ImfromClayton

As somebody who attends every game, I just hate losing one of my opportunities to watch the home team.

Really looks like Brandon Beane was littlefingering his way to more power. Appears he got a promotion, with somehow less responsibility of the personnel. His last few drafts are lacking at best. I was really upset when we lost him. I am really surprised about this, as all accounts were that Sean McDermott put his neck on the line to get Brandon Beane to Buffalo. That owner is something. Destroyed a really good Sabres franchise in the NHL, and then was blessed with one of the best QBs of a generation, and it sure looks like he's wasting it with the bills. Rumor is they want Brian Daboll, but there's a 0.0% shot I give that job to somebody that already has a less than stellar track record. I still have a lot of respect for Mcdermott. But he doesn't really come out of this looking great either. The leaks from the building are, in my opinion, clearly from Mcdermott's camp. I think the bills had to move on, but I'd have moved on from both. Mcdermott is still one of the best DC's in the game, and a really good defense first head coach.

Mcdermott nor Brandon Beane going to come out of this well. Appears it was not smooth sailing.

I'd like to see him in some type of role here if he's tired of being on the field. He clearly knows about winning football.

Tomlin probably wants another head coaching job, but I'd love to see Dave bring in somebody that can help him with game management. I don't mind him calling plays, and I don't mind him managing the game, but I think at times, it did get to be too much for him. If you could bring in somebody like a Mike Tomlin, compensate him well, and just let him make or help with some of those game management decisions, I think it frees Dave up to concentrate on play calling a little more.

It is likely that OT just became a massive need. Especially considering Moton is aging.

This is absolutely unacceptable. Genuinely, I'd cut him. He was not very good this year, and a bad attitude is contagious. I'm also extremely interested to hear what scheme he knows of that helps DE's get to the QB easier. It's a mano e mano battle that is won or lost. He lost too often in 2025 (As most rookies do, even first rounders). The reason a good Pass Rusher is so valuable is because it's so hard to find guys that win often. It's a hard thing to do. An end that demands a double team commands a lot of money for that reason. Could we blitz more often, sure, but the point of having good pass rushers is not having to bring extra guys all the time. Not to mention we already have a DT that commands a double, making his job easier in theory. Even if he has this opinion, saying it into a microphone is simply the wrong thing to do.

I always defend coaches too long. I know that about myself. But i have a feeling a lot of people are going to eat some crow on evero. our defensive unit had two of the best defensive players in football (Jaycee and DB), one of the top free agent SS on the market, and a bunch of cast aways from other teams and rookies. Evero gets the most out of guys that other orgs did not want. Mike Jack, Nick Scott, Rozeboom, these guys were cast aways, and many of them have been solid here. We gotta give him some tools to work with before we throw him out. I have a feeling he’s getting some of these calls because the orgs know what he’s doing, and what he’s doing it with.

I think we’re locked into pick 19 and sadiq could be on the board. That’s a much cheaper way to get this done. that said, I’m happy with any ILB, DT, OT, EDGE, FS, or Corner. Gotta draft BPA at 19, but there’s a non zero chance that’s Kenyon Sadiq.

We gotta upgrade the talent on defense. Free agency helped, but that is Derrick Brown, Jaycee Horn, Trevon Moehrig, and a lot of JAGs. Mike Jack had a tremendous step forward this year. We got something with Scourton too. but overall, there’s a lack of talent on that side of the ball. I’m actually extremely impressed with everything Evero was able to get out of them. Draft needs to but defense heavy. ILB, Pass rush have to get better. Another run stuffing DT wouldn’t hurt. We need to draft and develop a RT replacement, but other than that, I’d like to see this draft be heavy defense.

Honest question. Ticketmaster reflects several tickets as "standard ticket" and others as "verified resale." With this many "standard tickets" available, does this mean it's not a sellout?

I agree. TD is a legend, but in a different way. If 89 was already retired I'd be all for it. I think he's going to have a tough row to hoe now, but I'd rather not get into that in this thread.

Time to retire #1 and #59, and def put them in the row of honor. In my opinion our only retired numbers so far should be: 1, 51, 59, and 90.

I see the strengths in Bryce's game on good days. I see the weaknesses on bad days. He definitely has too many bad days at the moment. But I think the long and the short of the argument is this: It's unquestionably the best thing for the franchise to give him the 5th year, and see what happens. We have to be able to use our available cap space on a position that is not quarterback if we want to be good next year. If Bryce can't do it with what we should be able to spend next year, you move on. I really think it's that simple. If he agrees to a contract that will allow us to continue to put really good pieces around him, on both sides of the ball, that's a different conversation too. I don't think anybody thinks he's worth top QB money right now. And I think he even knows that if he were to take top QB money somewhere else it wouldn't go well.

