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Oh, for sure. Winning an award for "best guys off the field" doesn't necessarily translate to "best guys on the field" and at times you'll need to have one or three of those players that the best you can do to defend them is, "Yea... they're assholes... but they're our assholes so keep your mouth shut about them." At the same time, again this is speaking strictly for myself and not condemning opposing views, I'm a fan and don't have to worry about losing my income because of their performances. If I were a front office member, my focus would probably be more on how they help the team win games vs. whether or not I trust them behind the wheel at 2am on a Saturday. As the customer, I want my football team to win games and be valued, contributing members of the community.

Speaking for myself, I care about the person more than the player. If they're not a good player, they just hurt the team. If they're not a good person, then they can hurt their team and the communities that they are a part of. Similar to how I don't believe in giving a person a pass for being a scumbag just because they can run fast and catch a ball for a team I like. Character still counts (despite how much it seems not to in today's society).

It feels like Blackshear, Horn Jr, Moore, and Mitchell are all competing for those final spots... though I can see the team potentially taking a 7th DL or a 5th S if they land a guy like Kyle Dugger.

Very promising to hear about the offense looking decent and the defense showing up. The pass rush still being a work in progress as Scourton and Umanmielen get their pro legs underneath them is going to be a thing but it sounds like Evero's disguised coverages are helping give the rush time to get there. I don't think we have the talent at ILB to consistently send a guy on a blitz in order to aid the rush, but with the improved secondary play (Hell yea, Corey Thornton!) I think we're going to see a return to more of what the team did in 2023 - 2024.

Trevon Moehrig hit mentioned earlier

Canales presser started.

Sheena tweeted that XL has been catching everything today!