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Oh boy they sure look sick of him and his coddling:

Why the fug would you go away from a guy that's picking up 7+ yards everytime he touches the ball?!

Yeah, I don't consider that ripped.

Toxic Teddy ran the offence the way Brady and Rhule want it to be run - attacking teams horizontally with quick passes to keep the chains moving and providing receivers with YAC opportunities. One of two reasons why Bridgewater is no longer here is because he refused to hit the deep shots. He can't make that throw Darnold made to Anderson - that was all arm. Much like the Saints O with Brees, the plan is to consistently hit the short completions then, if you overcompensate to defend that, hit you with the shot play. It's absolutely by design - we'll experience lots of Bridgewater deja vu this year - except Darnold will hit those chunk plays.

....ripped?

You're going to have to explain that one, chief.

Put it this way - you can tell which of our Co-ordinators has been coaching for 40 years and which one has been coaching for 4 years....

So he coached Brown, YGM.... ah, y'know what, never-fuging-mind.

Roethlisberger, yes. Manning - not that I'm aware of.

Slye was basically missing the net by the end of his time here. He had to go. Shows that it's all mental though if he's turned it around that quickly.

In the replies "we must protect him". Dude's a rapist piece of scum. fug that.

Fans notice the OL that give up splash plays. You just want consistently from OLmen.

If you've got a weak group of iOL the last thing you want to do is to stack the box.

Most coaches preach discipline / reducing penalties / not beating yourselves. The big difference between Rivera and Rhule is that Rhule is building a roster at the moment. Rivera never managed that.

Neither could DeSean Jackson.

You're joking, right?

Thomas has to be able to make that block or he shouldn't be on the team.

Yes.

The Oline performed about how I expected them to. All of the hand wringers didn't seem to take into account that this O is designed to get the ball out quickly (partly by necessity).

I don't think that's fair on Elflein, that was a bogus flag. The defender gave up his back.

He needs to come down with those contested catches if he's going to fulfill his potential. They're featuring him somewhat in the offence so he's going to have every opportunity to shine.

I'm hoping it's coaching. Rhule has assembled a staff of teachers. This was, by far, the best game I've seen Thompson play for us. He actually looked like a good LB.

Don't make me list the great players Rivers played with in San Diego.

This has been a scary game for the rest of the NFC. Stafford just hit a cool 300 yards w. 3TDs and didn't even really break a sweat.

Even the great McVay has taken his foot off the gas.