KSpan

I was in St. Louis that weekend for a conference and couldn't go to the game... we were just a block or two from the Dome. We made it back to the hotel at the end of the first OT, and when they lined up I told the guy next to me "Big play, Steve Smith, right here." The it happened and he bought me a couple of drinks for "being damn psychic". Good times all around but man did I want to bail on that conference and buy a scalped ticket. I like to think that the football gods smiled on my sacrifice.

Yes, they all sucked just like Bryce. Sucking is not zero-sum, and there was limitless suck to go around this year.

Clausen throws gas compared to Bryce https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Gu4Yna21LQ&t=212s&pp=ygUYSmltbXluY2xhdXNlbiBoaWdobGlnaHRz Not sure why that won't embed, but it's Clausen career highlights. Never thought I would ever watch that but here we are.

Flashback to Tepper coming back out of the shadows to flap his gums when he thought they were again outsmarting the NFL - "...this guy has the highest probability of winning Super Bowls..." Blech.

I am highly skeptical of Bryce's future and as critical as anyone, but I have to give him credit for toughness. Guy took a beating this year (a fair portion of it his own fault) and kept coming back. 27-13 defeat at the hands of the Giants in 2006. Weinke threw for 400+ but also a bunch of picks... was not a great day.

Man, I took so much heat this past year for pointing out exactly what many have finally figured out about Burns when the spotlight was on him this season... Just glad it's going to be done. Either they agree at a value based in reality or Burns moves on. End the dumb drama; this team is too bad for this nonsense.

El Oh El

No hindsight necessary - it was obvious then and there that it was an absolute windfall for a second- or third-tier player like Burns.

They never ran a play with a lead - they were behind when they kicked and then the game ended. That's the (dubious) record, that they ran zero plays in the 4th quarter while having a lead. There is no 'technically' about it.

And then not trading him to Chicago instead of D.J. Two golden opportunities just fumbled away.

The Derek Anderson School of Quarterbacking.

We have baseball workouts from 1-3, so I'll be mercifully prevented from watching the bulk of it. Will probably tune in for the first few just to see the season off.

Why do you think it automatically means anyone wants Bryce to fail? The two things are not mutually exclusive, and that's really the problem with a lot of rose-colored crew in this fan base right now... things are treated as zero-sum, and it's not. It's just the way it appears based on the season at hand.

And that is why arm strength matters. Not that it is key for every play and not that QBs need to be winging it 40 yards down field off their back foot on the regular, but what an advantage in situations like that.

Brothers of the Sun 2.0.

Charlotte Point Guards

Nothing will push me back out of 'just friends and academic interest' territory until it shows up consistently on the field. That doesn't mean winning every week, as it didn't this year or any year before, but rather decisions that lead to ratio and and logical team-building, personnel moves that actually make goddamn sense, and just some steady improvement and player and strategic development from week to week. David Tepper has killed any and all credibility that he may have ever had, which was basically unknown-to-none in the first place, and over these 6 seasons there is zero evidence that he has any football sense whatsoever. He has a lonnnnng way to go to rebuilding any favor and earning the benefit of any doubt.

On the bright side, at least this year's draft room this wasn't set up in a hotel hallway because the football stadium was too busy holding a concert on draft night.

Yeah, selling the team is over the top. Hopefully though the NFL does impose something solid and public, as I would hope for any owner that does such an action. If the Eagles sideline guy got suspended and banned from games, what does this deserve?

You really have to start with retaining Rivera and Hurney post-2018. 2019 should have been a completely clean start.

The irony here is so thick it's suffocating.