XClown1986

I don't understand why we didn't sign him to our active roster. Tons of potential and looked decent in preseason. Could have been a good long term backup for us

It's mildly surprising to see David Moore play 56/58 snaps on offense while Tremayne and Renfrow played 16 or 17 snaps each. Tells you a bit about the current hierarchy at WR.

We used to go to a video store named Endless Entertainment when I was a kid. Kind of a knock-off Blockbuster chain. Good times.

Did you guys even pay attention to how Atlanta was defending the offense? Atlanta didn't lose today because of their defense. They played a lot of zone looks and kept the play in front of them because they knew that no one could beat them deep except tmac, and they pretty much had a corner pressing him and a safety over the top the entire game. As bad as Xavier has been this year, he changes how defenses play us. They knew all we had behind TMac was a bunch of short and intermediate receivers at best. Bryce took what the defense gave him, and yes there were some plays left on the field. Some of them were misfires by Bryce and some of them were dropped by receivers, and some were 3rd and long situations because of penalties by the offensive line. The offense as a whole is still trying to find its identity. I think you have to look at the full picture here people. And when you don't have the weapons to manipulate the defense, you take what you can. We missed Thielen, Coker, and yes, even XL today.

Dude forgot whose team he was on

Holding penalties are killing us

I think they are worried if Christensen goes down playing guard, we have zero tackle depth.

One guy that looks the part is Fernando Mendoza. Having a great year and is currently dismantling #9 Illinois

I'd rather poach Jake Browning.

That's part of being patient too. Not rushing players into roles they aren't ready for. Make them earn it. If you convince yourself that "so and so" needs to start because they were a first round pick, even though they have done nothing to earn it, you have set up both team and player for failure. You can convince yourself all day long that "there is no substitute for game experience" but if the guy can't do his job in practice, he can't do it in a game. Not consistently, anyway. Teams like the Steelers, the Ravens and the Packers ROUTINELY bench rookies to start off with and no one bats an eyelash. Even if the team is losing. Because that's what they do. They have set the precedent. The players have to show they are ready. Then they get their chance.

I was giving examples of current, successful franchises. Not entire histories. Every team in the NFL has sucked at one point or another. The teams that are successful right now, and have been for several years, have shown patience in their process.

The successful teams in the NFL right now have one thing in common: Patience. Not just with their QB, but with every facet of the program. There are going to be successes and failures, but no one panics and makes reactive decisions. Look at the Eagles, the Bills, the Ravens, the Packers, and hell, even the (newly successful) Lions. All of them showed patience with their QB's growth, let their coaches do their jobs, have drafted well, developed their own players, and plugged holes in their roster and organization with players and situations that made sense. That's what we need. And if that isn't what we have now, we need to make moves to get it there. If that means they need to blow it up to start over, then blow it up and start it over the right way. If that means to change their approach from top to bottom, change it now. But the blueprint of success is out there in the league, teams just think they know better, or they don't have the discipline to follow through.

Aguilar? I dunno about that. Id take Sawyer Robertson or John Mateer honestly.

Dude.

Every player on the field has more receiving yards than XL did yesterday. poo, I have more receiving yards than he did. Sitting here on my ass holding strong at zero while he had -2

Damn. Baker is a gamer. Shame he couldn't show it here.

Damn. Baker is a gamer. Shame he couldn't show it here.

I don't know how anyone can say otherwise, Stroud looks terrible. Poor decisions and several bad throws. On that drive alone, he overthrew two receivers by a mile in the endzone and threw to a doubled receiver when he had a tight end wide open in the flat.

Thanks for this. Great points. Time management and lack of plays being called to combat the blitz, were what I saw as the difference in winning and losing yesterday. Also, the lack of hustle during and between plays is painfully obvious. I watch other teams flying around and am frustrated by our team's play speed.

Hitting the sauce at 1 o clock on a Wednesday?

I think you need to fix it again. I got nothing on my first run through of that

It's always in the eyes.

The only one I agree with is Buffalo. The 3 easiest are Bills, Ravens, Texans.

I'm not sure that Tampa is the clear favorite. Yes they have the best offense on paper, for sure. But that defense? Tampa's linebackers and secondary are suspect. I think they are going to get ripped apart in the short and intermediate passing game. The best player in their back 7 is Lavonte David and he is 35. And if Dean or Winfield get injured? Oof.

Exactly. The NFC South is the most unpredictable division in football right now. I think people are overestimating the Falcons and underestimating the Saints (they can run the ball and play defense), but it really could be any of the 4 that win the division. Will be interesting to see it play out.