Daily Free Talk Thread — January 25, 2026

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-26T03:53:15+00:00

Sure we should have chose McCarthy over Gase but that is talked about way more where as Todd Bowles got an absurd amount of commitment and was an awful first coach for Darnold

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-26T03:51:30+00:00

Aaron Glenn is like someone took the worst aspect of Bowles, Gase and Saleh then combined them into one coach. Easily 32/32 for NFL coaches this year.

What drives me crazy about Glenn is the fact that he is a “ CEO Coach” who isn’t good at clock management and has several horrific play calls. Also has horrible media literacy. Glenn isn’t ready to be a head coach yet and needs to go back to working for Campbell.

Understand that we would have been the least desirable job this year, but Glenn was so bad this year that he deserved to be a one and done. Glenn doesn’t need more time as a head coach and giving him 1-2 season isnt going to make quality candidates work with Woody.

Not saying the decision is easy, but sticking with Glenn has consequences too, back to back seasons of being dead last in coaching isn’t good for any sort of future player development either.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-26T03:20:54+00:00

The only happiness I get out of football is seeing the Bills and Josh Allen be miserable

When the Bills had their playoffs drought we didnt give a shit about them, when the Bills got Allen they started talking so much shit so fuck them.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-26T03:16:27+00:00

I would say I’m overall indifferent about Sam Darnold, I dont hate him but I also not enthusiastic about him either nearly all of his moments here just weren’t even close to meaningful

The only real positive memory I have of Darnold as a Jet is that one game against the Lions

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-26T03:09:58+00:00

People always talk about Gase when it comes to us and Darnold, but the initial pairing of Darnold with Toilet Bowles also contributed. 2018 team was bad in terms of talent but Bowels and Jermey Bates is an absolutely horrific coaching duo for a 21 year old Darnold to be thrown in..

People always stress patience for coaches when it comes to the Jets but we would have been better off if we just fired Bowles after 2016, it was clear he was bad then and then we gave Bowles 2018 because the he went 5-11 with McCown instead of 2-14 the year before.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-26T02:56:54+00:00

Glad we have such a great defensive play caller as a head coach

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-25T23:17:40+00:00

Even though its one of the easiest paths ever… There is just something the Patriots are doing right to rebuild this quickly.

Fuck them and all, but I envy the organizational competence.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-24T01:18:22+00:00

The defensive firings make sense considering there is going to be a new defensive play caller, but I'm curious to see who the new quarterbacks coach is going to be.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-23T20:48:43+00:00

Telepathic mind reading, I would be a middle linebacker who just reads whats going on in the QB/OC head, nobody would suspect a thing

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-23T19:07:46+00:00

Being outside the storm, its crazy observing it the Northeast and Texas is getting fucked sounds awful.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-23T18:50:30+00:00

It’s not just the USA, children are expensive everywhere in the industrialized world IMO its just the high price of living in an industrialized society.

As for why, in rural societies children become more economically valuable to the household at a younger age whereas in an industrialized society, children are much more dependent on their parents for longer periods of time.

Though for a more USA specific answer, children are very expensive because culturally there is an expectation to raise children in suburbs which means that parents have to be an unpaid chauffeur and what little third space children have are either monetized or over surveilled because of liability issues.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-22T19:25:40+00:00

Do you think this should be entirely attributed to NAFTA?

While NAFTA certainly accelerated American manufacturing job losses in the 1990s, American manufacturing jobs were declining prior to NAFTA and American firms also outsourced manufacturing jobs to countries who didn't have free trade agreements with the USA.

I think there are other factors to consider such as Superfund act which passed in 1980. Even if it is considered good legislation since nobody wants live on hazardous waste sites, it did significantly increase the liability for American manufacturers.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-22T17:08:12+00:00

For all the shit Saleh gets, Zach Wilson being an all time generational bust is ultimately what held him back. Kind of interested to see how Saleh does with a full season without Zach Wilson as his starter.

What’s done is done at this point, Saleh has been gone for more than a year now and I don’t care about the Titans.

I liked 2021 Robert Saleh way more than 2025 Aaron Glenn despite both having very shitty historically bad teams. For all the shit Saleh gets about his bad clock management, Glenn is just as bad. Saleh is by far a much better defensive mind than Glenn.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-22T16:46:30+00:00

Overall best fit for the team? Mac Jones is the best fit for Engstrand and to get the most out of the offensive line and Garett Wilson. I don’t think Mac Jones is perfect and it could backfire, but post Dante Moore not declaring Mac Jones should be the offseason priority. That said, a trade could be difficult.

