Proudiddy

Was looking at a Bill Barnwell article on it earlier and the FPI has Tampa with a 70.2 % chance to win the division and us at 20.8%. I do feel better knowing if we can get to 10 wins, and maybe even 9 depending on what happens above us, we hold tiebreakers over 3 of those teams - and that’s not even knowing what Tampa will do outside of our games, but I hope they have a meltdown.

I also love that Jake and Luke are still so invested in this organization’s success. They still feel a part of it.

Yeah, ngl, I really, really, really thought he was 1000% gonna get that poo punched out. I was holding my breath the whole return… honestly, it was a shitty play by the Rams player.

I hope he goes to the AFC and I know the Chiefs were the other consideration when he originally signed with us, but I don’t think their contention chances are very high. I briefly thought about if we could bring him back to help, but I don’t want him taking snaps or roles away from the younger guys. I’d much rather XL or Horn get any snaps Thielen would take.

Ahhh! I had no idea the rules changed after the trade deadline. Welp, I guess his leverage is all those trash teams know not to sign him because of his stated wants.

I don’t believe he is subject to waivers. I think if they have more than 4 years played or something like that, they’re no longer subject to waivers. They’re a vested vet and free to sign wherever they want.

That three consecutive plays he blew up Williams needs to be put in The Louvre. I don’t recall the last time a safety got three shots like that in on one guy, in one series, nor consecutively. Insane. Love his physicality, and I think he’s got great potential in coverage as well.

I’m not even so much worried about who we play after the bye, so much as how we are going to play coming off of the bye.

Glad we have both of them. I think Rico is more explosive, but Chuba is a grinder who really finishes runs strong. I also think Chuba looked really bad initially coming back from that injury, because as he admitted, he wasn’t 100%. Now, I think Rico is banged up and Chuba is back fully healthy. Thankful for the bye week being scheduled when it was.

While I don’t disagree with Key’s take at all, I’ll add the caveats that: *you have to have a QB you trust to do those things *he has to do them consistently and that’s been the issue with Bryce. We don’t and he hasn’t. I’m hoping he does the remainder of this season. Also, I think it goes without saying, for Key’s musts to work, you have to have a great defense and incredible run game in the modern NFL. Again, what he cites can work, but it is a bit of an antiquated approach to quarterbacking and offense in general now. That was a great blueprint in the 90s. It can work, but it’s tough to have all those pieces align.

I think all of Scot’s points stand except the 5th year option being guaranteed. If you’re Dan Morgan or Canales, are you worried about letting Bryce walk and facing him as an opponent? I would be licking my chops to play him. I think that should be the measure of whether you lock him in. FO would be remiss if they believe they can’t find multiple QBs out there right now who are an upgrade over Bryce. If they want to keep him and bring in legit competition so be it. What we absolutely cannot do is go into another season with him being coddled and the only option to legitimately start.

I said it in another thread during the week, but the issue under Canales/Bryce has been and continues to be when we don’t need it/expect it, the team shows up. When we need it/expect it, they don’t show up. That HAS to change down the stretch. because I agree, the division should be ours. There are ZERO excuses. We just beat Stafford and the Rams while half our fuging defense was out with injuries, including our best coverage man. That poo says it all. There are literally no excuses for us to not win the games in front of us.

I’ve learned my lesson. I’m always pulling for him to figure it out, but until he strings these games together, I’m not getting too high. For the sake of the season, I definitely hope he does, but we still need to bring in comp this offseason regardless.

Dammit Arizona.