LinvilleGorge

Well,this ran it's course. Now we just have people spending time on the Huddle bitching about how awful the Huddle is. That makes a lot of sense.

We'll see how he progresses over the course of the season. My primary concern is that so far it looks like both of my concerns about Bryce pre-draft were valid. Those concerns being how his physical tools would translate to the NFL (mobility and arm) and durability. Through two games we've seen him not be able to escape, his arm look below average, and missed a game. I'm just not convinced that his mind is going to be able to overcome the physical deficits but it's still very early and we'll see.

We're a dumpster fire but is Houston really any better of a landing spot?

No disagreement there but giving up 14 QB pressures is just unreal for an individual OL.

PFF game him a 0 pass blocking grade against the Seahawks. He gave up 14 QB pressures. FOURTEEN.

I was really hoping that Tepper was going to occupy himself with the business side of the house.

I don't know, they've pretty much never had a legit top tier QB in their looooong franchise history. Probably not much they wouldn't give up to secure one and so far CJ has looked the part. No one would care that we're 0-3 of Bryce was playing like that. Then again, we wouldn't be 0-3 if that was the case.

We didn't have the 49ers roster either. DJ is the equivalent of a 1st. Two 2nds are about the equivalent of a 1st. We gave up about four 1st rounders worth of value. Definitely not peanuts and yeah, if Bryce doesn't work out we're gonna feel it for awhile.

If Bryce doesn't work out the dinners need to stop. We ended up with Matt Rhule because of Hurney shoveling meatballs down his throat.

Two 1sts, two 2nds, and a proven starting WR is "peanuts"?

My dad got one about a year ago. I'm thoroughly unimpressed. I have a small egg I do most of my grilling on. Have a big old school side offset wood smoker for the heavy lifting. Zero gas. I was forced to primarily grill on propane the 14 years I lived in CO because burn bans were the norm during the summer.

Yep. Ultimately if Bryce pans out we're going to be fine. If he doesn't we're going to flounder for more years to come. It is what it is.

I supported trading CMC since he was doing nothing for us at the time and honestly, I wanted to see what he could do with a contender. We were just wasting him.

Sons of former players tend to be smarter about the business side of the game.

We've been hamstrung by organizational ineptness. It's pretty much been a disaster ever since Beane and company walked out the door. Look at the Bills. Look at us. Beane systematically gutted us of all of our organizational talent and I don't blame him. He was the heir apparent and JR waited a few months too long to throw his hissy fit and fire Gettleman. Though honestly, I think Beane would've taken the Buffalo gig anyway. Hindsight has proven that Gettleman deserved to be fired but ironically what got him fired (standing up to JR giving aging TD and Olsen career achievement contracts) he was actually right about. He deserved to get fired but he actually got fired for all the wrong reasons.

McGlassfrey? I told y'all not to be surprised if he suddenly becomes much more durable if he's traded to an actual contender. Lo and behold...

Because they don't know football but their egos won't allow them to surrender decision making ability to people who do. Tepper is really good at moving numbers around on spreadsheets to make incredibly wealthy people even more wealthy. I have no idea what Nicole Tepper is good at.

It is waaaaaay too early to talk about Bryce being a bust. If he doesn't improve over the course of the season then I'll start to really worry.

19-16 Not exactly what the NFL expected out of the Rams vs. Bengals when it was scheduled. I actually fell asleep at some point in the second half and didn't make it to the finish line. That Nacua kid looks legit. He just catches footballs. Ridiculous hands and a great feel for the game. I don't think he's a flash in the pan. Tutu Atwell is absolutely one of the fastest guys in the league. Jamar Chase is nearly uncoverable with his combination of athleticism, route running, and hands. Tee Higgins looked like complete trash last night. Burrow looks like he's physically improving but he's still substantially limited.

Just dropped another one. He's been trash tonight

Oh man, Stafford just got BAPTIZED.

I'm all the way out on trading for Higgins. One blatant drop. One poor effort on a ball. Now a blatant offensive passing interference. All comes up to one catch for 8 yards on 6 targets. He's actually in the negative yardage with the penalty.

Baffling game plan from the Bengals. Your QB is banged up and obviously limited. So what do you do? Run it only six times and throw it 25, right? Obviously!

Burrow looks physically better tonight but still very limited. No real mobility and it seems like he can't throw the ball more than about 15 yards. I guess they're doing the best the can with it but it's really looking like he probably should've started the season on PUP.

He needs to let the man do the job that he was hired to do. If you aren't calling plays you're basically a coordinator in title only.