Proudiddy

It still boggles my mind we signed Vonn Bell over Bates. Young's rating is more along the lines of what I expected from what I saw versus the revisionist hype a lot of people are pushing after the fact. It was bad. And I really liked the Thielen signing when it was made, but man... it's starting to feel like the more data we get on him, the less I like it. I hope he turns it around.

Their backup was their starter the last two years. I think they're good.

We really fumbled the bag at corner going into this season. My hope was we would make enough upgrades that Horn wouldn't need to be depended on and Henderson would be cut. I hope Hill and Jackson can hold it down and keep Henderson off the field.

I acknowledge there's no way to predict a guy suddenly becoming Mr. Glass when there were no indicators prior to drafting him. But in regards to the rest of what you said - yeah, I would rather have another guy who has some success over a guy who is rarely ever on the field... and I actually called for the Horn pick before we made it. I thought he was the right guy at the time, but I also like Fields, Sewell, and Surtain. I would've been happy with any of them, but I never would've imagined Horn would become so fragile. It just sucks. Availability is the greatest ability.

I wonder if there's any starting-worthy corner out there available for trade? Otherwise, Henderson is about to single-handedly lose games during this period. I still would've rather us have kept Taylor over Henderson. We really should've taken Surtain. Hell, even Fields at this point.

Nope. Or this is going to the tinderbox. Back on topic.

I mean, he doesn't have to move much as he gets older and his arm talent likely never really falls off... I think it'll be up to him. But knowing him, I'd imagine he'll prolly hang it up because I don't think football is as important to him as it used to be snd that's a significant rehab process.

Complete achilles tear confirmed per BR. Out for the year. Damn.

I've just accepted that moment he bought the team I'd the moment the franchise was set back, and it will remain that way until he sells. He fuging sucks. Tougher to succeed in an industry where you can't rub elbows and kiss ass to the top and then game the system to rip people off on your way to a fortune.

I'm convinced we're cursed. Period. The poo that happened in Super Bowl 50 and the following season opener, hell, pretty much Cam's entire tenure here, I HAVE NEVER SEEN HAPPEN IN OTHER GAMES. Same as KK said in the OP, I've been watching and playing football since the early 90s and keep up with the rule changes year to year and I can't count the number of times I saw a call made for the first and only time against us. I know the NFL can't completely control outcomes of games, but they definitely can heavily influence them to their liking, completely stacking the odds against us to where they all but do control it - see the aforementioned Super Bowl 50. Yesterday was yet another example. I also recall us at one point, I believe during the Cam years, have offsetting penalties where they also said our personal foul penalty took precedent and canceled out the opponent's personal foul, and thus they enforced the 15 on us and not them. Also during those years, I also remember Cam getting roughed and they claimed a hold on us canceled out the personal foul on them, and iirc, it was a headshot. The NFL does NOT give a poo - they don't regulate it, and at the end of the day, they're always gonna side with the refs. And the officials have free reign to make up the rules as they go. And we're never going to be on the favored end of these calls. Period. Accept it.

I just don't buy that Chark singlehandedly changes the outlook of the game like that. He's a great player, but we also have Smith-Marsette who is regarded as a "take the top off guy" and wasn't utilized. And as I mentioned yesterday, both TMJ and Mingo beat their guys over the top and Bryce missed both of them. I didn't play QB in the NFL, but Simms has been wrong before too, and I just was not impressed in the least bit with what I saw. As I said before, Bryce has to rely greatly on his supporting cast to be effective, but when he's also missing throws to that supporting cast that are essentially layups, then it just further cancels out any positives he possesses. Again, it's why I preferred AR because he doesn't need other players to win a game bc he can make plays on his own and outs a ton of pressure on defense with his tendency to run. Not trying to trash Bryce... I'm still hoping for the best, but I didn't think he was the right guy, and yesterday did nothing to alleviate that concern.

My positive is that we went ahead and ran the ball with under a minute left to go ahead and get the game over with.

This.

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And I was also thinking about this - look st ATLs roster and tell me you think that is a more complete roster than ours. It's not. There's this fallacy that our receivers don't get open, but they were open A LOT, and Bryce missed them. The only proven legit threat the Falcons had was Pitts, the other guys have a lot of potential but aren't game changers. And yet, we got beat by a team QBd by fuging Desmond Ridder. He beat the #1 overall pick this year. It wasn't coaching. Bryce didn't have a lesser supporting cast. Bryce just played like poo. And for the most part, our team didn't look much different than Rhule's teams did.

I dont think he's the best passer. He was in college. Pros is different, and I maintain that AR was better built for success as a pro, and I'm not just talking about because of stature. It's not coincidence BY had the worst comp pct out of those guys, and it wasn't close. He missed a ton of throws that were open and he also bailed on a lot of plays way earlier than he had to. For a "super processor" he sure looked overwhelmed by what he was processing. AR doesn't look like that, AT ALL. I have a feeling that BY is about as close to a finished product as any of them are and his floor is actually lower than what was believed, while simultaneously having the lowest ceiling out of all of them as well. It's not coaching... it think we just made the wrong pick and it's why I didn't want him even before the college season was sover last year.

I'm giving up on him. Only saw from ESPN Alert that it was a hamstring and he was ruled out during the game. The guy is an absolute stud when healthy, but all these non-contact injuries... I think he's not gonna make it to a second contract. fuging sucks.

Can you blame me for wearing thin? poo gets old, man. I didn't expect world beaters, but when you push all your chips in the table for an undersized QB claiming it was in large part due to his accuracy, poise, anticipation, and super processing abilities and then he comes out and looks like ass in just about all pf those categories while the rest of the team pretty much plays the same as they did under Rhule, I just don't have much more patience left for bullshit.

Bro, he overthrew Mingo and TMJ when both had burned their defender bc he lacks touch on the deep ball bc he's trying to push it further than what he comfortable throwing. Mingo's likely would've been a TD. TMJ's also had a chance. They had no issue getting separation.

Young is garbage.

Yup. Same old poo. All that offseason hype. We traded up for a noddle armed midget who threw 2 picks to a fuging safety sitting underneath the fuging routes the entire time. Defense folds bc they can't get any help from the offense, and we just play like a bunch of pussies. I'm done watching for the day. Also, great hire Tepper. You fuging idiot.

I'm just very unimpressed. 2 picks and multiple inaccurate throws to wide open receivers on what would be game changing plays.

The guys in the booth just pretty much said they made it up and the NFL should review it later lol. I fuging hate the NFL and their yes man officials.