Davidson Deac II

While Grier hasn't played poorly, he certainly hasn't shown anything that might move him up in the qb pecking order.

Might not be able to walk for a while after that.

It is. But its blacked out locally.

Taunting. Steve Smith just said that if he had to play with today's rules, he would have lost a lot of money. Might be homeless.

I am not a fan of Grier, but that wasn't on him. Grier's one and only pass hit the receiver in the hands.

Good throw by Grier, receiver just didn't catch it.

Looked like something we might see from second and third string players at the end of the first half of the first preseason game.

Every year, they show the game on the local channel, but it doesn't show up in the guide. Not sure why, but I am watching it on WFMY right now.

That would have been so cool if it had.

I think the same thing I thought last year. They will struggle early, but get better as the season goes along. Last season, we had a very rough start, went thru a stretch where we couldn't force a punt. By the end of the season, we had gotten to the point some decency on defense, and improved over the previous year. I think we will be a little better this year, and will end up somewhere in the middle of the pack statistically.

Meh, don't really care anyway. Preseason games mean very little for the starters.

I agree, they are very talented. IMO, as long as they stay sharp mentally, avoid the injury bug and Brady's arm doesn't fall off, they are the favorites to win it again.

It has hit him. Doesn't have the deep ball that he did. And back in the old days, he made some pretty average offensive groups look great. Don't get me wrong, he is still good, and is cool as a cucumber in crunch time, but needs more talent around him to win now.

If Darnold bombs, this board will be a trainwreck regardless. Fields being good will only make it worse.

If he is cleared, yes. Otherwise, no.

If we go into Nov/Dec competing for a playoff spot and we need a competent backup, wouldn't mind it. Otherwise, just don't see the need.

I can't help but wonder if the "Hill is the favorite to start" mantra is simply the coaches way of motivating Winston, keeping him on edge. That being said, personally I hope Hill is the starter when we play them.

After a 130 pass attempts for his career? I am not sure he is better than Jimmy Clausen at this point.

If we were a serious contender, then I would say get Foles in case the starter goes down for a couple of games. Probably not worth it at this point though.

You are right, but its not just image. There is a very practical reason to have doubts. If Watson has had this type of behavior in the past, that increases the chance we will see more of it in the future. Maybe he learns his lesson and behaves better, but maybe not. And to get him, we are going to have mortgage our future, and Tepper might be hesitant to do it on a maybe.

Fwiw, we were second in the league in Sacks in 2019. Our defense was still horrible. In fact, it was probably the worst Panthers defense I have seen in 25 years of being a Panther fan.

If Darnold looks solid, we won't be a contender. If he doesn't, then who knows what might happen.

While it was a decent series, I have to admit that watching the last 2-3 episodes, well it felt more like Dr Who than Marvel.

1. 80% of the time, they can rely on him 100%. lol. In all seriousness, the best thing they can do is not put him in a position where he needs to set an NFL record for us to win. 2. To early to tell. 3. Give him some help. And I think they certainly have tried to do that in the offseason. 4. Hopefully, he won't be in on every play this year. That might help. 5. Good offensive line, solid run game, and good defensive play so that he doesn't have to shoulder the load.

I would just say that Sacks alone can't be the criteria used to judge a players performance. But if you consistently get a lot of them, odds are you are a pretty good defensive end.