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Did the guy who made that big bet hired someone to whack Clowney's knee or something?

I watch any other team in the NFL and I'm just flabbergasted just how wide open their receivers look compared to ours. In fact, the only time in recent memory when it wasn't like this was when we had Joe Brady as our OC. Canales can get guys open at times but it's more Bryce being aggressive via throwing into windows earlier than a lot of QBs in this league. There's benefits to this such as defenders having less time to react to bat it down or pick it off but also drawbacks in that our guys has less time to get ready to catch the ball. Possibly why drops is an issue. Cam had an absolute rocket launcher for an arm and guys like that tend to just see an opening and believe they can just rifle the ball there fast enough. Delhomme was similar in that vein. Cam was trying to work with his accuracy later in his career and there were improvements although his shoulder injury ultimately derailed his efforts.

Nothing came out publicly from Diontae and his people from what I remember. Probably made a ruckus behind the scenes to where we had enough and traded him. In retrospect, given what type of person Canales is and the type of culture he wants here, this seemed like it was never really going to work with a guy like Diontae. At least we didn't lose a lot on the overall deal and it does confirm we want someone of his skillset on this roster in the future, just without the baggage.

There's a few things that need to happen: 1. Turnovers - Run D isn't going to magically play better and so this is the alternative 2. Run the Ball - For all the talk about the Eagles D, they did give up 160+ rushing yards against the Ravens last game. If there's a time to attempt a new Double Trouble with Hubbard and Brooks, this is the game. Also, Young may need to use his legs more to pick up yards. Basically, we're trying to outpossess the Eagles to limit exposing our run D as much as we can. 3. Breakout game - If we're passing, then XL/JT/Coker are going to need a breakout game. If BY can play as he has been recently, those balls better be caught.

BY still has time to rewrite the story on his career. Winston's career basically was foretold via his first career pass almost ten years ago.

It's becoming more clear why the Steelers were more than happy to trade him away to us and why we basically did the same.

Jameis almost threw another pick six!

Interesting enough, Jameis is nowhere close to the leader of pick sixes (no shocker that Favre owns that record). But a few more and Jameis will catch up with... Andy Dalton.

How many pick sixes can one QB throw in his career? Jameis: Yes

Why do I get so envious seeing every NFL team that are not us have wide open receivers?

Interesting because even as late as the Broncos game this year, delay of game penalties has been a nagging issue. Wonder if Canales has been working in this area.

Jameis Winston throwing a pick six... some things never change.

It's encouraging how Bryce is delivering passes under pressure... but it's discouraging that he's taking some heavy shots. Maybe it's just the selection of plays from JT but seems that we've been getting blitzed up the wazoo recently. Still need work on throwing those go routes on the boundaries. Doesn't help our guys aren't that fast at all and still have trouble with separation. On not diving on the fumble, a painful reminder that Cam's career basically ended going after a Chargers player during an interception return and he messed up his shoulder which never fully recovered. I won't be as upset with QB business decisions when it's only a regular season game when the outcome only affects our draft seeding.

Probably not a single factor but likely the biggest is regaining the trust in not just himself but the team around him. I suspect watching Dalton operate the offense gave him the evidence to show that while far from perfect, he has something to work with now. He can work on fundamentals without getting plastered every play. He can throw with anticipation and - while a catch isn't guaranteed - at least his guy will be where he expects him to be most of the time. He can believe in this offensive system and coaching staff which is better than the old one. He's basically getting the rookie season he didn't get to have. Honestly, most QB's who go through what BY did don't even make it this far. His future is far from certain but someone that can pull themselves out of the scrap heap like this definitely has something in them. At least enough to say we can work with this.

Thielen showing all our other receivers how to catch. Also, that non-catch was highway robbery.

Current trend is that kickers are great until they start consistently missing FGs, get cut, and then are fine again with a new team. Not saying Eddy is at that point yet but worst case scenario, Justin Tucker will probably be available soon.

Yeah, that CMC injury looks like a season ender. I still think he was worth the draft pick, but 49ers fans now know the downsides of having CMC. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/christian-mccaffrey-potentially-out-for-season-with-pcl-injury

I want 4-3 back given how 3-4 seems like an overall failure since we switched over.

If our run defense completely collapses because you lose one single player, then that is a huge problem. Need bodies on defense, especially up front. Need speedy shifty targets on offense but history has shown you don't need to use high draft picks to get them.

This loss hurts. But it hurts because this team has given us reasons to care again. In a way, that does count as an improvement, especially considering we've had four close games in a row. Just that we're going to learn some lessons the hard way like with today.

He's working with what he has which isn't a lot. But I'm personally not liking the pass/run ratio.

Justin Tucker's career with the Ravens may be over. Far too many misses now. Also, why are we passing so much?

Well, we won two straight and then had an optimistic performance against the Chiefs. The trajectory has been going up and so the odds are that we're crashing back to the ground again. Same old Panthers. But I obviously would rather be proven otherwise.

I feel a big letdown game coming mainly because the Bucs will have familiarity with Canales offense.

Eberfus used that final timeout during his meeting today. Prevented his firing by 30 seconds.