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It's honestly pretty interesting just seeing this pairing play out. Canales’ offenses (Seattle, Tampa) are run-first, under-center, play-action systems built around defined reads and intermediate/deep timing throws. That structure worked when he had QBs like Baker Mayfield or Russell Wilson in a system that created clear launch points and sightlines. His success has always been tied to a credible run game + play-action gravity. You can see that with the Panthers team building philosophy as well. Coker and TMac both are bigger receivers that won't get the best YAC production but thrive as possession receivers in contested scenarios. They're not the best in space and creating additional yardage in such, and would likely fair better systematically with a stronger armed QB who can create better opportunities on those boundary 1v1 matchups with stronger throws. Bryce, on the other hand, is a spread-native QB. His strengths are rhythm, spacing, quick processing, and off-script creation. Asking him to live in condensed formations with long-developing play-action concepts just hasn't been his forte. And well, his boundary throws are limited in velocity which takes a big chunk of the playbook off. And I mean a QB like Bryce can still work, it's just Dave's offensive philosophy and foundation is very much at odds with Young's physical limits and his own experience. So it's certainly still a learning experience for Dave to figure out how he can mesh his offensive philosophy with Young's strengths. He's very inexperienced with maximizing Bryce's strengths with his system. Would love to see us bring in an OC with spread experience and adaptability to implement a cohesive system with Dave to allow Bryce to thrive, as it's obvious we're sticking with him for a bit longer.

Bryce Boetcher

Only thing I really agreed with is questioning why we didn’t take any timeouts on their last drive. I know hindsight is 20/20, but I think it would’ve saved clock bc they were desperate to score as soon as the opportunity presented itself, but I also think it could’ve helped the defense regroup and maybe give us a better chance to stop them.

That last drive kinda ruined the rest of his performance for me. Shitty play calling yes but, you gotta try something besides basically throwing the ball out of bounds three times in a row when you have 3 time outs to burn and you only need to get into field goal range. I 100% thought we would be willing to burn all 3 time outs to at least get into a position to kick even a 65 yard field goal but....

Very Brief but also Very Valid. Starts at the 4:10 mark

I know we look at a few plays here and there but this Rams unit put up more pts against Seattle's elite defense. I think getting rid of Evero will be something we regret doing...we are just devoid of talent across the defense after investing YEARS in our offense.

Yeah and he plays Xavier fuging Legette. Shackles on canales and reich LOL. You mean the coach who had tampa bay a bottom third offense in his season there? And the coach who brought in the most laughably bad offensive scheme and play calling this franchise has ever seen? You are absolutely delusional

It’s been a thing all year. Those PFF stats having him highly ranked in zone coverage early on made no sense. It was a problem for our intermediate zone game all year because the linebackers struggled in coverage as well. A lot of what people are complaining about Evero calling “prevent” defense is guys getting straight beat at that intermediate level which by design happens to line up with the sticks. But zone allows you to diffuse responsibility by allocating across areas rather than personnel and therefore limiting the damage from a mistake. We don’t have personnel to run bump n run man coverage. Getting beat doing that means watching our guy chase their guy on long routes down the field. And yea I mean, a better pass rush is the “rising tide that raises all ships”. Definitely have some pieces but player development and a key free agent could go a long way.

Him or Bain from Miami would be solid picks.

In what world was that an easy int??? What??

"There was a lot of noise from that building up north, from players and coaches alike, we heard that loud and clear. So yeah this one meant something." I think I like Ben Johnson lol

I'm watching draft prospects; and so far I think I'm liking this DE out of Texas Tech David Bailey, his take off is quick.

No way Styles is around at 19. I'm afraid he might be a division rival for years to come

So we would pass on him.

nick Scott trying to stop this ball with his "communication"

I honestly enjoyed our Cam rookie season. Even though we sucked, it was clear as day that Cam was special and was probably the most hope I had in this team since our miracle 03 run

Not even sure I would call the ATL a complete game. Offense didn't do much - defense just balled the fug out

In all honesty, with the block punt we had, we were never running the clock out. The Rams probably still would have had no problem scoring a touchdown even with no timeouts

Defense, best available.

Other than the obvious years, there are a few isolated moments. Nick Goings coming out of nowhere was fun.

Give him a head coach salary. Less pressure for him, frees up Canales to manage the game. Everyone wins.

XL doesn’t have it. Best to cut ties and try to get a 4th or something (likely only a late round pick). Just get his money off the payroll

Not thrilled with Dave, his stubbornness has costed us and what goes under the radar is once we were in fg range, we didn’t run any clock to make the defenses job easier, we scored as soon as possible and left the rams with plenty of clock and a full assessment of time outs the teams inconsistent performance is indicative of Dave, too aggressive, too conservative and too undisciplined, it’s a reason we haven’t had but one complete game all season on all phases and that was against atl the first time

They gave up 25 points in the fourth, that's hard to do. The offense was not good in the second half, but sweet hell giving up 25 points in a quarter is just absurd.