MechaZain

Any name that isn't a height reference he should take and run

34 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

We have one of the most expensive OLs in football, a very good running back, one of the best security blanket WRs in the league, and invested almost our entire draft in BY last year by going very heavy offense.

We still need another WR but we can't afford to ignore defense any longer to get BY the tools he apparently needs. Maybe in future years 

Do you think a different QB could take this offense to the playoffs?

Ron had legendary talents on both sides of the ball and couldn't get it done give it a rest guys.

If he can make the good performances we've seen this year his floor and minimize the bad to just a handful of games he can be great in the right offense. That's basically the original vision they had of dude. Eye popping stats were always a pipe dream which is why they've been saying stuff like "game manager" and "point guard" since before he hit the field. The idea all along has been that for Young to be great he has to be one of the most consistent QBs in the NFL to make up for what lacks. He's not there yet but I've seen enough to believe he could be with the right pieces.

2 hours ago, theinstrumental said:

Just bring Ev back. Get good players and stop making it so hard to build something consistent. I understand this board’s fetish for a 4-3, we had a bunch of great defenses running one, but nobody ever had a good defense under any scheme with a roster this bad. 

Agree. Might as well, I'm not sure anyone else could do much better.

I'm all for him as CB doing returns and the occasional snap at WR. If it's close to an even split my fear is even if the guy is fairly durable any injury means you're losing a key player on both sides of the ball.

17 hours ago, raleigh-panther said:

Tepper insisted on the 3 4 whrn Ron was here and that defense has sucked ever since

i cant see anyone hiring Evero

i heard a respected pod caster talking about how denver’s defense took a step back when evero was there 

he didnt have a lot to work with this year and every team  deals either injuries but for  the love of God, a safety on Lamb…what are you doing  

Cardinals could  put up monstrous run yards With Murray alone 

add to it, the depleted cowboys gave the scheme of how to beat the panthers offense 

add to it, a safety on Harrison jr  

I think he'll get a pass from the media because the team is so bad top to bottom, seems to be the trend with us right now. No one watches our games so when it's time to talk panthers they rehash old talking points about the few pieces of the team they recognize. Someone will give him a chance as if his stint here never happened.

I can't see Wilks coming back even if we offered 

He is now

I also think the "eye test" is kinda weighted against Bryce's game.  If he's going to be great in this league his accuracy will have to make up for his disadvantages and reliably. It won't be as flashy as an Anthony Richardson highlight reel.

19 hours ago, MHS831 said:

I have said this before, but I watched Steve Smith bully the hell out of Dwayne Jarrrett at OTAs---and the coaches let him do it.  Steve is a narcissistic munchkin--there were not any WRs who were drafted here who prospered after Smith was drafted-I recall him embarrassing Jimmy Clausen in public, punching 2 teammates, and I watched him bully at least 1 WR.  He was not a good teammate-he sucked as a person, in my limited view.  However, at 5'8" and 200 lbs, maybe that was necessary for him to be great.

A little late my friend he's said it himself

You’d think that after Cam this fanbase would know better than to cherry pick passing stats without any sort of context

His stats still aren’t impressive but for the first time we’re getting glimpses of what could be with Bryce. Sunday I saw the playmaker I was expecting on Day 1.  I can imagine a future where Bryce is a top QB with the right roster around him, that’s worth giving him some more time while we focus on making the rest of the team better. 

Pulling the plug on him by drafting a QB early is the nuclear option. Losing our investment in Bryce would set us back so tremendously that it needs to be a last resort. Draft a different position in the first and even if we do dump Young later at least the roster around the QB will be improved.

I’m with @frankwon the QB competition but I don’t see it happening now that it looks like their approach is working, slow as it might be. Dying art in the NFL. My moneys on some late round QB of Canales’s choosing to basically be the backup in training 

I like that he's running around now. I can see it working out for him with the right pieces. He's our guy.

Just now, OneBadCat said:

Did Legette actually drop that ball? I didn’t see the ball hit the ground 

it definitely did

I see the vision.

Game manager implies that the game is happening around the QB and his role is to just keep it together for the win. If Brady's one the term is meaningless. 

Bryce remembering how to play football after the trade really hurts dude’s stock. Hard to chalk it up to a bad fit twice.

3 minutes ago, LegioX said:

Madden curse. At this point I have no clue why players want to put their picture on the cover. They know the bad karma that comes from it

Mahomes won the SB on the cover of Madden and McCaffery's been injured nearly every year of his career

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

Makes you wonder if Mingo was another malcontent, too?

I doubt it. He said he blindsided by the trade and wished he had been more consistent here. But it doesn't really matter why when you're playing as bad he was.

Not good enough to win now and too old/inconsistent to build a future around. Also think his gunslinging would be too chaotic to be an effective backup. 

Nah he’s weird. Could be TV’s next John Madden though.

I like how he's coming along considering how much has been asked of him. In an ideal world he's a deep ball and red zone guy to keep defenses honest. Hard to stick to that when the passing game has struggled and our WR1 is old, surehanded as he may be. When the reciever room fills out XL will have more opportunities to do what he does best. 

5 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said:

I really don't think he sandbagged here. We were never in contention, and if we were, he would have suited up more than he did his last two years here.

And he's hurt because he is used and worked more than anyone at the position. Dude has more mileage on his body than just about anyone else in the league not named Derek Henry.

He's broken the 400 touches threshold twice, which is a death sentence for a RB's next season, and both seasons post 400 touches he was injured, imagine that.

He's an elite talent but he's overworked.

Thank you. It's annoying because anytime load management has been suggested with CMC folks act like that's not a thing in the NFL and his usage is normal. But when the guy pulls a hamstring after playing 98% of the snaps week in and out he's "injury prone"

33 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Prior to yesterday, he'd missed one FG all year and he's been perfect on PATs. 

This. So far it’s an outlier. I’ll worry when it becomes a trend.