Tag: Bill Parcells

NFL Hall of Fame Coach doesn’t think the Dolphins can rely on Tua

NFL Hall of Fame coach worried that the Dolphins can’t rely on Tua to be consistently healthy

From suffering a major hip injury in college to concussion issues in the NFL, injuries seem to follow Miami Dolphins quarterback [autotag]Tua Tagovailoa[/autotag] everywhere he goes. Despite having one of the most promising seasons of any quarterback, the headline of the off-season will be the injuries he has faced.

Former New York Giants and Hall of Fame coach, Bill Parcells, doesn’t believe that the Dolphins can rely on Tua going forward due to the injuries. Parcells said of Tagovailoa,

“I’m not certain they have stability at the quarterback position. They seem to think they do. Tua Tagovailoa looks good from time to time, but he was hurt in college, and he’s been hurt a couple of times in the pros. I’m not sure they can rely on him.”

The former Crimson Tide QB will need to find a way to stay on the field in 2023 and show that his durability will not be an issue going forward.

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Hall of Fame coach unsure if Dolphins can rely on Tua Tagovailoa

A former Dolphins employee shares his thoughts.

During Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s short NFL career, he’s dealt with a few injury situations that have cost him time on the field.

This past year, the former first-round selection sustained multiple concussions after having his head hit the playing surface against the Cincinnati Bengals in September and then again against the Green Bay Packers in December.

In 2021, Tagovailoa missed time with fractured ribs and a fractured finger on his throwing hand.

However, he also suffered multiple injuries during his time with Alabama that had some questioning his long-term health in the game.

Last week, Hall of Fame head coach Bill Parcells analyzed the future of every team that made the playoffs, and those were the same questions that he had regarding the Dolphins.

“They had a good year,” Parcells told Vic Carucci of the 33rd Team. “I’m not certain they have stability at the quarterback position. They seem to think they do. Tua Tagovailoa looks good from time to time, but he was hurt in college, and he’s been hurt a couple of times in the pros. I’m not sure they can rely on him.”

When Tagovailoa was on the field this past season, he performed well. He set career highs in passing yards (3,548) and touchdowns (25) while leading the league in passer rating (105.5). But, while the Dolphins have committed to him as the starter, the fact that he can miss a few games every year should give pause.

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Bill Parcells offers his advice to Giants coach Brian Daboll

Bill Parcells is a fan of what the New York Giants and head coach Brian Daboll are doing, and his advice is to remain consistent.

Everyone who has followed in the footsteps of Bill Parcells as the head coach of the New York Giants has had big shoes to fill. The two-time Super Bowl winner set a standard of not just success but of how to conduct oneself on the job.

Tom Coughlin upheld that standard but many of the others could not. That may be changing here with first-year head coach Brian Daboll, who has the Giants in the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

Parcells, a New Jersey native who says he’s rooted for the Giants since 1949, is especially pleased with this year’s team and the way Daboll has connected with his players.

In Sunday’s loss to Philadelphia, Daboll once again showed the type of coach he is when he sat next to and embraced beleaguered wide receiver Kenny Golladay after Golladay made a spectacular catch for a touchdown. It was his first as a Giant after 26 games of futility.

The positive reinforcement hit home with Parcells, who was a master of balancing praise and punishment.

“You can’t ever let a player go home at night thinking he doesn’t belong,” Parcells said in an interview with the New York Post. “It can’t be one way all the time, especially if it’s negative. The players have got to see your human side, too.”

In addition, the Hall of Fame coach had some advice for Daboll as the Giants gear up for their Super Wild Card matchup against the Vikings in Minnesota this Sunday.

“I’d tell him to keep doing whatever he’s been doing, because it’s working. You have to keep being yourself in the playoffs. This is what we’re supposed to do. We’re supposed to get in the playoffs,” he said.

“The Giants have to keep from losing to the Giants in this game. How do the Giants lose to the Giants? You get a lot of penalties. You turn the ball over. You get a kick blocked. You miss a lot of tackles. You don’t capitalize in the red zone… That’s how you lose to the Giants. I would tell them, ‘Don’t lose to them.'”

