MasterAwesome

Yeah by joke, you mean sarcasm...clearly meant to imply that you think this is evidence of the Giants tanking.

These consecutive posts don't seem to be very logically consistent.

Yeah I think the latter has a lot to do with it too. I don't think it's a coincidence that there are also only two o-linemen over the age of 34 sitting in free agency waiting to be signed. O-linemen is one of, if not the most physically taxing position in all of professional sports simply because of all the weight these guys gotta carry. We saw Jordan Gross retire and then immediately lose a ton of weight since he no longer had to maintain that kind of unhealthy mass. We also saw a guy like Jason Kelce retire at age 36 while still elite at his position. I think a lot of these guys are calling it quits early not because they can't compete anymore, but to avoid severe long-term health issues.

I guess we're talking different criteria then, if you're factoring in things like the Saints winning divisional titles in 2019 and 2020 as to why their franchise is in better shape today. 5 years is a damn lifetime in the NFL, and including that tells me you have a weak case that you feel the need to fluff. Characterizing us having $37 million under the cap and the Saints having $77 million over the cap in 2025 as "sucks for both teams" is interesting...that's a difference of $104 million. Ironically, the difference between us and the Patriots (who have the most cap space in 2025) is $102 million. So I guess us and the Patriots are also both in the same "fantastic cap situation" in your words. Look, I'm fine tossing the salary cap argument if you want, but let's be consistent at least. Don't say the Patriots and Raiders are in fantastic cap situations, therefore giving them the edge...and then ignore the salary cap ramifications for the Saints. Either it matters or it doesn't.

If by "reasonable" you mean "casual", then maybe. Otherwise I don't know how a reasonable fan with any understanding of the salary cap would say our prospects are worse than the Saints. They're basically a "win now" roster that's considerably devoid of talent, in salary cap hell, 4-7 on the season, and just lost to us a couple weeks ago. The biggest difference is in QB, and their QB situation isn't even good. They've got an aging below-average QB accounting for almost 20% of their salary cap next year. And that same QB might end up being a cap casualty next year if that's even possible without incurring a massive amount of dead cap.

The kinda mediocre run blocking grades (other than Icky) combined with Sanders' poor YPC show how much credit Chuba deserves. I like that Chuba is clearly the lead back, but Miles is still getting too many snaps for my taste...I'm excited for Brooks to hopefully kick him to the bench.

I guess Burrow now has the only other 300 yard 3 TD passing game this season alongside Andy. Sunday will be a showdown for the ages between two elite franchise QBs.

His last year with the Bengals was the season before Dalton was drafted.

A good o-line, but more importantly the #1 defense in the league. Ironically they're taking an explosive uber-athletic dynamic player like Fields and have neutered him into more of a game manager. Not sure that's a very sustainable winning combo, but I'm curious to see how the rest of the season plays out and if he can go toe-to-toe in a shootout.

For at least the past two seasons, Chuba and Tremble would stay on the field after every practice (I think they still do) catching balls from the JUGS machine. And their hands have turned from a weakness into a strength. Crazy how that works...! I'm still optimistic about Tremble too; I think at the very least he can be a solid #2 TE, which seems to be an important position in Canales' offense.

Well, he looked a million times better at the end of the preseason than the start of the preseason. Isn't that the kind of progression we're looking for in a developmental QB3? Certainly better than a QB who looked progressively worse in each preseason game, like Joe Milton who has been mentioned a bit in here. Regardless of the level of competition he faced, he looked a lot more comfortable navigating the pocket and evading pass rushers, and was able to make some accurate deep throws which are fundamental skills that will translate. Obviously it's a huge long shot that he'll amount to anything in the league, but his progression IMO has been more encouraging than discouraging so I don't feel particularly strongly about replacing him at this point.

Other than obviously giving up a deep bomb each game, our whole secondary has been playing really well. How many times have we seen the opposing QB scanning the field for 5+ seconds with our lackluster pass rush, and not finding an open receiver?

I may have gotten my Sanders' mixed up lol. The numbers 0 and 6 being somewhat similar don't help either.

Was it the second sack where Miles Sanders decided to immediately turn and block Icky (or was it Moton?) and let a free rusher through? It seems like the common theme with our sacks is just confusion and mental mishaps rather than getting beat 1-on-1.

I'll be there Sunday for my one annual home game. And I'm on a bit of a streak - went to the Texans W last year and the Bucs W the year before where PJ Walker outdueled Tom Brady. So needless to say...Andy Dalton WILL be breaking NFL records for his revenge game this weekend.