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Tepper's dumbass gave Matt fuging Rhule 2.5 years. Reich probably gets 4.

Yeah, I remember hearing that, but I liked his playcalling with Philly. Idk wtf is going on now, but it clearly is a problem so far. It boggles my mind that a pro QB is cool calling a game like this is 1940s football... but still, we have enough data showing it shouldn't be this bad based off what he did elsewhere. Which brings it back to Bryce as well... Seeing what Dalton does is going to be interesting.

It's why I really think the receivers argument is cookie-cutter-excuse-making bullshit. Have anyone not a Texans fan tell you about their receiving corps. We have better talent and despite early impressions here, Reich didn't have terrible offenses where he was OC and HC, so us having record low stats was not expected, nor acceptable.

TBH, and fair, I think all of it factors in. It's not all on Bryce. I think a lot of the doom and gloom is because many of us felt Bryce wasn't the right pick because he doesn't single-handedly make his team better, which is what I feel is the definition of a franchise QB. He was more of a game manager that compliments the talent around him - a cog in the wheel, so to speak. Whereas if he enhanced the players around him and threatened the defense just with his presence, it automatically makes us better and opens the game up for the offense because of the dynamicism - again, this is what I expect of a franchise QB - then we would be encouraged by the possibilities moving forward. The fact that he is so dependent on everything being perfect around him between players to scheme and playcalling for him to be effective, and we're seeing how ineffective he is when those things aren't optimal, that is very discouraging. Honestly, I expect Dalton to perform better, but not anything Earth-shattering. Mostly because he is experienced and knows what he's looking at and seen it before, but I do think there is going to be further evidence that the playcalling sucks ass. I really don't believe the WRs are as bad as advertised so far... hopefully we see more out of them this week.

I like how suggesting the injury isn't as severe as the team is suggesting is a conspiracy, though. Literally every team has done it for various reasons. And again, speculating such when he has shown no visible signs of the injury is reasonable. Ankle injuries that are usually serious enough that you can't perform athletically typically present with visible signs. But, regardless, it's worth discussing every angle of possibility - we traded major capital and assets to acquire him and going on three weeks into this pairing of staff and QB, the results have been anything but good.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxd3yNeL0J1/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Looks legit for an injury, but as a former athlete, it's still tough to believe that even with adrenaline that your ankle got tweaked bad enough that you can't perform the following few days but finished the game without even a limp.

Nothing like threads whining about other threads whining. It's a message board, brosef. There's a time and place for everything. And as the old saying goes, opinions are like buttholes, and you know what they day about those lol. And to compound all of that, we are currently enveloped in the literal worst, least successful period in franchise history. As a result, there is a ton of angst, anger, embitterment, and frustration present, and there's plenty of reason for all of those feelings because of the current ownership and state of the team. So, theres gotta be space for that, just as in 2015, we had countless redundant positivity threads because it was in the air. You take the good woth the bad, within reason...

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxdx8NpLLgm/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Hey guys, remember the part where I was called insane and dumb for speculating that this was a soft benching and the staff using the phantom injury to save face and if Bryce still ended up playing my theory fell apart? What a crazy conspiracy, right?

He's definitely going to get a HC job after this season. And from what we've seen, I know 2 games is extreme, but I would rather give him the HC job here than continue with Reich and lose Evero to another team with how it currently stands.

Agreed. But, apparently thinking it is a reasonable deduction makes you insane or dumb for thinking so. The huddle. Gotta love it.

Yeah, it does fall apart if he plays. But the fact he sat out of practice with an injury that no one noticed during the game isn't the least bit suspicious? And I'm insane, even though we've seen guys mysteriously IR'd for years as our playoff window closed. And we've even heard players come out and say they weren't injured but the team (and not just our organization), designated them injured. But yeah, I'm "insane" and "dumb" for thinking they're trying to save face bc Bryce, the #1 overall pick, appears to be in over his head, is struggling, and Reich's offense and playcalling look like complete ass after assembling an all-star staff and a complete hype campaign from the offseason is going down in flames. Enjoy the kool-aid, fellas.

You win first and figure everything else out later. If he wins, he saves his job, regardless of what happens with Bryce. And this also affords Bryce a soft landing versus being benched. I don't think there's any conspiracy about it... think it's pretty clear what is happening.

And he will.

poo is crazy. The cerebral, super processor QB was so fuged up and in his own head that he lined up behind the guard. And now... suddenly, he suffered an ankle injury in a game he played in its entirety, in which he never showed any sign of injury, and yet, it was severe enough to hold him out of practice? Bullshit is afoot... err, or in this case an ankle.

Misleading title. He has the least throws TO open windows. That doesn't mean there aren't open windows. It could also mean he just isn't finding them or throwing to them, and judging from the all 22 reviews people have shared, as well as watching games, they are there, but he's not identifying them. I also concede the playcalling is shitty.

I'm not disagreeing that coaching is a factor in all of this, and the snap distribution and packages are fuging stupid as hell... but many have acknowledged already, there are guys open most plays, he just isn't getting it to them, or he's locking in on a guy that's not open. A true point guard knows where the open man is and gets it to them, no hesitation. They know when and where the ball has to be every play. That's what they sold Bryce as, and he's hasn't been that at all. Even with the funky snap distribution, the target distribution should be that much more varied and it's not.

It's mind boggling. Ask yourself - Have the Cards subbed Kyler out on short yardage? The Hawks or Broncos sub Russ out on short yardage? No. It's just stunning that they are so openly acknowledging how much of a liability they view him as.

But he made those 2 good passes, bro!

Yup, and that's going to prove yet another mismanaged opportunity for the FO, because Luvu earned a long-term extension after last season. We already fuged up with Burns and it's gonna prove super costly that we didn't lock Frankie up already too. Idk if others see it, but he also might be our most versatile defender - even moreso than Chinn, because Frankie is lining up everywhere - ILB, OLB/Edge, drops into coverage, blitzing up the middle and rushing from the outside like a natural edge rusher, etc. And he fuging excels at all of it. I don't ever remember seeing a guy do that for us in our entire history. It's super impressive. Frankie has quickly become my favorite player on defense and maybe the entire team... Viska is probably my favorite on offense, but our staff doesn't know how to get him the fuging ball, so he's not getting to do much right now.

I'd imagine that PI he committed and the deep pass he gave up to Olave that broke the game open probably played a big part in it too.

I also still think back to the PR Dept pushing that clip from the Jets practices where Hurst bragged about how otherworldly Bryce was in reads and field generalship. Like how tf can a vet be that far off in their evaluation of a QB?

Also, always a great sign when you played 3 guys across your starting guard spots and they all ended up in your bottom 5 worst performers.

3 things inevitable in life: Death, taxes, and CJ Henderson being in your worst performers by PFF grade every week.

Don't forget the buzzword, "point guard"! He's a point guard at the QB position... yet, TMJ didn't get a single touch, iirc, Chark got 1 or 2 touches, Hurst barely got the ball, I dont think Ian Thomas got a touch, he hyperfocused on Thielen in the first half then forgot about him for almost all of the second, and Viska who is probably our most dynamic, gamebreaking player on offense only got, like 3 touches max. But, SuPeR PrOcEsSoR!