My take-aways from this press conference:

1. Looks like Josh Allen will be tagged. I don't like that and hope it doesn't happen. The guy earned a great contract and his teammates need to see that they will also be rewarded for this in the future.

2. He clearly is not thrilled with the development of Trevor Lawrence. If the best thing you can say is " he is learning " that speaks volumes.

3. His basic failure to not take responsibility for things like the Fortner draft pick is not surprising based on his track record on such things. It sure would have been nice to hear him say something like, " In hindsight, I could have done a better job with the draft last season." What's so terrible about taking some accountability? When the closest thing he says to that is, We need to get bigger and stronger," it does not inspire confidence in our fans that things will get better.

4. Following the press conference, the vast majority of local media and fans felt the number one takeaway was that Baalke was primarily blaming the coaching staff for the coolapse last season. Why would Doug Pederson not take this the same way and how will this effect their relationship moving forward? Pederson and his staff did not have a great year and some of this was due to their own mistakes ( play calling, poor schemes, not always playing the best players at a position, etc.). Despite these facts, Baalke's public criticism of the DEVELOPMENT of some players points the finger directly at Pederson and his coaching staff. Maybe the two can co-exist this season, but my guess is that Pederson's feelings about the G.M. can't be a good thing when they have to decide together on who to let go in the off-season, which free agents to sign and whom to priotize in the draft. Its' obviously very difficult to win consistently in the NFL under the best of circumstances, but when your GM and coach don't see eye to eye or have mutual respect it becomes almost impossible.

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