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Well you're looking at the worst case scenario, and honestly it appears that we have at least two starters, and, like it or not, that's considered a good draft.

I think that's kinda the point. The offense can't blame the defense for not putting up points.

I would say, "The bottom is still in sight." In my mind that's more accurate, relative to the play I've seen from our draftees and the acquisitions, but it also makes me feel better. Admittedly some of the key acquisitions this season don't have to be here next year, but at least we know that they can spot guys that can help, like DJ and Robinson.

I have been listening to your continual skepticism. If Legette, Wallace and JB (who should have the easiest path) turn out to be legit starters, that's a damned good draft. Coker, though undrafted, would just be icing on the cake. JT Sanders could still carve out a starting role as well, which would make 2024 an extraordinary draft. Coaching will play a part in all this, but I'd still say that the needle is moving up, not down for our youngsters.

You may be 100 percent right, and what I'm about to say is a hot take (perhaps born of growing skepticism), but Coker looks to be a better receiver than Canales does as HC. Sure, it's a whole helluva lot easier to be a receiver, but Canales also has a helluva lot more experience as a coach comparatively.

I know that some of that is talent, especially at the QB position, but a lot of that is coaching. We should be showing better on offense.

Canales gradually loses bits of credibility with me with every snap that Mingo gets that Coker doesn't get. One day all those bits are going to equal to a chunk. That was one of my hugest criticisms of Rivera: failure to get the best guys on the field---damn the seniority!

I've seen enough of Legette and Wallace to know that we had a decent draft. That's two starters. Brooks is just going to set things in stone. If 18 comes on, then this could be one of the best drafts in franchise history.

I accepted it a year ago. I also accepted that we had to let the situation play out.

Tanking is intentional, and it's meant to be sacrificial in order to improve. We've been sucking while purposely trying to to win.

We are here because of bad drafts and ill-advised deals. It all began with acquiring Darnold (or maybe even Two Gloves).

Hell, Jaycee wouldn't even be untouchable. It all just depends upon the compensation.

I think it's time to sell off some pieces for draft picks and embrace the tank full throttle. It's a waste of Adam Thielen's time for sure, and maybe Diontae Johnson's. We need to get Legette and Coker as many snaps as possible. Too late to deal Shaq.

They are dialing it in. That's a bad sign. It's uncalled for.

That was on Dalton, 1000 percent.

That was such a a bad pass. Right into triple coverage.

We have better than average talent at the offensive skill positions, we just have to put them in the best positions for success by calling better plays.

Any offensive improvement has been kinda minimal against a bad Raiders team. He looks a little shaky otherwise. I'm not even sure that he's a good situational play caller. He has to start being a little more creative in my estimation. He has been calling plays, so he's not exactly new at that. I was just getting ready to criticize him for not playing Coker, but at least he's beginning to do that.

If they're going to be that aggressive, we need to call some quick hits over the middle.

Not too keen on the red zone play calls

He needs to stop all that dancing and hit the hole

Why? WTF does it mean?

If we draft at or near the top, we must consider a QB. We just can't go into another season passing up superior potential at the QB position. At the point we pass up one of the top QBs, we may as well be saying that we're OK with a retread and basically being unstable at the position for who knows how long, including ready to give up draft capital in ill-advised deals to move up and get one in some unspecified draft in the coming years. Because we are so bad this year, I would hope that this would be the closest that we'd be to the top QB talent in the draft without giving up a king's ransom to move up. I would like to think that Bryce is still on the team because we fancy ourselves holding off on a trade until we can get a better deal, whether that be before the trade deadline or during the offseason.

I mean, I think we'll have a top three pick. As such, I don't think we're drafting anything other than a QB. Admittedly, I haven't looked too closely yet at all the prospects, but from what little I have seen, I think we should go Cam Ward.

I've been saying three wins since the summer. I just didn't know our equation to get there. I thought we'd get to four to six wins only if we were lucky. Well, we aren't. I could never have imagined so many injuries. I expected Bryce to peter out despite at least a solid O-line, for Chuba to be Chuba, for Diontae Johnson to be a dawg, and for Legette to flash. I expected the offense to be better, but didn't know what to expect from the defense, though nothing great (especially without a pass rush). So overall it may be a little worse, mainly due to injuries.