Mr. Scot

Ryan Kalil really spoiled us at the center spot. It'd sure be nice to have somebody that good again.

Speaking of coaching staff, I get the impression that the lesson Belichick may learn this year is just how good Josh McDaniels was. (or at the very least that Matt Patricia isn't exactly on the same level)

Mid-tier gonna be enough to save Rhule?

I was pretty excited about getting Campen. He's well respected around the league and has a solid resumé. If there's a downside to him, it's that the last two or three head coaches he's worked for have all been fired after one season with him. (granted, some would say that's not necessarily bad) As far as Snow, i kind of feel like the flipside of what was said. In my opinion, it's been the talent we have on the defense carrying him while his schemes are weak.

I get the sense that we were bested in individual drills but proved better in team competition. Not necessarily a bad thing...

Undecided

I feel good about McAdoo so far (I know you don't). Tabor I like, but same as with McAdoo we haven't seen him in true live action yet. Snow I still think is overrated.

Actually, this sort of reaction is what sounds emotional. I gave you specific things to answer. Instead you respond with this. Are you not going to offer any kind of rebuttal to the assertions that I made?

Nobody's all bad... But the thing is outside of uncontrollable stuff like McCaffrey getting hurt, a lot of the things that went wrong were directly traceable to decisions made by the head coach. You can hope for better decisions this year, but barring some seriously spectacular improvement, it might be a little too late.

Usually spelled Dumás in the native tongue, I think...

All of those are personnel based things, and I haven't been critical of our personnel or our roster. Talk to me about coaching, about practice management, about depth chart decisions, things like that. Defend to me having a "quarterback competition" to settle a question that was pretty obvious to everybody else. Explain the idea that a guy who was drafted at #6 overall specifically to be the left tackle had to "earn it" when most other teams will just slot them in and give them the reps they need to start learning immediately. Talk to me about why we give camp and preseason reps to a quarterback who's not going to make the team over a guy we're supposed to be prepping for the future. And dude, please don't do the psychoanalytical bullsh-t. I'm not "eaten up inside". That sounds as silly as the guy who said that all the people with negative opinions must just hate themselves. I have real world things to handle. Football talk is meant to be an escape. But that doesn't mean it all has to be positive. I could sit here saying glowing things about Sam Darnold? Is that going to make it better? Is it going to make fans feel any better when he goes out on the field and stinks it up? Bottom Line: I don't trust Matt Rhule. He has yet to give me any reason to do so. Can he change that opinion? Sure, but it's got to come with wins, not optimism or speculation.

From what I've heard/seen, I don't think the beat reporters and analysts were that bad, but apparently the Patriots radio guys sound like the pro wrestling announcers that favor the heels.

I prefer Mays as a guard, but he's reported to be a very smart player which is something you want in a center.

He was named the starter today.

Because calling anybody who disagrees with your opinion "biased" is just a lazy dodge. I and numerous others have given multiple reasons why we don't trust Matt Rhule. Is some of that based in emotion? Probably, just like some of the people defending him base their ideas in optimism or loyalty to the team. But it's also true that a lot of it is purely analytical. Likewise true that you can find plenty of criticism of Matt Rhule in various independent sources, few of which could be credibly called "biased". So again, if you feel my opinion and viewpoint are biased rather than analytical, you have the option to say so. But it's a lot more credible if you can actually present evidence of an opposing opinion. If not, okay...

Left tackle?

Remember you saying you were going to be there but hadn't seen anything from you today. Look forward to what you put together...

You attributed my statements about Rhule to "bias" but you're unwilling to present an opposing viewpoint? Okay then...

If neither of them is the guy, I don't know that there's an answer on the roster this season. Maybe draft a center next year.

Has to be bias because nobody could reasonably disagree with you, right? I've asked this before, and to date nobody has stepped up and answered Outside of the "year three" stuff and other generally speculative bullsh-t and happy talk, no one has given me any evidence that suggests Matt Rhule has suddenly become a competent NFL coach and everything is going to be better this year. On the flipside, I can point you to over two years worth of evidence that says Matt Rhule is garbage. So if you've got an actual reasonable argument why Rhule is going to be turn the corner and be a competent to good NFL head coach this year, here's your chance to present it. Give me all the reasons why I should trust him despite everything I've seen so far.

The Bucs are a good team, but at the same time they do kinda feel like a house of cards. If they do fall apart this season, someone will certainly take advantage of the opportunity. I'm not confident it'll be us.

Largely because the coach is a dumbass.

This is the kind of thing that you put aside when a coach has earned your trust. Matt Rhule has not earned my trust. You may feel differently.

Jordan has been a starter pretty much up to today. Elflein remains one.