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Cam would have a very similar style, was once very raw (not as raw as AR) knows how to prepare, read a defense, lead etc. that is the reason. I would really hope the QB coach would work with him on footwork and accuracy. I have serious doubts about AR at this point, it is the absolute “what if”/buying the upside situation, with an extremely low floor. But it is fun to dream about the upside. What signs are there that Fields is starting to get it? is it because he wasn’t awful and threw for 200 yards and 1 TD in his last game? I wish him the best, and good for him if he turns it around, but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that one. I don’t think you should write Stroud off, but every Ohio State QB looks like a world beater in college, so that is not something that can be ignored. Btw, here are the stats for Fields this year:

I hate myself for saying this as I’m getting annoyed with all the Cam chatter. But, bringing Cam back on a 2-year contract and drafting Anthony Richardson is somewhat intriguing.

Jim Caldwell would be really interesting as well, not sure if he has a connection to Wilks or not.

I’m just waiting for Frank Reich to get fired, that would be a nice OC. But that won’t likely happen.

I’m curious to see if he wants to establish the run and therefore putting Bozeman at C. Now that would be exciting.

Also, in Arizona he had to work with the combo of Rosen at QB and Keim at GM, brutal stuff. Not sure if he’s a good HC or not, but hard to fault him for the Arizona fiasco.

Exactly what I though. Not sure it will happen, but at this time all we have is hope…

Oh it’s a stretch no doubt, I’m just thinking that would be one of a limited number if scenarios that Tepper would be all over.

What about Will Rogers? Never seen him play, don’t know anything about him, but his stats are really good and consistent:

If Rhule gets fired, I want it to be announced by Fitt, showing he is now in charge of the new coaching search etc. I think him and Dan can make a very good combo. Between the two of them I think/hope they can finally find a QB. I think he’s been somewhat held back by Rhule.

I can see it happens if a college teams take on some of his salary, but that would be reason.

I agree, not sure if he’s ready or not. I do think he is an authentic strong natural leader, former player etc. So he has a lot going for him. But it is a big step.

Really enjoyed watching them today and how much they free up the other players on defense. On Luvu’s forced fumble, Brown backed the guard in to the RB so he had nowhere to go. Awesome job by Luvu, but that would not have happened without Brown. Multiple pressures happened as Burns forced the QB to move. They had a lot of other great plays as well, most that didn’t show up in the stat sheet. Great stuff all around.

I’ll record it and watch it in the evening, will do everything I can to not see the result ahead of time. Got some yard work to do and the weather is just to good this weekend to spend the early afternoon in front of the screeen.

Agree to the above, it his 100% Teppers fault. He is the enabler here. Why would Rhule leave on his own with that contract?

Yeah he is put in a bad situation, no doubt. But I feel we’ve seen years of outstanding college QBs from Ohio State amount to nothing in the NFL. Their system is just so good and they are always surrounded by elite talent. Just makes me hesitant.

Not sure on Lewis, but I agree with mid tier colleges and having to rise up as you are not surrounded by elite talent. That is a great point!

This scares me about all Ohio State QBs, that system is sooooo good in College. But does the performance of the QBs in it really translate to the NFL?

And he has thrown a lot of passes, which is a great thing for evaluating him.

Thank you for sharing! I was hoping Baker would take us out if the QB draft, but it sure doesn’t look like it. The Washington and Washington State QBs are really intriguing, will be interesting to see if they continue to climb the draft boards.

I think it might be. The reason is that we still don’t know if things will change. The 1-15 season we kind of new changes would come. Once Rhule is fired this will no longer be the worst, then we can focus on players improving etc. and look for the little stuff that would set us up for the next year.

I think the O-line has been pretty good so far. Baker seem to run away from the protection a lot and also takes very deep drops.

Ballard is interesting. Everyone raves about him, but he hasn’t been able to find a QB, so the results are not there. Complete side note, but isn’t he also the guy who forced people to sleep in the office during draft prep or something weird like that?

I’d also I really like the idea of Dorsey at HC and Fangio at DC (I think we have really good personnel for his 3-4 scheme). Would love Frank Reich as the OC, assuming he gets fired from the Colts. That would give Dorsey two very strong coordinators with HC experience. I’d probably keep our current Special Teams coach.

I think you are right. He’s at the point where everyone else knew it and said it out loud two years ago. The firing of Rhule is him admitting he was wrong and everyone else was right. And that’s why he won’t fire Rhule until we are mathematically out of the playoffs. Which should help our draft position I guess.