rayzor

I think the thing that would make this worse than the hole in 2008 is Fox wasn't a HC with his job on the line. Rhule is. This blows up in his face and gets fired, the next HC is crippled coming in

Sorry. Sounds too much like 2008. Got us in a hole we kept digging deeper. Don't want any part of that.

What position?

I don't want us to substitute one lame ass QB with another. He's not an answer and if he's not an answer I'm not interested. My fear is that they would treat him like he was the answer and I just don't want any part of that. They dug their hole with Darnold, for all I care they can rot in it until we wise up and get a HC who won't fug up. There's not a vet answer available and there isn't going to be one this year. Either we draft one or (more preferable) roll with who we've got and fix the damn OL.

Won't happen. He doesn't like Cam, I don't think. Too big of a voice. Not a sheep like Rhule prefers.

Let oka like he's ready for a decent training camp, preseason games on the sidelines, and about 4 weeks of HoF caliber play followed by 10 weeks of "is he or isn't he coming back" and then finishing up with 3 weeks of IR.

A car that has perfect alignment driven by an aggressive driver can still be driven off a cliff.

Compared to the other two, he won't see that much long term development. His first three years he wasn't that good then things clicked. When they clicked he got things figured out. I just don't see there's much to build on that he hadn't worked out. High floor. Low ceiling. He just is who he is. Not really much potential for growth to get excited about.

Wishful thinking probably. I'm seriously hoping that we don't have an opportunity to trade down and we grab one of those elite LT prospects rather than reaching for a serviceable QB.

Probably the least damaging plan if we're determined to get a QB. Still would rather us go LT, but I'm resigned to the idea that we're getting a QB. Got a feeling that they'll go the "safe" route and get Pickett, but he's got the lowest ceiling of any of them. He'll be ok and probably take the least development initially as a rookie, but he won't ever get much better.

i'm used to seeing it as well. why would you need to, though? why would you want to? there's very little need for anything like that unless you are putting yourself into those situations in which case you just need to stop being in those situations. and if you do feel for some reason that you might need one....at least do it the right way and get it registered and get your ccl. weed shouldn't have been an issue (the fact that it is is dumb on it's own), but it is an issue and because it is an issue....don't be dumb with it. don't get caught with it. if you've got it, don't do anything dumb to draw attention to yourself just in case. he's learning....i hope. tough lessons to learn, but it could have been worse.

I mean if you're in a land that just got invaded by Putin, you might have an argument. Here in the US.... there's not really a need for it. Every other country in the northern hemisphere seems to be doing ok without them.

That's the bigger head scratcher for me. I've done a lot of dumb things, but managed to keep away from situations where I thought... "Dude, I sure wish I had a gun now." If you find yourself heading into those situations, might be a good time to change direction.

Banking on the strong QB is not new here. We usually ended up correcting course, though. It just took getting a new HC to do it.

Not really. 1) he may be hearing one thing but thinking something else 2) he might be insinuating that they'll be trading back unless one of their top 2 LTs make it to 6 (which is doubtful to happen).

I'll just say I don't remember much about being 23. Not even sure where I was living then.

I don't expect Burns to ever be all that great against the run. He's a pass rusher and should be kept in that role while we upgrade the D around him to be better at stopping the run.

Can't imagine that ever goes over well. They don't exactly like being told no and will make you pay if you tell them in that, even if it's your right to do that.

Our defense looked good until we faced heavy run teams. We got abused. We got found out and then trans started capitalizing on them at weakness. We were built to fight the pass at the expense, apparently, of the run game. Looks like we're trying to fix that, but I'm afraid we'll be still be out coached and the offense will still make the defense work to hard. This defense needs an offense more than Rhule realized. It needs NFL experienced coaching more than Tepper realized.

He knew better, I'm sure, than to be caught with that stuff. But it shouldn't be the deal it could turn into and his car probably shouldn't have been searched. Not for speeding. Speeding was likely just an excuse to search his car.

The only chance we really have to get in the playoffs is for the rest of the NFCS to suck worse than we do. That's a possibility with the falcons and saints. Tampa.... Only if Brady's age catches up with him. We'll be set up better than last year, but the biggest thing is coaching. We're set up better than last year, but the guy at the top is the weak link. He just happens to be the most important link. Depending on who we get at QB, we'll stumble into a better record. Playoffs might happen, but it would be a fluke.

Not just with personnel. The guy needs coddling.

If it involves a trade, the price is too high for baker.

Not if it costs us in a trade. I'm serious, I don't want us to trade for anyone. I want us to get a LT more than anything, but Baker isn't better than Corral, Pickett, or Willis. I don't want us to draft a QB, but I'd rather have any of those three than baker. I just don't want anything to do with him. I'd rather be stuck with Darnold because at least we've already paid for him. His damage doesn't go beyond this year. Trading for baker would just put us in another hole of suck.