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Appreciate the response. I disagree about this Reich is intentionally sabotaging Young, as much as I can disagree about something. I can’t see that. There is some interesting stuff otherwise.

Saying Reich doesn’t want Young succeed is flat out nonsense. He is tied to him. I hope he didn’t want him, honestly, but all of that stuff should have, and I am pretty would have been worked out after discussing contingencies and strategies prior to deciding the man fit the job of HC- the overseer of development of the new QB era and all that stuff. And if you don’t do that, who is the fool? Is Frank’s heart in it? I don’t know, and would say it doesn’t look like it. Damn though there are 52 other player he is supposed to be looking out for and motivating too and I am not seeing it.

I don’t know who is behind what but I was pretty shocked at the first game. And one of my big rules is do not put stock in the first game as a predictor. Since they went to 3 preseason games, I extended that to the first two games. But what I saw was so different that I had to pay attention. Game one illustrated it wasn’t about winning. Simply an exercise, like preseason. Reps for the kid. Kid gloves for the kid. Really depressing for me, as it foretold what we are in for. I don’t think he is worth it. I don’t want to watch it. It is horrible football by design. Intentional. They are not trying to win they are all about trying to get their college boy up the big boy speed, and I can only assume the leash comes off the entire offense only as the kid can operate it. But it is just unwatchable. If you can’t run an NFL offense, do what Wilks did. Run a 1960s NFL offense. Or put a dude that understands and can functionally operate an NFL offense while going against against an NFL defense, today as opposed to a guy who maybe, after two years, could do that… hopefully. Just put the best team on the field, regardless of draft position, and actually try to win a football game.

I think most people that thought it was easy are the bandwagoning, non deep diving types. I generally look at history when trying to predict stuff, I don’t know that I can think of a team that seamlessly ever just switched with the same players, and killed it. Might be someone somewhere. Anyway, I thought, considering what we were working with, the defense was outstanding early. Better than I expected by at least a couple notches. I don’t know I’d call Evero a disappointment off of these results These guys we are using the secondary, I don’t know of a coach that can will them to win reps against quality NFL targets. Evero, Wilks, hell Vince Lombadri himself couldn’t win with them. .

I’m not saying don’t, if only because I will always prefer a gameday sideline general let’s call it, to oversee things. If having that stuff straight means someone else has to take over a chore, that’s a good chore to take over. I would say, likewise, the playcaller doesn’t need the distraction of running everything else, the whole deal is like recognizing it’s hard to serve two masters. One coach each is better if you have the talent, and maybe both things improve. That would be the hope. I was looking for someone who can elaborate on why we should expect a guy who was a former RB to have more playcalling expertise than I am able to uncover. Everyone seems to feel like that is the problem, that Reich simply is a shitty play caller. I guess. I cannot say that I like this offense, that I agree with the passing design and strategy, from the first game. I was just shocked. It looked like we were going to use actual in season football games simply as exercises for this young green draft pick. Not trying to win. No way did I see urgency to win. Training wheels. I had no idea someone would be so bold as to clearly intentionally sacrifice games to groom a player and I was really concerned about what these people are thinking. Right away. Oing That 5’10” 180 lb slightly built kid looking like the kicker wearing the #9 jersey isn’t giving me much assurance over their thought processes either. Anyhow good luck to coach Brown, for sure. A good play can suck every time if it isn’t run correctly by 11 different guys. It is hard to get those 11 guys all being precise. He was highly involved in designing the offense (right?) and it has looked pretty awful. Not saying it is His fault either, this constant failing we are watching has many fathers. I think the execution sucks, the new playcalls will suck so why will things all of a sudden change? I mean, anything that helps Reich do a better job of managing this team and the game overall, I can’t be against, but I don’t see a savior here and some people seem to think that’s what we are getting. I want to know why they expect it from him. Make me understand why I should expect a better offense just because a new guy calls it a bit differently. They still have to execute.

