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Hahaha okay the nickname needs to stick now. Carolina Reaper...

I think that if we can pair him with a good change of pace back and get our passing game going a little more, he'll start to have even bigger chunk games. The crazy thing is he's putting these numbers up against teams that are expecting it.

I'm in Calgary and he's from Edmonton so that may be some of it, lol. The CFL fans know him but it's mostly NHL here.

There's a ton to be excited for. A lot of us are hesitant, but it's hard to ignore the enthusiasm around the team the last month. Yes, we had a setback vs Dallas, but 4 competitive games against bubble / playoff teams is a good indication for what had been a perennial loser like us.

I need to pick up his jersey and start wearing it out. I live in Alberta now (where he's from) and a lot of people don't even know who he is.

Same... I do think we should add a WR but I just think the greatest need is along the DL, which coincidentally we should be in perfect position to hopefully address.

Good game from Bryce. I'm glad Bryce trusts Thielen so much but he needs to see cases where there's easier throws to Sanders

He described a specific movement too, which was absent. The way he explained it I understood why the penalty existed at all. And it was clear it didn't apply at all in this circumstance.

This, lol. Nobody thought the call was correct but the idiot that made it.

It was a total bullshit call, even the ex refs on the broadcast agreed.

He played well overall but he was targeted consistently. Sometimes the best a corner can do is wrap someone up for a minimal gain too.

Talk of what exactly?

I asked him for the last 5 weeks.

If he puts up top 10 performances the rest of the way, even with his first 2 he's gonna finish pretty high in pff overall. I'm really glad that the guys were able to get a win after such a hard-fought game. They had comeso close, it's good to see a breakthrough. I hope that they can carry that momentum and play spoiler the rest of the way.

Average of 11.8, which is still better than I expected over that timespan. That's really impressive tbh.

It is. And it doesn't matter anymore because it's a sunk cost. We can't keep him around because of his draft cost, nor should we hold it against him, imo. Yes first round rookies get more leeway than others but he still has to earn it now.

Is there a way to show the last 5 games or something? I know Bryce was terrible vs Cowboys but he'd had good grades vs TB and KC that might offset that.

True. I was more referring to his target selection (and accuracy). But you're right that XL making that catch changes a lot.

Maybe "as bad as" Mingo is unfair to Bryce but "also terrible" still applies haha. Either way, it was an awful situation for any young player at any position, let alone QB. Now we've got a promising end of season that we can build on if we take care of business and keep improving the last two weeks. I agree on the progress timeline. I'm not saying he won't progress at all either. There's been some real promising work by Bryce the last few weeks. I just want to see that continue. I like competition so I hope Canales finds a couple of guys he thinks can push Bryce without investing too much and we build D heavily this offseason.

Thanks for posting these!

If you watched the games last year you'd know Bryce was as atrocious as the players around him were. It was a total poo show of a season. That's why we went into this year investing so much into offense for him.

In this division, yes I do. There's probably 10-15 QBs that could. I think we'd get bounced immediately due to our terrible defense though lol Edit: I'd say have us in contention late in the season, rather than having us comfortable in. I still think we'd need to go thru the division rather than a WC which is easier but would probably still be questionable right now.

We aren't ignoring it. We also aren't ignoring the Dallas game, the start of this year, or all of last last year. He won himself a spot on the roster next year and being the presumptive QB1 going into camp. That counts for a lot given where he was.

Are you saying Mahomes has questionable arm strength? Because that's nuts. Saying he doesn't have Allen's arm strength may be technically true but you're still talking about one of the strongest armed guys in the NFL. The idea he doesn't have elite arm talent is wildly inaccurate.

I'm not sure why people care so much about what we traded for him. Past is the past. Only question to me is if he can be that QB that gets us back into the playoffs and further. I'm not sure he is, but he's played well enough he'll keep getting a chance to prove that.