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Clausen's release is so hilarious. Ah well, maybe Bryce can lead us to consecutive #1 overall picks and outdo good ole Jimmy.

What was that one? At the start of the season, WR was clearly weaker as we never replaced DJ. Other than that, I don't think that assessment is wrong if you ignore injuries. In the end, the team was much worse, but that's a combination of injuries and our offense being atrocious because QB was so, so much worse than anticipated.

This logic is flawed. We had the 4th best defense in the league in scoring D in the 1st quarter, allowing barely over a field goal. If you were right, we'd be worst in the 1st. We weren't... We were worst as a game went on and we lost field position battle, because teams would eventually just start at mid field lol. Plus... Another issue is that our offense scored among the most points for other teams of any team and our defensive starting field position was among the worst... We had a very good 3rd down rate on D, low yards per play. Now our rushing D was atrocious for sure. But we didn't have the pieces for Evero's D and had a TON of injuries. It's why I don't think this is a great defense but think he did a good job as a coordinator despite that.

As many of us feared, Tepper taking responsibility was for the "wrong hires" not for being involved as he was. Ah well.

I have heard teams will block interview requests on the part of the candidate if the candidate doesn't want to upset potential future employers... It would be very shitty if he is being disallowed from interviewing while wanting to leave. Forcing him to work with a new HC wouldn't be fair...

interesting - Would they have done this if Evero wanted out no matter what? I suppose who knows with Tepper

I suspect it's just message board insider talk. We'll never really know. I would say I'd be a little surprised if Morgan was just a yes man push over in a general sense. Edit: I don't know which poster (s) but someone has said their contact said Morgan has stood up to Tepper (whatever that means).

This is a business and he ultimately is an employee. There is only so much he can do. Supposedly he stood up to Tepper in meetings and he's worked with very good GMs in other places...

Maybe that outside firm? Edit: I would imagine the Tepper's and Morgan are in some stage of interviews, probably this initial one.

On the bright side, Bryce's season will be remembered for a long, long time.

Fwiw this is actually what he means by that first comment, lol. He isn't trying to poo on the team in this context imo. We don't have a gm or coach yet Still not worth the money he wants

Luvu is a huge add. Thelein has been great. Chark ... Is what he is, but he'd have a career year with a different QB. I'd let the firm do it's job for sure, but I bet Morgan is more competitive than he'd look to us fans given Fitt.

Allen wasn't known as a bust after his rookie year. He had 18 total TDs in 11 games started ... He didn't throw the ball a ton, but he still averaged 230 yards a game of offense, not bad for a rookie. The question was if he could ever mature as a passer or if he'd always need to rely on his legs. But Allen was also drafted as a project specifically... Bryce Young was the total opposite...

Oh I meant the dudes going after each other for the last couple pages lol

What the hell is happening with the insults in this thread - come on dudes. We can disagree all we want, but leave that poo off the forum.

Our receivers are almost always waiting for balls to arrive. They drift and float. Bryce just has terrible footwork and can't deliver a good ball to let a receiver make plays with it most of the time.

I'm not honestly getting too excited about either of those QBs right now, but yes, our offense blows and makes a lot of people look worse. Edit: worth noting Darnold has a couple of fine games here too. Just give him time His problem is 100% consistency. He has the tools, just can't use them reliably

This roster isn't as bad as some posters think. Middle of the road OL, even with bad QB play (makes a huge difference), low end receivers but with a couple bright spots, and a good defense. I don't think it can be overstated how such atrocious QB play ruins an offense. Bryce is just so bad...

9-8 isn't carrying a team tho imo. He'd just execute the offense better, which is all that's needed in this weak division.

Prime Cam Newton has this team with a 11-6 or better record, lol. Look what he did in 2015 with those receivers. He'd make this OL look so much better, and Chark would have had a career year even with his drops. If you think Thielen looked good this season see what happens when he's catching darts 30 yards downfield instead of running 10-15 yard routes... Edit: cams offenses averaged a touchdown more per game than this year's team did across even bad years, more in gold years. We'd have beat the poo out of so many teams with him as QB this year, lol.

Clausen is a terrible choice for arguing why we shouldn't be so hard on Bryce's season

We're probably 9-8 with Dalton. Yes Seattle was a bad defense but not the worst defense we played, and our offense basically doubled our average with him as QB for one game, early in the season. The number of games we lost because our O couldn't move the ball AT ALL... Dalton makes a huge difference. The NFC South was just plain weak this year and we played them all crazy close, with the worst QB in the league.

We're in the mix for the division with Dalton...

Ugh this is such a misleading post, come on

... Why? The only thing at all consistently good about Bryce is the fact he's not soft. Dude is getting smacked around weekly and bouncing right back up. Pillows is a weird nickname for him.