Jay Roosevelt

We ARE in a rebuild and have been since the end of last season. The hope for a relatively quick turnaround was that Bryce might turn it around and become the guy. It doesn't look like that's happening, so we're basically back to square one. However, we have FINALLY fixed the OL and have a great young RB about to debut for us. We also have promising options in the passing game for the first time in years in XL and Sanders. Defense is a mess, but that's how it goes and a good chunk of that is also injury related. People want to bitch and complain and say we should be rebuilding. Well, THIS is what a rebuild looks like. It's just that we haven't fully committed to it until now when it should have been the plan back in 2019 instead of trying to "soft" reboot the franchise. Rebuilding teams get blown out; it happens all the time. We have to start focusing on the silver linings, of which there are quite a few: - The OL is, at long last, fixed. - That includes Brady Christensen, who now looks like our long-term answer at center. - It also includes Ickey, who is finally playing consistently good football. - Both the FA guards we signed are playing their asses off. - Jaycee Horn is finally healthy. - Chuba Hubbard has emerged as one of the better RBs in the NFL. - Jalen Coker looks like a keeper on offense. - Trevin Wallace looks like a keeper on defense. - Jonathon Brooks is about to debut. - J.T. Sanders is improving each week and is coming off his best game. - XL looks like a future stud. There are positives, but it's going to be an up and down process. Some weeks we'll look good (Raiders), others we'll look OK (Falcons), and others we'll get our doors blown off (Commanders). That's what a rebuilding football teams looks like.

I mean, that's basically what we're doing.

Might as well at this point.

Worst of all time? Come on now. We may not even be the worst team in the league right now, let alone of all time.

Morgan wasn't my first choice, but we have to be careful assuming that all the mistakes were on Dan. He was just the assistant GM, after all. And we know Tepper was constantly forcing personnel moves so it's fair to wonder how many of those moves were even on Fitterer. If you look at Morgan's first offseason I feel like he's done a decent job. FINALLY got the OL built up and this draft class looks like our best in years, even if that isn't necessarily saying much given how awful we have drafted. It's not looking good on the field right now, but that's to be expected when you've had the worst owner in sports making mistake after mistake for years now. I'm not sure how much Morgan or Canales can really be blamed in the long run; especially Canales.

Player props as well. Just bet the over on rushing yards for every RB we face. Be careful on the passing yards for QBs, though. It's likely teams won't have to throw the ball against us after halftime much. Having said that, Chuba Hubbard has been a good bet as well for rush yards + TDs. He's by FAR our most consistent player.

Canales isn't the problem. I'm not sold he's part of the solution either, but he isn't the root of the problem. We're paying for 5 years of shitty ownership that has resulted in the worst roster in the NFL.

It's insane how so many in sports media - and some fans - are pushing Beck and Ewers as franchise QBs while nit-picking every reason in the world why Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward aren't. I think both Sanders and Ward have legit franchise QB potential; I wouldn't touch Beck before the 3rd round and Ewers before the 5th. It's as clear cut a case of QBs being propped up by the talent around them as I've seen. Sanders has Travis Hunter and that's it; Ward has a good team around him at Miami, but has proven at Washington State he can carry a team that's not stacked with talent. My top-5 QBs as of right now: 1. Shedeur Sanders (Top-10) 2. Cam Ward (Top-10) 3. Garrett Nussmeier (2nd-3rd round) 4. Jalen Milroe (2nd-3rd round) 5. Carson Beck (3rd round)

Josh Allen was a pure traits prospect; his play at Wyoming was awful at times. Not only does Cam Ward have the physical traits (though not on Allen's level) his production has FAR exceeded Allen's.

No, Cam Ward is actually FAR more NFL ready than Josh Allen was coming out.

Josh Allen turns it over a lot, too. Who among us wouldn't take him at QB in a heartbeat?

Absolutely. He's going to be a star in the NFL.

Bryson Daily is an interesting player. I can see him being a great NFL weapon for a team with a creative enough coach that can get him involved as a short-yardage specialist and gadget player.

HELL no. He's got baggage off the field and has become awful on it. Why would anyone want him at ANY price?

We let Luvu walk and Shaq got injured. Thankfully Wallace looks like a keeper, but we definitely need to address the position in the future.

Doesn't matter; you don't pay big money to a RB who isn't elite. And while Chuba has been good, he hasn't been elite.

My rankings:

No to Chuba. Brooks is the guy long-term and you don't pay RBs big money; we should know that better than any team.

Brady Christensen is a pleasant surprise. If he can emerge as a long-term answer at center that's huge.

True, but you'd certainly take a young player putting up big tackles numbers in that case than having the same number of opportunities and not.

Honestly, this is probably our most promising rookie class through 6 weeks in years. That's not to say they've been incredible or anything, but there have been several regular contributors from the rookie class and we still have Jonathon Brooks to come who could be the best of the bunch. Low bar, yes, but I certainly prefer where this year's rookies are compared to the last several classes.

I have no real issues with Canales so far. He made the correct call to bench Bryce early and the offense has been solid despite working in some young guys at WR and TE and having a past his prime QB in Dalton. The defense is what it is; that's a talent issue and I don't put that on Canales or Evero. If anyone deserves the blame it's Dan Morgan, but even then he made the right call to invest in the offense even if it has cost us on defense in the short-term. I'm certainly not ready to say Canales is THE guy, but I don't think he's a core part of the problem either. He's doing about as well as anyone could reasonably expect given what he has to work with. We'll see how that changes as we move forward.

Honestly, I've only ever been to one game (2005 week 1 vs. Saints) and it was such a miserable experience between the heat, the stairs, the insane food/drink prices and the uncomfortable ass seats that I have no interest in ever going to another game in-person again.

It really isn't. The defense was great last year. We just have nobody worth a damn on the field between injuries and shitty drafting for the last 5 years.

Well at least we're competing. That's a step up from the Reich era. I like what I see from XL and the OL, especially with the injuries up front. But yeah, the defense is ass cheeks.