SmokinwithWilly

You can't blame Fitts because Rhule is hot garbage. That's like shooting your horse because it can't pull your wagon when the wheels are broken.

The only real fault with this plan, and I'm not against it really, is you have to have someone willing to move up to 5. Typically, that's to get a QB. Unless there's a QB that comes flying up the draft board, there's not going to be a huge trade demand. Could there be some demand for one of the tackles? Possibly. But again, not near as much as there would be for a top QB.

That's the weird part. BA said post game he's no longer a Buc yet he's still on the team which leads one to think there's more to this than just AB going off the deep end again. It may be just that, AB had a temper tantrum, and stormed off, but wouldn't you think, with roster space so valuable, that cutting AB and getting a guy in and up to speed especially headed into the playoffs would be of utmost importance.

In before headed to TB

I know we weren't happy with Rivera at the end, but I don't remember this level of vitriol towards him. This is just getting downright bad.

Anyone else think this sounds a little like the plot from Varsity Blues? Without Billy Bob and Miss Davis.

Please oh please. Trade a 4th, Sammy D, and Djax for TLaw. He'd do it.

Once the regular season is over, the NFL needs to do what the NHL did and put all players and personnel into quarantine for the playoffs. Yes I know it's a PITA but it's the only way to really fairly and safely conduct the playoffs in the midst of covid. No team should have to forfeit because 40 players test positive despite having met the requirements for vaccination.

That's the big question. I have no faith in Rhule to pick out toilet paper much less decide the future of this franchise. So far he has spent a ridiculous amount of $, a 2nd, 4th and 6th on Sam Darnold and TB5 and we still have nothing at QB except PJ taking up space on our bench when he wouldn't even take up space on someone else's practice squad. We can't block, we can't pass, we won't run, our receivers forgot how to catch, our OC playbook is from Madden pop warner. We're a fugging disgrace.

I'm rooting for a new NFL record for points against. Maybe that will be embarrassing enough to get Rhule a pink slip.

Here was my thought when we brought in Darnold. After talking with him, and discussing how he goes through his pre snap reads, snap, progressions, etc, that there was something there that the coaches thought they could teach him that could change and help him grow as a QB and make things easier. Sometimes it's all in how you see something. That was my hope. What happened when we brought him here was much different. We threw him to the wolves with no improvement on the oline, an offense that actually plays to his weaknesses, and virtually no shot to get better. And this is what we got. It's no surprise he sucks. He just happens to be Rhule's guy so he's going to cover for him. Cam wasn't so he doesn't give a poo.

It made some sense theoretically. If Darnold could be salvaged a 2nd, 4th and 6th would have been a steal. But that would have required a coach that didn't make Adam Gase look like a QB whisperer. Unfortunately we don't have that.

Would the Arizona Cardinals have taken him over Levi Brown in hindsight. Probably. The Raiders would have definitely taken him over the walrus if they had to chose between the 2.

The Washington Hogmollies

Post week 17 maybe?

Makes perfect sense. Offense can't score a touchdown so the best thing to do is go defense to hold your opponent to 0. It'll work. 1000%

I'd like Linderbaum but not at the expense of a franchise LT. If a franchise LT that passes all the checklists is there, you have to take him. The positional value is just too great not to. I've had a chance to watch more of Linderbaum than the tackles from this year so far, and obviously no combine yet. I pay more attention to footwork than anything else. Balance is everything, especially for the big guys. Footwork can tell you a whole lot. That's how I could tell right away at the combine Little was going to be a bust. His footwork was atrocious.

It wouldn't have made a difference. Rhule believes Erving is the best LT and Miller and Jordan are the best guards on the team regardless of what the eye test says. We should know what we have in Brown and BC right now and we don't. That failure is Rhules and his alone.

I want Linderbaum at center. We all saw the value of a solid center for years in Kalil and BC has looked serviceable at LT. Unfortunately, if Rhule stays as HC, we will trade down, aquire some 2nds and 3rds, end up with a middle round guard and some UDFA from Baylor or Temple or someone he scouted as a walk on and that will be our 2022 offensive line.

And that's the part that sucks because if we had a coach with any common sense, we would have seen Brady at LT for at least half the season and we would know whether or not he should be playing there or be shifted inside. It's week 18, he's started 2 weeks and been our best LT of the season by far and we still have a huge question mark on how to proceed this offseason. If we take Neal or Cross, then we don't pick again until the 4th. More holes we cant possibly fill and BC is forced to learn a new position which isn't going to be easy. And Deonte Brown might actually be good, he sure as hell cant be worse than Miller, but we're going to use him on special teams, maybe. Why do we make poo harder than it has to be?

For me, it should only really be looked at in backup linemen. Swing tackles. G/C combos. Positions were you need to have guys that can play multiple places ok enough to get you through a game or two at most.

He'd use analytics to build the entire roster based on versatility and then watch as the entire team imploded. At some point you have to forget the numbers and actually get athletes to play the game at their positions.

He's already lost me. I've seen enough of Rhule's incompetence. One more year will set this franchise back 4 to 5 years. I have more faith in Marty Hurney's gut than I do in Rhule's ability to build an offensive line or any type of offense. We have a coach that's more interested in a player's measurements than his actual abilities and there is no compensating for that. As long as Rhule is here, this franchise is taking the fast train right off a cliff.

Denote had a bowel movement this morning that resembled Starry Night. We are currently attempting to discover the origin of this masterpiece and as such will not be dressing Deonte today. However, if you would like to purchase said movement on its original porcelain canvas, it will be up for auction later today.