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there were really 2 games this season where Dave and Bryce were pressed to the move the ball with a legit time constraint forced on them.....both times, the ball never moved an inch in 4 downs. Dave Canales needs every single rep he can get next preseason. He he needs to quickly move on from his mindset last year that he has arrived and doesn't need work.

the Capers way is basically the primary flaw of the Evero D. Prevent the big play. Let offenses nickel and dime you. That's not the defensive mindset of my preferred defensive folks.

I think Dave is horrific in big moments. But you can't excuse Bryce from that final drive. And I mean, Bryce played a great game for Bryce. I'm not trying to overly bash him. He gave us way more than he generally does. But if we are talking any other QB in final drive scenario......not moving the ball one inch w/ 4 downs is going to be a QB convo to some extent.

Given it's rookie Jimmy Horn Jr who probably caught 4 balls all season downfield....throwing it down and behind him probably does matter. It's the whole Bryce conundrum. His role is to lift boats. Instead it's the rookie who doesn't really get passes needed to make all the adjustments.

the real sin here is..... game on the line. 4 downs. We didn't get one ball to the hands of Tmac or Coker. That's a choice. final play and we are going to Jimmy Horn Jr? Losing is fine. Not catching the ball is fine. Going to down swinging and not taking a swing w/ the dudes he got you there is the sin. And it's a choice made. I could live w/ 89 not catching a ball in double coverage to win the game. You got to go to the dudes that matter in the big moments. I put that sad final drive on both Dave and Bryce

I don't think Frank put together the all star staff. I think that was a Tepper thought process. I also think Canales only has offensive input. I think Evero and that side of the ball was forced upon him. lastly, I think the sooner we get rid of Jim Caldwell and Capers the better.

I think the basically entire improvement as a team was largely just the difference Brown and Jackson made. O pretty much was about the same. D made a huge jump off the work of 2 players.

Canales is clearly tied to Bryce at this point. I think that's hard to deny. I would say Morgan now is as well. I don't think Tepper is an anything guy. He is a get me winning team guy. And now he is simply stuck where he knows reasonable time is now PR for his future hires. and I think Tepper did what every single owner would do with Bryce. I think the move to #1 was Tepper. He listened to the people he hired to do the job and they sold him on Bryce. So Bryce it was. He listened to the GM office.

He installs his boy Brad. Then he gets to “save the day when he sucks or claims he made Brad if he is decent.

the 27th ranked offense is back baby!!! If you only focus on like 3 games and ignore the rest, it's pretty dang good stuff! Said, every poor performer in NFL history.

In no way did I suggest that though. I merely said Tepper is setting the table for a complete clean sweep to dump everything in the trash can. So there was really no need to replace Evero. You just align him the rest of the group. Canales has past the stage where he gets a shot at another QB. I would suspect if things go meh next year...literally everyone is gone. Tepper is always evolving. All he is doing is ending his greatest mistake which is having things misaligned where bad people stay and carry over to the next era. He seems to be making sure that is over IMO

Jake Plummer come on down!!! Dan Morgan has on opportunity for you. I mean, we all know Dan can't bring in an actual young NFL QB. They would have an auto issue in camp. They have to bring in bodies that can't compete with anyone.

well, Dan helped draft him. Bryce is a Dan guy. Evero was already here. Canales in too deep at this point. He is past the point now of getting a shot with someone else. Morgan concedes all the contracts now align. So yeah, I think Tepper has aligned it all. They can sink or swim. If they swim? Great. But when they sink it's really setup for a clean sweep at this point. Bryce goes, Dave goes, Evero goes, Morgan goes. Tepper can claim he gave them a good 4-5 year try. Which is fair.

whatever arm he had, he wouldn't pull the trigger. He was the Teddy B's brother from another mother.

Alex Smith had NFL tools. Just not a NFL trigger.

Daddy Tepper has clearly setup the game for all these folks to be shown the door together. It all hinges on Bryce. They all know it and have accepted it.

we saw one game in 2023 when a QB was willing to stand in a pocket and deliver the ball in Frank's offense.....and it was drastically different than anything Bryce showed. The whole, no one could of done better defense has never had legs.

I think Tepper has been setting the stage where pending there is no miracle he wipes it all clean. Think you already have been told that with small things like Evero staying. Bryce is the guy next year. OC, DC, everything stays the same. QB room largely the same. Nothing would really matter there. They basically get one more shot and it goes how the schedule paired with our 27th ranked O predictably most likely goes. Everyone out the door together. Bryce is a bridge tier QB. I don’t see Dave surviving where he could be bridge QB here in reality.

you can't make plans off the fact anomalies exist. Brooks is rostered. Hopefully he can make a comeback and relevant. But him doing that can't really be part of your plan.

I think everyone should forget Brooks exists. If he ever becomes relevant that's just a massive bonus.

this exact same team could play a tougher schedule and have 6 wins. this exact same team this season could of had the ball bounce the other way in close games and had 6 wins. for the fans, a playoff game was cool.....but that shouldn't erase the fact we were a bottom tier offense and not a very good team. 8-9 regular season finish. A game at the end of the season vs the Rams where you lead in the 4th quarter and lost a close one.....I mean, that's also a description of the Falcons. Who blew it up.

Oh, you don't ask him to be the backup. He is just a warm body until you make your move for your QB. If it's a draft pick, you go sign a legit experienced vet to coach him up in the QB room. Maybe you ask him to start a couple games.

I mean, there is no way to know if that is what Carolina is doing or not without them acknowledging it... but it's not really laughable to suggest something we know happens in the NFL could be happening here. Bryce does have a habit of killing plays early. There is a stat that backs him killing more plays bailing on them than virtually everyone else in the league. Which would support the suggestion that he largely has his throw he is supposed to take.

I wouldn’t call him a problem, but Hubbard at this stage isn’t really that good. Really just a dude that should be part of a committee. Since the day we drafted Bryce, I’ve said he needs a real legit receiving RB.

Back dooring into the playoffs was always the path that was going to leave us addressing things poorly