Guy is a RB coach. Not a QB coach. I don't understand why people have faith in him to be some savant OC when he apparently has played a large role in creating this playbook that no one seems to like but he never gets blamed for. I do not know enough about him too make these kinds of assumptions about his abilities, what are people basing their optimism on, why is he credited as the one that isn't a reason for 0-6, Bryce, etc.? Please explain.

I think it is more like, they know that we don’t believe our OL can protect this QB to where we trust neither.

I would congratulate them for getting something back out of that ‘investment’.

I won’t say he played better exactly because I haven’t rewatched but I saw some super accurate balls. Credit where it is due. I don’t have an agenda to trash an able player, but I still have much doubt towards him being any kind of bona fide QB star.

If ‘top 10’ were an option, I would have chosen that. The question is one thing I am answering a different thing. Where I would feel okay and if it were 9 and he was the best that we could do at 9 I would understand taking him, even if he weren’t my first choice (his limitations are so much easier to deal with at 9). Where he would be drafted? Do we get 9 back? I wouldn’t take him higher than 9 because that is our pick and I prioritize future assets, but someone might. To whom I would be saying bless your little hearts (thank you for the picks!) See I’d be okay trading out of 9 for someone who wants to take him. Hah, now I’m just back to what I would do, not what teams would do. Ours would probably just take him at 1 again if they could get to the pick.

Yes. As if we don’t know where to find these articles, should we be interested in the bs team media.

He kept pounding.

Well, to be fair, he didn’t really go to work for two years since he had to figure out which way the tree would fall before he started chopping. So not immediate. But when you see a guy study his situation for two years and after all that decides to go the way he went, time to worry.

It is also telling when a guy has what he has been searching for in the palm of his hand and can’t see it because it doesn’t fit the picture he has created in his head of what his coach is going to be or look like. The offensive mastermind grass is greener than the great leader grass. You Can have both, I believe. Great leader hires great offensive mind and they go to work. In a copycat league, Tepper wanted to be 7th, or 10th, to copy. I look at that and think there has always been a response to the NFL trend or craze or model, and there will be for the latest too. Don’t be chasing trends. Sound football practices and talent will get you where you want to go.

I remember kind of being in shock after seeing the 1st game. There was zero urgency. That would be my number one beef with Reich, the team is not looking ready or well coached.

Anyone signing off on what happened in this league year, we need to be protected from. That’s about all I know.

I was so against that trade. My position was there was no one worth that price in that draft. I may have been wrong on Stroud but it is early. Once it was done, you have to pick the best one. I was Stroud and after that anybody but Young. Just did not want to watch him play in the NFL. He can’t play the standard NFL game so it is all this dink and dunk crap. I hate watching it.

I ran into this same thing Tepper is doing in my career. I had 20 years in, he made a ton of dough in the video rental biz sold out to Blockbuster way back. So now he wants to get int9 what I do, freaking disaster. He with the gold makes the rules, even if he doesn’t know what he is doing. You have to watch them make every mistake that you have already made and learned from, but they will not listen. Have to see for themselves, because they they think they know more than people doing it their whole lives.

That would be something, seeing where he would be drafted for real if they could do it. with these games on tape. I guess someone would take him, it would be very interesting.

I tell you what is shady to me and that is actual NFL coaches thinking the move is give up the kingdom for a 5’10” 185lb player.

Translation to that is I’d rather face Young than Dalton.

Now that’s a new one. Looked it up. Now at least I know what this is. I came looking for photos of triggered Bryce9 stans.

Yeah. From preseason and game one. Sleepwalking through vanilla.

I dont think he can do much after they build a few points lead, 10 or so. They just have to run and punt and play a little D from there.

I like Sanders. Not saying as Panthers coach, but he was a great player and knows what!s up and seems like a good person to me because really, what people that know him have said. Don’t remember the name but an old baseball teammate spoke very highly of him, I was impressed. Show me otherwise, now. edit: I mean, after that, you have to show me how he is not.