MasterAwesome

You know he’s gonna be an absolute sponge in the film room, studying the tape. This is his first NFL action with teams actually running legit gameplans, so it’s invaluable for a cerebral rookie like Bryce. I’m eager to see our rematch against the Falcons to see how Bryce performs after having an entire game of footage to study.

It was at least Everette Brown (traded a 1st round pick) and Armanti Edwards (traded a 2nd round pick), right?

Chuba has always been underappreciated as a runner. But I'm worried that his running style is a bit of a double-edged sword. My impression of him is that he's a patient runner with pretty good vision, meaning he'll often be handed the ball, hesitate for a second while he scans for an opening, and then explodes through with pretty good burst. That split second of hesitation worries me because if our run blocking isn't firing on all cylinders and creating holes, then he seems like the type of running back who is more prone to TFL behind the line.

I’m so annoyed that I was 3 minutes late to my Fantasy Football draft and was auto-drafted this bum in the first round instead of taking someone like Tyreek Hill.

I think Burns' career trajectory (based on his stats thus far, his availability, and his pass rush style) is a Robert Mathis/John Abraham/Terrell Suggs type of player. Which is well worth the money, IMO. Those guys are all probably consensus Top 50 pass rushers in NFL history - their year to year production didn't generally blow anyone away (mostly in the 10-12 sacks per season range) but they were damn consistent and didn't miss much time, which yielded very productive NFL careers. I'd be happy with that from Burns.

Yeah, what I'm saying is - that's not the principled stance that people are acting like they're adopting. Essentially saying "yeah let's pay our best players...but if they fail to justify what they're earning, then let's cut them and save some of that money" is a pretty milquetoast generic position that pretty much sits right on the fence between players and owners. It's hardly "siding with the players".

People here act like they're all for players getting their money...until said player fails to live up to their contract. Then that money is the first thing people throw in their face: "overpaid", "cashed in and got lazy", etc. Then y'all are all for the "big man" to cut players to save money lol. You can act virtuous in principle but there's a very short leash from that virtue turning into callousness.

Meh it's pretty cowardly IMO to take on a cushy new HC gig across the country and then...7 months later...take accountability for screwing the pooch during a defensive collapse in the Super Bowl where your QB and the offense put together an incredible performance. I doubt Eagles fans are reading this and feeling warm and fuzzies and saluting their computer screens lol I'd be annoyed AF to see this as an Eagles fan. It's just meaningless posturing to take "accountability" at a time when you no longer have to answer to your fans, your media, your team. Accountability is so overrated on these boards anyway. Just produce or GTFO is all that matters...the rest is noise and coachspeak.

Sure...but if you constantly view draft picks through the lens of "worst case scenario", then we just traded up to first overall to draft JaMarcus Russell. And there's no point in even retaining first round picks, we might as well trade them every year for known commodities. But the reality is, high draft picks are among the most valuable assets you can have in the NFL, and there's a reason for that.

Then why did Butker sit on our practice squad unclaimed for two weeks until the Chiefs needed a replacement because they had to IR their starting kicker? This revisionism that Butker was this known elite commodity that teams were like circling sharks chomping at the bit to steal away from us is just weird.

Lol going into preseason, I only knew we signed a D. Williams from Denver. So when an announcer said something about "Raequan Williams" in our preseason game against the Giants after a big guy with "Williams" on the back of his jersey made a play, I kinda scoffed and thought "Wow what an embarrassing gaffe..." until I looked up that we indeed had a Raequan Williams on our roster.

I don’t think there were 2 D Williams as far as I know. There was a Raequan Williams who was cut, and there is still a DeShawn Williams, both big guys on the DL.

Oh he's definitely serious...he's been very vocally anti-Young so I'm sure anything short of League MVP + OROY + Super Bowl MVP his rookie season will have him believing we took the wrong guy.

I feel like this has more to do with basic talent/production/underperformance vs. "Rhule guys". If we end up keeping some of Rhule's draft picks (Barno, Mays, Christensen, Chuba) and get rid of others (Tremble, Corral, Taylor) then clearly everyone is getting a fair opportunity to make the roster, and are simply being evaluated individually on their own merits.

Even ignoring Ford also being a bust: unless you've got "Real Housewives" brain and view everything through the lens of sensationalized Reality TV, they didn't even "laugh at us" lol they breathed a sigh of relief and celebrated/high-fived that their guy was still on the board. Something that happens during just about every draft selection across all 32 war rooms.

Yeah it looks to me like the ball being underthrown is what gave the CB the chance to make a play on it, otherwise he was beat. That was a tough throw though. But CJ definitely looks more comfortable.

When is the last time we had a QB who threw with anticipation like Bryce? The caveat with anticipation throwers is that your QB needs really good rapport with his receivers. And that’s the kind of thing they’ll need time to build beyond just one offseason.

None of that addresses anything he said. Should he have sat out the entire meaningless preseason in your opinion? You'd play him tonight for the same reason he played in the first two games: for more in-game reps to get more comfortable in this offense. These reps are invaluable for a rookie QB who is newly transitioning to NFL speed, a new coaching staff who have never coached together, a new receiving corps who have never played alongside each other, and an o-line that is still trying to shake off the rust. If the offensive line can't protect him as you said, then we're screwed either way. If he gets injured off of a handful of snaps in a preseason game then how long would it have taken for him to get injured in the regular season? A quarter, max?

Am I supposed to watch or close my eyes? Instructions unclear…

My conspiracy theory is that OP is David Newton...trying to promote his article. I mean, the proof is right there: "What to make of Ivkey?" - who do we know is NOTORIOUS for screwing up our player names?!?

Reddick had a really good final year in Arizona before he came to Carolina, he was just being played out of position. Which incidentally you could also argue for Simmons...I mean I don't know where/how they're playing him but versatility can be a double-edged sword. If you have a guy who has the build and skill set for multiple positions, then you might put him in a role that may not be his optimal position out of necessity because of a hole in your roster. Which is what you could argue we've been doing with Jeremy Chinn at safety after a dominant rookie season at LB.

Huddle: "This team is trash...this defense sucks...teams just march down the field on us.....least talented roster......." Also Huddle: "Wtf are we THINKING cutting Undrafted FA perennial All-Pro Marquan McCall?!?!?? This will go down in franchise history as the worst move we've ever made" I'm starting to think a lot of people here just choose to adopt whatever's the contrarian position at any given point.

It looks like an exhibit that'd come up in the courtroom during Deshaun Watson's trial. "For the courtroom, please point to the doll where the defendant touched you".

“Dress for the job you want, not the job you have” - dude was waiting for a call from Philly.

I was shocked to see he played the entire game. How often do you see that in preseason? The Titans must really be torn about him lol.