Not exactly apples to apples, but I do think the rebuild is ahead of schedule. We can almost treat this postseason like a bowl game. Get the experience. Learn. We don't have the horses, especially on defense to win the super bowl. You never know what can happen, so def don't squander the opportunity, or take it for granted, but I do think we can make this very productive by seeing how Sean McVay goes after us. I also think this is a really good look for us at offseason needs, and what it's going to take to get over the hump and join that next tier of teams, especially with our division looking pretty crowded. Boy would it be nice for Bryce to have a good ball game and shut up some haters.

I don't feel particularly good about this matchup, but I am very happy with this group. I did not expected to make the playoffs this year. The weather should be better than the previous matchup, and Sean McVay has better film to scheme with. That said, any given Sunday, and especially in the playoffs, anything can happen. We will need a lot of noise from the crowd, and a good game from the offensive and defensive lines, and hope for turnovers.

If somebody offers a 3rd or 4th for him, you accept it no matter what. That said, we got a similar pick for mingo, so who knows. He has a good relationship with the head coach at App state, who is a long time NFL guy, so they may find somebody who feels like they can work with him. I do think he can figure it out if he wants to, but it’s gonna take a lot of work on his part and will take a wake up call we haven’t been able to give him here. He’s just one of the most mentally absent players I’ve ever seen. I hate it, because I do think he’s a good person, and he still oozes talent. Kind of like Bryce playing better after throwing a pick, he doesn’t seem to play hard at all until he has a bad drop. hindsight, you can tell how our front office felt about him after a year taking T-Mac in the first. last crazy thought: I would actually be very interested in seeing him try to play a running back. Or a really athletic H back or something. I just don’t know if he has the mental capacity to play WR in the NFL. Think David Montgomery/Deebo/the way we used Curtis Samuel type role.

I guess I see the game similarly to PFF, because I was texting my GC all game long about how bad the TE's were. It's a massive hole on our roster. All three have had at least one game where they looked like a pro bowler, but the week to week has been really poor. Additionally, Corbett continues to struggle. He seems like a great dude, but I think that experiment has run its course. Ick with a really bad game, but he's been good this season. Defensively man, no pass rush and no ILB. The good news is the holes on our roster are clear and evident to everyone. I still hope we go BPA in the first. We're going to have to start paying some of our guys rather than free agents with the cap money.

For sure. and the announcers were talking constantly about what they were going to do with that snap of the ball, etc etc. That's one of the only plays you can run and have everybody close enough to the line of scrimmage to clock it quickly. Like I said, hats off to them. The saints are a well coached bunch.

I know the sneak can be more effective with a big quarterback, but that doesn't mean it's totally ineffective with a small one. That play for me has always been about the guards and centers getting a good push. We should be able to run it with a small quarterback.

The bucs struggles have definitely helped us. The only reason we are in the playoff conversation is because of how bad they've been. Wanting Canales out is an interesting opinion. Hard to look at this and think he hasn't done a good job. I do think he needs a really good offensive assistant he trusts. Someone that either specializes in managing games, or calling plays. I do think he has too much on his plate at times. He struggles sometimes with balancing both roles. I think Evero has done a great job. Everybody is going to complain, but we've done a poor job of roster building on that side of the ball. We have no pass rush, and no inside linebackers. That's a heck of a combo.

I thought the Lathan Ransom one was legit. It wasn't super late, and I'm not sure what Latham could have done, but that was an absolutely shocking time to call a QB draw, and kudos to them for thinking of that. I think it was the correct call, but I don't think we can really pile on Lathan Ransom. If we don't commit a penalty there, the clock probably runs out before they can clock it. The one they called on DB, I don't know what he could have done differently. He's a massive human to be stopping and changing direction that quickly. He was already in the process of delivering that hit when Shough started to slide. I love Bryce and I'm a big Bryce defender, but he's genuinely awful with this stuff. He does not hustle out of bounds, and he does not slide well. We never get these calls because he doesn't manage that part of the game well. I still think he's our franchise guy, but that's definitely an area for improvement. The rule is good and helps keep QB's on the field, but they need to start penalizing quarterbacks that take advantage of it, as Mahomes is known to do. That will get rid of the nonsense. I also think we need some sort of adjustment for the late slide. Maybe make it like the old facemask rule. The 5 yard and the 15 yard variety.

There is no reason to watch a game you believe to be rigged. I don't think it's rigged at all, I think we did a poor job yesterday. I don't like some rules, but I thought they were officiated to the standard in the rulebook.

The doom and gloom is crazy. Were still the team that beat the Packers and Rams. From the beginning this year, it's been obvious that Canales likes to shorten the game as much as possible, and play a more efficient game than our opponent. I do think this lined up perfectly with where we should have been with this rebuild. That said, the rebuild is ahead of schedule. That's a good thing. But we have to learn to keep the accelerator on against bad teams. Draining the clock helps us when the other team is better than us. When the other team is worse, the points are more valuable and putting the game away.

At the end of this season, we will have nobody to blame but ourselves. We have 7 losses. 4 to 4 of the best teams in football. That’s going to happen. 3 combined losses to the cards and saints is wuff. Gotta be better. Never know the day that you don’t meet the standard that could bite you in the ass. If we win even one of those games, we’re still in pole position.