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10-25 record over your last 35 games. You need to change a lot of things buddy

You know, I was thinking the same thing. We’ve got some nice pieces on both sides of the ball. We’ve still got some holes, but I have no doubt that there are coaches in the NFL who could get this team above .500…and probably to a wildcard spot.

30%? It's actually 29.41%

Good post. I could see him causing all sorts of problems as an OLB in a 3-4 scheme coordinated by a Bill Belichik or a Wade Phillips type running the defense. To make that work though you've got to have a massive presence at the NT to cover both A gaps and DE's capable of playing the B and C gaps. We'd need bigger lineman in the middle and on the EDGE. I have wondered if D. Brown would be more affective as a DE in a 3-4 if he had Burns coming of the edge. He'd see less double teams on passing plays. We'd also need bigger ILB's. We'd need to make a firm commitment and it would take at least 2 seasons to acquire all the pieces, assuming you drafted the right players and acquired the right FA's. I don't think the saying "the answer is on the roster" applies to us right now.

Here's the problems with your proposal, I wouldn't trust the current regime to draft anyone replace him. I don't think the coaching staff is good at evaluating d-lineman. Right now he is our best lineman. Burns still isn't 25. I'd like to see him stay and become a standout in the league. I just don't think he's worth $20 mil a season. In the NFL, the next man up always seems to dictate the market cost even if he isn't as good as the guy that preceded him.

I think Burns is good...not great. Top tier passing rushing ends are getting around $20 mil a season. He's not worth that. He's still young and has room to improve, but if ends the season with less than 10 sacks , and the his run defense doesn't improve , then you have to begin planning to let him walk if he wants a top dollar contract.

I hope He plays lights out for the rest of year. But’s, if Brown doesn’t start living up to his draft spot this season, there is no way on earth I’d pick up that 5th year option

Say what you want about how bad we’ve looked today, but that was a good drive and just what we needed to get back in this game.

I have a feeling that teams are gonna run the ball down our throats all year. Their opening drive took up half of the 3rd quarter and their offense didn’t produce one explosive pass play.

Never liked the pick. He wasn’t a dominant pass rusher in college. If you can’t you get to the QB in college, you probably will have a harder time in the pro because the lineman are significantly better. You don’t spend top 10 draft picks on run stuffing tackles and/or defensive ends. You spend those on pass rushers.

Bogus personal foul call on the Cleveland d-lineman. Im actually glad we have to punt on this series. Things need to start looking better by halftime. If not the boos are going to start.

“There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.” -- Bum Phillips

I'd feel better about your prediction if we had a different Head Coach.

I was listening to Colin Cowherd one day and he said that every year about 4 or 5 teams will make the playoffs the prior season since early 2002, which is right when the divisions were realigned.

Are you referring to TMJ, Robbie or both? If you get your wish will you start busting a move with rest of the Peanut Kids?

We don't know how things will shake out , but I agree with you. The Rams don't look like shoo-ins to win their division this year. The haven't had the smoothest off-season. I think they're going to have a bumpy ride in 2022. SF and Arizona aren't pushover teams. I think the NFC West is the one division in the NFC that could actually send 3 teams to the playoffs.

If the Panthers win the NFC South this year then that means we are going to see a serious implosion in Tampa this season. I'd love to see it (especially since it's Brady's last year), but I find that highly unlikely. We've won 5 games for three seasons in a row. An above .500 season would be a great success. If we made the wild card this year I'd call that a tremendous success. If we ended up winning the division and hosting a playoff game in the postseason, then Rhule would be a legit contender for coach of the year.

You know, if that prediction comes true, and Christian can get over 1,000 yards on the ground (and close to 1800 in all purpose yards) we'd have one of the best offenses in the NFL. That doesn't guarantee a playoff spot or winning season, but the team would still be a lot of fun to watch.

With the exception of the Bradberry pick in 2016, our draft that year was terrible. But, if we had held onto Josh in 2016 AND STILL picked Bradberry, we would have a had a top 5 CB duo for the next 3-4 seasons.

