Pretty much. And Stephen is much worse. He is a penny pincher and doesn't believe in free agency. He loves to bargain shop once all the good talent is taken. He likes quantity over quality.
Harbaugh needed to go and so does Tomlin. No idea the last coach to be fired after the playoffs but Tomlin needs to be. Both are stale and both franchises need new blood. I'd say Pittsburgh much more than Baltimore. Since reaching the AFC championship game in the 2016 season, 9 years ago, Pitt has 0 playoff wins. Tomlin keeps getting praise of no losing seasons but how many of those they actually had a team who could make any noise in the playoffs? They also gave Cleveland their first playoff win since the 90s, which was led by Baker Mayfield. Baltimore missing a FG shouldn't negate the fact that they almost crumbled completely and lost the division. I guess we will see how they fare in the playoffs but I don't see them beating Houston.
I am on the fence about Pickens. Great talent for sure but we've seen at times why Pitt traded him away. If we re-sign Pickens, we are going down the path of the Bengals plan. Load up on offensive skill players and cheap out on the interior on both sides. Bengals have a ton of good WRs but maybe the worst defense outside of ours and their OL is terrible. Ours is better but isn't that great. I feel you need to choose between Pickens or Lamb. No idea the differences in their contract or if you can even trade Lamb at this point.
Correct but the fact we hired him in the first place shows how clueless this front office is. Chicago fired him for a reason. I never bought into "oh he's a much better DC than HC". Nah, he's trash. But beyond that, there is a big personnel problem on defense. A new coach isn't going to completely solve this. This will never change until the front office decides to take positions seriously they never do, which is the entire interior defense. Jerry loves building outside in and we are always weak up the middle.
They have been a dumpster fire franchise since winning it all in the 2011 season. 2 playoff appearances total, 1 single wild card win, I think. I have no idea what their direction is.