Mongo3451 Posted Thursday at 03:53 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:53 PM ...A token black? I don't like it one bit, if so. It's not cool to jerk someone around. It's also rekindles racial distrust. Thoughts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted Thursday at 08:33 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:33 PM Maybe he’s just not as good as the others? Maybe not the best at relaying his ideas, his plans, the future of prospective organizations? Who knows? From his first year as a scout in 2013 to being even considered for GM jobs seems like a fairly meteoric rise. These are billions of dollars being discussed with NFL organizations. Do you really believe they care more about the racial percentage of someone in a GM role when 75% of their players are black and there are billions of dollars on the line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted Thursday at 09:15 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:15 PM This past week, when Mike Tomlin resigned from being head coach of the Steelers, some professional race hustler and national commentator accused the Steelers of being a racist organization. So, um, the owners are the Rooneys, famous for creating the Rooney rule? So definitely not racist. In fact all these teams want to win and make money more than they care about ANYTHING else, especially race. I think the some people in this national discussion have good motives, and some have bad ones. But all in all the idea that the NFL is racist is laughable. Certainly there are racist people in this world, but I wonder if creating special categories for people based on race doesnt do more to feed the race baiters such as the commentator I mentioned than it does to solve anything with good people of all races. I feel the same about DEI. Racism sucks. Race baiters suck. I dont think the NFL is racist, but I think because of their willingness to bow to some of these demands, it just invites more accusations of racism by those who arent concerned with fairness, but just want to make political points. And then there is the question of how Black is someone? If they have one Black parent is that enough? What about a single Black grandparent? People like Hitler and the KKK were asking those same questions. This is a farce. But all that said, if some stupidity gets us two 3rd round picks, then Ill take them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted Friday at 05:10 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 05:10 AM The NFL and NBA has a majority of black players not because of race but because they are the best at what they do. I wish society would use that metric when applying to anything. I never complain because they're not a lot of Croatians in the NFL , I'm okay with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo3451 Posted Friday at 03:55 PM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 03:55 PM 10 hours ago, Stinger226 said: I never complain because they're not a lot of Croatians in the NFL , I'm okay with it. My boy Jurko is Croatian. So is Bill Belichick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted Saturday at 03:02 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 03:02 AM 11 hours ago, Mongo3451 said: My boy Jurko is Croatian. So is Bill Belichick. I didn't know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo3451 Posted 3 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Something I noticed and am not sure has been discussed yet is that Matt Ryan is the president of the Falcons. Ryan and Poles were roommates in college. Cross your fingers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 17 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said: Something I noticed and am not sure has been discussed yet is that Matt Ryan is the president of the Falcons. Ryan and Poles were roommates in college. Cross your fingers... I could see a lot of transactions between the two teams going forward. The Cunningham thing will be interesting because somehow the GM in Atlanta is not the head football guy and would not warrant 2x 3rd Round comp picks. If that is the case, that is a terrible rule and loophole. The Bears should just promote Poles then and make Cunningham the GM by title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo3451 Posted 2 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, adam said: I could see a lot of transactions between the two teams going forward. The Cunningham thing will be interesting because somehow the GM in Atlanta is not the head football guy and would not warrant 2x 3rd Round comp picks. If that is the case, that is a terrible rule and loophole. The Bears should just promote Poles then and make Cunningham the GM by title. Atlanta fired their GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 2 hours ago, adam said: I could see a lot of transactions between the two teams going forward. The Cunningham thing will be interesting because somehow the GM in Atlanta is not the head football guy and would not warrant 2x 3rd Round comp picks. If that is the case, that is a terrible rule and loophole. The Bears should just promote Poles then and make Cunningham the GM by title. great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Mongo3451 said: Atlanta fired their GM yes but apparently, as team president, Ryan will make football decisions which makes their GM job not a step up for Cunningham in the sense that it would not garner the comp picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted 20 minutes ago Report Share Posted 20 minutes ago The owner came out and said the GM will make roster decisions that doesn't sound like he's a token hire. Will Ryan have input, of course but why hire a GM if you don't have anything for him to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo3451 Posted 20 minutes ago Author Report Share Posted 20 minutes ago Matt Ryan has been named the Atlanta Falcons' President of Football as of January 10, 2026, leaving his role as a CBS Sports analyst to return to the organization. In this new front-office position, he oversees all football operations, reports to owner Arthur Blank, and is actively leading the search for a new head coach and general manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted 4 minutes ago Report Share Posted 4 minutes ago Blank was asked that direct question in an interview, ( oversees) , it's Ryan's job to hire the GM. I'm just repeating what I read, why would anyone take that job if all he's going to do is get coffee for Ryan. Didn't they room together in college or something like that? They probably have a close relationship. Isn't that the same job Warren has here? He doesn't make roster decisions here , Poles does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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