After the Gus and Urban debacles, I would like to believe that Shad Khan is a little more attentive to the needs of this organization. But it is growing in financial value, which is his primary concern. Hopefully, Tony Khan, who is the presumptive successor to Shad and does not seem to be under the spell of Baalke, is giving the old man some advice in his ear. We can only speculate.

In my most humble opinion, last season's collapse nullified the two-season winning record. This team did an abrupt about face and ran, not walked, in the other direction. We all know what the problem was, we also know the person who was responsible for addressing that problem did nothing to resolve it. I don't think Shad is so blinded by dollar signs that he doesn't see it too. Would I have preferred Baalke to get canned in January? We all would have, but don't underestimate the survival instincts of snakes. He'll address the offensive line this year, but now we have the Josh Allen and Trevor Lawrence contracts coming up. Does he screw those up? It's awful having a GM who seems to have an agenda which is more aligned with Machiavelli than Lombardi.

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