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Is Pickett playing? I think he is in the protocol. Either way I just have a feeling their defense is going to give us trouble. If they stop our run and we have to rely on Darnold it could get ugly. It's just a feeling I have. Maybe because the last couple times the Steelers had their way with us.

I think it just depends on how the team looks. The next 4 games are against pretty bad teams with maybe the Lions being decent. If he crushes terrible teams like the Saints and loses to mid teams like the Lions and get crushed by good teams like the Bengals and whoever we play IF we make the playoffs then I don’t think he is a definite. It will be interesting to see how we play the Steelers who are having a pretty bad year. They still tend to hang around with good teams. I’m not sure this weekend is a win, but what do I know?

Like you don’t!

Yep plus it gets him out of that offensive system that doesn’t look to translate. Could be a very smart move for him.

He looks to be a relatively cheap cap hit with some great play making ability. We really need an OC that knows how to use him outside of McAdoo’s dumb screen pass…

He said when we was the HC at Arizone HE wanted to trade up for Josh Allen. I don't think it mattered who is OC is, especially since the good ones are pretty much temporary...

It will be interesting to see what happens draft day if Wilks is our HC. He claimed he wanted to trade up for Josh Allen but was denied that option. Is he going to want to trade up for Anthony Richardson? Same physically talented, but raw passer type of prospect....

I feel like he is the same as @Catsfan69....

So you are wanting to tank? Who exactly is going to start OVER Burns and be paired up with YGM? Haynes is a high motor low snap count player. Outside of that we have??????

Peppers is 4th all time in sacks. To not be satisfied with that is a little absurd to me…

PFF stated he ranked 4th in pressures in the league with 53? @Toomers posted it a few comments up. HIs run defense continues to be an issue, but Brown has helped with that a good bit IMO.

Luke/TD on defense and Cam on offense and he STILL couldn't manage back to back winning season....

This makes me feel better about keeping Wilks if that is what happens. Rivera's lack of adjustments always drove me crazy!

People are getting upset Burns isn't getting a sack every game? That would put him at 17 sacks? Julius Peppers best season was 14.5 sacks and is 4th all time in the NFL for sacks. People need to cut Burns a little slack here. Let's get an actual decent player on his other side instead of YGM and see how he does.

Sean Ryan isn't a better option? Might as well see what another person can do than continuing to watch something that is terrible at it....

We should probably change the subject of this thread as it is very misleading...

A lot has changed in 2 decades.

I would like to see where he said this. If we wanted to tank we would have kept Rhule or promoted McAdoo. Tepper wants to win.

Well yeah because we have no QB…

What talent are you talking about on the Rams offense Thursday night?? His TE was Higbee who has 2 receptions on his 3 targets for 11 yards…

Darnold had ONE dropped pass??? That’s never happened to any QB before. This changes everything!

1. QB 2. QB 3. QB

Obviously not with our 223 rushing yards.

45 running plays vs 24 passing in which only 14 were completed averaging 5 yards a per pass attempt. Darnold played decent, but our offensive strategy was once again don’t let Darnold lose the game. Limit his attempts (especially deep passes) to lower his risk. He is definitely the weakest link on offense. TE is pretty bad as well…

I hoping he is having the offense play that way because he doesn’t trust Darnold yet. With the right QB maybe he lets the offense roll.