Harbingers

Do you not follow the coaching/GM trend? Burns may ask the world, I find Rhule and Fitts to be very RBA, if they do, they may let burns walk. They are both very team focused, if he doesn’t give at least the gesture of team focus I could see him being gone to Buffalo or Washington or beyond when his 5 years come due(most likely beyond). If there is one thing I like about our current regime they aren’t going to outpay. Ya it would suck and I know you don’t follow hockey but it’s like letting Dougie Hamilton walk instead of Hurneying ourself into a contract that detracts from the team. Yes, maybe he will take the moderate money cause our team is colliding with the superb owl. But the jury is still out.

We have enough cap space if we can get to the playoffs(or beyond) this year I think we can entice most of them to come back. Burns may be a cap casualty though. We’ll just have to wait and see how his and rhules agenda’s work out.

It sucks right, fugging refs?!

His two technique is impeccable.

He got lucky with having the WR there for leverage. The dude is solid though and should he rated far above what PFF says he is so far. I believe the Texans are going to have the most conservative game plans we’ve faced so far, everyone is gonna have two blockers assigned to them. We’ll see how it comes out. If we can continue shutting the run down, it’s game over. Even if we were playing mahomes or Seattle.

10 star, but still not another “fug the x, fug ‘em” thread. I concur with @Captain Morgan if we lose tonight it’s squarely on @Zod.

3:28.

Nice! Ya, wish our game was on Sunday. Have a nice big pot Tonkotsu Gyokai(ramen) broth going for the weekend.

First road game, might have some travel cobwebs to shake off. But a third string QB to go up against? I think the D eats.

Bingo.

That textbook TD to Zylstra, which was obviously a designed played but still. Was magically perfect. Split the zone, Zylstra ran it perfect. Saints had nobody on him cause they didn’t think in a million years the ball would go his way. Darnold played the roll out perfect, looking like he was gonna run for the sticks to get the defense to bite up a bit. Not to mention perfect spiral back across his body(though it was probably half a foot too high) Props to both of them and Brady for that one. Honestly that was probably the best play off the game offensively. Just textbook perfect.

Ya this seems absurdly low, compared even to week one numbers if I’m remembering correctly. On paper we have the best DL in the game in damn near every category. I’ll take the football outsiders DVOA this week over this swill. I wish the guy who does https://moneypuck.com did an NFL breakdown too both for teams and players. That way we could rank them on every statistic category independently without having to have PFF “tell” us how good they are.

I’m really tempted to test out this wings technique but will probably save that for another Sunday game. As for tonight, it’s looking like a nice steak and big plate of veggies, maybe some chimichurri on the side too. Seems only fitting playing the Texas “steers”. https://norecipes.com/teriyaki-chicken-wings/

Same injury prone figure NFL wise, probably not developed enough in college talent wise either. If he ends up on a weak team he might tank his career real early. I can see the Clausen comparatives too. He just looks like the kind of QB if a IDL landed on him(like in week one) he’d walk out with a fistful of broken ribs. And obviously the cosmetic comparatives to both, but that was just jokes.

Like I said. Very concerning that he could be the next Manziel during the pre-draft. Except you know without drama/personal issues. Hopefully he can get his durability up, cause I did see twinges of a very decent QB when he played here with a few years of work.

Ya I hate to say it but in terms of accomplishments Wilfork probably has smith beat due to the rings. They both are the top of that list though. Also Ware cause he was a cowboy and has a ring.

On the bright side camp starts tomorrow. Broken into two units. Team attitude and team energy. Should start getting some good info from the beat writers tomorrow!

Honestly though Rhule has not impressed me with his running back selection so far. Obviously Chubba is potential a very big bright spot. But he’s a CMC clone at best and he’s a rookie who is gonna take a few seasons to get in the swing of things. Everyone else has been a turnstile(not on blocking but in turnover)

Had Darnold not turned over the ball where he did and we kept controlling field position/clock a shut out was actually incredibly plausible.

Ya if we had closed out these two games in fashion we’d be giving Arizona and TB a run for their money at a top offenses spot through two as well.

Totally agree. I just figure if we are gonna do it, call some plays that let CMC take control away from a collapsing line and showcase his ability. Such as that inside(I think it was inside the 10) the 10 run where he scored.

No more trying to use CMC as a power back on the goal line. Please and thank you. Id knock Brady down to a B- and Rhule down to an A- and Blackburn down to a D. Brady and Rhule for leaving 10–17 points on the table again and again not properly adjusting in a second half. Points like those are gonna matter down the road. Blackburn is obvious why.

I know everyone wants to keep hyping our pass rush, but our Rushing Defense especially on the line has been insanely good. We made Kamara a non-issue. 11 less ypg rushing than the next best team(TB) and 20-25~ less yards than the first major pack behind TB.

This. We are running a whole different look this year. He was referring to the soft zone and 3 man rush.