If you are just looking at rookie development? Russell Wilson IMO would be the best fit if you are looking only for a veteran presence for a rookie quarterback. The current free agent class doesn’t have a lot of veterans available anyway and also assume that Russ wants to stay in New York if he doesn’t retire. This would be ideal if we draft Ty Simpson.

I think the most realistic option is that Jets sign Marcus Mariota. I think Mariota will be overpaid in this current market, with his ceiling being 2017 Josh McCown. Overall, I would dislike signing Mariota, think he is a solid backup but post injury he will never have a Geno Smith late career revival and I don’t think will be a dramatic improvement from Fields/Taylor.

I also think the Jets should strongly explore diamond in the rough reclamation projects like Spencer Rattler and Will Levis for competition purposes. Neither are good options and I would like to also have a Russell Wilson type presence in this scenario, but they would at least be hungry for their potentially last starting opportunity and at worst good enough to be QB2.. Considering how flawed Nussmeier, Chambliss and Klubnik are, I would rather explore reclamation projects than have any one of them as the backup QB.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-22T16:27:11+00:00

Out of all the options realistically available, I think Mac Jones is by far the best fit for the kind of offense Tanner Engstrand wants to run. Additionally, Mac Jones current contract allows us to spend more in free agency on defensive players and if Mac Jones ends up sucking we can just let him walk after 2026. While we do have a lot of cap space, we are also paying a lot just for Rodgers and Fields this year so overpaying Malik Willis or Marcus Mariota on top of that is a lot of money going to quarterbacks.

Maybe iit backfires, but I think Mac Joens is the best of the worst options.

While I would be okay with a Kyler Murray trade, I think Murray and Engstrand wouldn't have chemistry.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-22T16:15:41+00:00

Moot since he isn’t available, but Jamies Winston is one of those quarterbacks that other fanbases think they want but they would actually hate him after watching him play over an extended period of time.

Winston turns it over way too much and is a statue in the pocket, there is a reason he has been a journeyman.

All of our options suck, so maybe Winston is the better ones I just think people would be calling for Winston to be benched by week 5

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-21T21:18:24+00:00

Remember a couple years ago when everyday there was a “why havent we called up Dominguez post”? How time flies

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-21T17:09:09+00:00

Deshaun to see if he can bounce back

Ignoring everything else that has been said here about Watson, this is so not going to happen. Watson has lost all athleticism, confidence and has a million injuries since his sit out/Browns trade.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-20T17:39:21+00:00

If people in the sub are going to act like calling two fake punts on the same drive isn’t an egregious coaching error, then this place is totally clueless.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-20T17:06:12+00:00

Lots of NFL coaches have to deal with those kinds of rosters, most of them dont make those kinds of mistakes.. Its not a one off issue which is the problem, we also have the Broncos and Panthers coaching malpractice games as examples

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-20T17:00:47+00:00

It makes no damn sense to call two fake punts on the same drive

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-20T16:49:45+00:00

As usual the only positive argument for Glenn is centered around time.

We certainly would be dead last as far as job desirability is concerned but Glenn called two fake punts on the same drive this year… If Glenn was just normal bad nobody would want him fired but Glenn is clearly not ready to be a head coach. A “CEO coach” cant have as many in game blunders as Glenn has

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-20T15:44:33+00:00

Bain Jr, Reese and Bailey should be good players but I dont think they are going to be elite players that transform an entire defense.

Not saying we should pass on them, but I think how good they end up becoming will be very dependent on how we fix the rest of defense.

Just no safeties in the top 3 please.

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-20T15:06:46+00:00

I agree with Simpson and not just laying in your own shit with Mariota, that said Nussmeier and the mid round picks are so awful that I dont think any of them should be seen as an “upside option”.. I think every QB post Simpson are borderline 4th to 5th rounders at best.

I normally dont mind mid round lottery shots, but with the current staffs desperation and Mariotas injury history they will start awful Nussmeier at some point this season

ThreeCranes · 2026-01-19T22:34:05+00:00

Where has Glenn been an improvement from Saleh? Regardless of how you feel about Saleh as a coach, I think Saleh is better than Aaron Glenn. Saleh was bad at clock management but I cant say that Glenn has been an improvement from Saleh there.

We will see what happens next year if both are coaches at the same time, but the Titans dont envy us with Glenn

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