45catfan

Take an average team like say our divison rival Saints and they had a stretch of games ex: Home: Texans, Colts Away: Bears--in the three consecutive games, they are thinking 'we probably get all 3 of these games.' Point being it looks like we can't take advantage of a soft spot in the schedule.

So the three picks yesterday was scheme? Cool story bro.

We might win this game in a battle of field goals. I've been saying that this 3 game stretch of winnable games was the low hanging fruit portion of the schedule and we could/should win at least two of them. That said, if we lose this one with the teams we have left on the schedule, then that's a wrap. We are looking at a 1--at most, 2 win season. The only caveat being if Bryce gets benched at some point. Dalton will squeeze out another win or two.

I never liked the guy as our owner, but the NFL wanted him in their club because of the deep pockets Tepper has. Never can have enough billionaires in their little circle, apparently. I wanted the local guy out of Charleston, but he wasn't as rich as Tepper, so the NFL would have none of that. Is there any wonder that the Waltons won the bid for the Broncos? Maybe Warren Buffet will want a team or Jeff Bezos. The NFL would be licking their chops then!

Will we 'Josh Rosen'' Bryce? Tepper will clean house before he owns up to this epic blunder even if Bryce ends up being as bad as Rosen. Rosen was averaging just under a TD a game he started while averaging a pick per game. He went into a tailspin and was playing worse by the end of his rookie season, not better. Keeping rookie QBs out there--so they can grow through adversity, can be detrimental rather than beneficial. Bryce is right there, just slightly better than Rosen, with roughly a TD and pick per game average.

I think the only offensive coach I can think of that hasn't defended the Young draft pick publicly recently is Josh McCown. He gave Bryce praise early on, like in OTAs and camp, but has been quiet since. I think Stroud was his guy. I think Stroud was Frank's guy. Bryce was Tepper's guy as soon as he laid eyes on those S2 exam results. Fitts was in arse saving mode and wanted what his boss wanted.

No.

Dalton was/is an average starter. At this point he's not a long term answer for any team, not even us. However, could he come in and give us a few wins this season if the staff would just bench Bryce. Absolutely.

A timeline of Tepper's tenure as team owner:

We disagree then. I'm not sure what Young will be in the future, but right now he's borderline putrid.

It doesn't matter because Young STILL would have been the QB becasue it was Tepper's S2 test crush. The folly here is people keep assuming it's Frank/Frank's system that is holding Young back.

5-3 at WORST and be tied with the Saints for wins right now. I'm thinking we still drop one or more to either the Seahawks, Lions or Dolphins. All the rest we win with even above average QB play.

Burns is now wondering why he didn't demand a trade.

It ain't the playcaller or the playbook bro. I was preaching this all the way back when people were b*cthing about Reich calling plays and "his playbook." Frank was making Bryce look bad they said. There's a reason why QB in the NFL is the most important position in all of pro sports. I'm not calling Bryce a bust yet, but at this point, he's hurting the team. If I was a reporter, I would ask Frank if Byrce gives his team the best chance to win. Frank's a honest man, so he'll either dodge the question or be truthful and say the obvious...'no.'

Tepper would have had NONE of that.

Pretzel logic.

A) Destroying the Giants this season is pretty standard and B) Running the ball like a knife through hot butter isn't exactly a hard versus the Giants either. Context.

Could Tepper sell the team? *fingers crossed*

Knowing our (bad) luck I'm surprised it wasn't a bad pass or a drop. Yeah, a blown defensive assignment though, Chark was wide open.

Who was a starter at point in his career. Minshew isn't some scrub backup.

No we couldn't. This season is not about winning, unless Bryce Young is the one winning it. If you all can't see it by now I don't what else to tell you. Even if we are 1-15, if healthy, Bryce Young will be playing in the last game.

I would love to know if bringing Bryce along slowly was even an option? I bet Tepper told the staff Bryce is starting game 1.

Nope, It's not fair to Dalton to throw him into this dumpster fire. If Bryce is going to grow, he's going to have to man up and finish this game.

The team is banged up defensively, traded away it's top 2 offensive stars and starting a rookie QB. The only thing Reich has control over in that is who is starting at QB. Rhule shrewdly stayed away from rookie QBs for the very reason they take time to develop. Despite the 7-year deal, he didn't want to suffer through two seasons--minimum--of having to endure the growing process. His problem was he sucked as a talent evaluator and missed veteran QBs.

The problem is this team wasn't near far enough along on the offensive side of the ball to be starting a rookie QB. They should have waited a year to draft a QB OR brought the rookie QB in at some point later in the season. The worst thing we could have done is this--starting a rookie QB out of the gate that's void of any play makers on offense.