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There is soooooo much bad that it is hard to see the good. This game is the picture of an unprepared team. Rushing all plays until the last second of the snap. Stupid penalties. Poor LB play. Hopefully they wake up, inside BOA and the players on the field. I have seen some good flashes, but the bad has been really bad. TMAC, Horn, the running game (when we don't run the same plays back to back). The absolute lack of pass rush against a terrible OL, poor gap integrity, starting Yosh over BC, predictable play calls, and stupid penalties make the flashes forgettable. Luckily, at the end of this game we will still only be one game out of first in the division.

Our MLB's can't play. Additionally, glad we are keeping one of our true NT's inactive. This defense is AWFUL. I'd fire Evero before he gets on the bus. Literally could not make the defense worse. They want to preach accountability. Starts with him

He should have run on that play....Let's not make it a bigger deal than it is. XL got out muscled by a much smaller guy on his route. Maybe if we played our starters a legitimate amount during the preseason we wouldn't start out so cold.

GREAT LIST!!!!! I'd look to add both Davis and Muma at ILB. One is a WILL ILB and the other is a SAM ILB. Clear upgrades over Bam and Cherelus Mukuamu would be a great addition at safety. I'd drop Scott for him and start one of Richardson or Ransom I'd give Fadil Diggs a look over DJJ any day of the week. DJJ is not long for the roster once Nic is 100% Outside of the guys I mentioned and a CB to be named later I really don't see too much shuffling from what we have on our 53. I think we need to get creative with our PS. Luckily we are healthy and can take some time to develop players if we retain a few of our own. I think Kingston and Tarquin will be back at OL for us. Sam Roberts, Mike Reid, and Bartholomew for sure on defense. I'd assume Wright will stick on the PS until our rookie kicker proves himself. Sam Franklin would be a perfect PS signing. I'd love to pick up Kyle McCord or Trask as a PS QB. One player to keep an eye on is Jalen Brooks from the Cowboys. He's from the area and is talented. Lots of options. PS players can play 4 games before having to sign on for the rest of the year!!!

Wavier claims: 1. Chad Muma 2. Brayden Swinson 3. Greg Dulich Look to sign to PS: WR Jalen Brooks RB Raheem Sanders QB Kyle McCord DE Julian Okowara

It's not happening. We need all hands on deck to start the year. Ya'all are caught up in hype from the Vikings who think they are going to better than the third place team in their division. Let's go 4 deep all week with Tmac, XL, AT, and Coaker. HR and JHJ are great depth pieces for when someone gets injured. One of our DB's will have to play a little more special teams. Nick Scott, earn a paycheck. We need to focus on ILB and DB health. No OL trades unless it is an upgrade. Fill the PS out with developmental players and veterans to fill in for 4 game stretches.

I think a lot of the poor game performance was mostly in part to DC and EE not calling plays. There are no public cameras at the joint practices. Those results, at this juncture, are more telling that poorly called vanilla playbooks. If we break 3-2 or better in our first 5 games, we set ourselves up nicely for significant improvement. We could be 7-7 heading into week 16. Games against the (H/A) Bucs and (H) Seahawks could make or break us. If that doesn't make for good TV I don't know what does. Two of 3 at the Bank.

You keep AT unless he WANTS to get traded to a contender during the season. He's valuable, TET, XL, and Coker need to learn how to be PROFESSIONALS on game day, practice, and the off-season. That's what you get from AT. ADDITIONALLY, he is clutch. He is steady. At is that savvy vet who will always flash. I really think they keep 7 WR's if Brycen can operate on special teams. Week 1 you may see us heavy on WR and OL because of the massive amount of injuries across the league. Renfrow may even be cool starting on the PS since he lives close and wouldn't need to uproot his family. You can still make nearly 400K as a vested veteran on an NFL practice squad. You see more veterans hanging around since the age limit was lifted. I think the 1st 53 and PS looks like so...... Offense: (25) QB (2) Young / Dalton RB (3) Chuba/Rico/Etienee WR (7) T-Mac/XL/AT/Coaker/Renfrow/JHjr/Brycen TE (3) Tremble/Sanders/Evans OL (10) Icky/Lewis/Corbett/Hunt/Moten/Brady/Mayes/Yosh/Zavala/Kingston Defense: (25) DL: (6) Brown/Robinson/Turk/Bobby B/Cam Jackson/Sam Roberts OLB: (5) Wonnom/PJ2/NicSic/Princely/Incoon ILB: (5) Rozeboom/TW/Windmon/Cherelus/Bam CB: (5) Horn/MJ/CSW/Thorton/Evans S: (4) Tre'Mo/Ransom/Demani/Scott Specialists: (3) JJ/Fitz/Martin Last spot: Right now I have it as a toss up between DJ Johnson and Bam. Until NicSic can come back we need an extra edge. Do we utilize TW more as a blitzer from the middle to keep Bam safe? I'm not worried about DJJ getting picked up from another team, a little more concerned with Bam. Practice Squad: DavidMoore/JamesMitchell/JacolbyGeorge/Tuttle/Crumdley/Ray/DJJohnson/Kantra/Carter/Blacksheer/ Wright/KrysBarnes/MichaelReid/Safety pick up/RB pick up/QB pick up

It's 8 million over 4 years.... I'd bend a knee... there are much worse FA contracts being handed out. Gives teams more incentive to draft well. The Browns and Texans basically screwed the rest of the league. Someone may want to tell that commie Jimmy Haslam to stop with all this guaranteed money. If he keeps this up the NFL is going to be screwed.

I really don't think Caleb Williams is that guy. He doesn't strike me as a leader, but to be fair, Bryce didn't come off that way at first. However, the DNA of each player couldn't be more different. I see Williams caring much more about how he looks rather than how he plays. Bryce, to me, looks more like a teammate and culture builder. Caleb has a MUCH better surrounding cast than BY and it isn't even close. If Williams isn't the reason the Bears win more games, