3 & Out - Bills presser was WILD, Bakers gets MAD, 49ers Practice Facility

Rapid fire starts with Baker Mayfield versus Kevin Stefanski. Baker’s tweet made it clear there’s bad blood, and it raises a fair question for Cleveland: media may love Stefanski, but do his players, and has he really handled quarterbacks and tough conversations the right way?

On the 49ers, the field and health issue is not going away, and keeping guys on the field has to be priorities one through five. The Brandon Aiyuk situation turned sad and messy fast, they regret not moving him before the draft, and it sure feels like he is done there even after they recouped a chunk of money.

Mac Jones has more value to the 49ers than a throwaway pick, so Kyle saying he’d be stunned if Mac is not on the team tracks. I think it would take a top fifty pick to pry him loose.

Defensive coordinator succession matters, and Kyle wants continuity after the Steve Wilks misfit. Keeping it in the family with a like-minded voice makes for an easier transition.

Mailbag on CEO head coaches like Sirianni: when you are not the play caller, you live and die with your coordinators. Leadership still comes first, but just like Andy needed Spags, CEO types need the right OC or the whole thing swings year to year.

Bears wideouts, DJ Moore versus Rome Odunze: I’d quietly gauge the market on both. Rome’s age and deal probably fetch more, but moving either carries real risk if the other does not take the next step.

Netflix video is U.S. only right now, but you can listen worldwide on Apple and Spotify.

On Justin Herbert, the regular season buzz has to become playoff wins. There is big pressure on Herbert and his coordinator pairing next year to make it look elite when it matters.

Ben Johnson’s third and short shotgun runs and the auto go-for-it mindset can be stubborn. Be flexible, and if you are going for it, do not be afraid to use quarterback power when it fits.

For Netflix audio, I can lock my phone and it keeps playing after I hit play again on the lock screen.

Jets and Bill Belichick with Josh McDaniels is a no for me. Josh should not go back, and Belichick feels unhirable right now given the recent slide and everything that comes with it.

Trevor Lawrence can make every throw without having a cannon. If ten is Josh or Mahomes, Trevor’s arm is around a six, which is fine.

Al Michaels is a legend, but the fastball is not there anymore. I would rather see a fresh NFL voice, and play-by-play lifers rarely give up the mic.

A fixed inter-conference rivalry for the seventeenth game sounds fun, but it breaks the rotation and risks duplicate matchups in the same season. There also are not clean rival pairs for everyone.

Player incentives typically hit the following season’s cap.

Go Low update: new baby means less time now, but golf ramps for me right after the Super Bowl. I am still tracking the early events.

Picking a team for my newborn should happen organically by where you live and what sticks. Only hard rule in my house right now is no Cardinals under the current ownership, and I hope he loves football and golf.

Firing a defensive head coach just to keep the whiz-bang OC is easier said than done when you are winning. It looks obvious in hindsight, but it is brutal to pull off in real time.

Could a dominant college team beat the worst NFL team? Maybe if the NFL roster is wrecked late in the year, but week one those pros would roll them.

Quick NBA aside, I ran into LaMelo at the hospital, and props to LaVar for raising pros. Adios, talk to you later.