he went to Pittsburgh. 

Yeah Kirk Cousins is not the answer either so no clue where they go.  Malik Willis would be a gamble and a half, sure he is exciting but so was Johnny Football, at least Willis seems to have more character than Johnny boy did.  

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1 minute ago, Ozzy said:

I think they would love Pickett's toughness and his mobility along with knowledge and ability to prepare.  But no way they trade up to get him, he could easily fall right to them.

Not clue what they do with Burrow and Lamar Jackson in the same division, it will be tough unless they become much more of a run team than they have been in the past.  They were the 4th worst running team in the NFL this past year and that was with Najee getting over 1000 yards rushing.

 

Lucky for the Steelers Baker Mayfield is not the answer in Cleveland and most likely they draft a QB 1st or 2nd round.

 

Yeah Kirk Cousins is not the answer either so no clue where they go.  Malik Willis would be a gamble and a half, sure he is exciting but so was Johnny Football, at least Willis seems to have more character than Johnny boy did.  

Cousins would be miles better than Pickett or Jimmy G. He has put up Top 10 QB seasons two years in a row. And can play in cold weather, proven throughout his career. A lot of QB's suck in cold weather, Jimmy G especially. 

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5 minutes ago, BayRaider said:

Cousins would be miles better than Pickett or Jimmy G. He has put up Top 10 QB seasons two years in a row. And can play in cold weather, proven throughout his career. A lot of QB's suck in cold weather, Jimmy G especially. 

Sure but Jimmy G has actually won games that matter.  As of now Kirk Cousins entire career he has won one game that matters in 10 years, the playoff game against the Saints then the next week they get blow out by the 49ers.  So yeah Cousins puts up stats but until it equals winning games that matter, it is honestly worthless.  Sure stats he has put up have been good, also his ability to stay healthy despite being hit constantly but he simply does not seem like a Pittsburgh Steeler to me and I seriously doubt the Steelers go after him.

Jimmy G at least has some toughness and mobility and grit to him, and again has actually won games but sure maybe Kirk just has not been put into position to win those games.  Then again it is not like the Vikings are the Detroit Lions here with Matthew Stafford, they had talent around Kirk more than once.  Either way doubt the Steelers go with either one because of the price tag but no clue who they go with at QB, sure hope it is not Dwayne Haskins.  

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2 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

Sure but Jimmy G has actually won games that matter. 

49er win games in spite of Jimmy G. Any Top 10-12 QB and the 49ers have two Super Bowl Championships. Super Bowl against the Chiefs he missed more throws than I can count. 2021 playoffs most dropped picks ever in one postseason. He's average. Maybe even slightly below average.  

Edit: Also one of the most fragile QB's in the NFL. 

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