Mr. Scot

You were...and are. There won't be a truly reliable sense of how good this year's team is until around midseason, if then. With it being a first year team, it's the late season that matters most.

Are you watching Fields right now?

This needed its own thread?

Starting with...

The second part, maybe. The first? No.

No change...

He tailed off as the game went on, but that's not really a huge surprise for a rookie. Haven't seen a load of rookie first games in my time, I can definitely tell you I've seen way worse

Would pretty much agree with that. I'm hoping Shawn Jefferson makes a difference with him.

No, he's not. Hell, he even managed a reception or two in this game. He may not be an every down back or a great receiving back, but he's a really hard-nosed runner.

Taking a look back at the first game of the Reich / Young era... First ip, this disclaimer: If you're drawing long term conclusions off of this game, you're either trolling or football stupid. It's way too early for anything like that. Just stop. I'm not interested in your silliness. Now on to the serious talk... Young's debut was overall a good one. Rookie mistakes were going to happen. That's unavoidable. But Young showed smarts, poise and a cool demeanor. Said earlier he seemed more comfortable running at a slow pace then he did up tempo (probably need some work there). Final answer though, he's got what it takes to be an NFL quarterback. He just needs to keep working. Mind you, Bryce wasn't the only one making rookie mistakes. New guard Chandler Zavala certainly had a few, though again I'd say overall he looked promising. Ditto Jonathan Mingo. Work is needed but the basic tools are there. The other big debut today was Ejiro Evero's defense featuring Brian Burns. Burns made his case in the first half but was somewhat nullified in the second. Still, not complaining. It was expected there'd be things to fix. That comes with starting a new era. Additional bright spots: Hayden Hurst gives us the good tight end we've been missing (even if he did throw away Young's first touchdown ball). The Uglies looked mostly good. Liked what I see of Laviska Shenault as well. And Johnny Hekker is still Johnny Hekker. On the downside, hate to see Jaycee Horn go out again, though outside of that the team came out pretty healthy. Miles Sanders clearly isn't at full strength yet but there's that to look forward to. Didn't see much of Justin Houston but maybe he'll show up more in the future. Bottom line for me: I saw some good things I wanted to see, and some bad things I expected to see. What I saw most of all though was a new beginning...and a promising one. It's been said before, but if you had high expectations for this season, those were likely misplaced. If you're just looking for signs of hope though, we've got 'em. Looking forward to next week

Yeah, the first game of a rookie QB always defines their career And FYI: Bryce has been fine

Route mistake by Marshall

Robinson is as advertised.

Hubbard caught one

Steelers...damn

Ouch! Bad play overall

Hit out of bounds?

Yeah, I was like

Getting the impression Young works better when they're running the offense at a regular pace rather. Might need a lot work on the up tempo stuff.

My read after the first half... We can win this game. Don't know if we will, but we can.

I'd agree. Can't blame them, honestly. Facing a rookie, playing the run and forcing him to have to beat you passing is smart strategy... ...unless he can.

That brain power is why they took him.

That's something I've wanted to see.