HaricotVert

The BY9 situation is classic sunk cost fallacy. We traded premium assets to get him. Every few games he flashes the traits that made him appealing (quick reads, touch, composure) but the macro picture doesnt lie. Hes producing at a bottom-tier level across efficiency metrics in yards per attempt, EPA/play, completion percentage over expected, and explosive plays. Instead of objectively reassessing, the organization continues to justify the investment - new coaches, new systems, new excuses - trying to salvage what was invested. Giving him a 5th year is a self inflicted would. We need to take our lumps and move on

The wins are the dopamine hit that help distract people from just how much of a miss BY9 was/is. Yeah they feel good in the moment but they dont change the reality of our QB situation.

thats a level of trashy I didnt know existed.

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poo on a shingle

The question becomes what does he want to win more? The game or the wager.

But its going to happen. Especially with prop bets. I dont know Amon-Ra St Brown and I dont mean to throw any shade his way but... If he can drop one pass that he otherwise might have caught and cash in on an over/under on 9 catches... Or get tackled to keep from hitting a certain number of yards... He's not throwing the game per se but...

Gambling - at the industrial level it has reached - is the single largest threat to the NFL. It will only take one scandal the size of what just went down with the NBA

If you dont want to see Young get a fifth year, you might not be so happy about being one and done in the playoffs

The D showed the fug up

Dave Canales just feels like a guy marking time. He’s not a “bust your ass and chase perfection” Landry type, and he’s not a “you’re a good man, now let’s find your best self” Rivera type either. He doesn’t inspire greatness, but he doesn’t tolerate outright laziness either. He’s basically football’s version of middle management, competent, steady, and fine at keeping things from collapsing, but not the kind of leader who changes a culture or puts a team on his back. You get the sense ownership hired him to keep the lights on while they figure out what’s next. In short, he’s not the problem… but he’s never going to be the solution either.

This thread is an insult to ass

There was a time I believed in it. Walk up to the LOS and look the MLB dead in the eye and say "Off-tackle right on 2" and just beat their ass with execution. But that NFL is gone and it doesnt matter how good the team is as the worst guy on the defense is still a world class athlete. There has to be some misdirection in todays NFL. You cant go with an empty backfield on 3rd and anything and win the numbers game. Maybe in Vince Lombardi's day that out execute mentality worked - but so did the Veer

My problem with most of the last few regimes is their dogged determination to keep doing what isnt working. All those years ago when I played ball through high school my coaches were all of the mold of "just out execute your opponent and it doesnt matter if they know what youre going to do". I get the sense thats what our last few head coaches believed - if we would just play our game better, it wouldnt matter what the other guys did. Yeah they stopped that B Gap run 7 times but if we do it better on attempt 8...