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Heading out for Chapel Hill here in a couple hours. Hope to watch the Red River Shootout on the way down if reception allows for it (I'm not driving).

They've been ready to move on from him. It's just now sinking in to them. When you find it necessary to put a clause into a contract requiring a QB to actually watch film you're ready to move on.

Ole Ron never changes.

We got sold hard. The adults were back in charge again. A real staff with real NFL experience. Tons of QB developing experience among them. Well...

Everything about this offense is a mismatch of talents and philosophies. Nothing fits. It's not a shock that it's broken.

Don't forget that a veteran journeyman out up 368 yards and 2 TDs in this same offense.

I'm not saying Bryce is in a good situation. I'm saying that the Texans got what we were sold - a QB with the ability to carry an offense and an offensive minded head coach to scheme it up.

This. They had to come up with a narrative to justify trading their two elite offensive skill position players in recent years. It's just not playing out like they envisioned it.

It's working 1000%. We just can't see it yet.

Grab you a tall glass of cold water because these are gonna be some hard pills to swallow... They're missing four starting OL. Nico Collins is their #1 WR and had less than 500 receiving yards in both of his previous season. He'll surpass that in his next game. Their #2 is a 3rd round rookie. Their #3 is a guy with 500ish yards in each of his two previous seasons. Their starting TE has 2200 yards over six seasons. They have the sixth fewest rushing yards on the NFL so the passing game is carrying the full weight of the offense. Their staring RB has under 200 rushing yards. Their backup has less than 100. But keep comforting yourself with this narrative that the Texans have the superior offensive supporting cast.

I had hoped that approach was driven by Rhule. Unfortunately, it obviously wasn't.

I don't know. But you'd have to get more from the Broncos than just Jeudy. If we made this trade straight up o gotta try to find a way to get press credentials for a day. I would absolutely publicly humiliate Fitterer for suggesting that DJ Moore caliber WRs are easier to find than Brian Burns caliber pass rushers after he traded Burns straight up for a lesser WR than DJ Moore. Explain that, please.

If we trade Burns for Jeudy when Burns could've simply been included in the trade package to the Bears instead of DJ Moore the mocking of Tepper and Fitterer should never stop.

Quite possible. And if that's the case it was a horrible hire because Tepper and Fitts seemed committed to make a bold move in the draft. So if you're bringing in a rookie maybe don't hire the guy who would prefer a vet. Especially when the rookie doesn't fit the mold of the type of QB the coach generally prefers. Everything just seems like a bad fit. We have a power run blocking OL trying to largely pass protect. We have a coach that likes big, strong armed QBs and we have Bryce Young. There are just square pegs and round holes everywhere.

I get it. There's no harm in it.

I think everyone did. I don't think anyone expected we'd be limited to screens and checkdowns and Bryce would be missing seeing open receivers further downfield every game. I don't even think he's looking downfield anymore. Why? I don't know.

I think he has. That's the scary part. Hence the constant screens. If your QB can't effectively throw more than 15-20 yards downfield what are you to do?

Keep coping. The Panthers traded for a guy they thought could make up for these deficits with his football brilliance despite his limited physical traits. It's not working out.

We don't know how the decision making process went down. There was a lot of talk about Bryce not fitting Reich's model of a QB and now there's a lot of rumors Reich didn't want Bryce. True or not? Who knows?

I didn't want him. I'm surprised the Dolphins did given their weapons. I guess they figure that 6th rounder likely won't amount to much anyway and the talent is worth it. If it doesn't work out they can just cut him and move on.

It's wild how many are choosing to just bury their heads in the sand and completely ignore that happened. Same coach calling the plays. Same receivers. Same OL. Very different passing game.

What would our guys look like with Stroud? We saw what they looked like with Dalton. A lot better.

Have you looked at Stroud's weapons and that they're missing nearly their entire starting OL. Stroud has been leaps and bounds better than Bryce very early in their respective careers. It just is what it is.

Probably a side effect of historically always having defensive minded coaches. They knew defense. They pushed to use most of their resources in defense.