SmokinwithWilly

There was a game many years ago, I want to say it was GB and Atl when one team went for 2 with 2 seconds to go up by 4. They converted. The only thing this did was cover the spread and saved Vegas from losing 300 million. It made no sense to the point the announcers were calling it out and were pointing out covering the spread. I was a much younger guy then, but that was my first clue that there was outside influence in this game.

Our day 2 track record over the past 3 decades has been abysmal. We've had a couple of hits, but there has been far more head scratching than a bad case of head lice.

AR was never ready to be the opening day starter, just like Bryce. These rookie QBs are rushed into service when they really need time to develop and learn without the pressure of being the immediate team savior. I liked AR with the right HC, not Frank, and always thought he'd need some time to get up to the NFL speed and competitive level. He probably would have learned over the course of the year that running repeatedly into NFL defenders as a QB is a recipe for a short career. Cam was the exception, not the rule.

I predict that if/when he does, you will begin a topic on the matter with yet another non embedded link.

When Tony played coach seats weren't designed for Calista Flockhart.

Hopefully we become more than the skidmark of David Tepper's tenure so far.

No matter what it gives me a reason to drink on Sundays

Previous employment: Media Relations, New England Patriots

I thought this was some random Juan post, but then I saw the tweet embedded.

New Coke? Classic coke? Diet coke? Coke zero? Crown and coke. So many different cokes.

I was expecting they switched from that paper thin tp you can put your finger through easily to a more robust charmin 2 ply.

Can't really put that loss wholly on the oline. Did they have problems with the defensive pressure? Sure. But when your OC doesn't change a single thing in the playbook and the defense knows every play before you run it, you're not going to stand much of a chance.

Not really. Year after year they find a way to win, even with bad decisions. Maybe its a good contract, maybe its a bad one. The only way to determine if the contract is good is by the results. You're saying its a horrible contract but if he leads them to 3 SBs, I'd call it a great contract. Time will ultimately determine the value.

We haven't had back to back winning seasons as a franchise in 3 decades. Im not going to criticize another team that's making the playoffs on a regular basis. There isn't anyone on this board who wouldn't be thrilled if we had done what the 9ers have done the past few years. I'd take the mediocrity the 49ers have experienced over the slog through the sewer that has been the Panthers since Tepper bought the team.

Bears won because its a trade we didn't need to make, at least with the pieces we sent. If Fitts had half a brain, he would have completed the Burns trade and use the 2 Rams 1sts to swap 1sts and we would still have had the overall 1st to trade or swap out for picks.

I've tried, but its still happening. At least the games I've tried to watch. The product is still atrocious. Yeah, the NHL all star game is bad. I do enjoy the skills challenge tho

The 4 countries tournament was one of the greatest sporting events I've ever seen in pro sports of any genre. It had no bearing on the season but those guys played playoff level hockey for an exhibition.

It's almost sickening to watch games now. How many steps constitute traveling? 3, 7, 15? And the flopping is ridiculous. I thought Vlade Divac was bad, but now they're right up there with soccer. No defense. Everyone is tossing up 3s. The product is terrible. PK Subban summed up the NBA and fan experience pretty well.

I'm not a big fan of the sack statistic over actually being disruptive. Burns showed us that. Yeah, he'd get sacks, but he wasn't a consistent disruptive force on the edge. I'd rather see 0 sacks and causing problems on drop back half of the time.

Married women are going to be less likely to want to get pregnant. There are lots of single women that would view Smitty as a cash cow. Get pregnant, have the baby, get 50k a month in child support for the next 18 years. It's Hoenomics 101.

Not worded strangely. I take it as if he's ready by week 1 great, but week 5 to 8 could just as likely be in the cards.

Don't really care about stats. Stats can be very misleading. T2G is a perfect example of YAC making a QB look stats good. Bryce can make 40 perfect passes with 40 drops and the stat lines show he had an awful game. Can he lead sustained drives and make the key plays when necessary? Does he put the team in a position to win? Is he leading the offense or just part of of the machine? That's all I really care about.

This is such an incrediblely stupid take. I'm one of the ones saying we need to have a better backup than Andy Dalton and it has nothing to do with any Bryce hate. Take away the names and look at capabilities of our current QB1 and QB2. Did you not see what happened to Miami last year? Tua goes down and with 2 of the best WRs in football their juggernaut offense looks like preschool yard ball. We need to be developing a 2nd QB if we're serious about a playoff run. Dalton showed he isn't good enough to get it done for multiple games. Now whether that means bringing in a different vet or actually trying to develop QB talent for once in franchise history, we need to be looking elsewhere to better the overall team. Having a reliable backup is a good thing. DA wasn't great, but he was serviceable for a little bit if Cam got hurt. DC is supposed to be a QB whisper so let him whisper to 2 QBs and the team is in a better position. Injuries are part of football. You need to be as best prepared as you can be for the inevitable. I'd be making the same argument if we had Mahomes or Brady and not Bryce.