Davidson Deac II

Four td lead with 4 minutes left in the third. Need to put CMC on the bench and leave him there.

Need a nice long methodical td drive here to put us in great shape.

Looks like he hurt his hand or wrist. Probably nothing major.

We actually did run the ball on first down. Resulted in a first and 20. Don't blame them for throwing in that situation.

Abdullah seems to be a very good pick up.

Gonzales has definitely earned his pay this year.

It was a tongue in cheek comment.

A third is only the starting point in the negotiation.

Arizona looks like they might need a back up quarterback for next year. I am thinking we trade them Darnold for a third round pick.

Your wish is granted. lol

Lame penalty.

Not a td. But close.

Stupid decision and stupid play call by the Cardinals. Make them pay for it.

https://www.nfl.com/news/injury-roundup-cardinals-wr-deandre-hopkins-not-expected-to-play-vs-panthers Kyler Murray and Deandre Hopkins not expected to play. It might be a battle of backup qb's.

That was probably taken out of context. https://www.nfl.com/news/matt-rhule-on-why-panthers-didn-t-pick-qb-in-draft-i-just-believe-in-sam-darnold

Last report I saw has Murray playing as a game time decision. Defense is probably preparing as if he will play. If Murray isn't playing we have a decent shot. The last time we played a backup qb was against the Texans, and we did pretty well. Of course, Mccoy is probably a little better than David Mills.

Honestly, I don't think its even a question that if PJ plays great, he will start against Washington. He will. Of course, I think the odds of him playing great are not good. IMO, a better question is will Cam see the field against Arizona. If PJ is struggling, would Rhule put Cam in? Or maybe he puts Cam in for a few basic plays?

I don't think PJ will do that well, although he might play well enough to win, especially if Murray is out. But on the slight chance he does play lights out against the Cardinals, then the amount of money Cam is making shouldn't enter into the conversation. Rhule should start whomever gives us the best chance of winning, period.

That may be part of it, but Tepper wants to win now and Cam is far and away the best qb available. He is basically saying he doesn't care as much about the money as he does winning. Also, the long term cap hit isn't to bad. If Cam doesn't work out, it cost us nothing for next year's cap, and TB will be off the dead money hit. Next year, we are only getting hit with Darnold. Bad I know, but not as bad as some other teams. The Saints have 24 million in dead money for Drew Brees over the next two years. Matt Ryan's cap hit over the next three years is north of 90 million.

You are mostly right, although Stewart was pretty good at short yardage. Towards the end, he lost some speed, but was a plow that was almost guaranteed to get a yard or two. We have done fairly well this year on fourth and short.

Like Wilson? Don't get me wrong, I didn't care for the Darnold trade, but drafting is also a crapshoot that fails a lot more often than it succeeds.

Some people think tanking actually works. It rarely does.

Fwiw, we have actually been pretty good on fourth down this year. In fact, its one of the few things we have been good at on the offensive side of the ball. We rank tenth in fourth down conversions. And we started getting success on fourth and short when we started doing qb sneaks and gave up on trying to get a push and run for it.

Because Tepper wants to win, and he wants to win now. And Cam is about the only qb out there that improves our chances of winning. Fan excitement is only a side benefit.

It won't. Maybe after Cam retires, Rhule is fired or leaves, or someone really in the know is in a position where they no longer have to worry about repercussions, we might find the whole story. Or we might just hear one person's side of it.