Khyber53

No, there's not enough room down that rabbit hole for both of us.

I appreciate ya man, but that's bullshit. But if it makes the world make sense to you, go for it.

The problem with most conspiracy theories is the incredible assumption that every single one of the people involved will maintain complete secrecy throughout their entire lives. Yeah.

Me, I'm sick of WWE channel hopping their PLEs and shows. Netflix now with Raw. USA still has Smackdown but you can't get it with Roku if you don't also have cable. Then they went from all the PLEs on Peacock to ESPN+ which required upgrading your Disney+ package. Then they frikkin' move Saturday Night Main Event with John Cena's retirement match back over to frikkin' Peacock, which we'd just cancelled two months prior because no PLEs there anymore. And there are fewer, but longer matches and its the same danged stories again and again. Rematch after rematch after rematch between PLEs. Fewer matches, fewer wrestlers, more promos (of lesser quality) and less action. It just seems like it's all fillers and re-runs. I'm tired of Cody Rhodes. I'm tired of Jey Uso. I'm tired of the two Brons. Shuffle the deck a bit guys, this game's getting stale.

There may very well be a point here. And that should be part of our scouting and scheming. I wonder how Jackson does against speed vs height as well. And then have Moerhig (sp???) double up on the speedster for some hard hits. Nothing slows up a speedster like a couple of hard tackles.

You forgot Dan Morgan.

Funny how we said there was no value in washed up Sam Darnold and washed up Baker Mayfield, too. Just sayin'...

You pick up Bryce's option because it has value beyond just the team in the next two seasons. If we decide to go ahead and draft some QB competition, or replace the Red Rifle finally with a new free agent with some experience, you have an upswing QB in Bryce that can be traded, especially if there's a team with an injury that happens. And, let's be honest, right now Bryce is playing as well or better than the other 1st round QBs from his draft class. Scary, but true.

This. He's building a team in the right way, he's managing the creation of a support system within it and has (and I didn't think he could) begun putting some grit and resilience into this band of players. He, however, needs to be able to hand play calling over to someone and learn to manage the overall game more than each individual play. He needs to conduct, rather than try to conduct and play the solo. And I think he has something hanging over his head that is crippling him at times... the Teppers reputation for cutting coaches for poor performance. It makes him play not to lose at times, especially against lesser opponents like Sunday. Maybe he needs to instill more grit in his own game.

Current rebuild I guess.

I wish I could be certain of that. I mean, that's what I feel, but there's something there.

Two fluke wins against playoff calibre teams. You get into the playoffs and well, things happen sometimes. We were supposed to be one and done in 2003.

In his defense, we've had taller QBs in recent years that actually accomplished less. I've always said his height worked against him, but he was out there pretty fearless and performing well on Sunday. Not setting the world on fire, but there were a couple of fantastic throws he made. He didn't lose that game for us.

We aren't out of the play offs. We haven't stopped growing as a team. We're ahead of schedule on this rebuild. The sky isn't falling. We have a hard schedule ahead of us. We have to win out. And sheesh, we gotta play the kid from New Orleans twice a season for the foreseeable future. This team has been getting better. It's a young team. To even be contending right now is a major step up over what we've been since the Teppers took over. Breathe. Tune in. Keep the hope alive.

Umm, the Bucs that lost to New Orleans' wunderkind and Atlanta's grandpa?