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Same as last year, a disruptive 'War Daddy' DT that's difficult to move from his spot and opens up opportunities for everyone around him to make the play.

I think they replaced him with a 6th round pick.

How many on here even know who the three blokes in the thumbnail are? I'd guess less than 10%.

NFL Scouts are going to have fun when they dig into his background.

Tell the SEC that.

I'm yet to be convinced by any argument that the OL and QB got worse. I'd make the argument that our DL, TE, WR, RB and DB corps got significantly better. Hell we probably have a better kicker this year too.

If he can struggle to 2TDs a half this year I'll take it.

Gotta earn it. It's just them filling air time / website space.

I don't think anyone made him look like a rookie last year - that's why the Chargers are so excited.

We can fix this. Santoso is 26, Borregales is 23. Get on it Fitz.

Could someone please explain why they do these things? They're so odd.

Cash strapped Saints.

Didn't we have a year where we named a different set of captains each game?

You hate Darnold almost as much as you love Howell.

All the pressure against the Steelers came from our C missing blocks.

So many of you have made up your minds about our FA acquisitions without seeing them play. It's bizarre.

Sad face. Jose Borregales was right there. That's it, I'm on the Rhule Out bandwagon. There are no Canes on this squad. Burn it all down I say.

Chinn and Brown walked into the lineup last year. YGM, Roy and Pride saw significant minutes. Horn will walk into the lineup this year. Marshall will start in the slot this year (or outside if they rotate Anderson / Moore into the slot) and Tremble will see significant minutes. The common denominator? They were all better than the incumbent. Brown and Christensen haven't proven that they're better than the guys in-front of them YET. Same goes for Nixon, Hubbard and Taylor - as the season goes on they'll get into the lineup, but right now they're way behind the veteran starters. There's no shame in that.

Besides both being white men there's nothing similar about Fitterer (and Rhule) and Hurney.

I mean College football is back so I've had about 4 hours sleep in the last 48 hours - I wouldn't call it a slow night! But I'll watch what Simms has to say.

Guess we're watching different games then. Paradis was responsible for several splash plays for them - can't have that on the Oline.

How did Paradis do on these plays? He's the biggest problem on that Oline.

I don't understand this mindset. We're into Year 2 of a major rebuild. I just want to see progression this season. The team massively outperformed all projections in 2020 and that was down to the coaching staff. If we finish 'middle-of-the-pack' this year that's not the disaster some are making it out out to be. We're not on a boom or bust journey. IF the rest of the team looks great and Darnold is the one holding us back (unlikely, but I'll play this game) AND they fall in love with Howell et al, they'll make the move to go get him. They've shown that.