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Okay, using my eyes, I saw us make mistakes that cost us points. Great teams don't fumble inside the 5-yard line. If we were dominating them, it would have shown up on the scoreboard. But it's a small sample size, and there was certainly rust we needed to shake off. Are those costly mistakes rust, or is execution a problem for the team? We don't know yet, but this week will tell us a lot more than the win over the Jets did.

I'm surprised it moved that much, TBH. How much does it mean, really, to beat the Jets in a one-score game? You've got to be happy about the win, but I still don't think it told us much about the team. However, considering the starters to this point had only a half of a preseason game to get into a rhythm, I think this week should tell us a lot more of who we are, and where we really belong in the power rankings.

I think it's probably this, and we knew which options, kick or punt led to the most beneficial outcome. Give it to them on the 15 or the 33.

I actually didn't hate that. Not fully trusting the kicker I'm sure factored into the decision. But pinning a rookie QB inside his own 5 yard line when the D-Line was absolutely abusing him all game seems like a pretty appetizing prospect. Force a turnover. Safety. Or at worst a 3-and-out and we get right possession of the ball right back where we left it. Frankly I think Charlton isn't getting enough heat for botching a coffin corner punt so badly. Punting from the 33 to the 15???

Yeah, I'm okay with pedestrian starting field position if it means we're not putting one of our offensive contributors needlessly in harm's way, or putting in a guy with the dropsies. Don't Beat Ourselves is out motto this year, after all. So go with safe and win in other phases of the game.

I don't know if this is sarcasm or not, but regardless, I agree. A vanilla game plan was enough to beat the Jets. That, combined with Sam had a whole half of a preseason game to get into the flow with his guys, I can see them wanting to make this more of a shake off the rust kind of game. I choose to believe we have a more aggressive playbook for our very real competition with NO next week.

Low key happy about this. Forces their hand to start the lineup we all know needs to be out there.

Excellent depth at worst, and I honestly think he could be starting by week 2 or 3.

Michael Jordan got cut by the Bengals. Young guy. Started 19 games. He honestly couldn't be worse.

Matt Rhule has the necessary drafted player develop!

I don't think we need anyone to contend for the starter job. We just need a competent backup. A 30-something journeyman clipboard holder would fit the bill. We had two third-stringers, and canning one didn't mean we got a backup by default.

This says one thing to me; we're signing another QB before the week is over. I think we were going to roll with 3 on the 53 man roster, we just didn't like our 3.

I (don't kill me) foresee a lot of punts early in the season. Not confident in our O-Line, and so I see a lot of drives stalling deep in our territory. That being the case, you can't overstate the value of a solid punter. Our defense is good enough to slow even the most aggressive offenses, but we just can't afford to give the opposition great field position to start from. Winning the battle of field position could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat a couple times until the offense starts clicking.

Well, statistically one out of four or more. In either case, it's not ideal.

Lots of kickers have flamed out, only to find tremendous success with a fresh start on a new team. Hoping for the best for him. But I'm ready to start the Santoso era. The guy's got swagger and confidence to spare. That's what we need right now at the position.

Joey, I so wanted to see you do well here. I wanted you to set records here. And I'm sorry to see you go on these circumstances. But take some time and get right. We all want to see you do well. Keep pounding.

No he won't. Not right now. And frankly I don't think any team would touch him because you can't count a guy with the yips. Needs a sports psychologist to help him get right. I hate to see him burn out the way he did because I was a big fan of his. But his confidence is shot. Maybe needs some time away from the game. Hard reboot.

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Is it much of a choice, really? Like a choice between a McDonald's cheeseburger and AIDS.

I'm fully expecting a stat line that frustratingly doesn't give convincing answers and we're left in limbo for another 2 weeks, pointlessly debating whether or not he's a bust or the GOAT. 4/10, 89 yds, 1 TD

Good, I guess. So who kicks on Friday? Do we see all 3? Does Eberle not suit up? Or is Joey told to pack up his things this afternoon?

Called it. Sooner than I expected, though.

No joke though, that asshat is literally the only person I have set to ignore in Twitter. His shtick is he makes up insane headlines like "Justin Fields cut" or "Tom Brady retires," which, haha, I get it, see how many people retweet an obviously fake headline by a guy named Barry McCockiner. But I was literally getting a Twitter alert every day with a fake headline that had picked up enough steam to end up trending in NFL news.