Mr. Scot

I've seen it more than once, typically from slow starting teams that improve as the season progresses. So far, that seems to fit Canales MO. It's why I think his offseason program needs some tinkering.

Same season as us, I'm pretty sure. They lost their opener 41-0 in what was a revenge game for a recently cut Lawyer Milloy. Everyone thought they were cooked. Didn't play out that way. Stuff like that is why I don't put huge stock in stat driven analysis or poor early season / preseason performances. If you think back to week one, people had us contending for the number one pick this year after how we looked early on.

Not to me. You win six games by 3 points but lose one by 30, you have a negative point differential but still have a winning record. Stats are flukey in football. That's why I don't rely on them for evaluation. Again, my evaluation of this team is not that they're a great team or even a very good team. What I've seen doesn't bear that out. I see an average to potentially above average team that can beat bad teams and also has been able to hang with some good ones. Mind you, that's an improvement from previous seasons but it's still not where we want to be. And no, I'm still not convinced we get to where we want to be with Bryce at the helm. But we have some challenging games coming up where he at least has a chance to prove me and other doubters wrong. Bottom Line: I doubt my overall assessment of the team is all that different from yours. We just arrive at our respective takes via differing paths.

In general, per the story. Yeah...

Not at all. I said the only thing that matters about how many points scored is who has more at the end of the game. If you're losing games, you're scoring less points. The only time point differential matters is in some playoff scenarios.

That's the part that matters.

Well remember there was a story that someone was asked to help Remmers but they didn't do it. Don't think they ever named who but some suspect it was Tolbert.

The only point totals that matter are the ones at the end of a game. In 2003, we started off hot but got manhandled in game five by the Titans. People said that 'exposed us', but it just turned out to be a bump in the road. Individual games can be different than the overall narrative. Of course, to be clear, my view of this season's overall narrative doesn't have us in the playoffs or ending as an upper echelon team. Steps in the right direction perhaps, but we're still not that good...

Valid

Haven't we already? (Dolphins - Cowboys - Jets)

Yep. I get that such things are ultimately meaningless, but it's still cool to know some of our players are having sufficient success to gain recognition.

Pretty much... and another reason why I'm not a huge fan of stat driven stuff.

You'll find Ekwonu in the upper right quadrant.

My thread's better... because

Nice compliment, but is "total bust" warranted?

I don't think you absolutely have to have a "world beater" if you have a stellar offensive line. Not against fishing for a guy like that but a two back rotation behind a good set of uglies can work just as well.

Not bad, honestly

We keep playing games like this past week and they might just kill me

I'd agree. Even with Hubbard's contract?

Pretty good

More amusing than funny. I enjoy them after a win. Not so much with a loss.

Was having trouble with embedding yesterday...

We theorized this was possible...

This week's... https://twitter.com/GenBryceYoung/status/1990827594162241864?t=PNgSfm6tHjpNmcJDwgz-1g&s=19 I'd call it a revenge your but I'm not especially confident we're gonna be the ones getting revenge

I go into this one with fairly low expectations... but that isn't exactly a new thing