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18 hours ago, TheBigKat said:

He’s going to get obliterated by PETA eventually

He eats the stuff.  Nothing really to say.  Those animals live a better life before becoming dinner than the cow, pig and chicken I eat (who all are breed and live to just be a meal)

14 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/01/11/texas-steve-sarkisian-play-call-cotton-bowl-ohio-state/77480486007/#:~:text=Sarkisian earns acclaim for being,victory in the Cotton Bowl.

Stand up move by Sarkisian to blame his players for not blocking right. Yeah bro, every play ends up in the endzone if it works perfectly as designed. Meanwhile, the OSU players are saying you very predictable go to that play in key moments and they knew it was coming. If the D knows exactly what's coming you're cooked. That's on you not your players.

If that was any other game he puts Arch in IMO to get that series of short yardage attempts done.  

11 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

Yeah if you came into this with no media bate you would think Ewers was a backup and Howard was a raw prospect with a potentially high ceiling. 

If all you know of college football is the playoffs….the QB rankings would look really different than the national narrative.  ASU and Clemson would have the dudes at QB.  SMU imploding is really the only reason you wouldn’t almost flip the rankings completely upside down vs what was sold.  Not saying that is reality either but everything does get skewed to the media darlings 

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

OSU made that look EASY.

Texas D has shown in the playoffs that the great SEC defense of the year was fools gold.  . 

1 minute ago, Shocker said:

This was honestly a very bad choice IMO.  Miami is losing most of there better players on offense.  He could have raised his stock elsewhere but whatever 

Yeah,  Ward was also carrying a huge load. Beck couldn’t have stepped in and kept the ship sailing if they kept everyone.   

isn’t his girlfriend at Miami? Seems like a poor business decision 

Carson Beck a Miami Hurricane

2 hours ago, Frank9999 said:

Just curious to see what the arguments are if you don't believe in him. I have never seen a turnaround like this tbh, a player that looked so lost and bad turn to a guy who looks and has the confidence of a star. 

I guess it depends on what the actual belief is…

worth the pick? Will be a top 5 QB? A solid starter? And on and on. 

end of the day he has a small handful of promising games.  NFL history is a full of dudes that had that….and you then can follow the different paths all over the map 

21 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

ridiculous

I think there is a 7 year loop hole now for some

basically the ACC is what Dave should of said 

17 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

How does he have a year left?  What the frick?

2020 covid

2021 red shirt 

16 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

And he's the last vestige of the Reich Era that I want to fully move past.

Canales has come up roses with Bryce balling the 2nd half of this year, but him and Dan Morgan are both signing their names in endorsement of Evero... hope it works out.

I still think it is a David Tepper world.  I don't think Canales ever picked him to begin with. 

8 minutes ago, BrianS said:

Except for he started 17 games for the Commanders this year and had a career year.

Wash fans feel about present day Chinn the way we felt about rookie version Chinn.  Love him. 

for all those who want to pretend we are suddenly well run because of about 5 games of the Tepper era.....keeping Evero proves it's still a mess at the top

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

I mean, if guys start sitting out playoff games - which honestly under the current system just feels like a matter of time before it starts happening - that's the type of thing that could kill the golden goose. I mean, what's even the point of being a CFB fan if it's that obvious that the NFL bound guys just see this whole thing as a forced pitstop on their way to the league? Which is exactly the case for a lot of these guys, but you kinda of have to keep the charade going. Kinda like how the NFL somehow keeps up an act for fans like most players are signing based on guaranteed money and that's it. Every free agent talks about wanting to go somewhere that they can win, etc. then you watch them sign for a Brinks truck with some bottom feeder. LOL

I think guys paid by the collective will soon have clauses built in about play.  Of course, you can always fake an injury I guess.

16 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Whew... that's gonna be something if guys start sitting out fuging playoff games. LOL!

I think that would get clauses added to NIL agreements pretty quick. I don't think the schools really care if they sit out non-playoff games but if top 10 pick prospects start bowing out of the playoffs... oh wee mayne.

yep, they are going to reel this whole thing in IMO.  Players got too much control/power.  No way they allow it to continue.  Be easy to essentially renegotiate/extort a team under the current setup.

1 hour ago, Tbe said:

and I’m often unable to reply to threads because pages never finish loading.

Im typically on a phone, and it’s happening on safari and chrome.

 

a cheat I have found around that issue on the iphone is in the thread you want to post in that hasn't fully loaded to normally post in.....hold a quote button on a post and have it open a new tab.  For whatever reason, I can then post in the new tab of the thread. 

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I don't really see an issue with McDaniels. The issue with that team is that their QB has a glass jaw and they don't have a viable backup. He's 25-16 with Tua. He's 3-7 without him. They won 11 games the one season Tua stayed healthy. They just can't afford to have backups like Tyler Huntley and Skylar Thompson with a starter who is likely to miss some games. You need a top tier backup.

I don't know, he gives off too much of the I'm hip and let's also be friends vibe.  What his record against team not below .500

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

100% disagreed. It was very obvious he wasn't the problem and got scapegoated. That entire staff was way too light on NFL experience. It was clear that Brady was an inexperienced play caller but it was also clear that his offensive system was going to translate to the NFL.

