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I missed the game today because I was driving the family back from a weekend trip. Glancing through this thread from where we came out hot to where we struggled was sad to see. We desperately need a win and I know I’m stating the obvious. I’m just seeing so many people get excited with “best drive of the year” “No 1 pick type of control of the offense” “great throw” “Bryce came to play today.” Us fans are just looking for some sign of hope/life from this team. I hope something happens this bye week and we come off it with a home win against Houston. Lord knows we need it and deserve it as fans through all of this.

I‘m going to bedazzle my bag-head

Rookie and even 2nd season is much closer, but yeah Tua’s is higher.

I think he can be. Obviously Stroud was the right choice and Young wasn’t one we should have traded up to acquire while still missing so many pieces. There is just so many things wrong with this team is hard to get a clear reading on how good Young can be.

Yep

Russell and Stafford have Cannons. I think Burrow’s arm is a good comparison. Remember he tweaked his motion after his rookie year to add some velocity. I could see Young doing similar plus adding some muscle mass.

Colorado is about to have some NIL money to throw around next year. Their hype is getting more businesses interested which means more money and he is going to get a pretty loaded roster out of it. They are going to get a lot better next year IMO.

I don’t think our team didn’t know what he weighed. Water weight isn’t just drinking water, it’s adding quick temporary weight over a short time frame that’s fairly easy to shed. I think it was a good way to calm down the media about his overall size. I don’t think his playing weight is the same as Russ Wilson’s who has an inch on him as well. We obviously didn’t think it was an issue, but the whole thing was weird and would like 5 seconds to prove wrong. I don’t care either way but the subject at hand was literally the combine and I’m stating the weight was more of a concern than not throwing from my perspective.

Herbert wouldn’t be able to stay healthy behind this excuse of an OL we have had over the past several years. The situation QBs are in is probably more important than the QB himself. Just look at Baker in Tampa vs Baker here just last year. I will say that Stroud appears to be thriving despite his environment which is very rare.

Not throwing isn’t anything that crazy. Many busts and good QBs didn’t. Burrow, Stafford, Matt Ryan, Teddy, Manziel, Derek Carr, Bradford, RG3, Tannehill, The Golden Calf of Bristol, Bradford, Quinn, Jamarcus, Gabbert, Kyler Murray etc (I’m pulling this from Reddit so it could be off). Scouts get a better look up close at the Pro Days. My biggest concern was Young only weighing in and then not weighing in on his Pro Day when he was throwing. It gave some validity to his putting on some water weight just for the combine. Simply stepping on a scale during his Pro Day could have easily settled those concerns. Plus Stroud, AR, and Levis have cannons. Throwing behind them would do nothing but hurt his stock.

Houston at home after the bye with Woods, Corbett (most important), and possibly Horn healthy.

I think Reich needs to let Brown and McCown do their thing. I also think he is slowly getting better in spite of his current situation week by week.

A rookie QB getting better? Impossible!

He struggles in coverage which makes him hard to use.

He might have some influence there. He was high on Young and Mingo.

Dip included?

What did Gary Cobb say?

2 old ass coaches calling plays.

Maybe a DC, but his ego would never allow him to do that. He will probably be like a defensive consultant or something.

I love the whole “how many times does Bryce have to hit players in the face before you appreciate his accuracy” comment. We need some stickum for their face masks.

It’s a different spin every week

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2023/04/25/2023-nfl-draft-panthers-texans-raiders-favorite-bryce-young/

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Man I love the energy Stroud is playing with. Seeing him hop up and down over the OL as that pass is being caught made me laugh. We need to get our players out there having fun. I know they are all frustrated from losing but they need some positive energy.

Pete Carroll and Kyle Shanahan make most QBs in their system look pretty good.