After losing to the Buffalo Bills, should the Baltimore Ravens fire head coach John Harbaugh? How will new Chicago Bears head coach, Ben Johnson, do as he starts his tenure with Caleb Williams and the Bears? John is back with another Middlekauff mailbag.
0:00 // Intro
0:18 // Playoff snow football is the best
3:21 // Will Ben Johnson succeed in Chicago?
5:07 // Why do Mahomes and Allen get praised and Hurts does not?
6:55 // Lamar Jackson praise
7:38 // John’s hair loss journey explained
10:19 // Do most GMs play it safe to keep their jobs rather than swing for the fences?
17:19 // Reason why Ben Johnson did not take Raiders job
20:17 // Should Ravens fire John Harbaugh?
25:04 // What should Titans do with #1 pick?
28:49 // Importance of Big 4 – Owner, GM, Coach & QB
30:54 // Would John go back to scouting?
36:08 // Should more teams run the Tush Push?
37:14 // How do Cowboys get into Super Bowl contention?
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For what? So Lachoke can lose with another head coach? So he can have multiple playoff losses with different head coaches. Sure. Let’s add that to Lachoke Jackson’s resume
Fire Harbaugh? And replace him with whom? Only person I can think of is John Gruden. Maybe Rex Ryan 🏈✌️
Fire Harbaugh? Boy I don't see that at all. But the Ravens do seem to have hit a wall a bit, and while usually the blame kind of comes on Jackson, Harbaugh maybe is a bit of the issue why they aren't getting over the hump. But probably the main issue is Mahomes and Allen blocking Lamar and Harbaugh.
Seems the main stream media does kind of underrate Hurts, and just attributes most of his success to him being on a great team all the time or having great coaches…I think Allen though elevates his team the most out of Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Jackson, Hurts though. I don't know maybe it's because I don't know hardly any of the Bills D players, but the Bills don't really seem to have any stars outside of Allen…the others have Kelce, Chase, Higgins, Henry, Ravens great D usually, Barkley etc.
Ben Johnson = Josh McDaniels 2.0
Ravens would be crazy to fire Harbaugh
As a fan, I’d rather not watch teams play in super cold weather.
The big difference between Allen and Mahomes compared to Jalen is what we know what they both can do. Hurts hasn't shown that. But they don't expect him to be like Allen or Mahomes because he's not. But he is definitely the weak link of that team.
I heard the hair transplants in Turkey are nice and cheaper and they do take care of you. I'm not sure about it being based off one side of the family though. I'm fortunate both sides of my family everyone has hair but typically when I see a bald dad, their dad is also bald, and so on.
Bills had their drive derailed by the refs over a bogus holding call on Dawkins after the interception.
Andrews is a top 3 TE in the league and has been the last half decade. He's a great player he is a beast. Just had an unfortunate and rough game. 4 drops all year and hasn't had a fumble since 2019. Just a rough one.
Don’t start that Colin Cowherd shit John!!!
John, great advice about going bald!
AJ Brown disappoints me. Playing ball in the snow is the shiiiit.
Yes fire him ASAP Him being stubborn and refusing to run Derrick Henry in around the 5 yard line with 4 downs to get in the end zone is criminal Especially in a must have playoff game He has done this too many times this year !
As a bills fan I was pleasantly surprised the ravens didn’t run Henry a lot in the second half. Still can’t wrap my head around that decision.
The fact the chiefs have been doing this without ONE qb sneak or tush push is extra impressive
I agree. They should fire him and hire Mike Tomlin. Harbaugh can go to Pittsburgh.
Yes, he’s the reason why Lamar always comes up short, bad game plans or scheming in the big games.
With Lamar at QB thats guaranteed playoffs every year. I think it is time we move on from Harbaugh. Just not getting it done. Hes the only coach who didnt know not to play ulter agreesive in the snow and freezing cold.
Jerry jones is nothing like martin Scorsese 🤨
He will have offers the following day.
You shouldn't fire a coach unless you think you have good odds of getting sb better. I could understand if they were getting Vrabel or B. Johnson. I'd disagree, but there's at least an argument to be had. What coaches left would you say are even arguably better? Give it at least another year
That's wild thinking harbargh should get fired f no
Yo! Don't you ever say Parsons to Detroit. 😂No way they take on the attitude alone. AND HES NOT THAT GOOD! I wouldn't give a 2nd.
Harbaugh cost them that game going for 2 early in 4th Q and in the end he needed that point back
as a member of the bald nation. Just shave it.. cuz u dont want to be 34 looking like Terry Bradshaw
i would fire Tomlin and Harbaugh. they keep losing the same way
Love this pod
Literally word for word I’ve been screaming at the house on running the ball.
I don’t understand why the coaching staff isn’t being ANNIHILATED for this.
This is 2 seasons in a row where Monken/the coaching staff went away from the run at the WORST possible times.
And the stats are beyond damning..
Henry 20+ Carries: 9-0
There’s no reasoning for it.
Why do we act like the Bills are comprised of Josh Allen and a bunch of second stringers? You can't get this far without a bunch of really good players. They might not have Roquan Smith and Kyle Hamilton on defense but in order to stop the Ravens like that you have to have excellent players working as a unit. James Cook is really good and so are their TE's. Offensive line is good. This isn't Joe Burrow getting sacked 8 times a game and being a split second and a bad flag away from being super bowl champions. Matt Milano is obviously a great QB spy player or else Lamar would've been running.
Real talk Harbaugh looking a little Tomlin-ish
Absolutely not is the answer on Harbaugh lol
John should run for office as a Democrat, “let’s just tear down proven and valuable systems with no plan for the future just cause we’re unhappy and not perfect right now”
Fire Harbaugh because Lamar shits the bed and has his worst game every year in the playoffs
Last thing you want as an incoming HC is an overbearing, controlling football god who's in the building all the time. Johnson was right to leave that where it lay. As for Lamar, if you have to keep your MVP quarterback from throwing the ball to win, in order to avoid his mental errors, do you have an MVP quarterback? (The league MVP is Jaden Daniels. Don't even argue.)
Thank you for keeping attention on the ravens not running the ball in the first half, it’s shocking how few pundits are talking about that in the demise of this crazy talented ravens team
Underrated pod.
DONT YOU EVER LEAVE US JOHNNY BOY
The difference with the Eagles and Ravens is the Eagles will stick with the run. We can pass, but we are a run first team with the best and biggest o-line of the remaining 4 teams. Lean into your run game and top ranked defense.