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Ron loves defense so much that he even handicaps his own offense.

At some point underthrowing deep balls has to become a strategy. It's just a free DPI flag.

Punter fumbles on the first one. Returner fumbled on the second and third. Dallas lost both of theirs. Commanders recovered theirs.

Damn, punting is a dangerous proposition in this game. Three punts. Three fumbles on punts.

It's what I said before he was fired. You've already made your bed not firing him last year, so just take your lumps and get a top 3 pick.

It's crazy. The closer he gets the more likely he is to miss. I'd honestly take him kicking a 55 yarder over a 30 yarder.

Gotta love that Ron offensive philosophy. Run on 1st. Run on 2nd. Pass on 3rd and long. Washington misses the chip shot FG. What an ugly game.

You'd drop all your 3rd down passes if you knew the punter was gonna muff it right into your gunner's arms.

Dallas is just melting down. First the punter fumbles now the punt returner has fumbled.

Ouch. McLaurin with a brutal drop on 3rd down.

The time is Howell. 1/1 for 16 yards and a TD.

Oof.

I'd call the Bears about #2 but I expect the price to be STEEP. You can only make that trade if you're willing to bet your career on that guy being a future HOFer. I'm for rolling the dice on Anthony Richardson at #9. Yeah, he's boom or bust. So sign Darnold as the backup so you don't have to play him until he's ready. Then you roll him out there and see if he booms or busts. If it's the latter, go get Drake Maye.

Oof.

No. B.

Hey, the Panthers win another late season game that does nothing but cost us draft position. YAY TEAM!!!

We actually are. We want to get better. You have to be absolutely lizard brained to not comprehend that winning games to cost yourself draft position once out of the playoff race is literally in opposition of the team's future best interests.

For sure one. The Falcons have the Bucs beat. If we lose we're at #8. Potentially two. We'd be at #7 if the Rams beat the Seahawks.

Embrace the suck. This needs to happen. Lose and have the Falcons hang on and we're drafting #8. As high as #7 if the Rams can beat the Seahawks later today. EMBRACE THE SUCK. It's for the best.

Just a brain dead mantra of every win is a good win and the brain dead perspective that mantra makes you a better fan. From the perspective of the players, coaches, front office personnel, etc I get it. They have jobs to protect. But from the fan perspective, there comes a point that there is an actual real future competitive disadvantage to winning and that point is when you realize you're not a contender. It's what sucks about pro sports fandom. In college, there's never a competitive advantage to losing unless you're desperately wanting a coach change. You always want to win. That's just not the case in the pros with the way the draft order works.

Scheme has a lot to do with it. We've basically been running the simplest, most pared down offensive concepts we can get away with. But yeah, we could certainly use a better WR opposite DJ and an actual NFL caliber TE.

It sucks when really decent good guys aren't the answer. Steve Wilks seems like a great guy. Sam Darnold seems like a great guy. But they aren't the answers. If you want to compete for SBs you have to move on. Keep Darnold as a backup if we can, but there are no backup head coaches and with his support in the locker room you simply can't keep him on the staff. It sucks, but we have to wish him all the best and mean it and let Steve Wilks go.

I have no idea what's going to happen but I don't put it outside the realm of possibility.

Now imagine that intrigue being derailed by a presser introducing Wilks as the head coach moving forward and him waxing poetically about how McAdoo and Darnold proved down the stretch that they are the answers on offense. McAdoo will be his OC and Darnold is signed to new three year deal to be our franchise QB.

Having your franchise QB on the roster changes everything in terms of hope.