Proudiddy

Growing up, I always said Usher was my generation's Marvin Gaye, but I don't know if that's accurate either, bc I think it's bigger than that (all respect to Marvin Gaye - one of the greatest, smoothest, coolest vocalists of all-time). Usher is legendary and one of my favorite artists ever, too, and you just can't go wrong with this. He's always a showman, always entertaining and has a ton of hits that transcend across all of society. But I'm also trying to remember who was the headliner at the previous Suoerbowl he performed at? Because I remember he did "Yeah!" And "OMG." Was it The Black Eyed Peas? I think it was in Dallas?

It's definitely a soft benching, for all the reasons you stated, but also, I haven't been watching pressers and all that this year bc I just got burned out on them after the Rhule Era - but, I was watching anlocal news editorial on the situation last night and saw Thomas Brown's clip from his presser when asked about the injury and he seemed super pissed. He seemed irritated and short with the questions, but what caught me was when asked specifically about the injury, he was irritated and dismissive and said, "I don't know. They said it happened some time in the first half. I don't know." I hadn't heard that until last night. He also then added he hadn't seen him limp or anything, then someone asked about his long scramble and if Brown noticed anything off, and he said no. Just from my observations of his responses, he seemed very skeptical of the injury and was pissed off. If i had to guess, my belief is the decision to claim he's injured came from Reich and others with more cachet in the staff/brass, and he was pissed bc a) He doesn't feel Bryce was really injured and b) He feels Bryce's struggles are due more to the shitty offense and playcalling so he's frustrated they are benching Bryce without letting him (Brown) try to see if he can help him with his brand of playcalling. It felt like Brown was frustrated bc he sees what he doesn't like with the current setup but they won't let him try his hand at what he was hired for to see if he can remedy it... and then on top of that, the reporters were questioning Bryce's toughness as a result of this - inferring he is mentally folding because he's having a rough time so the staff benched him to save him from himself.

Is he on the 53 now? Or can't we use him on GameDay without moving him up officially during the week? I forget the new PS rules.

Still gross Henderson is playing lol. Also, where has the CB we picked up from San Fran waivers been?

That Seahawks injury report is crazy lol. And we probably still lose.

Damn. Welp, Reich sucks. I just remembered Frank holding the playsheet and all of that, so I assumed he did... I completely forgot it was under Pederson.

Well, said... Cam's projected #1 after KB went down in 2015 was fuging Jericho Corchery. Cotchery literally was so slow, he looked like he was running in place most plays. And people still blamed Cam for having to essentially be an entire offense. Thank God for Ted Ginn that year, who statistically ended up being our #1 simply because he could stretch the field. And that was a perfect comparison, because just the threat of Ginn and Cam utilizing him made that offense dangerous bc at any given time, Cam could bomb it to him or if the defense stretched themselves too far, he could just take off and run. We just don't have that threat with Bryce, and it isn't because of the receivers. As I said in the other thread, our guys have beat their man over the top multiple times this year and even when Bryce attempted the pass he was WAY OFF and throws it early before the receiver has finished their move - I suspect because he's not comfortable throwing deeper passes in the first place. And just like Cam's corps, even if you have a bunch of pedestrian WRs, if you have one Ginn, or in this case, Chark, you can threaten the defense with deep accurate passes, but Bryce is too scared and inaccurate to throw it deep. But even that take is kind of coddling him, bc again, I've watched TMJ and Mingo beat their guys over the top and Bryce just missed them, badly. Talent-wise, this WR group blows 2015's out of the water. We had fuging Philly Brown getting major snaps lol. This group is big, physical, and despite what people are saying, has athleticism. It's how they're being utilized and it's having a guy that can't get them the ball in the right spots.

Also, for those that watched the game last night, look at the throws Purdy was making. You want to see a super processor? That's what it looks like. He knows where the hot is, he knows when to give his guy a chance, and he's throwing into tight windows based off what the defense gives him - but it's all completely confident and with conviction. And like Bryce, he's not a big guy and doesn't have a huge arm, but he clearly knows wtf he's doing. Bryce doesn't look like that at all. He's fuging scared. Purdy was throwing into tight coverage most of the night, but he was putting it in good locations and giving his guys a chance. That last deep ball to Deebo was a perfect example and was 30-40 yards in the air, iirc. Coverage was great, but he went back shoulder and gave him a chance to make a play, and he did, for a TD. Bryce is so risk averse and scared of making a mistake, he won't even try that or give our guys a shot, and when he finally gives in and tries he has no touch on anything deep so its so inaccurate they don't even realistically have a chance. Again, there are clearly issues with scheme and playcalling, but we have how many WRs this season at 6'2" plus, and we're not even giving them a chance to use their strengths and body guys. If everyone keeps pounding the table saying they can't get separation, then let them go up and get it, threaten the defense and let them make plays with their size. But again, that separation poo is overblown to coddle Bryce... Chark and Thielen didn't just crawl out the womb yesterday. TMJ and Viska had no issue getting open before this season. Now, all of a sudden we have the slowest worst route-running unit in the league, simply because we have to justify the Bryce pick. It's bullshit. And I know it's been at least 5 passes across two weeks where one of our guys had broke over the top of the defender and clearly had a step on them but Bryce overthrew them by 5-10 yards. So again, I'm tired of hearing the "not getting separation" poo. And also, AGAIN, I acknowledge Reich's system is fuging dinosaur poo at best, but the plays are fuging there.

