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I am not excited by a 1 point win against a depleted team. It is unusual that I don't feel better about it, I think they have me beat down pretty low. Like, I just want the year to be done and over. And then see where things are headed next, before I can feel better about things.

I don't get the outrage over what round pick we got. He is a UFA in 10 games and was squabbling with the org here. Not a value enhancement. I do get the irritation over us paying him to play elsewhere, that is not an isolated guy, he is added to a growing list.

Yeah I'll buy that he hasn't been that bad in a game, it was definitely his worst. The way he was handled was really alarming because he was flat out overpowered. It wasn't like someone came through a gap and he didn't get there quick enough. Which probably happened too but man he got walked straight back in a way that should not happen with a top flight NFL guard.

We have heard a lot of stuff. I'm thinking judging him by what he has done as GM is fair. And saddling him with the baggage of Fitterer, Tepper, Rhule etc, is not fair. I disagree with some moves so far but nothing egregious really outside of the resource allocation favoring the offense so heavily but it was not a single year fix so let's see what happens this offseason.

3rd down we are punting if nothing happens. So throw a punt if you have to. Like the one that he threw earlier that was caught. Or throw where only the target has a chance, maybe it is incomplete but throwing ob is just giving up. Over and over we have watched him bail out and do stuff like that. It isn't like it was just this one time.

Just saying, when you use 'ifs' to build up the positive without adding in the negative 'ifs' to counterbalance, you get that optimistic picture. If you take the 'if' thing and apply it to the negatives that didn't happen but could have, you probably have two interceptions and their consequences to include in the equation.

Well, on Young, yeah you pick up the phone if it rings. Some of this is really welcome - Canales is holding him accountable, making him compete for playing time, where before he was anointed and given the keys.

You keep saying that. Maybe you are right, I do not have that trust. edit: two years of excuses have me feeling like that, and there are some being built in as we speak with the defense and the depleted WR corps now.

I am fine with mine, let's hear yours.

Whatever it was, watching Hunt just get walked backwards mano a mano, that was fairly shocking to me. Not supposed to happen.

I was on board with keeping him simply because of that guaranteed deal, and we would need to replace him as backup. Put another way we would need a backup anyway so why not get the value out of him? But it just keeps the dream alive and I am afraid he will end up out there because of what is invested in him, and I am simply not aligned with that at all. I mean, if you have an alcoholic in the house, keeping them sober is easier when they don't have the temptation within arm's reach. Bryce being the alcohol, Tepper being the alcoholic, in this little analogy.

He did well with the last 4th round pick, maybe he can turn this into something. Just sucks seeing another 2nd round WR pick wasted. And we are going to be thin now. He was getting snaps. Who the heck is behind him? Sign TMJr off someone's practice squad? He knows the plays at least.

And maybe the drive before that, throwing it OB on third and 6 or something. Which is the Bryce I know.

I think I mean that, just glancing over it. He would not step into throws in pressure it is all on film. The passing charts bear it out. You can substitute a word of your choice for 'afraid' if that bothers you. The idea is the same, he would not do it for whatever reason. This goes all the way back to game 3 2023 when after two games of this small ball, Dalton went downfield and surprise surprise... you could really see the difference in the offense right away. The last two games he has stood in there finally, better, but the actual aggressive downfield stuff just happened finally. DO I think he just all of a sudden decided hey I better start throwing down field? I think he is motivated by something, like staying off the bench.

I really don't care where they get a replacement from. I don't think you need a lot to replace what he gives you in the first place. Was against trading up for QB in 2023, and am not demanding we use the top on a QB this time. At the same time, if they do take one it is a much cheaper gamble, even if somehow they do get the top pick. Which I am not betting on.

If it means a season of Young starting at QB no thanks, had enough. As much as I want to improve the defense, it ain't worth it.

I think they are screwing A'Shawn over the last two weeks. Not surprised with Hunt, what the hell man? Are you injured?

Tall, lol. But I said it the week before, he stood in and took the heat a couple of times. You have to be willing to do that. If this guy isn't gushing over good plays and blaming others for failures, like most of last year then maybe I'll watch. The play calling, I think, has been totally centered around protecting him from stuff by not asking him to do things he struggles with. Limiting the offense and maybe leading to criticism of the play calling. At the end of that game I felt like Canales probably was like, if you ever want to see the field again you will throw to the downfield option the play was designed for. Because all of a sudden there goes the ball down the field more than once, which he has been afraid of doing since he came to the team.

He is still nonchalantly throwing the ball away on 3rd down, fug that so much.

Saints OL was bad too, it kept the score down against our defense. They were fairly well decimated. When has our D stopped anybody? They stopped the Saints a lot. That is a clue.

Dalton, especially if Brooks is playing. He runs the offense the way it needs to be run. He had a couple weeks off to rest that arm. The defense got some guys back.

A lot won't show up until he does something I don't know Gipetto. I know we have a solid two out the twenty-thirty people that regularly post and you can find them by following the poo at he bottom of Bryce criticism or non fanhood type posts. They are the hardcores, most have either faded and won't engage without a favorable Bryce climate.

Pretty sure the reference was to the throw that Legette left the game after catching in the 1st half. One of his hands or his wrist, took a hit after a hospital type duck left him exposed.

I would give you a clue, look for the poo left on people's posts that are 'anti' Bryce. That might be a stan.

We weren’t going to need good WRs with our little point guard, remember?