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He is contributing as a down draft player, early in his first year. I won’t complain.

If you look at the RB leading the team in receptions, it sort of explains the Brooks pick last year.

I have been easy on him, less critical than many. I generally am more patient than many, from what I can tell over the years. I refused to criticize him or the rookie HC In year one. Started the clock on both this year. I figured the 2024 draft would be salvaged by Jackson, Coker, CSW, Sanders. Apparently Wallace is working his way onto that list. This season’ draft at this point looks like a grand slam. At this point we still have to beware of the ‘rookie wall’ but the young ones are growing each week. His aggressive overhaul of the fronts each season is encouraging and showing positive results overall. We have to remember the FA have to want to be here, and we were a wreck, so there was that to contend with He improved after his rookie year. If he can show that same kind of improvement in year three, I think you will have to be really pleased.

Yeah contract wise we have a bird in the hand in Chiba. Rico is a one year deal. 17 gamesis a long season. We have a good thing now keep it that way.

Joe Person said Horn asked to be put on Pickens before the last Dallas possession. Article on the game at The Athletic, on the team page.

Happy birthday.

I love it, can’t stand Bayliss’ whiney ass.

All that practice he has had at playing from behind may be paying off. JK he was very good today. .

Especially when the offense is able to compete like they are. I mean, you fuged one phase of your three.

Without reading the replies, I am going to contribute that the offense kept them off the field a lot better than their normal performance. They other thing is, they need time together and should be, hopefully, starting to get on the same page

There was none of that in the game thread. That popped afterwards and was not instigated by the non believers. People are happy. I get that I am too. But that was not the 85 Bears. I think Bryce played to his ceiling today, take that as you will. That is the goal of any performer or athlete. It is a long running dispute, people are acting like the case is closed. It isn’t. Yet.

FTR I said ‘somewhat dictated to’ which left room for what you are saying. Influenced. I see it like, offense was a very strong mandate. We can safely say that I think. The dominoes fell, the tea leaves were read. and the wrong people maybe were influencing. I am just glad when Bryce stood up for T Mac that T Mac turned out to be the deal.

Just like with Wilks, the more talented teams will likely beat us. But at least we can compete and beat the people we are suppose to beat. Raise it from there.

Looking more and more like maybe they were dictated to somewhat last year. Or they learned from their mistakes. Somebody did.

My first reaction is number one, we need to run the ball a lot more than we have done under Canales. Rico is getting worn down late. And he can’t keep this up for 17 games. Get them each 15 carries a game a game. If you are in the game in the 4th and you are wearing them down then it is the time to give it to whichever has hot the hand that day. He’ll get the 20 chances. There will be dings to each, that’s where it should roll like the last two weeks and Etienne can get some time.

RE Baker, he had a little something to do with how he played here. I saw him. He needed some more time to work his stuff out but didn’t show much here at all. That opening quarter against Cleveland was as bad as a QB can play. I have seen enough bad QB play to know. I was wrong on him though. Didn’t really want him here, I underestimated him.

Seems they have owned us, historically, in the regular season. I can’t see this beating 2015 regular season or or the TWO playoff drubbings we handed them, but it goes a long way towards getting even for the past ownage in season. I mean, they beat us in 2003 regular season iirc even though we beat them in the playoffs. They haven’t sent us home yet we have them twice and Luke just destroyed Romo’s lil comeback. Those beat today to me. But today was nice.

I love it too. The context was someone dunking on people as if Bryce cemented his status with this one game. I think that’s his ceiling, the edge of his envelope. And he hit it or close. He played to the best of his ability today. I was not trying to do this, I said nice things only… but the deal is in reality it is his floor that he needs to clean up. He has some really bad days. I loved that total team win today. There were so many contributors from the supporting cast. For RICO lol. The defense stood up against that offense. Very satisfying. But for the team -not one guy. It was great, best game in years for me. We hung in a shootout. A mini shootout. People are sniping, and I believed it reflects on them more than any ‘haters’. Who behaved fine today afaic

jets coming back from overseas, have not been good at all, we will certainly be favored to do that. Leaks hope we keep it going. Last time at .500 was what, early 2021?

60% of the OL is backups. Running the ball is playing to avoid their likely weakest traits.. So that was wise, and RICO makes that an easy decision with what he has been doing. WRs are blocking, OL is handling their business; it is what you like to see.

This was his 23rd game as HC and play caller and the place was completely dysfunctional. He was last picked, after no one else would take the job. He for sure had a lot to learn and still does. But we should have some perspective on it. He was not likely to come out smoking. The team is improving. I think people ought to let the season play out.

Was thinking that too, it is getting a little tougher. There probably will be games this year that are predictable but you can’t go the same every week and make out.

I was thinking in the 4th that they had it pretty close. Did a good job, the points were in line with what played out except we got the one stop in the 4th. It was hard to pick Carolina against the league’s best, or one of them, offense. With that, they came awful close.

This class has the goods going by these first few games. Have to sustain it to confirm but it is a welcome change from recent seasons. NFL fuged the preseason up. You have to see the depth so you can make good decisions. I don’t see how you can work the 1st teams enough to get honed and do your depth evaluations too. For a team in our situation, not expected to compete for much, I think it is reasonable to take care of your depth evaluation in those three games and do the best you can otherwise, using the first couple of weeks of the season to hone the 1st teams and shake them out. It is different for different teams but this has messed with the routine they had. and is why we see so much more bad football early in the year. IMO.

One person earlier in the thread said something about the INT. No one else was doing any of that. But you know, it is always the ‘haters’ (stupidest slang word going the last few years]. What people hate is people that point out his issues, and they don’t hate his issues, they hate people seeing and pointing them out and messing up their little safe space.