Parcells added that the “Giants players will believe, ‘If we play well, we will beat these guys.'”

The former coach ended by saying Daboll needs to pull out all the stops as there is no tomorrow.

“I’m not trying to make this dramatic here, but it’s just sound coaching to review some aspects that are not highly practiced,” he said. “So if there’s anything of a trick variety like a fake punt or fake field goal, I would go back and review those with the whole team. I’d tell them, ‘Listen, I’m going to do everything I can do to win this game, and these situations might come up.'”

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Bill Parcells praises Brian Daboll: Best Giants victory in five years

Hall of Fame head coach Bill Parcells is praising Brian Daboll for his decision-making and the New York Giants’ Week 5 win over Green Bay.

How are members of NFL’s royalty perceiving the 2022 New York Giants and new head coach Brian Daboll?

Fairly well, especially after their come-from-behind, 27-22 victory over the Green Bay Packers in London on Sunday where Daboll and his staff outmaneuvered the Packers to steal a win.

One Hall of Fame coach in particular was impressed with Daboll’s in-game decisions.

Of course, Bill Parcells is referring to the play where Giants’ punter Jamie Gillan stepped out of the end zone rather than risk having the punt blocked with the score 27-20.

The Giants gave up the safety and two points and then had a free punt at their own 20. With 11 seconds remaining in the game, Gillan booted the ball 57 yards to the Green Bay 23 where Amari Rodgers fielded it and returned it to his own 41.

From there, the Giants got after quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who was attempting one of his patented ‘Hail Mary’ passes, and sacked him causing a fumble and effectively ending the game.

Parcells lauded Daboll’s decision to adapt to the situation and not get beat by a blocked punt. Whether or not it was the best win in the last five years or not is debatable. Giant fans hope there is more where that came from.

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Giants legend Bill Parcells joins The 33rd Team

Former New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells has joined “The 33rd Team” and is already publishing content.

Former New York Giants head coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Parcells is the latest get for the website The 33rd Team.

Parcells joins a roster that boasts former NFL notables such as Bill Polian, Brett Favre, Bill Cowher, Ronde Barber, Mike Zimmer, Mike Martz, Mark Schlereth and Rich Gannon.

Parcells’ first contribution is an article titled “Telling Players How They are Being Evaluated.”

Parcells first joined the Giants in 1979 as their linebackers coach. He returned in 1981 as their linebackers coach/defensive coordinator and officially took over as head coach from 1983 through 1990.

During Parcells’ time as head coach, the Giants won two Super Bowl titles.

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Sean Payton says he tried, failed to convince Giants to draft Tom Brady

Sean Payton says he tried and failed to convince the Giants to draft Tom Brady; former Saints coach reflects on successful Saints run during Chris Long podcast interview:

Sean Payton is still making the media rounds while hunting offers for his own job in TV covering the NFL, and the former New Orleans Saints head coach making his latest appearance on the Green Light podcast with Chris Long, the retired NFL defensive end who spent 11 years in the pros and won a pair of Super Bowl rings with the New England Patriots (in 2016) and Philadelphia Eagles (in 2017).

It’s a really good — and wide-ranging, hour-long — listen with Payton candidly talking about the importance of getting his players their performance bonuses (like Emmanuel Sanders cashing in a bonus for receptions in 2020), recruiting Tony Romo out of their shared alma mater at Eastern Illinois, also reflecting on his long NFL coaching career, discussing his experience as an assistant on Bill Parcells’ staff and his long, successful run leading the Saints in New Orleans.

But Payton hasn’t always gotten the players he’s wanted most. His Saints tenure was full of swings and misses, coming up short in pursuit of players like Romo (again), Marshawn Lynch, Malcolm Butler, Josh Norman, Ndamukong Suh, and Jadeveon Clowney. It’s a frustrating trend that Payton says started way back in 2000, when he was the New York Giants’ offensive coordinator — who tried and failed to get Tom Brady in his quarterbacks room.

