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Have to eat my humble pie here. I advocated us taking him in his draft bc I thought he had the tools to be a great NFL QB. Looks like that Tennessee offense was really QB friendly.

As a QB.

https://x.com/connor_j_hughes/status/1985791385891389943?s=46

Yeah, Jets are clearly fireselling. I know we were linked to Garrett Wilson at some point. But if they have any LBs, edge rushers, or even some OL depth, hit em up… hell, swing a trade for Tyrod.

fug! I hate Dallas, and I believe we were linked to Williams at some point before. I fuging hate Dallas and wish the whole league would collude against ever helping them.

For two firsts. Dayum!

Ngl, as good as I felt about us after winning yesterday, when they showed the top NFC teams on SNF, I realized what a crazy year this is. The NFC seems uncommonly top heavy. As of today, we aren’t anywhere near playoff positioning, which at 5-4 seems very, very weird compared to most years. I know things will shake out further as the season goes on and it likely won’t look the same, but I have the feeling it’s one of those years that you’ll need like 11 wins to get in as a wildcard. seems very like a very pantherish thing to rebound this year and that’s what it would take.

Ngl, there is a part for me that is really hoping they surprise us and start Mike White down the stretch. He couldn’t be worse. In fact, if he’s able to hit the opportunities over top we’re given, this could be one of the most dynamic offenses in the league. Rico is doing what he’s doing against defenses that don’t give a fug about the passing offense or the threat of a pass. Imagine if they had to respect the deep ball.

Also, in regards to XL and guys like Renfrow and JHJ, it’s hard to truly evaluate them because they aren’t getting enough opportunities. XL, to me, seems like he turned a corner, which was evident in that career game a couple of weeks ago… but then he’s only getting a couple of targets over the next couple of weeks. Not to pile on Bryce because everyone knows where I stand on him, but it’s because of him. Bryce made a nice throw to him yesterday, XL made a nice clutch grab, and then a packers defender took a cheap shot on him and he was out for a bit (I believe he came back?). But, overall, it feels like for most of our WRs it’s feast or famine and no in between: it’s not enough consistency in targets and distribution.

Speaking of Scourton, what has really stood out to me the last few weeks… almost every game, the tackle tasked with him is false starting almost every play and it’s only be called maybe once. Go back and watch the games, but I’m seeing it 10+ times a game. The tackles are a full stride back before the ball is snapped and the rest of the team is moving. It’s wild and so blatant. He must be making quite an impression on the opponents as well.

Balled out today and has been balling all season. Loved that pile-driving spear on the screen.

All valid and kind of where I land. im ecstatic we won, but we’ve lost several games we shouldn’t have because of his refusal to make adjustments despite how crystal clear the need was. And this is a much bigger credit to Evero and the defense and Fitzgerald, because the decision to take the game out of your QB’s hands because you don’t trust him and force us into kicking a 50+ yard FG attempt on a windy Lambeau day to win the game was so conservative it would make John Fox blush. We’re lucky Fitz was up for the moment.

When your QB is the primary reason you lose in your losses, then brother, you don’t have a QB. That’s always been the issue with Bryce. Most of the games we’ve lost, including last week with Andy, happened because we couldn’t generate enough offense or explosive plays to keep the opponent honest, and as a result, they come out super aggressive and force turnovers because our QBs don’t have the physical tools to counter what they do. Rico is almost single-handedly the reason we’ve won games because his runs are replacing the explosive plays we don’t get in the passing game. QB has to be addressed ASAP.

While this definitely feels like the Panther way lol, Rico is different. In hindsight, Chuba wasn’t doing THIS. You can’t let this guy walk. Chuba would pound away on teams and was steady, consistent, but he rarely rattled off chunk plays. Now, I think the shelf life at this point is 3-4 years max, but his big plays and physical, explosive runs are the only thing our offense is generating most games he’s played and it has been the sole reason we are winning them. Move on from Chuba’s contract, pay Rico, let Brooks and/or Etienne step in as the successor.

He is the franchise.

I am an anatomical male. You just got me pregnant.

Canales you fuging pussy. Tepper you’re a bitch with your fuging but adds middle schooler QB the staff doesn’t trust to throw a pass on a game winning drive.

Actually, I’ll shut my ass up, fiz. I was thinking specifically to the turnovers, but, full stat line, this poo is definitely not good. We are completely hamstrung by the QB position right now. edit: as I typed this we just had to call a timeout bc we came out in what essentially looked like goal line personnel to run and the packers matched it. If we had someone who could make their fuging passes, that would be awesome.

I get that we needed to play clock and limit GB’s possessions, but the fact our “franchise QB” has 83 yards and a pick in the 4th qtr and the defense is now aggressively shooting the gaps on Rico with impunity speaks for itself. And it pisses me off. i appreciate Bryce trying, and at this point he is a much better QB than Andy, but my God, who isn’t? This poo is so handicapping.

Hell yes. Good point.

The guy that hit XL needs to have his leg broken.

Ravens just traded Jaire Alexander to the Eagles with a pick swap.

I’ve seen Key mentioned a bit in possibilities for teams looking for edge rush help. Also, interesting Simmons is also out, bc last I read, he and Ward were the only guys the Titans said were off limits.

No I understand it from that perspective, but if you’re trying to win, you keep him and play him. While trading him if you don’t plan on paying him makes sense, we also chose to not keep Foreman after an amazing run to close that year out and it took us this long to find a similarly explosive RB that fits our offense. And while I appreciate all Chuba has done, we ultimately chose to pay him for being a good guy, and then got better production out of Rico on a one year deal. if we chose to pay him, it would likely not be anything near what Chuba got. So, my opinion is, if you’re trying to win, you trade Chuba, and ultimately whatever you give Rico likely fills the salary slot Chuba’s number was already occupying, and we get more production while also opening up more carries for our future back in Etienne.