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Mendoza getting sat again in the second half for running up the scoreboard. Three TDs passing, one rushing and a pick. The INT was a tipped ball at the LOS, not really his fault. Imagine his stats if he was allowed to stay in the entire game in these blow out wins?

Yeah, I lol'ed when people were talking about Brown's awful 3-cone time. A 4-3 DE or 3-4 OLB, sure, 3-cone time has some merit. A 320 pound human isn't supposed to light on his feet. Those were the same folks that were saying under no circumstances should a DT get drafted in the top 10.

But someone told me he had a slow 3-cone shuttle time so he sucks.

Lol, you don't have to convince me. The people needing to be convinced are Tepper, Morgan and maybe to a lesser extent Canales. Fans don't offer/decline/void contracts as you know. Tepper is crux of the dilemma. If Dave says Bryce gets the 5th year option, Bryce gets the 5th year option. I'm not sure where Morgan is on Bryce, but more and more I'm convinced Canales wants his own QB, but he's the low man on the totem pole in that hierarchy.

Murray. Jones, Tua etc... are perfect examples as to why you don't pay a guy like Bryce. These guys were mediocre and those teams took a losing bet that average would turn into greatness given more time and resources. Bryce will get the option, I'm convinced of it. Not because he's earned it with great play, but because the team has too much invested in him to cut bait any earlier than absolutely necessary. Short of him coming back from injury and going winless the rest of the season, Bryce will be our starting QB next fall. I don't like it either, but again, the organization is too invested to go in another direction unless the team goes into death spiral, which I don't foresee that happening.

Bro, he's getting another year whether you like it or not. It will be the '26 offseason before any long term decision is made on Bryce. The only thing that may get decided this offseason is concerning his 5th year option.

Yup. However, let him have one bad game before half the Huddle is screaming about moving him to guard again.

He'll come back just in time for the Saints game in Charlotte after we face the Bills and Packers.

Lance is slated to be a FA if not re-sign. I know we have Dalton for one more year, but he's already got dead years on his deal, what's one more? Trey is only 25-years old and is in his 5th season. If with his original team (49ers) he'd be going into his golden ticket contract, but could be had at a bargain FA deal. All I'm saying is the dude is sill young, incredibly athletic, prototypical QB size and finally healthy. Kicking the tires is completely justified in my opinion. He's not replacing Herbert in LA, so he might opt to hit the open market instead of getting locked up early.

Any given Sunday, but yes, I would expect us to go 0-5. Even if we do win one of those, we probably drop a winnable game versus the Saints or Falcons because that's what we do.

I have to admit, I was on the Trey Lance wagon. While he's obviously not ever going to be a franchise QB1, I'm still curious about him as a bridge QB/QB2.

Yes, I do. He's worse than Young. I wasn't one of those in the Fields camp, though. Remember I wanted to wait to the '24 QB class instead of panicking and taking a QB in the marginal '23 draft? Yeah, QB6 in that class just reeled off a 33 point 4th quarter comeback win yesterday. A lot of people shat on Bo Nix as being a marginal system college QB. I think Williams will be ok, not a superstar, but an above average QB1. The incomplete grades are Penix and McCarthy--the first largely sat year one and JJ can't get on the field. The rest of that first round class is doing pretty good or balling.

The mental side of the game, hands and inability to stay healthy was/is his main problems. His athletic ability was never in question. Staying healthy is mostly luck...yes some things can mitigate injuries to a degree, but injuries are largely unpredictable. That part of the equation is what it is. Not being the sharpest tool in the shed, it was always going to take him a while to 'get' the NFL. I'm still not sure he completely does, but it does seem like he's progressing. My biggest frustration with him is his hands, rather is body tendency to body catch instead of snatching passes. If he can continue to work on that and know his playbook, I think XL can eventually be a solid WR.

A starving dog is thankful for table scraps too. Yes, the winning streak is nice, but going from bottom dwellers to mediocre still isn't the long term solution. Enjoy the now, but don't lose sight of the future. Some of us know this is not a model that can sustain us forever nor deliver us a championship. Teams will eventually lock down our rushing attack. Our defense will lapse periodically. There will be a time where we need a QB to play 'hero ball'. We don't have that type of QB on this roster.

Our win woke Atlanta up. I imagine the second meeting will be different. Miami sucks, their coach may not have a job next week. Of those three Dallas was the only team I didn't think we had a chance of beating, but we did. On the flip side we lost to a pretty bad Cardinals team, so it washes.

Yeah, on the radio the other day they were talking about QB1 contract numbers. You have rookie contracts, FA contracts and second contracts for QB1. While certain FA QB contracts can be pricey, most aren't that steep overall. You have a QB1 going for his second deal, you had back up the Brinks truck. They went through examples and it didn't matter elite or not, those second contracts for a QB1 are eye-popping and cap bloating. They mentioned those QBs that got paid on those second deals had better be the type that can elevate a team because the cap, as a result, is too tight to put talent everywhere else on the roster.

Yup, the Bills offense is a tad better than the Jets....just a smidge. Dalton will be the scapegoat for having our winning streak snapped.

#1 overall pick that plays like anything but that. If Bryce was a mid-tier FA QB...say Samker Darnfield, his tail would have already been cut. Bryce's sunken cost is why Tepper is determined to make him work. Dave is going to try to file down that square peg determined to make it fit in the round hole. Anyone that sees Bryce progressing beyond what he is now is just wearing rose colored glasses. He's a low end-to-below average NFL QB. This is pretty much his ceiling. Leaning heavily on a League best rushing attack and a defense that finally can stop opponents while generating takeaways. Bryce's role now is to not screw it up. Not the inspired QB play it takes to win more than a few games versus trash opponents nor eventually make noise in the postseason.

Highest paid OL in the League, a pair of hot handed RBs and a pair of 1st round WRs. I have factored that in and now that the defense is playing much better, this team should be rolling...truly rolling. Yeah, I know, three wins, but the cushy portion of the schedule is over. Can Bryce lead this team to wins over quality opponents or will he simply keep relying on a heavy dose of our rushing attack and hope the defense continues to hold up?

Purgatory QB.

Miserable? Nah. Encouraged? Nah. Doing back flips because we barely beat the worst team in the League? Nah. Emotionally numb to Tepper's Panthers? Absolutely.

And now the real schedule starts....

I hope Mendoza goes back to school, but chances are he's going to be QB1 in this class. If the Jets are #1, he might pull an Andrew Luck. The dude just gets it and I would hate to see a QB with so much potential go to a complete dumpster fire organization like that.

It could very well happen. Dudes are hungry for a win. In week 7, they haven't packed it up for the year just yet. Don't be sucked into the false narrative that the Jets have already quit. If the Panthers take them lightly, we may not get whooped, but very well could take a loss in an ugly game.