BrianS

The difference isn't as great as you might think. Check it out: Not that it matters, Chinn will never be a 3-4 LB. He would probably be an outstanding 4-3 Will where he can use his speed.

All I know is that the result of the trade for the Chicago Bears is that in 2024 they could have Caleb Williams throwing to DJ Moore and Marvin Harrison Jr. Let that sink in.

Seemed like a fair and balanced take, telling us nothing we didn't already know. Bryce made mistakes. Our O-Line is really struggling. Our receivers aren't very good. We've really got to stop going into seasons with so much dead cap.

For those looking for "insane awesome incompletion" . . . here it is:

So . . . what? He's going to fire himself and his wife?

What seems likely here is that no test can actually simulate the adrenalin of playing NFL football. Stroud appears to be a gamer. Lights go on, he's suddenly much better. A test can't simulate that. Even Stroud himself alluded to it when talking about his experience with the test.

I think what has most of our fanbase frustrated all boils down to two problems. 1. The physical tools. It currently doesn't look as if Bryce has the physical tools to compete in the NFL. He looks a step slow and seems to lack the arm to make all the NFL throws. It's frustrating to watch, and we've got another 2.5 years of it before we'll be in a position to change it. Maybe there is something that can be done on the strength and conditioning side to fix some of it. I don't know. But the physical tools are a glaring problem right now. 2. The playmaking. Or, lack thereof. All we heard during the offseason was how Bryce used his mental acuity to make up for his physical shortcomings. He made plays they said. I'm still waiting to see evidence of this. What's worse, I don't even see evidence that he's trying to make those plays. Do you know who Bryce looks most like right now? PJ Walker. That's terrifying. I hope he figures it out, I hope he overcomes the roadblocks in front of him. I want him to succeed. I just don't know if he can. The next two weeks are going to be brutal. Then the two weeks after that we get to see the other two QB's who he will forever be compared to. I hope Bryce isn't completely broken by the end of it.

Did he really? I'd say no. But you be the judge. Here's his fourth game: His first pass goes for 40 yards.

FIFY.

See, that's the thing right? Do we KNOW that the TE wasn't supposed to stay in . . . or chip . . . ? I'm not in the room, I don't know. We can all speculate. One of them was in the wrong, that's for sure.

If you're not ready for three years of Bryce Young, you may as well check out now. Because he's our guy until at least that point. Likely same with Reich. And Fitts.

No argument there - I think Chuba should be getting a lot more touches just to see if he's "figured it out". I was simply addressing the narrative that Chuba was still the same player he was when he came into the league. Dropping FAR too many balls. A Rhule draftee that got an inside track. He's not that player any longer. He looks like a very serviceable NFL back now in the limited opportunities he's gotten. Maybe he reverts to type with more chances. If so, fine, I'm happy to see him leave next offseason. But maybe we uncover a guy who can really help us - a guy who won't break the bank. We need all of those we can get!

The past is the past, but results matter. Chuba's results this year have been different. He's been targeted 10 times, with 9 catches and no drops with 4.7 yards per catch. He's on pace to catch 50 balls this year. I'm not saying he's 100% corrected his problem, but it seems clear he has been working on it with some success.

BC may have some faults, but this run game was something that fit his skillset. We were averaging 4.8 per carry as a TEAM in that first game. I'd never stop running the ball at 4.8 a carry.

I do agree that two games is ultimately not nearly a large enough sample size. And the bottom line is we are stuck with BY for three years. However, I do think that we fell in love with some intangibles instead of looking much more closely at what Stroud could do that Young cannot.

Just shows that you CAN turn things around with the right combination of front office, coaches and players.

I do not understand the Huddle sometimes. The Huddle would look at that and go "Not throwing deep often enough" or "Shades of Teddy". Yea, well, that guy just threw for 300 yards and 2 TD's in leading the 49ers to 30 points last night. In his 8th regular season start. There isn't a graph, chart or statistic in existence that tells you the whole story. Bryce may fail. He may succeed. But a passing chart isn't going to tell you.

I'll put a lot more weight into this sort of data around week 10 - 12. The problem with looking at data this early in the season is that it can be skewed horrifically by one bad or great performance. It's generally a good data set, but too early to be more than a Twitter talking point.

May need to revise your opinion on Hubbard. He was our second leading receiver last night. Here's the stat line: In fact, Chuba has caught all 7 of his targets this year.

Just so it's been said . . . of those 51 games, Riverboat and Rhule are responsible for 50 of them. As bad as that stat is, let's keep in mind the context. Two years from now if the streak continues it will be a massive indictment of David Teppers leadership.

I have seen enough "sneaky fast" Panthers receivers already, thanks. I'd like to see, for a change, a Panthers receiver who we can look at and go "Wow! He blew by that guy and is wide open!"

When your team only scores 14 points, turns the ball over three times and generally fails to execute you have to expect some serious critique. Yes, he was a little hard on AT. But it wasn't necessarily unwarranted. AT is the guy who is supposed to be the veteran presence in that room, leading by example. I didn't see many shots of him dusting his guy and creating an obvious place for the ball to go. It was an opinion that was critical of our wide personnel. That's fair. Our guys, AT aside, have generally proven nothing in their careers. On past accomplishments, you have to say our WR room is bottom third of the league. Until they prove otherwise, that's all they will be. Criticism warranted. We are paying about 35 million for that WR room this year. Unfortunately, only 10.5 million is being paid to players who are actually on our roster. I daresay that 25 million would be awfully helpful in improving that room. In any event, we'll know a lot more by week 10. To say we know anything after week 1 is folly.

Hate to say it . . . but it's not a freak thing. What Horn has proven over his time here is that he is injury prone. I get it, he didn't show it in college. But sure seems like it's his deal in the NFL.

Dammit! I was coming here to post the troll thread of all troll threads and you beat me to it!

The trick about separation is that it's twofold. You need to stretch a defense in order to create separation. When you allow the opponent to stack the first 20 yards, separation becomes REALLY REALLY HARD. When you have a field stretcher, you are immediately taking two guys out of the first 20 yards of field. Go watch the Dolphins game to see what I mean. The Chargers safeties are sometimes 20 yards back from the line of scrimmage at the snap. Let alone as the patterns develop. Makes it a ton easier to scheme open the short and intermediate stuff.