JawnyBlaze

Yea, I’m sure it’s a pretty stark contrast to see him next to NFL players now, maybe some people just kind of buried their head in the sand a bit because of how good he looked in college. You’re right though, as soon as he starts putting up the points like he did in college it’ll rubber band the other way and he’ll start getting mega hyped as breaking the mold and creating a new mold. Seems like our thing these days, leading the revolutions. First with Cam and now breaking that mold we pretty much started with Cam with Bryce heh

Ah didn’t watch that, was just going off the previous rankings and comments he made during draft season

Simms liked (and assuming still does) Stroud because he’s a better passer, same reason I did (past tense). Not because he’s taller. Hope he’s wrong this time. #brycebros

I tried, can’t zoom out on the right side enough. It cuts off half of both or all of one column

Waiting for one for iphone

Yuck. The only times I’ve ever heard him speak he seemed to have the personality of an entitled goober.

Lol at 69ers

That’s what I’m saying. People keep hyping up their weapons but I can only guess it’s based on college performance and expectations cuz London and Pitts both are just meh. They’re ok but nothing to get worked up about. Some teams some years just get hype and the benefit of the doubt. The Bucs were the next great team for like ten years before they got Brady. Brady made it sorta true for one year and then they fell back to earth and mediocrity.

12 wins seems mighty optimistic, but like rayzor said none of the teams on our schedule is scary. To be more on the safe/realistic side I’d give up the game vs Tennessee and one game against Atlanta and predict 10-7, but I wouldn’t be surprised at 12 wins with this schedule. Early exit in the playoffs though, probably. Reminiscent of the Colts with Luck, for this first year or two. Feast on an easy schedule but get exposed vs better and more experienced teams in the playoffs.

Looks like a soft end to the season, assuming the usual division games fill in the last three blank spots.

Falcons and Saints go back to old NFCW days, I’d give the edge to the Falcons

I honestly think he does have something left in the tank and no doubt there are at least a few teams he is better than the starter, but not here. It’s Young’s team now and whether Cam would intend it or not, his presence would cause some discord. Among fans if nothing else. But nfw he wouldn’t start on the Bucs, 9ers, maybe even Packers (we’ll see about Love). Maybe another team or two I’m not thinking of. When he played for us the second time he wasn’t great after the first game, but he wasn’t the problem.

I can agree to that. Cam’s my all time favorite and I’d hate for there to be any hard feelings. Hope he is brought back into the fold like Smitty and is a presence with the team again.

Yea I don’t disagree he was a slight reach, the only reach we had imo, but Person’s guess about what round he’d go in shouldn’t be used as a reference heh. In the end, there was a run on pass rushers and the team wanted to make sure they got a guy they liked that fit their system so they had to pounce. For all we know he could have been the next pass rusher taken and then we’d have been left without one.

Because that’s where Person mocked him? props to Joe for finally getting something right in his career, helluva hit rate with 4/5 right guesses.

Good owners don’t meddle. Tepper doesn’t meddle. Obviously he shouldn’t have hired Rhule, but it was just part of the learning curve. I’d say he learned from his mistake and did better the second time, at least as far as we can tell so far.

Imo, the goat title belongs to the player that elevated the team the most, not the most talented at their position necessarily. That was easily Cam, no other player even came close to his impact on the team. If we’re picking who the best player at their position was, tie between Luke and Smitty.

You almost got my pie til that last line lol. That was definitely Rhule, not Tepper.

I doubt they’ll be splitting reps. Bryce will get the majority of snaps with the 1s and Reich will say again it’s because Dalton doesn’t need reps. Then well before preseason game 1 Bryce will be announced the starter. Just roster politics, not worth fretting over.

Sad confession: I preferred Kinlaw at the time Glad I was wrong on that one.

I was referring to what WhoKnows was saying about 2021

Yea, saying he was blocked 1 on 1 all the time just negates everything.

Quoting PFF doesn’t help your argument. In ‘21 he was still very good, flashed great at times. He just wasn’t very good in the way that impresses most people (like PFF). He did the dirty work. And he was very good at it. Overreactionary people (and people who don’t look past surface stats and roles) around here were throwing out the bust label while I and a few others were pointing out how he was actually doing what he was supposed to be doing very well. Not perfect, not elite, but certainly not mediocre. He was only mediocre if you’re trying to compare him to a different type of DT that wasn’t his role (which is what PFF does).