Davidson Deac II

The Tankers always mention Justin Herbert. If only we had been one pick higher. But the never mention that Herbert was arguably only the third best qb taken in that draft. The best was Burrow, but number two is probably Jordan Love. But due to some very bad analysis, Love wasn't picked until the 26th pick. We easily could have had the second best qb that year without tanking or trading draft picks, if only predraft analysis had been better.

I understand how you feel. I live in Winston Salem, and go to 1-2 games a year, and it is a hassle. Takes the whole day and cost a fortune.

We did score more points against them than any other team, except for the one they lost.

Did they? We had a very productive game offensively. Don't get me wrong, I think Leggette could be very good eventually, but he still has a ways to go, and Moore/Coker/Thielen is a little bit better group at this point.

Statistically, the deep game vs Philly would have been a little better had Leggette held on to the pass on the last drive.

Watching Dallas dominate Tampa makes it seem that maybe our loss to them wasn't as bad as it seemed.

Yeah, I cannot get this got to lose games to get higher picks. You have to make smart picks, and smart trades, and smart free agent signings. No one doubts that. But losing intentionally never helps a team.

I think Murray is more likely to make a wow play, but seems to make a lot more wtf plays and hasn't gotten any better. He made several of those today, including a pass after he crossed the los that the refs missed, but fortunately, we intercepted, so it didn't matter. Bryce still struggles at times, but he does appear to be getting better. Murray is what he is at this point.

Jacksonville seems to be on track for getting a top 2-3 overall pick for the third time in the last five years. Doesn't seemed to have helped much, but maybe third time will be the charm. Meanwhile the two time defending Superbowl champ Chiefs have only picked in the top ten once since 2013 and they had to trade up to get there. The team they beat last year, the forty niners did get Bosa as a top ten pick. They also picked Trey Lance (bust), McGlinchey (no longer with the team) and Solomon Thomas (bust). There are certainly some advantages in getting higher picks, but those advantages are greatly exaggerated by proponents of the tank.

2020 for Herbert. I really wish we had taken Jordan Love, who I think is better than Herbert. But draft picks are always a crap shoot.

That is today's NFL though. A "running team" is a team that runs the ball about 50% of the time. Even Baltimore which leads the NFL in rushing, has only 3 more rushing attempts per game than passing attempts. And probably some of those are Lamar dropping to pass then taking off. Today, if my math is correct, we had 31 runs, and 31 passes. Five of the passes turned into runs when Bryce was pressured, but I think that is the balance Canales wants in a close game. In the end, the only thing that matters is how many points we score, and do we score more than the other team.

And I was responding to the op who said he can't win close ones. And he can't control fumbles and dropped passes.

Ok, so what? He is 3 and 3. The OP was that he can't win the close games. But has has won some.

He has been great. Hope we can get him some help next year. Won't be Brooks, but if we could pick up another back in the 4th or 5th round, that would be great.

Canales made some mistakes today. But fwiw, Canales is actually 3-3 in games decided by a single score. And except for a fumble, and a dropped pass, he could easily be 5-1.

Sorry they decided to just hand it to Hubbard instead.

Ball game.

Great run by Chuba. Ok, lets just put it in the end zone and end this thing.

In fairness, he has won a few as well. But I wouldn't mind a upgrade in the offseason.

Well, they definitely won't go for it now. I think.

I thought they got a delay of game, but they did it. I have a feeling they are going to win now.

I will be shocked if they go for it, they don't trust their own defense.

Well, nice play again by Jackson. Big play coming up. Stopped em.

I expected to see a PI on that play by Jackson. But nice play.

Defense that sucks, prevent or otherwise. But, I thought Canales made a mistake by not going for it on 4th and 3.