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Well they are pretty obviously doing it for Young. The fact is it will (or is supposed to) help whoever the QB is. So that’s a plus, they won’t leave with him. I guess I am just tired of accommodating foul balls and mistakes because where the hell is a home run anywhere? Of anything that has been done for years. You would think someone could close their eyes and swing and eventually hit a home run. There have to be some and I am just pissed and forgetting them. Luvu? edit: and it IS important that the missed on Stroud. Especially if whoever did that is still involved in the decision making because that for sure was no home run. That poo was teed up.

Commenting because yes it fits a pattern of impatient, fixated, single mindedness on the shiny thing of the moment. It is always all out. And then the 'kill a mosquito with shotgun’ result of that process. They have not been picking right at all, over and over. At the same time, you understand the need. It’s the heavy handed methods that they use just don’t feel that smart. I’m probably not saying that right. Anyone else see this pattern? It the same with the QBs for years. If it works great, of course, but they haven’t figured that part out yet. I came here not to say that, but to say this: Don’t count chickens. Mike Wahle Michael Oher Bad Kalil The OL upgrades don’t always take. Oher was good for some of that deal but it was mirage not too far in. Wahle was coinsidered a disappointment we expected a lot more. He didn’t bust exactly but he is here in the examples department. Kalil. He had one good season in Balt(?) His brother vouched for him. Couple of highly drafted guys... Otah is who we don’t want Ickey to be. Bruce Nelson was one of our highest drafted OL. Goofed on that one. I haven’t watched either of these new guys yet guess it’s about time to do that.

They are gonna get this thing so stacked ands simple a high schooler could run it, it’ll probably make Young look just appetizing enough that they don’t change horses.

Yeah, and losing does too. We have swapped a decent perch on a nice branch of a shade tree on a golf course for a flat rock in the sun down by the sewage treatment plant. Detroit has our perch now.

MHS831 You wasted a lot of that on me, I am sorry. I really don’t care that much about learning about traumatized Walmart greeters. Or traumatized quarterbacks. Let’s go on and get to oh we ruined him - see David Carr. If if you are in to explaining things, great. Explain how they are going to run the offense this year. Any under center drop back game at all? I don’t see pace or tempo much with him where he can lock his timing to a physical move. It is sort of a leisurely meandering backwards. so if they ‘fix’ his footwork maybe so that he Can have some consistency and tighten up the timing, what’s it gonna look like? I am afraid it will be Alabama and I guess I might finally have a reason to look at his college tape here in 2024. edit: Raleigh panther I mini mourn YGM. Obviously he was a disappointment most of his time but I think he was finally growing up and getting it a little. We’ll see how he does elsewhere.

You have more than a feeling. Oh well. We’ve all seen them play. I’m not seeing Brees’ arm at all. I remember him having a good arm until he got towards the end. Maybe not. Funny that I just read a Purdy comparison to Brees article. Let’s comp Young and Purdy. It is more trouble that I am going to, finding good info to reinforce my memory on Brees .. because of the overwhelming number of references to he can’t use his right arm any more etc, articles about his dwindling arm strength. I may look for some 20 year old video because that is what they are trying to do. I think I need to imagine Drew Brees in the Alabama offense.

I am seeing it. They are overkilling the weakness. They have to be right, to start with, maybe they are. But this is like trading everything last year to fix QB and you saw what we got. A poor decision, a LOT of hype and they now have torn down the defense and are emptying the coffers to cover for it. So we’ll see. It was real fun buying some 1st day OL, for sure. I also know I love my defense as much as I love my OL. In a way this is like turning down two picks for Burns, it didn’t really cost us until later on. Like today. This is going to something we really pay for later. When we have no freaking D and a game manager.

Pretty obvious it was needed, they are sort of typically doing overkill but I can’t complain about it. If you control the LOS you control the game. The drawbacks will come to me later, or are already on the roster. But a great OL.. please, pardon the mess.

Well they are supposed to be ‘giving Bryce Young the tools to succeed’. Tearing down the defense is a good thing. This poo sound familiar?

I could pretend I was serious and say yes. I thought hop throwing would give it away.

Well, the offense can’t be expected to have Bryce hop throwing 20 yard deep routes to sub par WRs now, can it?

Like the QB panic he felt and inflicted on the franchise, Tepper has some shiny WRs on his mind every waking hour so expect a relentless chase while neglecting other needs.

Yeah despite the waste of a roster spot he is blocking for, you build up front. If you are gonna sign FA just make sure they can play. I really can’t argue the move that hard. It was not pre trade deadline 2022 any more. edit: absolutely the refusal of that offer was imbecilic.

Yeah, we freaking know we are going to have to overpay. It was a certainty. *If you are gonna do it, put the money in the best quality product you can find. I don’t know, but the consensus (!) says he is a quality player. *Spending on a guy who impacts every play, = value.

Sometimes you need to move something lower than you hoped to clear out space or raise funds for another deal you like so much that you think the shortfall in return can be made up on the other end. Or you just think it is worth doing it for. We can hope there is something.

Gotta add, about the guard, the team is going to have to overpay free agents and we knew that. It just hurts. And I am against overcompensating to prop Young up but a G was necessary, I wasn’t following league wide transactions but I believe a couple of them had gone off ‘the board’. edit: and THIS is when you have to get one. You can’t screw around and miss out. You just cannot. I hope he works out I know nothing about him.

I really don’t blame Burns at all, they have torn the thing down his whole time here practically and where is it getting better? Does it look like it is getting better to people? I know some of you are deluded but I bet a lot agree with what i just said. Okay I take it back, I do blame Burns for easing up. I have to. It isn’t good. He could have poisoned himself too, you don’t flirt with that. Quitting. Or you shouldn’t. Do it once you’ll do it twice.

They are gonna rack up two years in a row.

2.7 seconds this year. That’s all they have to hold people off. Hope he is a great run blocker.

They need one that runs great ten yard routes. How much are they? No reason to get a deep guy that can catch, the ball won’t get near him, so we can save there.

Burns won it ......... And in general, we knew they were going to decimate the defense to support their offensive folly. They didn’t use the word ‘decimate’, that’s mine.

They aren’t keeping Burns. It isn’t either or. I did want him to go to a frontrunner if we lost him but hey might win in Washington before we ever do.

Like I said, there is no way I would have called him OROY and looking like he did (was on a HOF trajectory his first year). But I know the floor of what I am looking at on the surface. Like watching a guy throw. That is kind of the easy part (and we really fuged it up[) Stroud's physical tools and measureables were for sure adequate. Bryce Young’s were questionable. Leaning towards the side of ‘no’. It was only that not some great insight ability. I can’t do NFL QB nuance.

With the rules protecting QBs they can play forever. If his arm is still good the Falcons are in decent shape.

I won’t like it until I know they are setting us free of this QB hostage situation.