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Looked good up until that last quarter and a half. I think they'd sent in a lot of the guys that are just hoping for a ST slot. On one play there were a ton of missed tackles until JJ Jansen and his walker made it down there to clean things up. Still, that first ST group was great on kick off coverage and blocking for the FG team. Gonzalez and Hekker look like a good duo to keep.

Yeah, the Elflein experiment ended badly. Then again, Bozeman had his rough moments after that, too.

Honestly, kind of non-descript. That's not a bad thing, though. He seemed to be holding his own without getting Holding penalties.

Patience. He's got a lot to work on. Yes, he was out there behind a line composed of practice squad players, but he was also up against a defense mainly made of practice squad players. He played like a third round draft pick rookie in his first preseason game. That's not a crime and it's not necessarily anything to show what he will become. Give him some time and let PJ have some audition time as well for his next stop. Howell, though to be honest, is going to be pushing for a starting spot very soon. The kid has the IT factor in spades, just doesn't have the experience yet.

Congrats and enjoy!

Probably, but the knife keeps getting whetted, you know?

It's just a microcosm of society at the moment. Whether it's the family Thanksgiving table or a stadium for a home-team only football event, a group of once allied folks gather like kindling wood just waiting for someone to strike a match.

For some folks, it's an eternity. In the NFL, that can be an entire career.

DJ is a good, Good man. Hope he has his best season so far! Glad he's here with us for the long haul.

Super-wealthy know-it-alls who come in to show everyone how things ought to be done, only to create a dumpster fire of everything while still proclaiming their greatness. If anything outside of the pandemic describes the last 10 years or so, then this is it.

I have absolutely no idea of what we'll see. And that has me flummoxed about this season -- I have no idea what we have and what we can do with it. I don't trust the glimmers of hope to pan out, I don't trust the coaching; I do, somehow, think there's a chance that Mayfield comes in and makes our offense better, but it's just a chance. With that uncertainty for the season's outlook, I can't seem to even put together what we should see for the first preseason game. Maybe what I want to see come out of this game is just a bit of clarity, some kind of direction, something positive to hang the team's hat on. But that's a lot to ask of preseason game one.

It's up to them to make me believe. I hope they can.

Not my team, not my worry, no matter how familiar the names are.

Pretty funny.

Nice write up! Thanks! And the TE stuff, yeah, that is concerning.

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.