Mr. Scot

That's...odd

Steve Smith

I got my moral compass from Bill Belichick

You wanted to reiterate this?

This is me too. I'm not gonna claim to have done a deep analysis on him. My take at this point is a "surface" take. I just have a hard time imagining that he's gonna make a successful transition to the pro game.

I'd call this a valid take. A realistic one also cause there ain't a whole lot else we can do

Pretty much where I'm at. I question whether he gets there, but stranger things have happened.

Yeah, he did. In a different context, George S Patton was a colossal a--shole (my WWII veteran uncle hated his guts) but it can't be argued that he helped us win the war. So is he all hero, all scoundrel, or is it...complicated? The whole dichotomy of instating that players be lumped into categories of "all good" or "all bad" just isn't viable in a real world discussion any more than we can put any human being in one of those two camps. Life is complicated. So is football.

Trends for QBs with a tendency to be streaky can be hard to follow. (we get a lot of those types here)

He's a double edged sword. Some players are. Smitty could be one of those too. Delhomme definitely was. Yeah, it makes being a fan a rollercoaster ride but we all oughtta be used to that by now.

Funny you mention Grossman because his name regularly surfaces in my head as a comparison to Bryce. Different strengths and weakness, but similar overall quality.

You know, believe it or not, it is actually possible that professional football people might truly believe that Bryce is genuinely good (it happens to me too). And to be clear, my "hurdles" are pretty much just facts of life anymore, but hey... (I am getting more opportunity to enjoy the board these days)

Ya know, it's not technically "googling" if I refer to a spreadsheet I created myself

I ain't the former (I wish ) Not gonna claim I'm the latter. That's for others to judge. (not the type to toot my own horn) Appreciate the kudos, though. Many thanks

Mike Remmers deserved credit for helping us get to the Super Bowl. Don't really care whether people were willing to give it to him or not. He helped us win games too. Go back to the 96 season. Kevin Greene was a big part of our season up to and including our playoff run. But what happened in the championship game? Sherman Lewis looked at the tape of our games up to then and formulated a strategy to run specifically at Greene. And it worked. They ran all over us. Does that erase how much Greene helped us win that year? Nope, sure doesn't. There are always gonna be some players who are better than others, sometimes markedly so. But with the NFL landscape having as many teams as it does and as many players on rosters right now, and even those players being subject to a salary cap, it just isn't possible to build the kind of roster you could create in decades past. That's just a reality of the modern game. Every team is forced to build up some units at the expense of others. We're no different. And the bottom line right now is that as much as you, me, or anyone else wants us to put a priority on finding another quarterback, the team might not see that as a need.