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100% true. And I'm a Cam fan. He came into a roster in 2011 that was much, much better than the 2023 roster, especially on offense.

I've been on this board for damn near 20 years, and this is one of the most insightful and spot-on posts of all time! Could not agree more

Matt Rhule really thought looking like a slob was endearing... Got to give the man credit... somehow he has convinced multiple people to throw millions of dollars at him

Yep. He could have went really negative and demanded out after all the crap he's had to deal with here over the past 2 seasons. The fact that he wants to be here and lead this team back to respond speaks volumes about him as a teammate and leader

100%. If anything, he will restructure/extend for cap purposes

If i has to guess, IMO the odds would be a restructure to his contract to free up cap, but this could just be athlete talk. I think 100% he's playing & will be on the team this year. I do expect there will be several restructures coming up (Moton definitely) to free up cap space. I also think we will be at least as active in FA this year as last. We still need a WR1, but if we can add one, having XL, Coker, and Theilen as WR2, WR3, and WR4 would constitute the best receiving corp I can remember since pre-Cam

We need to sign and draft someone. Shy Tuttle has been dog poo. One of the biggest needs on a team that could not stop the run over & over & over again even when they knew it was coming.

Hurting our 2nd round pick unfortunately. Darnold letting us down and costing us draft position yet again...

Donte Jackson looks awful out there... I know he's had a pretty good season but this is bad... real bad

Honestly would rather end the season on a high note like we did they endure something like this and miss out on a higher draft pick.

By the end of the year, with basically practice squaders out there they absolutely could. 300 easy. We gave up 200 to almost every team all year

You make some good points. I think we should absolutely try to upgrade the QB2 position this offseason: 1) There are options mentioned in the comments above that would probably be an upgrade over Dalton, maybe significantly given his age. Regardless of how they feel about Andy as a mentor, the NFL season is 17 games, and many if not most QBs miss time due to injury. There is a very good chance your QB is going to have to play at some point. For that reason alone, we should and need to find the very best QB2 we can within the constraints of the rest of the cap. Bryce has been very physically resilient when he has been starter, but just like any player he's one play away from being out for the season. 2) Over the last 5 games, Bryce showed why he was drafted #1 overall. I think the plan should be to continue to build around Bryce with the idea he is going to be your franchise QB going forward. But beyond my first point and back to yours above, part of a championship culture is to have consistent competition at every single position. I don't think Canales would have a quick hook for Bryce going forward, but you need to continue to constantly develop and having a QB ready to lead should disaster happen. Whether that's injury or a guy just not being able to lead effectively like Bryce wasn't able to do for most of his rookie season (mostly not his fault), to the Bryce of the first 2 games this season where it was mostly his fault, poo can happen at any position and you need a backup plan. The Cleveland Browns are case in point. I don't think it will ever be possible for another franchise to top their current streak of QB dysfunction. Andy Dalton reminds me of how Derek Anderson was here. DA went from a great backup who could have probably competed for a starting job somewhere else into a statue who couldn't hit open guys in a couple short years. Not saying Daltons drop-off has been that dramatic, but it's also hard to see him leading this team should Bryce go down.

He's going to get something comparable to Surtain. This team can't preach culture and not resign guys like him & Chuba. Team has already indicated they're going to do it. Horn is absolutely a difference maker

Oh I remember... it was carolina growl when I first signed up

Good point. Campen got a lot of praise, but his results here sucked. The turnaround on the offensive line is the 2nd biggest story of the season (behind BY9 who wouldn't have had his resurgence without them). Dan Morgan deserves a lot of credit for signing Robert Hunt & Damione Lewis. The Oline coaches deserve so much praise... Icky, and also Zavala & Mays too. All 3 of them looked varying degrees of awful last year, and they all have played well this season. And Canales deserves credit too. Last season was the worst offensive dysfunction I've ever seen, and to be able to turn BY9 (and the entire offense) into a formidable unit by the end of the year was impressive. Hopefully we start next year with the level of offense we ended this season