45catfan

Draft one in the second round, of course. We are money taking a WR in the 2nd!

Unless Fitts is playing a serious game of poker--Burns is off the table for a trade. Who knows, trying to up his value up by playing hard to get? I say there's a 99.9% chance Burns is still on this roster after tomorrow. If anything occurs for us, it will be some middling trade like TMJ for a 6th rounder, for example.

Even though the near TE (88 Goedert) ends up in a route instead of blocking, their LT is insulated. The pressure ends up coming from the opposite side and Sanders picks it up, but again, that LT has all the help in the world.

Okay, this isn't a band aide situation, Ickey doesn't have to his help ripped off in one pull. The staff apparently thought he was ready to be on an island this year, but with the injuries on the OL, shoddy running game, a rookie QB and ineffective WRs (AT withstanding) it is obvious he still needs some help. Our scheme is pass happy with a lot of one back and empty sets. Our RBs aren't the best blockers even the few times they are tasked to do so. Was that Hubbard that got smashed yesterday? The Texans defender almost got a two-fer. Hubbard nearly got pancaked into Bryce. Anyway, Ickey will be fine. His struggle will subside as the offensive woes as a whole subside. The struggles are interconnected as stated above.

They are leaving him on an island this year unlike last when he had blocking TEs and RBs to give him a hand. Not to mention he had BC next to him all season. Is he good enough at this point in his career to man that left side all by himself consistently? The answer is no, not yet. Firstly, he needs a LG to be a cornerstone the rest of the season and secondly, on obvious passing downs, it wouldn't hurt for someone to chip or stay back to help block especially on longer distances where routes take more time to develop.

We will trudge forward with this current roster, unfortunately. I mean, we can continue to sign guys off other team's practice squads because obviously that moves the needle--shuffling around guys 51, 52 and 53.

You are a barrel of laughs. That meme is so funny!!!! Oh, my stomach hurts from laughing. Are you a comedian????

Are we switching any other of the other players around that are struggling? No? Chill dude, the OL has been in flux all year and LG has been a turnstile from the rip. We just got Corbett back and if we are lucky we can get a LG to stay healthy enough to finish the rest of the season. The continuity of an OL cannot be understated. Oh yeah, an actual running game with an additional blocker(s) would help too. Empty sets are are harder to block, not to mention Bryce holds onto the ball because our WRs--other than Thielen--can't get open.

The Falcons have a QB issue. Heck if Baker turns it around, the Bucs actually might take 2nd. Those two will be fighting it out for 2nd.

Even if we win out this 3 game stretch, at MOST, we got possibly 2 more. I seriously doubt the Saints are going 2-7 over the next 9 games. Even then we would have to win a tie breaker, so one of OUR losses could not be to the Saints. That said we can lose up to 2, no more than 3 games the rest of the season including beating the Saints in the other game. The wheels have to completely fall off for the Saints.

Again, a proper slide would have gotten the flag. He tends to slow down and awkwardly sorta lays down. The way Bryce 'slides' takes longer to go from upright to the turf. A proper slide by Bryce would have had him already down or closer to it, thereby likely drawing a flag. Not only that, but if he keep it up, someone is going to put a lights out hit on him.

Careful before you get called a "miserable bastard" for stating the obvious.

^^^This is how you slide. Extend one leg while tucking the second. The tucked leg you land on your hip using that same side arm to brace for the fall.

Every game should be meaningful despite what your divisional foes are doing. And no, we are not catching the Saints, but that doesn't make our games any less meaningful.

Miserable? Not in the slightest. Realist? 100%.

Dude needs to learn how to slide. Had he properly slid, he probably got the flag. When Bryce slides, it looks like he's trying to lay down--that's not how you slide.

^This. I think they were moving on from Cousins anyway. Even with him they were a middling team. This QB class coming up has talent. Might as well roll with the backup and losses will pile up.

Against a better opponent, I agree. We have hit the softest point of the schedule and that's not even debatable. This was a game we should have won. There's a couple more coming up, but I'm not buying into fool's gold. Let's see us win one on the road versus a team not rebuilding with a rookie QB, then I'll buy into the team.

Are we really beat our chest over a 1 TD game? Good thing Eddie hit all his FGs.

Yes, that one I agree. But if you are saying that they were just beating us with 4 and keeping 7 back, that's hogwash.

We aren't giving him any help. No TEs in-line, very limited RBs in pass protecting. The Texans were bringing overloaded or delayed pressure. Ickey has struggled, but he can only block one dude and the defense routinely brought two guys from that side.

I'm going to have to disagree. He lacks vision. There's times where he misses a lane and runs right up the backside of a linemen. I give him credit, he's better than he used to be, but he's still not the guy you want as your RB1.

Yes, but having to continually re-kick mind-fugs kickers. That was the real goal. Even good kickers can miss chip shots if they are rattled.

Ugh, that's the problem, these guys would be buried on the depth chart on many other teams. Promoting these guys up the depth chart because our starters suck is like saying which dog turd tastes the best. It's a lose-lose situation.

Who should be the one wanting crazy money here?