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Holding?

There's the OSU mistake/couple of mistakes that saved Georgia at the end. Shouldn't have even been this close.

And there it is.

Georgia is sunk, barring a huge OSU mistake. They needed to run the ball at least once down there before scoring.

Defense is apparently optional in these latest bowl games, NBA style.

Not only did the team not run them, but they never defended them either. It's like the franchise as a whole refused to acknowledge the play type existed at all. Things have improved.

And he went and gave Rhule that ludicrous contract. Just silly.

Rhule was nothing but hype, and even NFL teams get caught up in it sometimes; this cycle was all about finding the next Kingsbury or McVay and questionable guys like Rhule got a boost. Dude had a poor track record against quality college competition and had never stayed anywhere long enough to really show that he had what it took for a long haul. Regarding Tepper, he absolutely though he outsmarted the league. Remember how visible he was in 2020 and all the talk about things like the sport science program that all evaporated when they realize the NFL had already been doing that stuff for years? Dude vanished in 2021 when it became clear he'd been snookered.

The media hype was just dumb given his weak track record, and there's a reason other teams like the Jets were connected with reports that they were concerned he would bring in all of his college buddies. Lo and behold, that's exactly what happened and, lo and behold, Rhule was awful. The train wreck was very easy to see coming.

New owner is not an excuse, as Rhule was such an obvious bad gamble and the contract was absurd. Tepper was the emperor with no clothes and though he was smarter than the rest of the NFL.

Jason Peter, Rashard Anderson, Bruce Nelson, Dan Morgan, Evan Mathis, Jeff Otah, Amini Silatolu... it's unfortunately not an uncommon tale around these parts.

And Tepper thought Rhule was a good idea, which cancels out pretty much everything else. Dude should just get out of the way.

Well, if Tepper likes him then it seems clear the football people should avoid him.

Or draft himself.

Exactly. Anyone who has any kind of expectation is setting themselves up for disappointment.

Campbell acknowledging that they stayed in nickel even when Carolina was going 2-TE was confirmation of the head-scratching decisions they made throughout the game. Carolina's TEs are worthless in the passing game, and they've been feasting at times on the ground, so why not make Darnold and the TEs beat them through the air? Whatever though, Carolina absolutely rolled them.

I'm not saying that I disagree with the overall sentiment, as you can't just drop every player that makes a mistake, but this thread will not hold up if he misses another kick in another imporrtant situation.

On top of good OL play, that was some awful LB play as well. Those guys asked to be blocked and the OL was happy to oblige.

The problem with this is that great, 'perfect' if you will since that's usually how the saying goes, is absolutely the goal in the NFL - Super Bowl win = the perfect outcome. Good enough is how we get a decade each of Fox and Ron, and being satisfied with good enough turns teams into perennial also-rans. I'm not saying that Wilks is not a good coach and/or leader. Rather, if the team braintrust (and not just Tepper, because he seems a football idiot) believe another candidate can achieve that perfect based on actual NFL-level expertise and analysis, then that is what is needed.

But it's working and it's Mayfield doing it. No one is saying he's suddenly an MVP, but he changed teams and suddenly went from worst in the NFL to Teddy-level comptence. Interesting to see.

The depth of Wilson's suckitude is a contender for surprise of the season IMO.

2 years, 2 major injuries... his fault or not, the label fits thus far. Sorry man.

Bold to assume that Sam might have been looking better under Rhule after last season.

Watch/remember Smitty escaping from half of the Texans defense for a TD in 2007 and please reconsider your position.

The chill... you guys are funny.