[OKchiefs]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

Well, and money.

And a family.

Probably has friends and a decent car, too.

He's probably not a bad guy...he's just...the NFL evolves. You have to evolve with it.

Like, it goes in cycles. PMII and Kyler Murray and the like have really completed the transformation into a pure passing league. When I was a kid, if you had more TDs than INTs and better than 50% completion rate, you were starter-level. Steve DeBerg had like 2800 yards, 11 TDs and 16 picks. Another year I remember he threw 11 TDs and 11 picks. Then he had 1990 where he played out of his mind and had 23 TDs and 6 picks, some shit like that.

Those are pedestrian numbers in today's NFL. PMII has thrown for entire DeBerg seasons in 4 game stretches. I really think there was a point early where he had 11 TDs in 3 games, iirc. With all the QB driven, pass happy game plans, NFL defenses have adapted to become faster, more coverage...softer, less tough. Practices are shorter now, less hitting, less everything. Those defenses are susceptible to the running game and the short, precision passing attack.

What does that mean for Spags? I don't know. I don't particularly care for his feel for the game. I know he made his bones as the "man who shut down Brady", but that went to shit last February...so **** him. I attribute the change in defense efficiency during the 2019 run solely to the infusion of new talent, hungry and driven as opposed to the overpaid underperforming vets that Bob Sutton was saddled with in '18. Plus, Steven "What's a Swivel" Nelson was gone. That guy SUCKED. **** HIM.

What's the question?

Oh yeah, Spags. Spags is Bob Sutton with a 4-3 defense.

In fact, I'm pretty sure Sutton was possibly better. Spags has one of the most historically bad defenses of all time on his resume from his one year as Saints DC...and then you have this year...

I was talking about Clay.