Do you think Rivera will successfully rebuild ?

Exactly, its a impossible job.

It be interesting if you could reverse time and have Tomlin as our coach, I bet if he started in our organization over Pitt he been done gone out of football.

This place is losers row.

It is not an impossible job if we can land a QB. Then the job becomes much easier. That needs to be the entire focus this offseason.

You can not fire Ron this offseason. That would be dumb af.

You can not fire Ron this offseason. That would be dumb af.

It’s not even remotely an option.

Every move is technically a business decision. I agree that Ron brings credibility, but he wasn't exactly a total slouch of a coach either. We are talking about a guy with a winning record, multiple division titles and a SB appearance. He was brought in to change the culture in the building and also to win. Those things go hand in hand.

You can't bring in a guy to undertake a culture change as serious as this one but also think of him as a stop gap. That doesn't make any sense. Nobody was going to come in here and turn things around on a dime. It's a 3-5 year project. Dan has to give him a legit opportunity to right the ship otherwise we're back to square one. Gruden had almost 6 seasons here, why wouldn't Ron get a similar opportunity?

Changing an organization that has been a complete disaster for 20+ years in only 3-5 years would be turning it around on a dime. If Gruden got 6 years RR should also get that.

I think a big part of Ron's problem is that he's not used to the tough media climate in the DMV. IMO the media is Charlotte was much more deferential to Ron than the media here in DC and Ron doesn't like and isn't used to being questioned as thoroughly and harshly as he is by the DC media.

I'm not saying he can turn it all around in 3-5 years, just saying he needs at least that amount of time to show some progress.

I'm not saying he can turn it all around in 3-5 years, just saying he needs at least that amount of time to show some progress.

It's such a dumb discussion. Fire Ron and your options are guys like Jim Haslett, Jim Caldwell, Jeff Fisher, etc. because no respectable coach is going to want to come here and neither is the next up-and-coming coordinator.

It's such a dumb discussion. Fire Ron and your options are guys like Jim Haslett, Jim Caldwell, Jeff Fisher, etc. because no respectable coach is going to want to come here and neither is the next up-and-coming coordinator.

Completely agree. We have to stick with him at the very least one more season, and unless next season is an absolute disaster too, I'd say give him one more season after that.

This being said. I don't want to hear Ron talk about Chase and Montez getting chipped more than the other guys anymore... Last week he went into a super long explanation about how he had somebody "analyticly look at" their 3rd and long, they discovered this team had a higher chip percentage on 3rd and 7+ ... and then how they were seeing more play action than other defenses... And again this week, he was more critical of Chase, but he mentioned this chip percentage stats again...

This is such a looser quote. Your defense is failing because the other teams are mean and chip your edge rushers and call some play action ?! OMG this is so unfair let's make a complaint to the league !

Every move is technically a business decision. I agree that Ron brings credibility, but he wasn't exactly a total slouch of a coach either. We are talking about a guy with a winning record, multiple division titles and a SB appearance. He was brought in to change the culture in the building and also to win. Those things go hand in hand.

You can't bring in a guy to undertake a culture change as serious as this one but also think of him as a stop gap. That doesn't make any sense. Nobody was going to come in here and turn things around on a dime. It's a 3-5 year project. Dan has to give him a legit opportunity to right the ship otherwise we're back to square one. Gruden had almost 6 seasons here, why wouldn't Ron get a similar opportunity?

Add to that three consecutive division titles, three playoff wins, two-time NFL Coach of the Year...

From day one, this was going to be about a three year project. That much was communicated when RR took the job. Any conversation about him being gone after this year is ridiculous, and the notion that he just isn't a good coach is equally ridiculous in my opinion.

It's funny how impatient this fan base is considering how long it's been since the team has been relevant for more than a minute.

Completely agree. We have to stick with him at the very least one more season, and unless next season is an absolute disaster too, I'd say give him one more season after that.

This being said. I don't want to hear Ron talk about Chase and Montez getting chipped more than the other guys anymore... Last week he went into a super long explanation about how he had somebody "analyticly look at" their 3rd and long, they discovered this team had a higher chip percentage on 3rd and 7+ ... and then how they were seeing more play action than other defenses... And again this week, he was more critical of Chase, but he mentioned this chip percentage stats again...

This is such a looser quote. Your defense is failing because the other teams are mean and chip your edge rushers and call some play action ?! OMG this is so unfair let's make a complaint to the league !

They chip our edge rushers because it works. simple offensive game planning. The weakness in our defense is a open book to the rest of the league. Play action stupefies our secondary.

Has anyone on here actually suggested firing Ron? I get impatience, some of the decisions being made this year are perplexing to say the least, and there is not a lot of progress being shown but you have to give the guy some time. He has a large number of losing seasons because he has been asked to turnaround two losing franchises.

I'm not saying he can turn it all around in 3-5 years, just saying he needs at least that amount of time to show some progress.

Agree.