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If the NFL rigged games the Cowboys would win a playoff game every now and then.

That would be some sort of poltergeist, but entirely possible.

I feel like the Saints put us on blast, stop Rico and the Panthers go nowhere. DC & Co knew Atlanta would try to copy that plan and if we were going anywhere we’d have to take advantage of that. Bryce proceeds to put up the best performance in the league this year by any QB. Bryce started to cook towards the end of last season but it just didn’t carry over to start this season. When he did start cooking last year though it looked a whole lot like this last Atlanta game. From outta nowhere BY9 was suddenly chucking it deep and successfully at that. We’re banged up and that sucks. The outcome may not be a fair representation. But the Panthers have beat teams with smothering defense, a cracking ground game and recently an unpredictable aerial assault. I have no doubt we can poo the bed, but I don’t assume we’re going to anymore. It’s not out of the question that we have a legit coming out party before this season is over. I’d love to beat the piss out of SF.

It's week 12 and we're talking about the playoff picture. We've both over and under achieved this season already. Beating Dallas was unexpected at the time it happened, certainly Green Bay and in general having a winning record this deep in. We've also underachieved by losing to Arizona and New Orleans. This team could very realistically had been 8-3 right now and probably should be. If we can be the same type of up/down over the remaining schedule then we just might sneak in. At minimum I just want to see us continue to be competitive and improving.

https://x.com/2brookss/status/1990172133687771486?s=46&t=WeWBwyZoXo3WsYPIhuoO5w He has a faint pulse on X.

I think it’s cool that no one can be really certain what the outcome will be. That’s a lot of progress! This is a real opportunity for us, I’d be happy with a competitive game and thrilled if we sack up for a W.

We all need to take a step back, DC has won 5 games with BY9 at QB this year...that is a miracle of coaching if you ask me. Let's poo on him a bit when he can't win with a real QB.

Honestly this is just blind squirrel, broken watch territory at this point. I've chucked many a back yard football, occasionally they accidentally go exactly where they should.

What we're really talking about here is just semantics. Cannales says chuck one deep and Bryce hits Tmac for 8 yards.

People that get paid to talk always tend towards good cop / bad cop vibes. Never count on anyone in sports media to deliver the unvarnished truth, they're going to deliver what they think the majority will tune in to hear. Bryce chatter has been two distinct camps, holdouts vs haters. Apparently the holdouts aren't tuning in much anymore.

Dayum XL went 0-0-0 and had a grade 25% higher than Bryce. Literally doing nothing is better.

Rico has suddenness and sensational vision.

It's worth noting that we started playing something that looked like football after going down 17-0 against the Dolphins. Up to that point we had rushed the ball 3 times and Bryce had two turnovers. Then we ran it 5 straight times with Rico and he started cracking off some big gains and led to our first touchdown. Another 37 yards of rushing later, Bryce goes 1 yard complete, incomplete, incomplete to get that field goal before halftime. Then we committed big time to the run in the second half and played some really nice complimentary football. The Panthers had stumbled on a formula, and it started with Rico being crazy productive. Something they only learned because Chubba was injured and Bryce started that game so poorly they were forced to lean on Rico. Fast foward to Dallas, they essentially lean into the same game plan against the Cowboys and I think everyone was surprised by how quickly it started to look complimentary. In my opinion the productive offense really helped the defense as well. We played quite solid against a top offense. Finally we make our way to the Jets and Bills, Chubba's return. You can't say the low scoring affair and return to ineffective football against the Jets was all on Chubba, they were indeed a better defense and so was Buffalo. But the production difference between the two backs in both games was both visually and statistically obvious. The bigger picture is the offense took a major step back as well. They are other moving parts and it's isn't all one thing, BY9>Dalton by a decent margin at this point. But yeah, Rico's vision and athleticism is just better than Chubba and it jumps at you.

Rico is popping but so is the Oline, the running lanes have been massive.

Hey we’re picking at the threads of timing of completed passes in a win instead of being totally deflated by another miserable performance. Six games in there’s little doubt we’re a much better team than last year. A couple more plays in Arizona and this team could very easily be 4-2 right now. I’ve hated on Bryce plenty, when he deserved it. I’m not above enjoying the win and resetting expectations when he raises the bar, and he has. I’ve sold many stocks too soon as well, sometimes that still worked out. Week to week revisionist history does nothing for me. I’ll just live in the moment and today was another great day. Proud of Bryce and the entire team.