I don't believe in drafting DTs in the 1st round if they can't collapse the pocket on consistent basis and make life miserable for quarterbacks. You can find "run stuffers" in every round of the draft. If Brown doesn't make major strides as a pass rusher this year I'd be very hesitant to pick up the 5th year option.

I saw a video of Corral highlights on YouTube. A BAMA guy was commenting. He said he was glad to see Matt leave Ole Miss because the BAMA defense had a hard time dealing with him. He felt Matt was the best QB they've face that past two seasons and has the tools to be a solid NFL QB.

I don't think the NFL is set up for a QB to succeed in the 3rd round, which really is quite unfortunate. Imagine this scenario: The team has another bad year and things go south once again. Matt gets some playing time around the middle or the last quarter of the year. Let's say he plays ok, but not spectacular. Tepper decides to hire a new coach and we end up picking in the top 10 again. This draft is supposedly going to have a good class of QB's. There would be a lot of pundits (and fans) saying that we should take a 1st round QB in 2023...and maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing. A new QB deserves to have the guy he wants at the QB because his success will ultimately depend on the guy taking the snaps. If we did get a QB, any chance of Matt ever becoming a franchise QB is all but gone. The team would have a lot more invested in the 1st rounder and would get him on the field ASAP, even if Matt is better. Corrall would probably at best end a journeyman QB or even out of the league of years. People would be saying "3rd round QB's don't make it big in the NFL". That may be true, but it isn't always based on talent. I think more teams are willing to give 1st rounders more chances to prove themselves than the lower round draft choices.

I wholeheartedly agree with this post. Going high in the 1st round should have the young man set financially for the rest of his life. That's great for him. In terms of his actual career as a NFL QB, he should have stayed at USC for another year to get more reps at the position. He would have had more experience coming into the league. This would have probably resulted in him going to another franchise instead of the Jets, who were definitely going to take a QB that year in the draft. Coming out a year later, could have resulted in him going to a better franchise with better coaching. It's also possible that he could have been allowed to sit a year, maybe even two, before seeing the field. All that's water under the bridge. If Corral isn't ready, I hope Sam can successful this year. He seems like a nice guy. I still think if he received some solid coaching from a coach like Bill Walsh, Andy Reid, Mike Holmgrem, etc he could become a serviceable QB in the league.

It's hard to shut down a potent offense for 4 quarters at the NFL level. The rules favor the passing game, Defenses get fatigued, and as you pointed out sometimes the offenses are able to make adjustments after 3 quarters of play. Seattle had a 10 point lead against the Pats before they let Brady throw two TD's down the stretch to pull things out for the team. NE dominated St. Louis defensively for 3 quarters in their first SB win, but they had no answers for the Rams offense in the 4th quarter; which is why that game almost went to overtime before the Vinitari FG iced the game. The Atlanta pass rush was gassed in the 4th quarter when Brady rallied the team from the 28-3 deficit. If you're not getting a strong pass rush all game long and the DB's can't keep up with the receivers then no lead under 20 points is safe in the 4th quarter...especially if the offense begins to bog down.

Every QB is different. You can't make rash decisions when it comes to starting a rookie QB. Some QB's enter a league in a good environment and have enough talent to start immediately make their teams playoff contenders or participants (Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Russel Wilson, Andrew Luck, and Dan Marino are examples). Other achieved success in a the league and ultimately ended up in the Hall of Fame put had miserable/lackluster 1st seasons (Bradshaw, Aikman, Elway, P. Manning). Some players just need to sit and hold the clipboard for year before their given control of the team. The two most successful QB...in terms of SB wins...since 1981 sat their rookie seasons (Montana and Brady). If a kid understands the playbook, can make the throws, and has a solid line blocking for him I think its ok to start him, especially if he's better than the other QB's on the roster. But, under no circumstances should you throw him out there if he isn't ready. We've all seen QB's fail in the league because the coaches threw them on the field to soon. Personally, I think Darnold should have set a year with the Jets. I think he would have been better prepared to play QB at the professional level if he had.