UnluckyforSome

I really don't care. I still don't like him. I hope he loses today. Matt Rhule on the Nebraska sidelines today.

Vandy still has a good shot at winning, but yeah, I agree. Blame Floriduh. They ran The Ohio State University off the field by halftime that year, and the SEC went on to win like 7 or 8 consecutive championships.

Well no matter what we will have a rematch waiting for us in that game if we make the playoffs. I don't think we have much ability to change our stripes too much. We kind of are what we are at this point.

Ok.

When I looked up pressure stats the other day, I was a little surprised at blitz % overall. We don't blitz very often, and I have to think it's because we don't get to the qb very often, and we are exposing vulnerabilities that we are not able to accommodate when we do send extra pressure.

Whatever wildcard team ends up 5 will win that game. If you don't think losing on home field in the 1st round of the playoffs is an embarrassment, then that's your opinion, and you are welcome to it, and it's cool to have different opinions. There is no disrespect in making that statement. There are better teams. The Panthers chance of winning the NFC Championship are 1 in none. The Steelers in the AFC may be slightly better, perhaps 2 in none. Just saying.

Part of it is being a 4 seed. The same has been said for the AFC side. Steelers are going to get embarrassed on their home field by the Bills or a wildcard team from the West or South. It's more than likely true as well.

Silver cape, blue costume, black boots, cat mask, call him Super Purr. Watch him thrill the crowd and entertain children with trampoline tricks, frisbee catching and dunking footballs over the crossbar.

Eh. Young was named captain in his 1st year before taking a snap, and some folks around here swore up and down that was the way it was done now in the NFL.

If we had a pass rush and a real NFL qb.. Too bad those aren't just available at every corner store.

Yeah I heard similar too. Who really knows. I do know, that if you look up their drafting history, it reads like a very odd way to construct a team over the years. Maybe not Crazy Old Al Davis odd, but they haven't drafted well, or sensibly.

That's what happens when you FAFO. We've had multiple opportunities to put this away.

Agreed. Most of their fans blame VP RIch McKay or Arthur Blank for their fails. A lot of their moves under Blank's ownership don't make sense.

It does not matter a bit now, but I don't think we sweep Atlanta if they had Cousins out there instead of Penix.

Hard to say, but I would lean towards keeping Burns. The two roles have a symbiotic relationship, and it is a bit easier to find an effective corner in that joint than a pass rusher. It is very close though as Burns certainly has his flaws as well, but purely from a specialized task perspective Burns is more valuable.

The term you are looking for is big-time throws. It even sounds like GenZ nonsense.

He drafted report cards, not actual players.

Just for fun. An opposing fan's hope..

Chris Simms had him, Corral, as the best qb in the draft. I have also heard that not actually having a spleen can effect qb judgement.

Just because we play him at wr, doesn't mean he is an NFL starting wr.

Young getting his payday is way more of a concern. I would be able to care less about the upcoming Ikey payday if it wasn't for a premium position, that protects another premium position. Like if it were a safety, hey it's ok, we can work with it, bit of a liability in coverage, that's why he is a safety. I think we end up paying a ridiculous absurd amount of money for his services.

Him getting passed over though was a blessing. He would have no doubt about it busted if he were put in the fire from the get go.

His dad played for both the Saints and Falcons. I just don't think he's as good as some of us want him to be. But, to be fair, that seems to be how we are with other players too, so it's not just him. Wait until we pay our LT that struggles in pass protection, and our QB that struggles in breaking triple digits in yards.

I'm not really into conspiracy theories. It may be more along the lines that we overvalue him and inflate his ability because of the logo, instead of some sort of nefarious character flaw.

I don't really believe in stepping stones from season to season. Not on a team level. Every season is its own unique thing. We are currently at 8 wins and there is a decent chance we will stay at 8 wins. There is a decent chance we will get to 9 wins instead. We have gotten fortunate in a couple of games, and we have taken advantage of situations in some games. Nothing wrong with that, and that's how the ball bounces sometimes. We can equally thank the Bucs for being a complete dumpster fire in the 2nd half of the season for how we are still in contention past Thanksgiving.