MechaZain

this is going in circles but props to y’all for keeping it on topic and civil

That was different because no one was under the impression Rhule wanted Cam back. They had to convince the fanbase he did because all of his actions up to that point had said otherwise. He knew his job rode on the Darnold decision and that’s why he threw him back out there as soon as he saw an opening to bench Cam. This staff absolutely lives or dies by their decision to draft Bryce. I don’t buy that they would put their careers on the line for a QB they didn’t actually want just because their boss showed a preference.

It's been a bad trend here this season, see "the staff wanted Stroud" narrative despite them repeatedly saying the opposite.

Yeah I don't see anything. There's usually an official announcement and he's still listed as practice squad on the website

Chinn’s back to back touchdowns is the only performance since that compares for me. But insane as that was Luvu keeping his foot on their necks all game felt like Luke again.

Is Mrs. Reich available for coaching duties?

The WR this team need is either going to come with drama or be a tire kick in the twilight of their career like Theilen is let's not kid ourselves

Way too early but Miller is dusting Scoot on the stat sheet and is playing as well or better than Wemby. Might mess around and be the next Paul George after all.

Luvu looked like Luke out there

I get the hesitation to trade away more picks but they aren't all equal and shouldn't be treated as such. I think there's better odds of Old Man Hopkins making an impact than some late rounder. I'd trade a 5th without a second thought.

and we wonder why the team is stuck in win now/rebuild limbo

Well we have to go deeper into it than we've been to really utilize him. His skillset's like CMC and our ground game been a lot of power running up the middle. So he has to get up to speed AND the offense needs to evolve a good bit. We may toss him a couple screens though. FWIW, it could be lip service but Tarik thinks he's in the best shape of his career. That ACL is worrisome though because dude's whole thing was making fast cuts.

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2023/10/17/23920717/miles-bridges-hornets-domestic-violence-child-abuse-nba Good article that sums up my feelings. The team is fugging up royally trying to sweep this under the rug.

Not giving Watson that contract is probably Tepper’s best decision so far

Yeah that proves it you cracked the case Sherlock

Yeah I'm not convinced that the deep ball issue is Bryce's accuracy. More often than not he's throwing it along their route, just too late or too soon. I'm not sure how much getting that timing down is on him vs the recievers but the fact that our best route runner and probably the slowest of the group is the one thriving speaks volumes

Pick two: gamechanger, cheap, young.

Actually, a thread free of the killjoys torpedoing it to remind everyone that that team is bad and hopeless might not be a bad idea.

Naw some folks need to just log off for awhile

Surprised how typical this looks actually. These were the first three I saw on the Next Gen Stats twitter page. Hurts made deep attempts but only two more 20+ yard completions than Young:

Feels like the circular debates over Cam's passing stats all over again. People zeroing in on below average completion % and QBR without any context.

But is that because he's not attempting guys downfield and just checking down or because deep balls aren't being called though? We've seen him audible into deep throws. I thought we were all in agreement that Reich's playcalling sucked but now y'all are implying the dink-and-dunk is all Bryce's fault.

Never Forget

I'd have to see it again but live it looked the defender made contact when he was about to cut and that threw the route off

What kills me is how many fans think Bryce threw that away. It was on target and Hurst just didn't get there because he doesn't have burst and was knocked off the route.