Jay Roosevelt

My general observations: 6 Ravens selected. Why? They're not even that good this year. Only Jags player to get picked was their long snapper. That's insane for one of the better teams in the AFC this year. Travis Kelce making it is a joke at this point. He's a shell of his former self. Swifties voting I guess. Glad to see both Maxx Crosby and Brock Bowers make it for the Raiders despite the team being so awful. Both are top-3 players at their positions for sure. Who the hell is Drew Dalman? The Vikings being shut out is kind of crazy. Not their best year but there is a good amount of talent on that team. I'm positive the Panthers would have been shutout if not for Jaycee Horn having so many INTs. Derrick Brown is better than every DT that made it (on both sides) with the possible exception of Jalen Carter.

If Shough is even considered for OROY over TMac (or several other players for that matter) then it will be the biggest case of QB bias of all time. The award is TMac's to lose, IMO.

Bryce has improved considerably this season. Hell, he's improved since mid-season. He's actually taking shots down the field and his accuracy on those throws has improved a ton since his rookie year. Anyone who can't see that he has gotten better flat-out has an agenda and would rather be 'right' about Bryce than see the team succeed with him.

They're both good backs. Why do people insist on arguing which is better?

Bryce has pretty clearly improved this year. He's taking more shots downfield and showing better accuracy on those throws and as a result we have had more of a downfield element to our offense during the second half of the season. It's still not enough of a deep passing threat, but we're trending in the right direction. I'm all for bringing in someone to push Bryce that can also be a capable backup (Dalton looks done and I wouldn't be surprised if he retires after the season) but it's pretty clear that Bryce will be the starter going into next season and I do think there's a good chance he continues to improve. I'd be all for drafting his replacement if we were 1) in position to do so without trading a ton to move up, and 2) there's a QB worth taking in the 1st round, but neither of those things are going to be true for us this upcoming draft.

We've clearly taken a step forward this year. We also still clearly have a ways to go. Consistency is key. We have been unable to find it this season in any phase.

I don't take any issue with the 4th down call. He's always been aggressive, which is how he should be. It just didn't go our way this time. Overall we've had a good amount of success on 4th down this year so I don't blame him. A field goal from that spot was far from a sure thing.

Even the best corners usually have one receiver that gives them trouble. I remember Bills WR Stevie Johnson used to give Darrelle Revis fits even in his prime.

I don't see how you can put this loss on Canales. Evero maybe but not Canales.

Baker doesn't look healthy.

Not a great comparison. You could likely enter every pro golf tournament for a decade and not demonstrate pro-caliber ability. Bryce has demonstrated that he is capable of playing QB in the NFL at a high level; he just hasn't demonstrated that he can do it consistently.

You have to pay him. Joe Thomas he is not, but he's the best LT we've had in well over a decade.

The thing with Bryce is that he has shown that he can play at a pretty high level. Josh Allen/Lamar Jackson high? No, but he's had his moments for sure. He just hasn't been able to develop any consistency week-to-week. It's all high highs and low lows. If we got Falcons/Rams/Cowboys Bryce more than 3 times per year and Packers/49ers/Jets Bryce looked more like Dolphins/Cardinals Bryce we might have something. A more consistent Bryce Young is actually a pretty damn good QB. He won't ever be Justin Herbert or Patrick Mahomes, but that's a QB we can work with long-term. But this week-to-week whiplash where he looks like a different player every other game is far from ideal.

He should win it. Emeka is a great player, but if TMac was playing in Tampa Bay his numbers would be even better.

If he's so miserable that he's requested his release from two teams in a 4 month span he probably should have just retired after last season.

I will say it does seem like Bryce is taking more shots downfield recently and having more success when he does.

Just following the pattern... SAINTS - W BUCS - L SEAHAWKS - W BUCS - L

Not close. Bryce has actually had good games. I can't think of one good game from Nakamura in a Panthers uniform.

You obviously never saw Haruki Nakamura play.

Who knows at this point. This season has been so random I half expect us to blow them out.

You can't blame Tepper for not getting Ben Johnson. He wanted him but Johnson chose to not take a HC job that cycle. Tepper is to blame for a lot, but that's not on him.

I can at least respect Baker for the way he handled himself here under less than ideal circumstances. I lost a lot of respect for McCaffrey for the way he manipulated his way out.

Once he saw the direction things were going under Tepper he decided to do a "soft hold out" by sitting out with every minor injury until we agreed to trade him. I don't really blame him for not wanting to be here, but I can't stand the way he did it.