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What’s funny is we were supposed to be bad this year anyhow. So losing any game isn’t really a big deal. the shock is we somehow have a winning record and only a game behind winning the division.

Doesn’t matter, the fact is he did it and it wasn’t just a few plays of anything questionable, he balled out. I wonder if Bryce just didn’t have the confidence or Canales still had the training wheels on and was holding him back by limiting him to short passes?

Considering the injuries on the offensive line, I think it’s hard to complain about that considering we are down to our 3rd-4th string offensive linemen.

It’s not like Atlanta has a bad defense either. I went back and looked and they haven’t even given up 300 yards to a QB this season. The most I think they gave up was 255 to Drake Maye. Josh Allen only got 180 yards against them. So it’s not like Bryce just got lucky against a bad defense.

I know he probably had to get in game condition after being injured and missing many games but I think he’s found it. For some reason our coaching staff wants to use XL over Coker and I don’t get it.

So this has to make us question if Canales was calling players that limited Bryce’s passing. Ive theorized that a lot of the play calling, not Bryce himself is the reason why we are not getting a lot of yards in the pass game. Lots of short/quick passes, focusing on the run game. I feel like we changed the playbook/gameplan around this week and Bryce excelled. you can’t say it’s cause Atlanta’s defense is bad because they weren’t giving up a lot of yards to Josh Allen and other Qbs.

Well it doesn’t matter how open you are if you aren’t going to catch it. Catching the ball has been an issue for XL. I want him to succeed and he does flash greatness here and there but his consistency isn’t there.

XL only caught 4 out of 8 passes too. Meanwhile Coker caught all 4 of his passes. Coker needs to be our #2. He’s more consistent than XL.

We invested a mid round draft pick on, he has experience with the team and we are loaded with injuries at that position. Nothing more than a depth piece.

Wasn’t his fault, the guard stepped on his leg. Funny thing is Bryce is going to win us the game.

So does this mean our play calling was holding Bryce back? I always felt like we focused on short, quick passes and the run game to take time off the clock which limited Bryce.

How many times have we seen XL drop a ball, show no effort when the ball gets thrown to him? I think XL alone is to blame for a lot. Coker just came back and seems to be getting into game shape. So we really don’t have but one good WR to throw to.

While I do think the gameplan is to blame for some of the problems, for example you can’t expect Bryce to put up big yards when he is barely passing the ball 20 times. I also think we need to demote Legette and let Coker get his reps. I do have a problem with giving up on a Qb after 3 years. Look at Alex smith for example, he was worse than Bryce but finally put it together in about 5 years. It takes some player’s time to develop. I say let Bryce play and then we decide what to do with him at the end of the season. We have no young QB to replace him we and can’t expect to sign one off the street and start.

I know people will say that Bryce is clutch, he won us games in the fourth qtr, blah, blah, blah, but we wouldn’t even had been in losing position where we needed a score to win if Bryce had just played average. We shouldn’t be thanking him cause he plays so bad for 95% of the game then finally has one good drive in the end.

We going down with Bryce. We want to give him every chance this year, hoping he can improve. If he doesn’t then we will probably move on

I feel this isn’t fair. Bryce isn’t throwing a lot of INTs, he had a lower int % last year than Baker and many other starting quarterbacks and his rookie year he only ranked 16 in INT %. Then you have to consider some of the horrible WR play that led to INTs.

I don’t know if people realize that Evan’s was one of the top TE prospects in college before having some horrible injuries. I wanna say he had two major injuries in back to back seasons which limited his play and dropped his draft stock.

Yeah but Wilkes took over after we already was the worst team in the league and had a winning record and took us from the worst team to around the 7th worst team and we did that with PJ walker as Qb for most of those games

I think Sam Howell has potential. He’s just turned 25 and has experience. He had a horrible offensive line in Washington and not really a good WR corp. I also wouldn’t mind Mac Jones or Trey Lance. I think Lance has potential too. Yes he looked bad in SF but he was very young and it can take a few years for Qbs to develop and the right system. I think we can give him another chance. I honestly want us to have a QB who could possibly be a full time starter and win for us, Andy dalton isn’t that. Bryce could also improve but I rather be safe than sorry.

To be fair, after seeing Thomas Davis come back from what, 4 ACL surgeries in 4 years? I feel like any player can come back.

No the sad thing is it’s very sustainable. It just is very very boring football. Our defense isn’t great but it’s good enough to keep up in games. We can run the ball on anyone which gives us a chance every game as long as we don’t commit turnovers. I remember us basically using the exact same gameplan when Wilkes took over. PJ Walker and Sam Darnold at QB, just running the ball down teams throats.

TE is a position that takes time to develop. I’m not expecting much this year but I do think he can be a good starting TE in the future. maybe I’m wrong but I just don’t see anything in Sanders. He just catches a few short passes and falls down as soon as he gets touched. I don’t think he’s a good blocker either.

I decided to google it and apparently there have been multiple players to come back, I saw one claim a 87% return rate and a 2018 claim that 71% of players with that injury came back. most notable is Peyton Manning who also had multiple neck surgeries. So I guess it’s possible. I also saw somewhere that you’ll be about 80% of what you was before but idk if I can believe that.

While I understand and agree to a degree, I think we still did a good job on pass protection. We still threw the ball 20 times and didn’t even allow a pressure by Parsons. We gave up just one sack total. So I think that shows our depth is doing well. I also think having a successful system with players who are experienced with the players and the playbook also helps. Offensive linemen get hurt a lot and yet top teams find ways to keep their team going at a high level when injuries occur. When a coach can get the players he wants or being able to keep players for multiple years so they have familiarity, it helps over come injuries. Nijman, Corbett, Zavala, Mays and Christensen all have multiple years of experience with us and have starting experience. Jake Curhan is a 5 year vet with 11 games started and played in the same system in Seattle when Canales coached there. So for once we have a lot of depth at offensive line. Despite the injuries I think we can actually have a decent offensive line for those reasons.