Khyber53

If you can't get some playing time on a team with this many injuries and this many weak spots, then you're just not getting something. Maybe he can't learn the playbook, maybe he isn't catching on well with teammates, maybe he's just working through too many nagging but no debilitating injuries. Maybe he's a meathead that can hit someone right in front of him, but can't actually be part of a system. Who knows? I do know, though, that at this last moment of the regular season, if you aren't getting used, then it's because they have little use for you. They used to keep guys like this as a wedge buster for kick offs....

Wish we had Sam Darnold in his prime. Both he and Baker just kinda write the litanies of who we were/are vs what can be done out there with the same materials.

This ^. O-line lost battles all day. Could not generate a ground game. QB was fairly accurate when he could throw but almost all throws were behind the line or short, either due to play calls or receivers just not getting open. The Seahawks were completely better than us on the day. Offense, defense and special teams. I've got to say they are a very complete team and they're going to be monsters in the playoffs.

Nah.

We're going to learn a lot about Bryce over the next couple, and hopefully more, games. He's as much in control of his destiny as the team itself is. Everything from here on out is the fourth quarter of the game for him. Everything is a game winning drive potential. If he makes it, there's going to be a lot in store for him. If he doesn't, then we and he are all waiting for the offseason to hear the other shoe drop.

It's going to be a good one. Hoping we take the win. It'll be close, I'm thinking, though.

Usually I'm the first guy to say never trade for someone else's problems... But if he were out there, I'd trade for him in a heart beat. Players, draft picks... yeah. Instant return on investment.

I like the cut of you gib, sir! Make it happen!

Hope he heals well. We're going to need him next season. Film study time for him.

I hope Rico makes his on Sunday, plus quite a few. I hope Darnold makes it also, but on the following Sunday with a legendary performance after a pedestrian 150 yds passing with 1 TD here.

Not sure if any answer I give will satisfy you.

If we gave Huddlers the same time frame we give young players time to develop, there wouldn't be a one of us here with over 50 posts. He's on the cheap now, keep him and let him keep developing. Maybe make him fight for that starting spot.

This ^. We can't play for next year every year.

He's growing up: trusting his arm, trusting his receivers, ruling out some of the mistakes that can be made. Not sure this is a problem right now. Seems like progress.

Me, watching the play, I didn't hear the whistle calling Latham down and was like "Oh poo! He just set the ball down!" I was really afraid we were going to have one of those "never live it down" moments where a Buc comes by, snags the live ball and takes it in for a TD as if it was a fumble. Didn't even notice DB's absence on that play, but if he's regularly being pulled on third down, there may be some rest periods needed for the big guy. Looks like they still handled business, though, so maybe Evero has a better ear to the team than we do.

Staying under the radar. Hate he missed out on it, but we are all better when they think we're less than we are. It's our job to change their minds, hopefully in February.

Sadly, when it comes to football, I think all hits are cumulative. And Cam took his share and certainly gave more hits than any other QB I've ever seen. The man left it all on the field, for sure. It's a rough, rough way to make a living.

Scourton had his coming out game. This guy might be a solid player next season or might just take off like a rocket. Honestly, this whole team has that feel, that we're on the edge of something good. We're ahead of schedule on the retooling with Canales, we're competitive now. Can't wait to see this keep developing. That rookie class, though, is turning into something truly special.

It feels good to win. Let's get two more to finish out the regular season. This is a freakishly weird team to figure out and one that seems to be at its scrappiest when taking on favored opponents. That in the playoffs could make for some very odd games. I can't wait to see them!

I'm going to say this, because it happens to a lot of young guys that get drafted high each year. If they've never had anything, and suddenly find themselves getting checks for a couple of hundred thousand dollars per week, they don't know what to do with it or don't know how to handle turning this into a career. I think XL might be one of those guys. He desperately needs someone to sit down with him, explain what being a selected star and then having to take the secondary receiver role means and how to turn that into a long, meaningful career. If Muhsin Muhammad could spend some times with him, Xavier might get this straightened out and become a contributor. He's got the skills, he's got the physicals, his brain just isn't into it and I question the maturity.

We had some serious run blocking problems. Tampa's run D was a weakness for them coming into this game and they really sold out on keeping us bottled up. They succeeded at that. They were more prepared for Rico than Chuba, but both guys struggled. Nice to see we were able to adjust.

Panthers 28 Bucs 24

It makes me happy to see one of them take a beating.

Tried to say it back in the day, but nobody would listen. That game against Minnesota where he put the entire team on his back and brought us within a whisker of making a massive comeback showed who he really could be. But we weren't there as a team and certainly didn't have the coaching staff in place. Now, we might well be looking down the same gun barrel with Bryce. But no one wants to hear that either.

Dude, I love those Time Life series. Honestly, I've got five different series... dating back to the early '70s. WWII, Civil War, The Old West, The Sciences and the Cooking ones (which is a masterpiece of culinary literature).