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I wouldn't absolutely hate a QB in the 4th but we have so many holes, I'm not sure. I guess it depends how the draft falls.

Maybe, but I imagine the organization means a lot more to someone than the climate. Plus Boston isn't a bad city to be in.

Bryce with 89.3 probably pushes his PFF score for the year up a bit. I think he was at 70 last week overall. What a recovery! Honestly surprised Coker and Thielen aren't in the 70s.

I thought Penix played very well... He made a couple of great throws, avoided pressure well enough, and had only a few mistakes. Honestly looks like a promising player for the Falcons.

I'd argue the Arizona, KC, and first TB games were also very good to great. I'd say yesterday was better than those of course, but I think all 3 of those others were very high level QB play But we've seen other guys have a handful of great games and then regress, which is why I'm not sold on him as a top 10 or whatever yet.

I don't think he was bad vs TB - he just wasn't great. He was under constant pressure, we were without any semblance of a supporting run game, and our defense was just bleeding everywhere.

I wouldn't say very inconsistent anymore - He has been consistently good since our bye, and has been exceptional to above average outside of the DAL game. Thing is, even if we extend it to overall good play since his benching, it's still less than a season. But with 21 TDs in 12 starts, certainly promising. But he needs to eliminate games like vs DAL entirely.

Evero is coming back, at least as of now.

I don't think he'll really want to come here if he wants a guaranteed playoff contender.

I think Shaqs presence has always been underrated though and Jewel only played 12 games this year, so I dunno. I'd argue 2020 still had more overall talent - but either way, Evero needs to go.

Damn, Canales having that effect on one of our better D free agents is a really good thing. I hope we can take advantage... Of course his agent won't see it that way, lol

Glenn is a really good D coordinator. Keep him out of the South, please, haha

Chinn is extremely talented. That D had Shaq didn't it? I don't remember who all was healthy that year. But this D feels less talented. I'd need to look at the rosters but I'm pretty sure 2020 was far weaker at CB, a push at S, and better on the front 7...

We have a couple of great pieces and we are going to need to revamp the rest of the D entirely, including in the draft. It's an opportunity for a D coordinator to truly build their own D. That could be attractive to a lot of guys.

I think he's just saying that having a vet presence is going to help a guy learn the ropes in the NFL. Coker does it himself, but every player benefits from vet expertise (especially from a guy that's essentially been there).

Hahaha, Canales just padding Bryce's stats huh? Honestly I'm glad Miles got his, he had a great day (his only? As a Panther lol)

I mean... Starting at your 42 is a bit of a short field. But the Falcons never had to punt so I don't really think the D helped the O with field position either. Lol

Coming into this game he was something insane like #9 in the NFL for yards per target. He's legit, and imo he'll only get better with an offseason with Bryce. I don't know what his ceiling is, but it's really exciting that we have him and JT Sanders to grow with Bryce

We had 3 TD drives of 70+ yards and 5 of 50+, we didn't exactly have a lot of short fields.

I still think he played well vs Arizona though. I'm not saying it was EXCEPTIONAL play, it wasn't. But it was solid QB play. But what you highlight is why, though I am excited for next year, I'm not "sold" on him in the same way as some people. We have basically half a year of solid to good play from him over 2 years. That's not really enough to rely on long term IMO. But luckily we get to see him evaluated next year, too.

I agree with this, but I do not honestly believe that is what happened going into Year 1 with Reich. That might just be... Reich, lol I think Dalton is also kinda done. I'd like to see us upgrade our backup because, as we've seen all around the NFL, with a longer season starts ARE missing a game or two per year and so having that better backup could pay dividends there. But we have too many holes for a luxury investment there of course.

That is when I felt we needed to say goodbye to Evero, haha.

This drive has had a healthy dose of run game, I think the Vikings are realizing what is going on in this game lol

Yup, I think that Oconnell was trying to force Darnold to settle down with passes - but I think the way to do it is with the run game and play action

A lot of us saying we "want competition in camp" don't mean we want to invest a lot of capital or don't think Bryce is our #1, we just want to go into camp with a new QB room that Canales picks, and have the guys all try to push each other to get better. It isn't even about something like saying Young "has to earn" his #1 position - He already has. I just want a new QB room and a coach that has those guys pushing each other. With longer seasons I think it makes sense to have that, too.