(09-30-2024, 09:10 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: Here's my 2 cents coming from Chiefs fan:

If Pederson isn't calling the plays, then what's he doing? The gameplans have been trash just about every week. Pederson is at the podium blaming the players. You have Baalke saying the players are in place. You got Trevor clearly regressing. You have 2 supposed elite pass rushers who can't get home, a newly signed DT who can't create pressure up the middle, a defense that has yet to force a turnover and a secondary that can't cover. WRs that are still dropping passes and a QB that sails passes sometimes. An OL that plays well sometimes but also becomes crappy at the worst possible times (Scherff missing his block on the 4th and 1 at the goal line). Tank Bigsby had a fantastic run but couldn't finish that fantastic run and every single person on this board knew that as soon as he didn't score, something bad was going to happen.

If everything looks this dysfunctional, there's legit 2 people to blame here: Pederson and Baalke. "Oh you can't fire them now".... Why? Why can't you? They are 0-4. Pederson looks so disinterested and Baalke has ALWAYS been a snake. First, I'm firing Baalke. There's a clear rift between him and Pederson. If things don't get better over the next 3 games (which should all be wins), then fire Pedeson and Taylor after London and promote McCoy (literally don't care).

It's a mess in Jacksonville and they're not going to move on from Trevor (and they shouldn't) so it's time to get the old junk out and bring in the new. In Staffords 4th year in the league, the Lions went 4-12. Stafford had 20 TDs and 17 interceptions with below 60% completion.

It doesn't do anything though, especially the part in bold above. If Pederson and Baalke are at odds now? That's on ownership. If you go back and look at the 2022 off season and coach hiring circle this team did. It started with Doug. It ended with Doug. The belief was that everybody else in between that first and last interview with Doug were simply not interested in working with Baalke. Something Khan insisted. 

This is the root cause of this team's problems and Khan needs to take ownership for it and figure out what's best for the team in about two, three months. Let the funk remain. Let the disdain stain the facility some more. Get the best and worst out of these guys because it's doing the rest of the NFL and this roster some major favors so we don't have to see their names again being highly profiled or coveted for other vacancies. 

He needs to blow it up for good this time and let it all air out. He needs to hire a VP of football operations and let THEM decide who the GM and next coaching staff should be. His record as an owner speaks for itself. He cannot do what's best for this football team product wise. He just can't. Everything else? He's fantastic. The stadium? Great. Recommitting to the city of Jacksonville several times? Great. The fan experience (outside of actual contests)? Great. His willingness to spend and invest in the city and team? Great.

He just doesn't have the chops to pick out the correct people to run his football team. He must see this. He must accept this. He must move on from this aspect of his ownership. It's setting himself, this team, this city and his namesake back.

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