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Atlanta only had 220 yards. Defense was not the reason we lost, they were the reason we were in the game for so long.

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The reason he fell in the draft was due to his accuracy and ball placement issues. He might become an ok NFL QB, but those are hard things to overcome. He is the weakest link of an otherwise loaded offense for the Falcons.

Agree with this 100%. We were at a point where we for a short while could look past previous mishaps and be excited and focus on the new coaching staff and Bryce. Then the whole Burns fiasco (putting 100% blame on the front office for this one) happened. I’m still excited, but it has put a damper on things no doubt.

Im super excited about the season opener. But the Burns debacle has put a slight damper on it to be honest. Just not the way I wanted us to start the season.

Agree on the Burns thing. As you turned down the trade (I’m kind of ok with that) there should have been a plan in place to sign Burns long term. Being 2 days away from kickoff and it still being unresolved is unacceptable. However, losing faith in your GM for a trade up in the third round is wild.

Bosa is great, no doubt about it. He’s also playing on a stacked line and defense. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still a superior player, but Burns stats would most likely look different on the 49ers defense. So just one more factor to include when comparing the two.

He is widely considered a top 5-10 player at his position, so he will be paid as a top 3 player this year and next year 2-3 players will overtake him, and then another 2-3 players the year after. That is the standard model in the NFL. He gets paid with the expectation that he will perform accordingly. If he underperforms everyone should feel free to complain. Fairly straightforward.

Never heard of Todd Hampton, but I will choose to believe

Not sure where you’re coming from here, but context matters. I was making the case for people talking about other well managed teams and how essentially all of them pay their best pass rusher. So being against paying market value for Burns (real market value, not huddle logic and spreadsheet value) and at the same time admiring other teams doing the exact same thing makes no sense.

How many of those teams have let their best pass rusher leave?

Got you, that makes sense. I was a bit thrown off there for a minute

So you are saying Highsmith did much better when Watt got all of the attention, but not as good when Watt was out? Am I reading that right? If so you could also assume Burns would blow those numbers out if the water playing opposite Watt. So you’re kind of making the opposite argument you were thinking, right?

In my opinion he did show up throughout training camp etc. leading the team. Frank even alluded to how important Burns practice habits and leadership were for the rest of the team. I think Burns feel a bit let down by not having a new contract by now and a holdout seems to be the only option left. So I don’t blame him a bit. But we also can’t be without him this weekend. Hopefully this will get done tomorrow.

He just seemed to struggle a lot with his processing when under any kind of pressure. But I’m sure the caches did Jim few favors.

I only watched 2-3 Clemson games last year and he was really bad in all of them. Couldn’t handle the pressure, bad accuracy etc. What games did you watch where he was “pretty damn good”?

I understand what you are typing, but not why you would think like that. Picking just one year out if a five year period to try to prove some kind of point is really weird. A five year offensive HC will always be preferred in this league over a somewhat unknown conservative defensive coach. I think Wilks is a great man and I hope he gets a chance eventually, but this is an odd comparison.

I like Fitt. I think he’s made more good than bad so far. I also think that is true for the top GMs in the league. The expectations for perfection are completely unrealistic around here.

I didn’t argue against Wilks, I argued against you saying Frank had a losing record.

We’ll Frank had a winning record, but who cares about facts these days

Very fair, however I think it speaks to the fact that they were just trying different things out during pre-season.

The best part was when someone asked about the defense and he essentially said he was glad we have no idea, that was on purpose.

They kept the best for now but will add more players, then a TE will get cut

I watched the first couple of minutes of the Bears one, brutal and also really funny. He was openly so frustrated with everything

I think I’ve lost track on what is a good contract so I’ll take your word on it. But sounds like a lot for someone who is probably better of coming of the bench.