Dennis Allen - 3rd Best Odds to Win Coach of the Year

iceshack149 · 03-21-2023, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by BakoSaint

Very weird. Time for DA homers to put their money where their mouth is and take out a second mortgage.

These names make little sense to me. Jets will probably get Rodgers and they had the same record as us last year and have more money to spend and retain in free agency. Zach Wilson to Aaron Rodgers is a bigger upgrade than Andy Dalton to Derek Carr. Sauce Gardner is a true shutdown corner. Cleveland also had the same record as us and has a QB who could be MVP caliber but played with training camp and very rusty last year. But Clevelands coach is questionable. Jacksonville had Trevor Lawrence make a big jump his first year with a real coach, and what if he makes another jump? It would be easy to see Lawrence ascending to elite QB status and getting the Jags to 12-13 wins and netting Pederson coach of the year.

And sure, Sean Payton is a good coach. But like so is Bill Belichick. So is Pete Carroll. And the latter two have some draft picks and cap space compared to Sean. None have great QBs. I don't buy Payton as an overwhelming favorite for coach of the year. The Broncos lost a lot of games so he will have an easy time doing better, but they have a QB on a very bad contract so he will have a hard time doing a lot better.

I do like Dan Campbell. I think Robert Saleh would be my favorite. Doug Pederson also makes sense to me. Those would be my top 3 candidates.

If Payton makes it to the postseason with the Broncos in a division with the current Superbowl champions and a good Chargers team then he may deserve the Coach of the Year award.

Regarding Dennis Allen, I sit comfortably on the fence. I don't think he's as terrible as you say he is but I'm not sure that he's a great coach either. However, if you're going to challenge the "DA homers" to put their money where their mouth is I suppose that you, the biggest DA "hater", should do the same. Whatever that means.

03-21-2023, 03:18 PM	#3
iceshack149 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fairbanks, AK Posts: 4,488 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Dennis Allen - 3rd Best Odds to Win Coach of the Year Originally Posted by BakoSaint Very weird. Time for DA homers to put their money where their mouth is and take out a second mortgage. These names make little sense to me. Jets will probably get Rodgers and they had the same record as us last year and have more money to spend and retain in free agency. Zach Wilson to Aaron Rodgers is a bigger upgrade than Andy Dalton to Derek Carr. Sauce Gardner is a true shutdown corner. Cleveland also had the same record as us and has a QB who could be MVP caliber but played with training camp and very rusty last year. But Clevelands coach is questionable. Jacksonville had Trevor Lawrence make a big jump his first year with a real coach, and what if he makes another jump? It would be easy to see Lawrence ascending to elite QB status and getting the Jags to 12-13 wins and netting Pederson coach of the year. And sure, Sean Payton is a good coach. But like so is Bill Belichick. So is Pete Carroll. And the latter two have some draft picks and cap space compared to Sean. None have great QBs. I don't buy Payton as an overwhelming favorite for coach of the year. The Broncos lost a lot of games so he will have an easy time doing better, but they have a QB on a very bad contract so he will have a hard time doing a lot better. I do like Dan Campbell. I think Robert Saleh would be my favorite. Doug Pederson also makes sense to me. Those would be my top 3 candidates. If Payton makes it to the postseason with the Broncos in a division with the current Superbowl champions and a good Chargers team then he may deserve the Coach of the Year award. Regarding Dennis Allen, I sit comfortably on the fence. I don't think he's as terrible as you say he is but I'm not sure that he's a great coach either. However, if you're going to challenge the "DA homers" to put their money where their mouth is I suppose that you, the biggest DA "hater", should do the same. Whatever that means. jnormand, AsylumGuido, SmashMouth and 3 others like this.
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