Khyber53

Entropy. It's inevitable, right?

When Tepper was announced as the buyer for this team, there was a lot of talk about us becoming the new Pittsburgh. Reality has set in and now we look like we were going to become the next Cleveland Browns. Sadly, if there isn't a change in direction soon, we'll become the new Detroit Lions.

Oh yeah, there's a lot of logic to that.

There's a whole line of thought that the problem is the helmets and the pads. I wonder if rugby and Aussie football have the same concussion problems that we do?

100%.

Spoken like a guy who came right out of college and became a Head Coach... hypocrite.

Thanks Ellis, giving it a listen now!

Let him take his time getting back up to speed. Can't wait to see him back out there and see the results of a full year of film study on opposing QB/WR combos. He had all the physical traits and the heart, if he can jump over that experience gap the injury created, he's going to be something special here.

Well, Robby got the big contract, he's got a coach that will make him a starter, he's got three potential QBs that can deliver him the ball. If he can go out there this season and show that he's earned all that and can make the most of it, he can win me over. He's not a good interview, but he wasn't brought on board to do that. He's not too tall and he's mighty skinny, but he has used that to slip through coverages and slice into creases in defenses. He's done his best work in trying QB situations before, but he's also been one to point fingers and blame others. If he can go out there, do his job, hang onto the ball when it hits him in his hands, and support any and all of the guys that will be in there as QB, he can certainly redeem himself in my eyes.

And we damn well need to. Especially if we have a sputtering offense again.

That was awesome. I hope the season lives up to the video!

Oh well, it is what it is. We move on, the perv is in Cleveland and not here.

It does suck at times, but it beats the alternative.

You might be right.

I think we do carry 3 going into the season, but we may trade one out before the deadline to someone with a QB injury. Trading before there's an emergency need out there just isn't going to happen, there's no real market for either Darnold or Mayfield at this point. PJ on special teams is possible, I guess, but I just don't see it. Those special teams spots are too important and we were too weak on ST last year to use even one spot for stashing an old friend. PJ may well find him a spot on a USFL team or XFL team if that gets back off the ground this year.

Three other QBs out there that can now feel him catching up to them. Hope he knows to say "excuse me, coming through," as he climbs the depth chart here. PJ is already toast. Mayfield and Darnold don't have contracts for next year. If Corral can outplay them in training camp and those guys choke in the early season even the slightest, he's going to get his shot. Rhule doesn't have the luxury to red shirt the guy. Mayfield and Darnold need to use that for motivation, otherwise they will be getting some valuable experience in the clipboard holding field for their next jobs.

Then our coaching hasn't changed.

If Darnold isn't going to be the QB1 but Baker has to take reps with the 2s for the sake of appearances, then you put the new C1 with the twos also. Now both Baker and Bozeman can be said to have "won" their spots as starters during practice AND got meaningful reps together to get their exchange down.

Duke, fuse the horse!

You guys have such cool stories. I tore my meniscus trying to carry too many groceries up the steps and into the house.

Baker needs a fresh start. He's got a 1,000 yard per year receiver who plays the game without ego, just incredible skill. This could work out very, very well for both of them. Now, if they can just have a 1,000/1,000 yard RB/Receiver out there for the full season also, then we might just have a lot to celebrate this year. The potential is there, the potential is there.

Maybe not, but give me a guy who runs up the hill at the end of training camp practices and encourages his team mates to do the same. We need that guy again.

Thanks for the post on this. More than anything, I'm really beginning to like the 33rd Team -- good takes without the call-in-talkshow kind of reporting. And yeah, I think they went a little light on Rhule. They did remind us of the reputation that brought him here, but were also smart enough to remind us that this isn't Kansas (or Waco, TX) anymore, Toto. I hope he can pull off the miracle season and that the last two were just the adjustment period. If he is going to be the magician, though, he's got to know he's no longer playing Indian Reservation casino lounges and he's now center stage on Penn & Teller's Fool Us.

I sure hope everything works great this season and we have one for the record books. Please excuse me while I don't hold my breath for it, though. I've been disappointed so badly over the last couple of years that I'm going to have to see massive improvement before believing they've arrived. Show me and I'll cheer like never before.

Lot of gigantic QB contracts given out over the last couple of years, with buttloads of guaranteed money. You know some of them will not pan out just from the law of averages. This is how great teams go back into the bottom echelons and bad teams get even worse. I think the Murray one here is one of those that will crash and burn. Talk about jumping off of bridges because everyone else is doing it...