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Already in the backfield when Hubbard got the ball

He has to take the blame, but it was a combination of things.

I guess Reich just ain't gonna let Young throw down field

What kinda slow developing run play was that? The defense was almost at the handoff.

And yet, Reich keeps benching Hubbard.

Yeah run into the pile and shitty screen passes with a few seconds level passes over the middle peppered in.

That's a sorry ass play call. You can't call a screen on 3rd and whatever it was.

Oops, wrong thread.

That's not a good play call. You have to throw it pass the sticks.

Disrespect, and we let them get away with it.

See above

Two weak runs into a pile and essentially a screen pass near the end zone that's nearly intercepted. That's bad play calling.

I mentioned John Metchie III last month. Houston may not want to part with him though. He's coming off cancer, but he's healthy, young and has played with Bryce, and seems to be a superb route runner. I always liked him in college

He was in a unique situation, so why mention him?

Icege basically proved my point. He said that Chuba had 7 drops his rookie year on 37 passes. Last year he had 1 drop on 17 passes. He's doing even better this year. The "stone hands" thing really no longer applies.

Chuba has cleaned that up considerably. Stop acting like opposing DCs are saying, "Chuba's in, that's an automatic run." Chuba caught his fair share last year. Is he perfect? No. But is he leaving balls on the field like he did his rookie year? No.

If Jefferson and Chase are 10s, TMJ is a 3, and I'm being nice.

Well, we'll find out. Young has still got milk behind his ears, but TMJ should be outta diapers by now. He's just does seem as dynamic of a receiver as was intimated when we drafted him.

I said it plenty with Rivera: if one guy isn't getting it done, you should give others an opportunity to get it done.

We'll know when the real action begins. He looks healthy. The cutting is promising. You just never know until the live bullets start flying. I will be looking for relative speed and explosiveness.

Let's not overhype things. It would be nice to win a game, but let's just look for palatable improvement. Consequently, this is the first game that I thought we'd win, but we have unexpected injuries.

Tepper is not a meddling owner, he just kinda sucks at hiring the right guys.

That's not a measure of a team. Our division sucked like ass last year. Put any of us in any other division last year, including the AFC South, and we're likely last too. I know damned well, every team in the NFCS would've probably been last in the AFC North and AFC West as well. We sucked! Moreover, you're acting like Robert Woods hasn't been solid. He had an injury, but he's still Robert Woods. Nico Collins was expected to improve this year. Tank Dell is proving his supporters right, and Metchie coming off his illness was an excellent receiver coming out of college. Lastly, Dalton Schultz is arguably better than Hurst. I think the RBs are arguably a push. The lines, at least this season so far are comparable. Admittedly, I'd have rather hired Ryans than Reich. Again, last year was a mirage. Furthermore, all teams try to improve and progress. No one's out there standing still.

With our lack of offensive creativity (no pun intended, however appropriate), we need to try everything we can. We'll just have to disagree that Thielen should always be the first read on short to intermediate passes. We don't have Chase, Higgins and Boyd. Neither do we have Kyle Pitts. We need a multi-pronged passing attack that incorporates all the sure-handed, experienced vets. You have to keep the opposition guessing to be most effective, especially when you're trying to control the ball and move the chains. To do anything less is just insane within the context of our football team. If we weren't going to use Hurst, then we shouldn't have signed him. We could do the same things with what we already had. Hurst was the play maker in the first game, and the ball was moving effectively when he was involved.

Bingo. We haven't been the best at putting players into the best position to succeed and maximize their skill sets.