LinvilleGorge

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Unfortunately for us, you can't change a guy's physical talent level and that's where Bryce is lacking most sorely. His arm is always going to be subpar. He's always going to struggle to see down field due to his height. Can cleaning up all the mechanical issues help? Sure, I would think so. Help to the level of making him a legit starter? Eh... I doubt it. Help to the level of making him a legit franchise QB? I'd be shocked.

He declined a second interview here last year. What has changed in the past year to make us a more desirable landing spot? He wasn't coming here.

I'm not upset with the hire. The reality is that this was the best we were ever gonna do. Any candidates with other legit options were gonna choose another option. The state of Tepper's organization leaves us hoping for the equivalent of bailing a mid to late round pick that everyone else has passed on.

Are we supposed to pretend that Ken Dorsey is a great coach because Cam had his best seasons with him as the QB coach? Line I said, I'm hopeful for Canales but it's based more on sheer hope than it is any empirical evidence as would be the case for any one year coordinator. There's just not a lot of data to go off of when he was in a role to have some real control.

I'm hopeful for Canales but far from sold. I honestly don't know if he did a good job or if a talented but very streaky QB just got hot. Baker had 5 300+ yard games this season. 4 of them came after mid-December. Half of his TDs came after mid-December. Was it because Canales did a great job adjusting or did Baker just get on a hot streak? I honestly have no idea.

Hurts still looks terrible on occasion. Great or awful has kinda been the story of his career. When the Eagles looked like the Super Bowl frontrunner in the first half of the season Hurts was playing like an MVP. When they went on their wild skid in the last third of the season he looked like a marginal starter. He just runs really hot or cold.

I don't disagree. The only other decent receiver we had on the roster was Chark and he's just a terrible pairing with Bryce. You don't want a deep threat specialist to pair with one of the weakest arms in the NFL. Square peg, round hole.

It's not Thielen's fault that our other receivers sucked.

If the Bucs are smart they'd tag Baker. Id want to see him put two promising seasons together before sinking major cap space into him.

Focus on guys who can win off the line. You have about a 15 yard window to get open before you're out of Bryce's range.

Hence why I mentioned the Bucs being a below average offense. 18th in scoring, 20th in yardage.

Is he really even a hot shot? The Bucs were a below average offense. But I guess at the end of the day when you have the opportunity to hire the OC who orchestrated a 9-0 three FG barn burner to beat you and secure a playoff berth you just can't pass that up.

Hell, Tepper might actually fire him by week 8.

What? Baker Mayfield has one of the best arms in the league.

Tampa Bay was 18th in scoring and 20th in yardage. So basically a little below average offensively. I honestly have to wonder... did we just hire the guy that we made a HC candidate because we tanked Baker Mayfield so hard last year? Oh the irony. Because Baker basically just bounced back to roughly his Cleveland level of play this year.

Cool. I hope he does great. Honestly that's about all I have to offer on it. We'll see how it goes.

The UNC system Board of Governors is trying to pass a resolution that would force UNC to bring their shitty little brother NCSU along for the ride if they leave the ACC. https://www.wralsportsfan.com/board-of-govenors-moving-toward-new-policy-that-could-prevent-unc-from-leaving-acc/21251314/

Hopefully he somehow gets it right out of sheer dumb luck but I'm well aware that sheer dumb luck is what we're relying on.

Yeah, I honestly fully expect us to go with an offensive minded head coach. Give Bryce his best chance this year and if it doesn't work out have an offensive mind in place to weigh in on the position and what we should do. Keep going all in on Bryce or move on? You have to get QB right. If we had a proven QB in place and were largely being held back by a floundering D I could absolutely see going with a defensive HC but we have the opposite situation.

How early in the conversation do you think he's gonna ask if he'd be tied to Bryce Young? I mean, Vrabel is coming from a situation where he basically had a roster ready to compete for a championship minus a QB and ultimately got fired because he couldn't overcome that. Now the Titans go with an offensive minded guy to try to give Will Levis the best chance to develop.

Yeah, I honestly think it's impossible. I just don't see the prerequisite talent. Not sure why that question made you so defensive.

Oh, it's quite possible I'd say. I honestly think that the outside interest in these positions might be practically non-existent.

We all thought this guy would be a cao wizard. Maybe he would've worked out if we were actually acquiring adequate talent. I don't know. The whole organization is fuged up and that points to the man ultimately in charge of it all.

I've seen the results of David Tepper's hires so far. It doesn't leave me with any confidence that he'll get it right this time around.