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I think this is the first time I have seen the inside of Ford Field, it looks pretty sweet honestly.

I used to be of the mindset that if you draft a good QB, and hes got what it takes, he will be fine starting from Day 1 no matter what, and that sitting guys for a year or two to develop just delays you finding out if hes the guy, but I have to say, the way that GB seems to find good ones and develop them behind the starter is something that seems to work. Either they are very good at identifying QBs or they have some secret sauce.

Whoever is chosen, I just hope Tepper doesn't idolize them and put undo pressure and expectations on them. I fear who he will compare Ben Johnson to if he called Matt Rhule 'his Chuck Knoll'. I hate the whole Chuck Knoll or 'I want the next coach to say the eulogy at my funeral', even if it was said in jest, I think part of his problem is seeing these guys as saviors that are going to fix everything for him.

Is Champ Kelly a well regarded candidate? I know what team you work for isnt everything, but seems like mostly Raiders/Bears, not exactly top tier franchises lately.

Is anyone else confused why Raheem Morris is being so widely talked about as some hot candidate? He wasn't great his first go around and just seems underwhelming. His Rams defense is pretty middle of the pack, it makes no sense other than it being a Rooney Rule candidate.

Lol Terrace Marshall, what a bum. Guy actually thought he had showed enough for another team to trade for him? He cant even line up right.

I think the path forward is actually really simple. You draft oline/WR in round 2, you bring in a FA WR, and you let Bryce start next year. If he's improved, great, if hes like he his this year, you will have a top 5 pick and you go QB again. Gone are the days of giving QBs 3-4 years, thats just not the reality. How many recently turn out good if they arent solid players in year 2?

Lol Sam Franklin already stirring the pot

The notion that free agents wont come to Carolina, or any other not so ideal place is just never true. Sure, you probably aren't getting the aging vet looking for one last chance at a ring, but in almost all cases, the free agent signs where the money is best, regardless. Obviously they compare two situations if the money is the same, but these guys have short careers, they will go where the money is.

Yeah its true, I remember all the people making fun of Nick Sirianni cause he had awkward answers at his introductory press conference, same with McDaniels, kind of an awkward dude, but a hell of a coach. Our ownership gets swept away by fluff answers and pretty responses it seems.

Where do we think Thomas Brown ends up? Back with the Rams?

I'm not opposed to a defensive coach, I think there's some advantages to it, as less of them get HC jobs so it should in theory be easier to get the best of the best on the defensive side. I'm just surprised that when mentioning defensive HC candidates, you didn't mention the one right in front of our eyes in Evero, guy is a stud, what he's doing with an very injured defense and an inept offense is spectacular imo.

I don't know, it feels like that "culture" left for Tampa Bay and won a Superbowl. Maybe a change of scenery would help, but I think Bill is done, If we wanted to go the defensive route, give me Eviro.

Nah you are right, I guess I was confusing regular ol playaction from shotgun for RPO

Fooled by shotgun play action or RPOs? I will say the shotgun play action kinda feels half-assed, like the QB is clearly looking up reading the defense while hes "handing" it off lol

Maybe I am wrong but I feel like we do run RPOs quite a bit? or am I mistaking play action from shotgun as something different?

What about Eviro? The success of Ryans down in Houston kind of shows you can be a defensive head coach and still be open to new concepts/aggressive on offense. I guess they may run into the same issue if Slowik is hired elsewhere, having to find a new playcaller etc all the time but I think the job Eviro has done with an injury depleted defense, with an offense sabotaging games is pretty impressive.

Just as an FYI, if you are a student (or can use someone's student email) you can get the Youtube Sunday Ticket for like 100 bucks versus the 360 or whatever it is.

You may think that, but reality is, that's not the market.

Yeah, hes tough as hell, I dont think anyone can take that away from him. Still though, can we please fix our o-line? Its not ideal long term lol

Oh my, the Panther fan in me felt like he was going to miss that second one after the penalty we couldnt decline lol

Does anyone have a strong feeling the offense is largely going to look the same? I feel like we have a tendency to skewer the person with the final say while giving excuses for the people who are involved, ie: Fitterer getting off the hook while Rhule was around, turns out he doesnt look much better once hes in control. I have a feeling not much will change with Thomas Brown calling plays, outside of the actual playcall, he was heavily involved in the offensive design. I dont feel like its going to be some night and day difference people expect

I know people want to see some more deep shots connected, I do as well, but if you watch this and don't see some promise, or something to get excited about, I don't know what to tell you.

I did find it strange that David is meeting with Frank weekly, like I dont think thats typical for an owner to meet with the head coach that often, especially one that has zero football knowledge in personnel or schematics. I could see the occasional meeting with Fitt, kinda see how things are going, what some future plans may be type of thing, but meeting with the coach? What kind of stuff is Tepper suggesting? Theres zero chance of a turn around if he continues this.

I guess I never understood the pointguard mentality, isnt every QB a pointguard? They all pass the ball to their receivers lol. I get maybe like Cam or AR are more capable on their own making plays because they can run, but Stroud is more of a passer than runner, the point guard thing was always a strange thing.