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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.

22 minutes ago, onmyown said:

At the same time if the defense is already outplaying then, who cares if they get it on the 25?

Every team we play won’t have that scenario and it seems silly not to see what you have in the kicker…because at some point he’ll have to make those, get him comfy now is my thought but maybe they already know he isn’t the answer for the season and they’re looking elsewhere.

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.

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

We punted from the 33. 

That means the coach looked over at the kicker and decided that he'd rather just give the football to the other team than risk a 50-yarder. 

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.

3 hours ago, Tbe said:

C’mon guys. You don’t open up the playbook week 1 so everyone knows what you can do.

A simple run game could beat the Jet so they went with that. 
 

It’s the smart thing to do.

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. 

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

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

39 minutes ago, Icege said:

LG for sure

Pat Elflein is terrible 

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

8 hours ago, TheWiz said:

Matt Rhule and his unnecessary loyalty unproved players

Matt Rhule has the necessary drafted player develop!

4 minutes ago, CRA said:

I think Will Grier clears waivers and is right back with the team.

There is no indication the Panthers want to add talent that threatens Sam.  Rhule doesn't want the headache. 

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.

54 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

You don't know what 71 one is?  It's 69 with 2 fingers up her butt.

I tried a 72 once...I still have teeth marks.

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.

1 minute ago, Harbingers said:

I like the dude, but like I’ve been saying since 2019. The dude is Guaranteed to miss  1 out of every three kicks or more. It’s not sustainable. 

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. 

Just now, 07579394 said:

Slye will be fine in another team,good luck

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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1 minute ago, Tbe said:

Looks like they’ve decided on Santoso.

 

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.

Everything he said about Steve Smith somehow makes 89 more endearing to me.