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I’m not worried about their offense. I fully believe our defense is legit. I haven’t researched it, but from watching them, it seems like their defense is not too hot this year… whether our offense can score or not will determine if we can win or not. I think Bryce being out increases our chances of scoring.

Also, hard to believe Atlanta has won 3 games. If they want to win, Penix has to sit. But I’m thrilled if they want to keep playing him.

Darnell Mooney is over this poo

It’s crazy, again, bc I didn’t expect him to be a world beater, but I thought Penix would be solid. He had the tools. He was accurate in college. He has a relatively strong arm. But, it’s like everything is a tick behind for him.

Penix is getting his ass whooped

The quality of the targets and catches matter. Just look at that final catch to seal the game. That throw is there every Sunday, but tell me the last time you saw Bryce do a 3 step drop and chuck it on a streak down the sideline? He doesn’t and he won’t. That’s one of XL’s strengths. He’s big and fast enough to beat his man off the line more often than not, or just to get in the gap between the corner and safety in zone and stress the defense. Bryce just isn’t looking for that throw because he’s uncomfortable attempting it. That’s automatically cuts down quality attempts and touches for the offense. To his credit, Andy trusted XL and attempted it, but even he under threw it and XL had to make a great adjustment and come back and get it. If our QB could hit XL on those streaks and drags/crossers/slants with some fuging conviction and anticipation, rather than XL having to slow down and reach behind him or fall down to get it, I promise you, he would look like everything you’d hope he would be.

I would be stoked with either one of them.

Fiz mentioned in the game thread, that looked more like a broken bone type deal, and he’s in the medical field. I would tend to agree, as a grizzled veteran of ankle sprains, I would be surprised if that’s what it is. Didn’t appear that he rolled it at all.

Yeah, it’s surprising how quickly Dalton has deteriorated from the time he stepped in last season. Age caught up fast. Hooker was one of the guys I wanted us to look at as a possible backup/competitor to Bryce when he came out in the draft, but from what Dan Campbell said and what I’ve read, Hooker was pretty frustrating to watch in Detroit… so we may be in for a rough go of it.

Chuba is a good guy and well-liked in the locker room, I think that plays a big role in it. It’s hard to take that guy’s job and give it to someone else, no matter the margin. That being said, I’ve always felt Chuba has had his limitations, but he was a lone bright spot on the offense for a lot of years recently, so we rewarded him for it - both with playing time and a contract. And I appreciate Chuba, but in now seeing him and Rico side by side, Chuba needs to only come in to provide Rico a breather. Sure, Chuba may be having trouble getting back in the groove coming back from his injury, but he’s never really been a runner with a lot of suddenness. But I feel like bigger than strengths or weaknesses, this feels like a case of “if you have 2 RBs, you have no RBs.” Which is weird, bc historically it can work, but these guys don’t seem to complement each other very well.

You can tell even with his approach going into this year, he desperately wants Bryce to work, and to the detriment to our team. Even with the last-season surge last year, he should’ve hedged his bets and brought in a legitimate QB or developmental prospect to compete with Bryce. So yeah, I fully expect him to give the 5th year option, and probably not bring in any competition.

Horn is a fuging baller. And funny, prolly half the board wanted to get rid of him before the extension.

One thing is for certain. We need to acquire two QBs before next season.

Nope. He wouldn’t have even attempted it.