I hope the Saints don't hire him because I like him. And honestly I think it might be too much too soon for him. He's still pretty light on NFL experience.

I could see a Mike McDaniels problem.  I think a creative smart guy wasn't ready for the top leadership role there. 

9 hours ago, ChuckWag78 said:

Maybe he has grown, but his play calling/style was AWFUL when he was here. Please don't try to remember this with rose colored glasses after the fact.  Your average fan could predict the plays at home most of the time. We were not running an NFL offense and it 100% showed. 

Glad he is doing well for himself, but the decision to let him go at the time was 100% right. 

Brady wasn't awful, what he was....was a green OC that was paired up w/ a drowning idiot.  Brady needed to be paired w/ an actual NFL HC. 

Brady's playcalling was actually solid for a young OC. Which is why he got HC looks after the 2020 season with us.  The O that year was probably the most we have overachieved at any point in recent history.   Literally everyone in the O had a career year.  Good players to JAGs. 

What Brady had was a redzone issue.  Which had a lot to do with the fact Matt Rhule didn't run a proper team/practice....and Rhule's teams weren't running the proper reps in practice on either side of the ball.   I still contend as I did then....the talent yet green OC was the first scapegoat once it started to become obvious Matt Rhule was a complete idiot (and IMO it was undeniable starting in camp going into the 2021 season, same one Brady was made the scapegoat for what was really the Matt Rhule issue)

24 minutes ago, outlaw4 said:

When Morgan had his end of season presser, he said they had a plan to eventually get Bryce back on the field this season. Took the media there by complete surprise because Morgan thought Canales has already told them about this. 

I think there is enough to show the team sort of accepted they were moving on.....but then the unpredictable just happened. 

Morgan basically saying the only thing he can say at this point. 

but yeah, I think they stumbled upon the Bryce redemption more than anything.  If Dalton played okay and stayed healthy...Bryce might of got a token game at the end (which is what you generally see around the league). 

I'm definitely not buying were are suddenly a smart and well run team.  Part of 1 seasons is going to sale me on that when you got so much backing the opposite under Tepper.  Including different windows where we falsely assumed we were no longer a poorly run org.  

2 hours ago, CmC2k said:

The plan this year was to find out if Bryce was our guy, establish a culture, and build the identity of this team. I'd say we accomplished our goal. Now of course Bryce didn't start off the season as we hoped but I respect the leadership of this team to not panic and to stay the course. 

I think that's debatable if that was really the plan going into this year.  I mean, they benched him a mere 2 games into the season.  That doesn't scream they were really trying to invest a lot of time into figuring it out with him.  Injury brought him back to the table.  And I think we choose to remember the past a little different.  I mean, if you go back in time all the tea leaf reading around here was Canales was done with him and never really wanted him. 

as far as Canales at the podium? Saying of course we were going to try to get another look at him.  If Dalton played well and stayed healthy? I think reasonably that might of meant to give him a game or so at the end.  

I mean, I just refuse to believe we are now smartly run because they sort stumbled into a Young redemption at the end of the season.  I think the team had moved on until Andy's injury re-opened the door. 

From what we know of all his endeavors, nothing about Tepper entities says they are well run.  I'm not falling for that because of a couple weeks of football.  I mean we were finally a big boy and smart run team heading into the Frank Reich era too lol. 

8 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

They will go wherever the Sanders circus end up.

that seems like the smartest play.  Because you know you essentially are going to get the Sanders family along w/ the QB. 

2 hours ago, CmC2k said:

For the 1st time in 7 years we look like a stable and competent organization that has a plan in place.  After all the chaos and instability over the last several years to finally see some stability and sense of normalcy around the team is a massive improvement. Hopefully now we can start to build this organization back up and get back to competing at a high level and no longer be the laughingstock of the NFL. 

 

LADIES AND GENTELMEN WE ARE SO BACK!!!!!

I'm still not buying that.  The whole fool me once thing.  Really the whole sales job of us now being a stable and competent is basically half of a season.   

and do we really have a plan? Sure seems like they had a plan this year.  And Bryce forced them to go to a plan B for the near future when he got a chance. 

1 hour ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Potential backups I'd be okay with if Dalton hangs them up (In no particular order):

• Zach Wilson
• Drew Lock
• Marcus Mariota
• Cooper Rush
• Josh Dobbs
• Jacoby Brissett
• Jarrett Stidham
• Jimmy Garoppolo
• Mason Rudolph

 

I think Jimmy G and Marcus actually would be good fits.  Think they both really hit that true vet checkmark with some real NFL knowledge. 

12 hours ago, outlaw4 said:

With Canales, our Hard Knocks is more likely to play out like a Hallmark movie, which is the opposite of what they want. We'll probably be safe because of that.

yeah, Canales nor Bryce really offer what that show wants.   We would have to be bringing a lot to the table given we are a small market team.  We just don't have the personalities.  XL just ain't enough

5 minutes ago, Tr3ach said:

There are plenty of outside wide receivers in the modern NFL who aren't big body possession type guys.   

100% true. 89 had the body of a slot WR.  But there are still WRs who just naturally fit in the slot vs the outside and there is a pretty stark difference in performance.  Welker is a good example of that IMO.