But look at the 40+ yarders sprinkled throughout Rivers and Ryan's passing charts. The threat is there and it matters. And ngl, all those short to intermediate passes are a lot easier to make at 6'3"+.

Tepper's dumbass gave Matt fuging Rhule 2.5 years. Reich probably gets 4.

Yeah, I remember hearing that, but I liked his playcalling with Philly. Idk wtf is going on now, but it clearly is a problem so far. It boggles my mind that a pro QB is cool calling a game like this is 1940s football... but still, we have enough data showing it shouldn't be this bad based off what he did elsewhere. Which brings it back to Bryce as well... Seeing what Dalton does is going to be interesting.

It's why I really think the receivers argument is cookie-cutter-excuse-making bullshit. Have anyone not a Texans fan tell you about their receiving corps. We have better talent and despite early impressions here, Reich didn't have terrible offenses where he was OC and HC, so us having record low stats was not expected, nor acceptable.

TBH, and fair, I think all of it factors in. It's not all on Bryce. I think a lot of the doom and gloom is because many of us felt Bryce wasn't the right pick because he doesn't single-handedly make his team better, which is what I feel is the definition of a franchise QB. He was more of a game manager that compliments the talent around him - a cog in the wheel, so to speak. Whereas if he enhanced the players around him and threatened the defense just with his presence, it automatically makes us better and opens the game up for the offense because of the dynamicism - again, this is what I expect of a franchise QB - then we would be encouraged by the possibilities moving forward. The fact that he is so dependent on everything being perfect around him between players to scheme and playcalling for him to be effective, and we're seeing how ineffective he is when those things aren't optimal, that is very discouraging. Honestly, I expect Dalton to perform better, but not anything Earth-shattering. Mostly because he is experienced and knows what he's looking at and seen it before, but I do think there is going to be further evidence that the playcalling sucks ass. I really don't believe the WRs are as bad as advertised so far... hopefully we see more out of them this week.

I like how suggesting the injury isn't as severe as the team is suggesting is a conspiracy, though. Literally every team has done it for various reasons. And again, speculating such when he has shown no visible signs of the injury is reasonable. Ankle injuries that are usually serious enough that you can't perform athletically typically present with visible signs. But, regardless, it's worth discussing every angle of possibility - we traded major capital and assets to acquire him and going on three weeks into this pairing of staff and QB, the results have been anything but good.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxd3yNeL0J1/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Looks legit for an injury, but as a former athlete, it's still tough to believe that even with adrenaline that your ankle got tweaked bad enough that you can't perform the following few days but finished the game without even a limp.

Nothing like threads whining about other threads whining. It's a message board, brosef. There's a time and place for everything. And as the old saying goes, opinions are like buttholes, and you know what they day about those lol. And to compound all of that, we are currently enveloped in the literal worst, least successful period in franchise history. As a result, there is a ton of angst, anger, embitterment, and frustration present, and there's plenty of reason for all of those feelings because of the current ownership and state of the team. So, theres gotta be space for that, just as in 2015, we had countless redundant positivity threads because it was in the air. You take the good woth the bad, within reason...

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxdx8NpLLgm/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Hey guys, remember the part where I was called insane and dumb for speculating that this was a soft benching and the staff using the phantom injury to save face and if Bryce still ended up playing my theory fell apart? What a crazy conspiracy, right?

He's definitely going to get a HC job after this season. And from what we've seen, I know 2 games is extreme, but I would rather give him the HC job here than continue with Reich and lose Evero to another team with how it currently stands.

Agreed. But, apparently thinking it is a reasonable deduction makes you insane or dumb for thinking so. The huddle. Gotta love it.

Yeah, it does fall apart if he plays. But the fact he sat out of practice with an injury that no one noticed during the game isn't the least bit suspicious? And I'm insane, even though we've seen guys mysteriously IR'd for years as our playoff window closed. And we've even heard players come out and say they weren't injured but the team (and not just our organization), designated them injured. But yeah, I'm "insane" and "dumb" for thinking they're trying to save face bc Bryce, the #1 overall pick, appears to be in over his head, is struggling, and Reich's offense and playcalling look like complete ass after assembling an all-star staff and a complete hype campaign from the offseason is going down in flames. Enjoy the kool-aid, fellas.

You win first and figure everything else out later. If he wins, he saves his job, regardless of what happens with Bryce. And this also affords Bryce a soft landing versus being benched. I don't think there's any conspiracy about it... think it's pretty clear what is happening.

And he will.

poo is crazy. The cerebral, super processor QB was so fuged up and in his own head that he lined up behind the guard. And now... suddenly, he suffered an ankle injury in a game he played in its entirety, in which he never showed any sign of injury, and yet, it was severe enough to hold him out of practice? Bullshit is afoot... err, or in this case an ankle.

Misleading title. He has the least throws TO open windows. That doesn't mean there aren't open windows. It could also mean he just isn't finding them or throwing to them, and judging from the all 22 reviews people have shared, as well as watching games, they are there, but he's not identifying them. I also concede the playcalling is shitty.