What a championship organization looks like

Trafalgar · Nov 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM

DJ18Baller said: ↑

But we have stability! Chasing 9-8 every year with no chance at contending for a championship. Who has it better than us?
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Rich Eisen loves how we do things, and he'd know how it's done as a Jets fan!

Why change?

Blast Furnace · Nov 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM

Bubbahotep said: ↑

A good read from a player that spent time on a winless team and a SB team:

"In Detroit, every day was kind of dreadful. Ah, man, I’ve got to go to work today. In Seattle, I couldn’t wait to go to work. Winning plays a role in that, obviously; we won in Seattle. But it was also just fun to be at work. We could joke around in the locker room or in meetings, but everyone knew what they needed to do when they got out on the field. In Detroit, everyone knew what they needed to do, but everyone was uptight about their jobs."

"Then I got an offer from the Browns. I sat on it and was like: Man, I’m going to go from Detroit to Cleveland? Oof."

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/68...enewsletter&campaign=15593431&userId=16661255
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Sounds like Claypool would have enjoyed Seattle!

I dont think there is any one recipe fits all. Avril probably wouldn’t have enjoyed playing in NE but they were obviously a winning club and well coached.

KnoxVegasSteel · Nov 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM

Blast Furnace said: ↑

This NE club is more likable than the last one, IMO.

Steelers should have hired Vrabel when they had the chance. People say players want to play for Tomlin, watch NE, those guys love Vrabel. He’s built a winning culture so fast there, his guys want to run through a wall for him.
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Seems like there is accountability with Vrabel. Tomlin seems to not know what the word means. I guess that's what his boss models for him. Zero accountability.

And, the ownership of the Titans has proven themselves to be one of the worst in the league in terms of crappy decisions, meddling, and tying the HC's hands. Best thing to happen to Vrabel was getting the hell out of Nashville.

OB1 · Nov 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM

Bubbahotep said: ↑

Not a mystery. NE hit on a franchise QB. Without that they would be just another average team. Kinda like Vrabel's last season in TEN when Tannehill aged out.
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it helps that NE didn’t draft a picket class loser, and then sign old people for QBs year after year - again, a sign of better run org.

ALL D · Nov 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM

Anybody other than Dan Rooney and Chuck Noll running the organization and would be inferior. It was a once in a lifetime historical experience of one of the greatest sports teams of all time if you got to see it.

steelersrule6 · Nov 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM

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