kungfoodude

This needs to be a pinned regular weekly feature.

I think they got the information they needed from those results.

I also don't think there are going to be many times we go hat on a hat in a goal line scenario with no wrinkles. Our OL is subpar and our OC likes to get cute(sometimes perplexing) in those spots.

I could be wrong and perhaps I am recalling a speculative article that wasn't quoting them directly. I do remember seeing something regarding FB and possibly adding one, however.

It's possible we dumpster dive for a FB during roster cuts too. IIRC, that was mentioned by the staff in a press conference in the last couple of weeks. Not the dumpster diving specifically but the fact that a FB might be brought in.

You clearly do not know about football if you are crying about a preseason performance. Especially considering that this will probably be the fewest reps we have seen our starters play in any preseason in recent memory. The only thing we have gleaned so far is how our quality of depth is lacking and perhaps some inkling of how our new draft picks may look when the reps are real.

Yeah but we've seen CMC come up short in those situations in real games before and we know that he is an elite player. It's possible to get bailed out by a great player and great FB in some situations but if your OL doesn't execute in goal line, 95% of the time you are gonna be sunk in a situation like that. That's why having a Cam or Josh Allen type QB bailed can bail you out in those scenarios. It's like having another giant FB on the field.

I wouldn't be convinced if he had played half a game against the Colts and Ravens and tore it up. It's the fuging preseason. This poo does not matter until the reps are real. We will know what we have in Darnold by Week 8, perhaps earlier if it is really, really good or really, really bad.

If he is good there, this place will melt down. I don't expect that to happen but it will be hilarious to watch the original Teddy fanboys chirp or the people who flip flopped now flip back.

It's the preseason. It literally doesn't matter at all. If the fans can't understand that, they must be new to the NFL. Paradis is definitely better but, yes, we need to improve there. IMO, the only hope for looking better is to take our lumps with a younger lineup. Those guys have upside, at the very least. If you want to have a veteran in the mix, Miller is serviceable and doesn't embarrass himself that much. The other two should be some combination of BC, Brown and Daley. Otherwise, I just don't get what we are doing.

It appears that we believe we can simply use an H-Back or TE to fill in for a FB. Not 100% sure I agree but if we are honest with ourselves, having the best FB in the NFL isn't going to accomplish much with the OL getting blown up like they were on those plays. I think we can be fine with a "make do" option at FB if we fix those issues. Much more critical than finding a FB.

Well, if that speculation is correct, I am just going to go ahead and say that we will never have a good offensive line with this staff. If we are dumb enough to think that Pat Elflein is our future at center(same as Erving as our future at LT), that isn't dumb that is fixable. And if you don't think Paradis is great, I am not sure what you think Elflein will be. Less great? I am all for replacing Paradis, but not for some discarded roster trash that the Jets wouldn't even keep.

Paradis is literally probably our second best lineman at the moment. We definitely don't have the luxury of sending him down the depth chart because he is overpaid for what we received. Elflein was apparently so effective at center that after drafting him, he was replaced by another draft pick by his team. He's a depth player, not an NFL starter. Get the young guys in there that have a chance to improve and be something. Elflein isn't that.

Or when after 2019 you literally burned the entire roster to the ground. This was always going to be the hard part of the rebuild, gaining quality depth. That can't happen in one offseason unless we want to be in perpetual cap hell again. It will likely take 2+ offseasons more to start putting a significant dent in that problem.

So we can watch him suck there too? How about move him to his most natural position...on the pine?

They are both relevant because either are superior to the current kicker.

Speaks to how bad our roster was/is. It will take a few years to see that improve. But, you don't do what we did to our roster and expect to have great depth for a while.

Well, #1 we haven't seen Marshall play a single game yet so as excited as we are all getting, maybe we should slow down on the coronation process. Also, even if he is a stud, by the time his rookie deal is up, Robby may be nearing the end of his new contract(purely speculation until we see the kind of deal Robby signs). I can understand the concerns about the deal brewing but we need to see terms before we judge harshly or infer much about what we plan on doing with Moore.

I get the "potential" aspect of the signing. In fairness, for every glaring red flag, we also see some real strengths. Ultimately it will just boil down to how quickly he can navigate the NFL learning curve. I think he can be a successful NFL head coach, but will it be in this stop?

Deshaun Watson fan.

I'm in NC at the moment. I am only awake because I woke up mid-hangover and it is making it hard to sleep. I travel all over and can be in a lot of different time zones and working a variety of shifts. That is why I am sometimes on here at very odd hours.

Everyone gets hyped for preseason and then about half a game into it gets annoyed and just wants real football back. That's really why preseason football has always sucked. It's not the real thing.

Well we shouldn't be freaking out because we rarely see our starters anyway. We have zero idea what we have as a team yet. Except for Slye. We just keep seeing how awful he is.

How long are we gonna see 70+77 riding the pine because they aren't in our "best five?"