How surpised were you at how the team looked(Game 1 Edition)?

[33inNC]

How can we be shocked? Literally every other team actually played starters at in the preseason and we hid Bryce.

Not asking to play them the whole preseason, but it is coaching malpractice to not give the guys reps since communications killed them all day yesterday.

I said if before and I'll say it again, Bryce Young is not an NFL caliber QB and we sold the farm for him.

[PNW_PantherMan]

Weak roster aside, that has got to be the most dead a team has ever looked with a new head coach.  That's a very bad start for Canales on the vibe side of things.  I'd say he's in danger of losing the locker room, but you can't lose what you never had.

[saX man]

But Casillas’ dissertations about 2 throws in his first 5 games meant he was supposed to be great. 

Bryce and Levis were the studs and we were just too naive to see it and don’t know the game of football. 

[Waldo]

1 - I knew it was going to be bad but not that bad. The team is weak and got bullied. Morgan looks like a clown and DC like a guy who has never coached in the NFL before.

They took a jab to the face on all 3 phases of the game and got ragdolled after that. That dawg has no fight in it lol

Edited September 9 by Waldo

[Ricky Prickles]

I was very surprised. I guess I'm just an idiot but I actually believed with some protection and an off-season of preparation that Bryce may be able to achieve average QB in the league. I didn't expect the world and all I had hoped for was just an average starter with lots of help around him. Needles to say I was shocked and down and now feel like an idiot 

[UnluckyforSome]

33 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

The scheme and the offensive line looked better. But it's clear the team just doesn't believe in Bryce. The defense especially. They saw that first pick and said, "yeah I'm not doing this poo again."

Can't say I blame them after being left on the field every game last year too. The next 2-3 games (3 if he gets another) are going to be crucial for Bryce to show something or he's done.

I recognize the fan in you doesn't want Young to be a failure. Quit extending him another 2 or 3 games to show something. He hasn't shown anything in a season+. Nothing, nada, nul, nunca. 

[CBDellinger]

47 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

I expected bad. But I also expected the Saints to be bad. I thought it was going to be some 16-12 or 19-14 type struggle. However, in the words of Rivera " We picked a bad day to have a bad day."

John Fox said that after the 2008 playoff melt vs Zona.

[45catfan]

Shocked we looked as bad as we did.  I thought were going to lose, but damn, that was rough.  If I remember correctly, I was thinking about 6 wins this year, which is still a bad team.  I thought we would look slightly better than last year.  Based off yesterday, boy was I wrong!

[AggieLean]

Moreso shocked at how the def performed. I knew Bryce and the off wasn’t gone do sh**. 10 points, and no TDs thrown is about right. 

[Newtcase]

They looked exactly like I expected. 

2023's worst team with a rookie coaching staff, a Bryce Young QB'd offense, an overachieving defense stripped of talent starting guys that were cut by other teams two weeks ago, a team that hadn't played any real simulated football together outside one series against another team's second string that was opening on the road against a divisional rival in one the harshest environments in the NFL.

Anyone that expected anything different was just deluding themselves.  It was only a matter of how badly we'd lose.

Edited September 9 by Newtcase

[kungfoodude]

55 minutes ago, strato said:

I went with '3'.

After watching Young last year, you had to be aware that that performance could happen. 

He hasn't proven much in the way of good, but there was hope for seeing some of the near field point guard throws be at least somewhat effective. 

Was very surprised to see that slack run defense.  I knew there were issues elsewhere. 

The run defense and run offense was shockingly bad. The rushing offense may have been the biggest disappointment overall.

[Martin]

I expected us to be pretty bad, but this was somehow even worse. This season will be all about the o-line growing together, develop young talent on both sides of the ball etc. Then we can be ready for a new QB in the draft. I think this will end up being a very strong group of QBs, so I’m excited about it.

[TD alt]

1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

I was shocked at how bad they were. The most shocking things was that they played with no heart at all. They got pushed around and made fun of repeatedly and didn't do a single thing about it. 

We were getting out-physicaled all day long. 

Hopefully it's just a product of rust and lack of cohesion due to trying to develop chemistry. I have my doubts though that time will help, especially with a QB playing as bad as Bryce.

[Loyalty4Life]

I thought we would lean on the run a lot more and slowly add Bryce with some PA throws.  Looks like a team that has not bought in.

I don't think Bryce is completely broken yet but whatever newfound confidence he'd started to build went down the drain with that first pick. 

I expect them to look a little better next week but won't "figure it out" until Jonathon Brooks becomes the starter in 5 or 6 games.  We'll have won maybe 1 game by them and realize our only option is to pound the rock.  We will start doing that.  Brooks will break out as a star.  Bryce will improve little by little and start to look like his college tape or he actually is a complete bust and around week 10 Canales realizes we have a stud oline and RB and he'll bench Bryce.  We'll stupidly then win just enough games to kill a high enough draft pick to replace Bryce.