(01-24-2021, 09:30 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Walter football is always entertaining...

Jaguars hire OC Darrell Bevell: F Grade
Trevor Lawrence will be playing in the NFL on Hard Mode. The Jaguars have made all the wrong moves this offseason, hiring an exhausted head coach with no pro experience and a general manager who tried his best to ruin an NFL franchise. The Jaguars continued making terrible decisions, bringing in Darrell Bevell to be their offensive coordinator.

I've heard Bevell described as a "nice guy, but terrible coordinator." I don't know him personally, but I would agree with the latter sentiment. Bevell was able to get the least out of Russell Wilson during his 7-year tenure in Seattle. He then moved on to Detroit, where he wasted countless downs feeding the ball to the decrepit Adrian Peterson rather than D'Andre Swift. Bevell has been one of the worst offensive coordinators in the NFL over the past decade, so it's unclear why the Jaguars thought that hiring would be a good decision.



Jaguars hire GM Trent Baalke: F Grade
Wow. There are so many great general manager candidates available, and the Jaguars went with Trent Baalke? That's unreal.

Baalke ruined the 49ers in the middle portion of the last decade. When the 49ers fired him, I gave it an A++ grade. Here's what I wrote:

I don't think I've ever given an A++ grade for a coach hiring or firing, but this certainly warrants one. Trent Baalke has finally been axed as the 49ers' general manager, per a Jay Glazer report.

I can't believe it's finally happened. Baalke, along with Jed York, destroyed the 49ers' once-great franchise. Baalke got rid of Jim Harbaugh because he couldn't get along with a top-five NFL head coach. He followed that up by hiring "yes man" Jim Tomsula as a replacement, and he predictably proved to be a disaster. Baalke then brought in Chip Kelly, who was a proven failure as an NFL head coach. Kelly had already shown that he didn't understand simple NFL concepts, so hiring him was an insanely stupid decision.

Baalke's personnel moves were also very questionable. He managed to nail some draft picks, but he whiffed on plenty of selections, including A.J. Jenkins (first round, 2012), LaMichael James (second round, 2012), Tank Carradine (second round, 2013), and so on. He overpaid for some players - why are Vance McDonald and Garrett Celek getting a combined $50 million? - and made horrible moves in free agency, signing Zane Beadles, Reggie Bush (4 years, $16 million!) and Torrey Smith (5 years, $40 million!!!!).

This deserves an "F." The Jaguars still have a bright future with Trevor Lawrence, but Baalke will probably find a way to ruin things.