BrianS

I think what bothers me most is that since he's been here he's been telling us to "trust the process" . . . yet when someone asks him to explain the three most important pieces of the process, he can't do it. If he can't explain it simply and easily to us, how can he get it across to his players?

He was a scapegoat a bit, yes. But lets not forget he didn't exactly light it up as a DC either. He got found out toward the end of the year. As a position coach however, I have no concerns. JNo's development and best years were with Wilks as his position coach.

It's all this void year garbage we keep adding. We had the chance to take our lumps with those @(*&$ contracts the last two years and kept kicking the can down the road. Now it's catching up.

No he doesn't. The Browns have him by the balls. He signed a contract, they guaranteed his salary this year. If he holds out, he doesn't get the year credit, so he would have to play for the Browns in 2023 under that 18 million. Now, the Browns could ask him to NOT report. They would still be on the hook for his salary in that case, but Baker would get his year credit and the ability to go wherever he wants next offseason. It also wouldn't preclude him being traded in the future . . . but that's another (*@# show waiting to happen. It's just a completely toxic situation for all parties because it was handled incredibly poorly.

I agree with you. To take it even farther, having Ricci in the game was a complete telegraph to the defense since the only thing he ever did was block. He never carried the ball. Never caught the ball. "Follow me to the point of attack everyone!"

Burns is good. Not quite Julius Peppers, but good. Burns: Peppers: I think you pay him, yes. But we also need to find a Mike Rucker for him. Rucker was a really, really good DE.

So, maybe, the reason he hasn't gotten a HC job is because . . . he isn't a good candidate? What voodoo is this?

Eight seems like a lot, wasn't it four previously?

I think his absence is a problem. Minor? Yes. Very much so. But it is a problem. You've got a brand new OC installing a new offense. RA aside, the only players absent are ones who are dealing with the birth of a child. We were NOT a very good team last year. Is RA so special that none of that matters to him? If I was his teammate, it would certainly bother me that he didn't feel he needed to show up.

Let me clear this up for you. The MLS generally makes about 1 billion per year in sponsorship and broadcast revenues. The NFL generally makes about 5.5 billion per year in sponsorship and broadcast revenues. The EPL will be pulling down about 13 billion this year in sponsorship and broadcast revenues. In America, we typically just don't "get" soccer. In the rest of the world, it rules. It would not surprise me to learn that Teppers ultimate goal is to flip the Panthers and Charlotte FC for an EPL team. Would not surprise me at all.

This is the answer. Seattle had three potential HoF talents in that defense. As they got older, they declined. This isn't rocket science. Your scheme shouldn't be based on what you think creates the right matchups, it should be based on the personnel on your team. It's bass ackwards thinking. Put together a scheme that fits your players, figure out what it's strengths and weaknesses are and with that knowledge, play the game.

Same sort of college success as Andrew Norwell. Would be an amazing draft if we ended up with one of those.

He actually handled the question fairly well for a rookie. It's a long way from a decent press conference to franchise QB, but at least there's a chance.

It's all well and good to look at snap count, but it doesn't tell the whole story. Look at TMJ. He actually had a 48% share of snaps in games he was available. In all, he had 422 offensive snaps. However, in those 422 snaps, he only had 30 targets and made 17 catches. So he was targeted 7% of the time he was on the field. That's awful. I don't know who is to blame . . . coaches, QB, whatever. What about BC? Yes, he got a 45% (480 snaps) share of snaps he was available for. But how many at LT? The guy was a LT in college for four years. This myth that he has positional flexibility . . . where did that start? He started 38 straight games in college . . . at LT. And what did we do? We tried to put him anywhere but LT. Tommy Tremble? 48% share (521 snaps). Which got him exactly 35 targets. Less than 7% targets. This is definitely a schematic problem, because Ian Thomas had the same issues. IT's 703 snaps only led to 30 targets. Our offense last year absolutely ignored the TE. This is not developing your rookies. This looks a lot more like sabotage.

If Darnold was really able to make quick reads and get the ball out on time, our line wouldn't matter. There were options available to him. He didn't get there.

Preseason will tell the tale.

I have no clue whether Corrall will be good, or even serviceable. But having Matt Corrall on the roster means there is at least a chance - slim yes - that we have a franchise QB. We already know for (*&#@ sure that Darnold ain't it. We know PJ ain't it. JimmyG? Pass. Baker? Question marks surround him. McAdoo wasn't sold. At least there is a slim chance that we have a franchise QB on the roster. If he's better than Darnold but not a franchise QB, fine. We have our backup, and we'll be picking high again. If he sucks, oh well, it's a third. But if he's great. Oh man. Imagine what we can do with our first round picks. We can, you know, build a team. I'm not excited about Matt Corrall other than to admire some of the traits he's shown. But I am excited about the possibility he represents.

For those questioning his arm, I invite you to behold this throw:

My hope is that he comes in as the anti-Dennis Daley.

Tannehill, Mariota, Dalton in 2020 were FA's, along with Brady. Brissett, Trubisky, Dalton in 2021. Pretty much any of those guys are better than PJ Walker or Sam Darnold. They are all on par with Bridgewater, though we paid far too much for him. Really just a matter of preference. The fact that we even have to consider who "wants" to play here should be setting off alarm bells somewhere.

Huh. Robby for a pick that nets us a QB would actually be a good deal. I hope it happens. It will also solidify for us in the fan base who is really pulling the strings on roster. I don't see any way Rhule trades away his boy Robby, but I could see Fitts doing it.

Not disagreeing with you there, but the fact is he picked ALL of those guys, except Cam, who he tossed away initially. Pretty hard to feel sorry for a guy who spent $60 million and a 2nd round pick to get "his guys". I find it quite telling that the Panthers in talking about the draft this year have on multiple occasions said "We see CJ Henderson as our third round pick", but I've never once heard anyone say "We see Sam Darnold as our second round pick".

Wondered if I was the only one who noticed that. Rhule looked pissed off the entire time.

No, that wasn't the mistake. The mistake was extending Anderson AFTER they drafted a WR in the second round. On draft day, the pick made it look like Robby was going to be playing out his contract in 2021 to see if he could be the same guy or whether it was a career year. It looked like good business. Once that extension went through, the pick looked very questionable.

That's demonstrably false. Pitts got hurt in the Georgia game, only caught two balls. Fifth ranked Georgia at the time. Trask went for 474 yards, 4 TD's, 1 INT in a comfortable win. Without Pitts for the next two weeks, Florida won both, Trask was a combined 9 TD's, 0 INT's, 700+ yards. The next time Pitts was out was against LSU. They lost, yes, but only because they missed a game tying FG which Trask got them in position to try from their 25 with 23 seconds. The last game without Pitts is the one everyone points at as "Oh, he was so bad in the Cotton Bowl". However, they ignore the fact that Trask wasn't without Pitts. He was without Pitts, Toney and Grimes. His top THREE targets. Against Spencer Rattler. So no, Trask wasn't terrible without Pitts. He was pretty darn good. Does that make him an NFL QB? I dunno. He was a damn good college QB though.