XClown1986

That's part of being patient too. Not rushing players into roles they aren't ready for. Make them earn it. If you convince yourself that "so and so" needs to start because they were a first round pick, even though they have done nothing to earn it, you have set up both team and player for failure. You can convince yourself all day long that "there is no substitute for game experience" but if the guy can't do his job in practice, he can't do it in a game. Not consistently, anyway. Teams like the Steelers, the Ravens and the Packers ROUTINELY bench rookies to start off with and no one bats an eyelash. Even if the team is losing. Because that's what they do. They have set the precedent. The players have to show they are ready. Then they get their chance.

I was giving examples of current, successful franchises. Not entire histories. Every team in the NFL has sucked at one point or another. The teams that are successful right now, and have been for several years, have shown patience in their process.

The successful teams in the NFL right now have one thing in common: Patience. Not just with their QB, but with every facet of the program. There are going to be successes and failures, but no one panics and makes reactive decisions. Look at the Eagles, the Bills, the Ravens, the Packers, and hell, even the (newly successful) Lions. All of them showed patience with their QB's growth, let their coaches do their jobs, have drafted well, developed their own players, and plugged holes in their roster and organization with players and situations that made sense. That's what we need. And if that isn't what we have now, we need to make moves to get it there. If that means they need to blow it up to start over, then blow it up and start it over the right way. If that means to change their approach from top to bottom, change it now. But the blueprint of success is out there in the league, teams just think they know better, or they don't have the discipline to follow through.

Aguilar? I dunno about that. Id take Sawyer Robertson or John Mateer honestly.

Dude.

Every player on the field has more receiving yards than XL did yesterday. poo, I have more receiving yards than he did. Sitting here on my ass holding strong at zero while he had -2

Damn. Baker is a gamer. Shame he couldn't show it here.

Damn. Baker is a gamer. Shame he couldn't show it here.

I don't know how anyone can say otherwise, Stroud looks terrible. Poor decisions and several bad throws. On that drive alone, he overthrew two receivers by a mile in the endzone and threw to a doubled receiver when he had a tight end wide open in the flat.

Thanks for this. Great points. Time management and lack of plays being called to combat the blitz, were what I saw as the difference in winning and losing yesterday. Also, the lack of hustle during and between plays is painfully obvious. I watch other teams flying around and am frustrated by our team's play speed.

Hitting the sauce at 1 o clock on a Wednesday?

I think you need to fix it again. I got nothing on my first run through of that

It's always in the eyes.

The only one I agree with is Buffalo. The 3 easiest are Bills, Ravens, Texans.

I'm not sure that Tampa is the clear favorite. Yes they have the best offense on paper, for sure. But that defense? Tampa's linebackers and secondary are suspect. I think they are going to get ripped apart in the short and intermediate passing game. The best player in their back 7 is Lavonte David and he is 35. And if Dean or Winfield get injured? Oof.

Exactly. The NFC South is the most unpredictable division in football right now. I think people are overestimating the Falcons and underestimating the Saints (they can run the ball and play defense), but it really could be any of the 4 that win the division. Will be interesting to see it play out.

It was discussed in detail at the time that the selling point of Frank Reich being hired was more about the "great coaching staff" he could bring with him. I don't think Tepper really saw Frank as the "head coach" so much as the lynchpin connecting the team to a wealth of coaching minds. Which turned out to be fool's gold and Tepper looked ridiculous because of it.

I understand that scheme matters, however, Cam did get put into a system that people suggested was a poor fit and they were wrong. Norv Turner had a type and always valued a pocket passer, which wasn't Cam. I remember people being worried that Norv would take away Cam's strengths, or that Cam wasn't a naturally accurate passer so he would struggle to run Norv's offense, etc. But both player and coach adapted. And Cam played well and posted career highs in completed passes and completion percentage. So it is difficult for me to look at a young coach and QB pairing and just suggest "it can't work." If they want it to, it can. Even Canales said it took him and Bryce getting to know each other more and what plays they liked to run and how they could make plays work and expand on that. So you may have a point that Canales was simply trying to run his offense at the beginning of the season and it wasn't working, but there is also evidence to show that Canales is willing to adapt the offense because of how different the results were later. The video that was posted a little while back talked about how Canales tried to run more plays bunched around Bryce to offer more protection, but what Bryce needed was more options to throw to, so we started running a lot more empty sets and Bryce started succeeding. It's stuff like that that shows that this is evolving in the right way.

How is building a solid offensive line and drafting a 1st round receiver in consecutive years setting him up for failure? If anything, they are investing in assets to help him. And the blame you put on Carolina is that they drafted Bryce Young in the first place, because you suggest in a lot of your posts that you don't think he can be a good quarterback anywhere, which pins the blame of failure on... Bryce Young.

So you're telling me if Joe Burrow was throwing to Bryce's receivers last year and not Jamarr Chase and Tee Higgins, this wouldn't change? Joe Burrow is great, no doubt. I think he might be the best QB in the NFL. But his top 2 receivers are fantastic as well, and that makes things easier. Even Tom Brady, the king of tearing teams apart with short passes, played differently when he had Randy Moss or Mike Evans. You have to trust the guys to make those plays downfield, or you take the higher percentage play. It's why guys like Chad Pennington were able to make a moderate career out of a weak arm, and guys like Rex Grossman flamed out quickly. I'm excited to see Bryce in year 3 with his promising young receiver group because he is showing more trust in his guys this year (based on camp and preseason). Bryce has shown he can be accurate, but his guys have to make the catch and build that trust.

I was literally about to reply and say the exact same thing. I don't know what the coaching staff sees in him.

For all of the people upset about Renfrow being cut, did you ever think that maybe he wanted to be cut because he would essentially be 4th or 5th on the depth chart and he wants to go where he will be able to get on the field? Just saying, we don't have all of the information.

??? We signed a QB, RB, WR, CB, and S so far.

One guy we should seriously consider is Willie Lampkin. Could be future starter at center.

I'm waiting for the Ravens to release their cuts. Jay Higgins would be a great get for us if he is cut