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I think our numbers are a tad skewed. I think that is why our run defense is doubted. If team A allowed 4 ypc and 100 rush yards per game and team B allowed the exact same numbers…..that doesn’t necessarily make them comparable run defenses in reality. There are other factors. If team A played the best 17 rush offenses and team B played the 17 worst….team A has a better run D. we played the 32nd, 31st x2, 30th, 27th, 26th x2, 24th rush offenses. That’s basically half the schedule catching the worst of the worst in terms of opposing rush offenses.

Tepper totally gets how he is perceived. He admits to getting on social media and twitter to read about himself and the Panthers.

all we need is for him to move on from a mistake and learn from it. I don’t care about Tepper admitting it was a mistake.

I believe the weatherman about as much as I believe whatever Matt Rhule mutters the next time he steps in front of a microphone.

I don't see it. In 2020 Robbie Anderson had a 136 targets. If CMC and DJ Moore are both healthy. No way Robbie Anderson should get those targets on a team that wants to run the ball IMO.

Best is 2001. Followed by 02 or 07.

I mean, Jacoby is a career 60% passer with 36 TDs vs 17 INTs. I wouldn’t call him straight trash. He a veteran QB on a team that doesn’t need much from the QB ideally. I’d favor the Browns on a neutral field week 1 and that is what the line suggests. Seems about right. I don’t view this as the easiest game on the schedule. Not the best matchup IMO. Which is what football generally is.

Run D OL protection Ability to pressure without the blitz coaching in general * I don’t expect the OL to be very good early in the season and I think a lot of people think that is no longer a problem.

Lots of coaches are nice humans that players like. And the NFL is a talent driven league. Nothing there really to dispute. The number one knocks on Rhule are his vision and eye for things have been bologna. The manner in which he has gone about building things. And he isn’t a good game day manager. I mean he can be a nice guy that players like as a human. That’s not the thing people bash Rhule on.

Yeah. It’s weird. it still reflects us as one for the bottom teams in the NFC. Just not the absolute gutter.

I feel you. Hope it's true. He had years late in NE with trash too though. Couldn't move. He had no time. And he still diced folks up w/ that short pass attack.

AFCE used to say the same type stuff. For years. The downfall was always clearly on it's way. It's clear Tom Brady made some pact w/ the devil. I spent like 7 years predicting the next year was surely to be the year with him.

basically, what the AFCE spent over a decade arguing about the Patriots. Well, if Brady got hurt we totally have a shot.

yeah, line suggests on a neutral field the Browns would be a slight favorite. It's basically a pick em game. Which sounds about right in the grand scheme.

I mean anything is possible in sports. I didn’t think the 03 or 15 teams were special going in. We also won the division once with 7 wins. so you can’t rule anything out in sports. It’s why we bother watching them. but I wouldn’t bet a single dollar on it

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That’s going to have refs totally destroy games. Their targeting rule already was getting bonkers. Kicking kids out of entire games for hits that simply are going to happen and the defender has no realistic action to avoid.

Jags OL was graded out by PFF to be 24th last year. Without good QB play. And historically horrific coaching. We were graded 30th last year. Every year of late we have gone in and said the OL will be better because of FA adds. Hopefully this year isn't a repeat of the same mantra not panning out. We got a cast of guys that haven't played together, a rookie at the toughest spot, playing next to a 2nd year player that barely played last year, with a new QB and a new OC. Talent might be there but they might not play like a good unit this year. There is zero chemistry by NFL standards and so much newness thrown together.

but fug Tom Brady. Moving to NFL section.

I bet the official deal was Tom was supposed to retire when he did. Then he went against it and opted to unretire and comeback. And wifey ain't happy. And Tom getting the poo any normal husband would be getting from a woman that wears at least equal pants in the relationship. I mean, he doesn't need the money and another ring isn't going to alter his legacy IMO at this point. I think she has made it known for some time she is pretty much done w/ Tom being about Tom and football at this stage in their lives.

my criteria is simple. Is it easy to say and not embarrassing. Outside of that, I could care less.

I don't know why they even bother with a survey. It will go to the highest bidder pending it's just not something that the NFL as a whole would be against.

I mean, the Staples Center is now Crypto.com Arena. Think that was close to a billion dollar deal. David Tepper would likely name us the Adult Depends Diaper Stadium if the deal netted him some cash.

Somewhere around 5 to 7 wins. Basically the same thing that could of happened the last 2 years if a random play had bounced our way. We could of randomly gotten to 7 those years two with a lucky break. Schedule is hard. Ton of new pieces on O from QB, to OL, to OC. Its certain to have some rough spells trying to figure it out. And I think the run D is going to really struggle. And that will in the end weaken the pass D as they will likely have to overcompensate to deal with the run.

everything there is an unknown though in the grand scheme of things. Can't really grade Fitt on any of that yet.