“All right, so I’m in New York and my agent is Don Yee, and Don also represents Tom Brady,” Payton began. “Don would periodically call me with a client that he just signed, and he said, ‘Hey will you call up Tom Brady? He’s at Michigan and I’ve got him, and just help him out with things that would be important for him at the combine.'”

Payton followed up on that request, meeting Brady through their shared agent, and the rest is history. He studied Brady’s game tape and graded him as a late third round, early fourth round player — which he shared with longtime Giants scout Raymond “Whitey” Walsh, who didn’t have enough pull in New York’s war room at the time to convince team decision-makers into drafting Brady. The way Payton tells it, he knew their cause was sunk once he realized he and Whitey were standing on the table alone.

Of course Brady turned out to be a better pro than anyone could have imagined, but it’s still a great anecdote (even if it’s become a trope over the years for retirees like Bill Polian to claim the same since Brady conquered the NFL). Let’s hope Payton’s personnel decisions don’t pan out much better whenever he makes his return to the NFL; we need his next team to send picks back to New Orleans early and often, right? In the meantime, we’re eager to see where Payton lands as he continues to seek out his first media gig, and more strong appearances like this podcast spot will help pad out his resume.

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Which 2022 draft prospects qualify for Bill Parcells’ QB rules?

Ian Book passed all of Bill Parcells’ quarterback rules before the Saints picked him last year. If they’re still using those benchmarks, which 2022 draft prospects qualify?

What do you look for in scouting college quarterbacks? If you ask legendary former coach Bill Parcells, you’re looking for players who have, well, played — at a high level and for a long time. Parcells established seven rules for identifying prospects he thought had what it took to lead a franchise to a Super Bowl. And while some of those rules have been eroded or modified by teams over the years, they do still give a good barometer in helping to judge which quarterback prospects might be up to snuff. You don’t use these rules as the end-all, be-all decision-maker. But it’s a start.

It’s something Ian Book accomplished during his stellar run at Notre Dame, though he struggled in a tough spot with 20-plus teammates unavailable in his lone start for the New Orleans Saints last season. Obviously Book isn’t seen as franchise quarterback material just because he passed all of those thresholds, but it might be something the Saints value. They still have plenty of Parcells influences on their staff even without his chief disciple working as head coach.

Giants’ Joe Schoen holds introductory press conference: 17 takeaways

The New York Giants introduced general manager Joe Schoen on Wednesday and here are the 17 biggest takeaways from his press conference.

The New York Giants introduced newly hired general manager Joe Schoen on Wednesday, and he promptly took questions from the media.

Schoen touched on a variety of topics and showed a lot of personality. The mellow, mild-mannered 42-year-old is in stark contract to the previous general manager, Dave Gettleman, which will be welcomed by most.

Here’s a look at 17 of the biggest takeaways from Schoen’s introductory press conference.

Lions set NFL record for most 4th down conversions and attempts in a season

The Lions broke the record previously held by Bill Parcells and the 1995 New England Patriots

Dan Campbell is not afraid of taking risks. His kneecap-biting mentality as a playcaller just set an NFL record.

When Jared Goff hit Amon-Ra St. Brown for a touchdown in the second quarter of Sunday’s matchup with the Green Bay Packers on 4th-and-goal, the Lions set the NFL record for the most attempts and successful conversions on fourth downs in a season. It was the Lions’ 40th attempt of the season, breaking the record set by the 1995 New England Patriots.

Interestingly, that Patriots team was coached by Bill Parcells, who coached Campbell with the Cowboys during the Lions’ head man’s playing career. Campbell brought up his aggressive nature in a recent press conference.

“When you feel like you have trust in your players or in the play or where the game’s at, I don’t know, it feels right,” Campbell said. “And so, I want to do it. I think you’ve got to feel good about your players and the plan, and if you do, I think you go for it. And I want to send a message that we’re playing to win and we’re not playing to lose and there’s a time to be conservative and there’s a time to be aggressive. And so, it’s just I think a little more in my nature to roll the dice if you will. But I still feel like it’s a calculated risk.”

It was also the 20th successful conversion, another record.