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I still enjoy watching a clip of them blowing the Minnesota playoff game.

I am saying that in my general memory there have not been a lot of years where people saw Two main contenders in the NFCS, it was usually one team favored over three also rans. Perception wise, looking at preseason analysis. And other divisions often have two strong teams at the top (but we usually don’t). I guess was supposed to be my point. That I didn’t really make. It would affect how people view a team IMO. Oh they suck that division sucks... but it can be misleading, all I am saying. or trying to say..

Thinking about it, NFCS wasn’t stacked a lot of years. Division familiarity probably helped make the contests more competitive, and served to downplay, or maybe obscure, the competitive gap between top and bottom.

There was in game stuff last year where the WRs were blamed for stuff and it was no different; you don’t know what they were trying (or supposed) to do. Where the ball went and where the WR went weren’t that close.

Some places are just so full of transplants. Bars in all kinds of places promote themselves as Steelers bars or Cowboys or ‘lately' New England in the old days Oakland Raiders. I used to work at The Bowery down in Myrtle, 40 years ago, and one of the guys had his van airbrushed with the Dallas front four, I forget what they called them. But we didn’t have a team. Open territory as they say. Not having an NFL team until the mid ’90s left most of us that live in places people want to move to, suffering that circumstance. I mean there were plenty of pro football fans, but no team. So... college=. And our college football, even as it is, beats NC college ball and generally has for decades. Like since Choo Choo Justice,

Those 3rd round instantly productive guys make you wonder... some dumb teams out there.

That's funny I am from SC and don’t watch college games hardly ever. You are probably right overall but don’t act like there are no SC fans. There are a few of us.

Was basically the same stuff being said last year at this time I don’t remember but the Bryce fawning was insufferable around here a year ago. It is running around playing flag football right now. I know waiting sucks, believe me, but football hasn’t started yet.

That’s whining not dining.

It is going to only go two ways from the pocket. Or three if leaving it is a thing but it has to be throwing to a spot, blind, based on timing. Or throwing lanes. Spacing stuff to designate one for a given play or just a spread out in general way to provide a lane to throw through.

You mean Mingo? I do think of Legette as a junkyard dog though.

I do think they could have hired the right guy going off of what there is to see so far. Everyone is green sometime and it is a journey of correcting mistakes for the most part, for a while until you get comfortable. I’m simply not bitching about him this year because maybe he was hired pretty green. Like, he has ascended the ladder so fast after his years of being on the lower rungs, I expect a learning curve. but I think he is up to it. 2025 will be a closer look at his job performance.

Yeah, and never mind the firefighter that died or the other wounded.

And we have seen him run for a first, unplanned. But probably more often we see getting caught for a loss seemingly not aware of the pursuit closing the gap. He has to learn what he can and can’t get away with.

I mean, on paper of course, the running game should be there if they can keep 8 and 9 people out of the box. That is the assignment. Make an offense that the defense can’t cheat like hell on.

I Am at the beach. There is no real point in getting on things right now if someone has a crappy day. Maybe except Icky or something, that would bother me. Or riding their jock if they have a good one. The truth shows up when the pace of play picks up and the contact is for real. I’m waiting to see that.

As the long game relates to us, we need to make people defend it, as has been said. Chiefs: No one had an answer for Kelce for a couple years running. People could not defend him. Short medium long.

If Smitty can help him with the head games and mental side of competing against CBs, do it. He was an expert at getting them out of their game. And in general, he knows a trick or two. Probably just a good thing that Mingo has a guy that good as a mentor. Just need to make sure Smitty and Rob Moore are good and on the same page.

Gonna have to see that arm strength in action that’s for sure. Never said it Couldn’t work, but man the windows and margins are not minor obstacles.

Brooks for sure is no J Stew and that is what we are lacking still, a guy that will move a pile enough to get that tough yard. But if he can hold onto the ball, hit the holes they give him it should work okay and if he can add a receiving threat into the equation, that could be a really good thing.

I guess my point is, where the hell is medium? Did they just do away with it? There should not be some binary system that doesn’t allow for a finer categorization than over or under 20 yards.

Yeah I bet it would be hard to see that from our team in under 2.7.

I thought Blackshear looked pretty good when given the ball. Surprisingly. If this OL is actually good, we aren’t gonna be but so horrible.

The OL will be better this time.

fug that. That is a malicious definition, it completely disrespects actual legit great throws. We need some reform. not that a 20 yard throw can’t be great. It’s isn’t a great 30 yard, or 40 yard throw though.