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This is hilarious. He almost shorthopped it to the WR on that smoke screen last drive. It is amazing to me that an NFL team traded anything of value to acquire him.

Same. It definitely takes up a lot less time for the same result.

Stronger man than me. I couldn't imagine driving 3 hours one way and spending $200+ minimum to watch the poo we have been doing either. At least at home I can turn it off when I feel like it.

These are the moments where I could be fooled into believing the NFL isn't rigged, because who tf decided to put these teams on prime time looking like this, and why would they not help out with calls? This is not good for the brand. But I kid... they only use certain teams as their whipping boys *ahem* US *ahem*, others they let them play on an even playing field, even if they're shitting all over it.

Fans said they could only tolerate 60 minutes of this bullshit in one night.

I wouldn't be surprised if Hackett gets fired before Rhule at this point.

Yup. TBH, they're attributing to age decline, but it was really that he started losing those weapons. Sure, some of it could be age at this point, but he always would've been ass had he not had Julio, White, Gonzalez, Ridley, etc. his whole career.

And it's hilarious Geno is outplaying Russ too.

Also love seeing Matt Ryan looking like poo. Had he not been paired with the receiving group he had been his whole career who constantly bailed him out for throwing ducks, he wouldn't have even been average. Yet he rode all-world weapons to a counterfeit MVP. fug him too.

This. I love seeing this. fug the Broncos. May they and Wilson's corny ass wallow in obscurity forever more. Denver deserves nothing less. This is glorious... their struggles I mean, because this game fuging sucks lol.

Good times

Yikes

It's this. A bulk of the blame has to go on playcalling. And yeah, Baker's stature might play a part in it, no doubt... but, as I mentioned elsewhere, explain Cam's Miami game last year where he had like 5 batted passes at the LOS. I can't recall him ever having more than 2 in a game before. Nothing ever memorable enough to be a problem or emblazoned in memory until that Miami game. Then check the post game pressers on multiple games so far this year where Rhule admitted defenses either took away the pass or batted the ball on a key play late and he admits, we were trying to run an RPO. Check the tape. He's admitted it at least twice this year, possibly at least 3 times... Which leads me back to playcalling. John Ellis also pointed out that vs the Cards, Watt stopped his rush on the 4th down play because he recognized the formation or setup or whatever it was, adjusted his angle, and just waited in the passing lane and deflected it. Now back to Cam against Miami. As we know, Cam is 6'5", and we saw his body of work before Rhule. Deflections have nothing to do with arm strength, for those that want to question that. Nothing about Cam changed that would increase his chances of having passes batted at the LOS. But what did change since we last saw him? Rhule. And we have now seen batted balls being an issue for at least two years. What have we heard most often from opponents about of system, both offensively and defensively? It's "college stuff." What is a staple of college in offense? RPOs. What had Rhule admitted in pressers that we run incessantly this year, often citing because it worked earlier in the game? RPOs. And then you have Orlovsky's discovery about the alignment. Teams know what we're doing before we do it. Deflections are about timing and anticipation, so if they did it to Cam, they knew what was coming. I called it during that game last year that it seemed so weird and unbelievable that a team would be able to deflect that many passes of him at the LOS. The only thing I could figure is they knew what was coming and where the passes were going to. And the more time that has passed since, especially what we've seen this year, proves exactly that. With Baker, it's even more exacerbated because of his height, but we're running the same exact poo. Honestly, we were prolly running it a ton with Teddy but teams hadn't had all the film on us yet. Notice the struggles that started about a year to a year and a half in under Rhule. They've figured him out. McAdoodoo is an idiot, but the foundation of the offense is Rhule's... and teams know what is coming and when it is coming, and when its an RPO, they take away the quick read/pass option and the DLinemen stop their rush and attempt the deflection... and Baker being 6 foot makes it all the easier to.

Our offense is Knute Rockne's wet dream.

Damn, Hackett already feeling the heat. And honestly, I keep saying Rhule won't be fired until the end of the season out of mental self-preservation, but I keep really hoping that isnt the case. With each week that he's still here, I keep finding myself amazed that even when I try to view our situation objectively, I can't believe Rhule is still employed. Even if you assume he has the most patient (if not stupid) owner in football, there I'd absolutely no way he should still be here. None. And with each week he's still here it just adds to the frustration because there is no upside. It just makes no sense.

But what does it matter? Because my belief is that it is Rhule pushing the RPO stuff as a staple of the offense, and the RPO is a huge reason we keep passing and getting balls deflected. Teams know when we're doing it and we just keep doing it... and by nature, it's giving Baker the choice of running or passing, and we keep trying to pass. The whole thing is a mess.

I've seen people argue that he shouldn't be fired because then we might turn it around and ruin our draft position for a rebuild. I disagree. There is talent on this team, but firing Rhule won't fix it. There literally is no structure or culture in place that would supplement and support even a new coach taking the reins. We may win a game or two more than Rhule otherwise, but the team is so broken, firing Rhule won't magically turn it around in-season. Again, it is clear, especially offensively that there is no scheme in place that it would make a a difference. That is going to take at least a full offseason to revamp... Firing Rhule needs to happen now because it's the right thing to do, and it sends the message that continued, sustained failure and ineptitude will not be tolerated. It allows us to start cleaning up the mess he has made, and we need to get started on that ASAP because it is going to take much longer than it does for most organizations due to just how bad he's been. We need to get a headstart on repairing our image and reputation. The longer we hold onto him, the more damage he does and the longer it will take to fix it.

Same.

And we had 8 rushing attempts last week. ...and again, how is Rhule still employed?

I've been saying it... every single one that has come here with any established history has the worst year of their careers. BY A LOT. It simply is amazing that he is still employed because by all observable metrics he has not shown one single encouraging sign. He has gotten worse and offensively, we have gotten worse every year.

Batted passes. Ickey is gonna have his hands full though.

Wouldn't be surprised if it's another full game played without a first down type thing. The offense is actually getting worse by the week.

Difference being, CAM. Again, no other player can affect the outcome of games more than or as much as QBs. They literally touch the ball every play they're out there, and Cam was a threat to run or throw a TD on every single play. We don't have that now. And honestly, as I've said repeatedly, this coaching staff would make any QB look like 1/10th of themselves. No player, no team, nobody is overcoming this inept staff. Nobody. It is impossible. And if you are still holding onto hope that the coaches will miraculously figure it out, namely Rhule, after 3 years of not doing just that- go watch his presser post-game yesterday... he has never been more dejected or defeated. He couldn't even BS himself. He had zero answers and absolutely no energy. He's done. We know it and he knows it. Just a matter of time of when it becomes official... and again, if he had any integrity he would've quit last season. He pretty much acknowledged college teams have expressed interest... so he is really trying to force Tepper to fire him at this point so he can get two paychecks. Good times.

Leftwich, Dorsey, Payton, Flores in no particular order, but I do prefer offensive-minded.

I like this bump.