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what did our actual SOS end up being last year? Didn't we end up with like the 30th easiest schedule when it was all said and done? I mean, it's all about matchups ultimately. But we had it pretty easy last year. Not sure how much room there is to expect any easier schedule than what we ended up getting last year.

I agree. I think if you reordered things and start with Bryce Young. A lot of the guys we have wouldn't be guys we would ideally want. Icky seems like he belongs on John Fox team. Running at dudes and going play action off it. Sort like where he made his progress at last season. We knew coming in he leaned toward being a run blocker. And that just isn't the scheme you want in the end for Bryce Young. You want to set him back in shotgun and let him pick on a D.

I'd rather have Jalen Reagor on the bottom of the depth chart than some these TEs. Disappointment so far, but super young and only been on teams with really strong WR talent ahead of him.

yep, we could of played trash teams last year that just happened to be good at stopping the run....and we don't win 7 games last year. Matchups matter. We had ideal matchups for a team that had no QB. 10 games against the 10 worst run defenses.

and I hate when writers start talking SOS rankings in the preseason. We don't have the 4th easiest schedule. That will be determined at the end of the year. Now, it probably won't be one of the toughest. All it takes is a couple teams that are all different this year to be better than last year and it's a middle of the road schedule.

and Evero took over what was already a top NFL defense in Denver. It's not like he came in there and worked some magic to take them from weak to great.

Basic human nature. He was a 3rd round pick. We just drafted Bryce Young. That’s the direction of our future. And because Bryce is Bryce….he doesn’t fit the bill for backup for the near future either. so yeah, it’s an educated guess a 3rd round QB pick that was hurt last year would prefer to be in a better location. .

We literally just drafted Bryce Young #1. No young QB wants to be behind that and spend his time rooting for disaster. yeah, he wants to go somewhere like Carolina was pre Bryce probably. Unstable QB future. Where he has a chance to live out his dream. Take and a get a shot. No one is suggesting someone would trade and make him a starter immediately. He is a developmental project. He would have to grind. He isn’t going to be #2 here. We have the #1 overall pick starting. It would be malpractice for him be #2. For the dude aiding Young on the sideline and film room….be a dude who has seen only preseason action in his career. That offers zero to Young.

Well, the entire league knows we got a young QB that doesn’t want to be here. And doesn’t fit in with where we are as a franchise. that drives his value down. League negotiates knowing all that. Trey Lance once went for a billion dollars and could now be had for a dirty nickel. Life moves fast in the NFL. And he essentially is not much different at either price tag.

if you were considering him and liked him for a 3rd/4th ish in 2022…..why wouldn’t he be worth a 7th to you today? He is essentially a developmental rookie QB with a preseason to his name. I would assume Corral politely wants out of here. And I factor that in. There is nothing for Corral here. All sides see that. Corral is too young to be content being present day Andy Dalton for the next decade for us and holding a clipboard.

Send him to NE for. 7th. They just cut all their QBs

I mean pre lockout talk Hurney was a pretty good GM. Then lockout window hit and I think Jerry was a big part in us going sideways, dumb contracts, etc.

Frank doesn't really know either. He won't until a couple weeks from now.

Theilen is a reliable vet on the backside of his career. I'd equate him more to the Panthers bringing in Jeremy Shockey for Cam. It's probably poor language. But I'm talking about a stud that can it happen for them. Not require the perfect throws. That was 89 for Cam. Cam could be imperfect and 89 could make up the difference. and you pretty much have to scheme up Shenault. I would imagine that would largely be true early in Mingo's time too. He is more athlete than polished WR coming in and probably won't be ultra reliable to do what he is supposed to do. I'm not overly worried about the outside factor if Chark is healthy. He can get vertical. I do worry about if he can't suit up. Think opposing defenses will really clamp down on us. No one else is scary going vertical and I would think defenses would really have an easy time making life hard on a rookie QB.

PFF deemed Sanders the worst receiving RB in the entire NFL last year. Not volume but play. He ranked near the worst of all RBs as a receiver two years before that. His sophomore year that he also was paired with Duce. Sanders isn't proven to be a bailout option for a QB the last several years in the pass game. To date, he had a rookie season that never matched up with the rest of his career.

Chark wasn't a mistake. He was a great add given his cost. He should be a role-player given his health history. We ideally should of built a better overall skill group for Young. I mean, you can look at recent high-end QB prospects that didn't meet expectations as a rookie and generally it's the weak supporting cast largely talked about. Got to help rookie QBs out. Give them some bailout options. Trevor. Fields. Even a Wilson. As rookies, they were throwing to committees of bland WRs.

Chark also is the only WR with coverage altering ability. His ability to get vertical.

And it would be super easy for Nebraska fans to dismiss the NFL stint for Rhule and get excited. I’m not sure Rhule is a bad college coach. He was a bad NFL coach.

In fairness, there were people this time last year excited about Rhule+McAdoo+ Baker/Sam. It’s what fanbases do.

Ross could be a HUGE steal. He got injured after dominating that national title game. He projected as an early first rounder at the time. Had a big time injury. Came back for one season but never looked close to being that guy he was. But he looks to be getting back into his old form now. So they likely could of picked up early round talent that simply was still recovering from an injury as a UDFA. I mean, his CFP playoff run when healthy on the way to that title was as dominate as it gets in the CFP era. Only Justin Jefferson has had a more dominate playoff run.

they aren't loaded at the top end but they are loaded at the bottom. Justyn Ross out there looking like the dude that dominated Alabama single handedly in the national title this offseason. And he was a fringe guy to make the roster.

My point is merely Sanders unreliability post rookie year in a pass catching role is why he saw his opportunities diminish. There was a reason for it. It wasn’t just lack of opportunity. Sanders and Duce were paired up his sophomore season too. 1 season as a reliable all around back and 1 season not being that with Duce. That’s not bashing Sanders. He just hasn’t been a reliable and proven good player in that specific area the last several seasons. No one on this roster has proven to be. Just seems like a needless risk going into a year with rookie Bryce. Focus being Bryce.

Yes. Ron hired a QB coach and an OC. Pretty well documented. And Shula was largely regarded as good QB coach and move at the the time. In hindsight did his hires and Cam lead to what we all wanted? No. But again, defensive coaches hire that job out. That’s what they do and are supposed to do. Doesn’t mean they hit on the right coaches. Go look at the track record of 1st round QBs. Or #1 overall. Cam did somehow rewrite the record books as ROY and go on to be league MVP. Wouldn’t call it the failure some pimp it as. But the boogeyman Ron has been gone for some time. And Ron/Cam brought us the highest highs we have seen to date. But I prefer to talk about the offensive variant of Ron/Fox we just hired. The relevant coach.