PleaseCutStewart

Red rifle era: September 2024 - December 2024...

I can only hope this will wake him up and actually motivate him to train harder and study film relentlessly. If not, his shelf life in the NFL will be over once we cut him

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I honestly think we beat the Raiders this Sunday. Perfect spot for us - look like poo the 1st 2 weeks so the Raiders, who just beat the Ravens, won't take us seriously. Also really screws with them because they don't have tape on Dalton in Canales' offense. The Raiders are also one of those teams that do well in the underdog role, not as a big favorite

I think Thielen and Diontae have good games. Both WRs are just the type of receiver for Dalton - good zone buster, short/medium route runner WRs that know how to get open for Dalton to get it to them quickly. Hopefully we see some deep throws to Legette also from Dalton.

Bryce was so bad that I think the new standard for a bad play by a QB will be "(insert QB) just went full Bryce"

Seeing as how the Saints almost beat the Cowboys by 30 at their house, maybe that loss wasn't as bad as I thought... I honestly think both sides of the ball just quit after realizing how much Bryce sucked. I could see better effort/desire out of our team against the Raiders this week (unless Dalton sucks as bad as Bryce does).

Also, I think this change happened because I honestly think the locker room would have revolted if they kept trotting Bryce out there. Literally our top 2 receivers were pissed at Bryce and had to say some ho-hum I didn't mean nonsense. I gotta imagine this is how the Jets felt last year with Zach Wilson at QB.

Ummm, seeing how he forced Reich to draft Bryce, I would probably say otherwise. I think Tepper hired him hoping he could be the QB whisperer that fixed Baker, but Canales probably quickly realized there is no fixing Young. I honestly think Dalton is the day 1 starter if Bryce wasn't the #1 pick from last year that we traded a kings ransom to get and it was a true open competition in training camp/preseason.

I honestly thought he played really well in the Seattle game despite our D having arguably their worst game of the year and having zilcho run game.

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The defense is playing like crap because most of the players on D aren't worth a crap. And that is something we knew when we lost as much talent as we did and spent all of our FA money on offense. I could care less about the D - what I want to see is how good our receivers/TEs/RBs/oline will look now that they have a somewhat competent QB back there.

Andy Dalton looked way better in 1 start than Bryce did in 19 games... Granted, I think I could go to a random no-name FCS school and see a better QB, so that isn't saying much. Nobody here thinks we are now a superbowl contender by going to Dalton. But now, we have hopes of being within single digits late in the game; not being down 30 and knowing that even if they played an extra 10 quarters Bryce would never lead the team to 30 points.

Wow, if that isn't a "I give up on this bum" type of answer, I don't know what is. This is leading me to believe that he hasn't been working hard if a coach says this during a presser

Lol, I'm trying to envision an oline of all 5 foot nothing guys that weigh 300 pounds

True, but this is probably the best oline we have had since our Superbowl year. Dalton did pretty well with quick passes against Seattle and hopefully he can do the same this year if our oline can keep blocking well.

How great would it be if Canales did this "off script" and never told Tepper. Canales would be my hero if that was the case.

Why not? If Darnold, Geno, and Baker can have a resurgence, maybe the football gods will also bless Dalton

Sadly, those 2 TD passes is the same number Bryce has had his past 9 games... And take out the GB game, and it is 2 more TD passes than Bryce has had the other 8 games...

sounds like he has 3 times the passer rating and touchdowns as Bryce and half the INTs in the same span... I'll gladly take slightly below mediocre (Dalton) over wanting to stab myself in the eyes he is so awful (Bryce) every day of the week

Pretty good deal to get paid and sit behind the disaster of a QB named Bryce. Front row seats to that comedy

Canales just told Tepper "go fug yourself" and made the decision on his own. Sources: my dreams and wishes

Is this where the Bryce nut huggers say something like "he was playing the 85 bears defense every game during that stretch"...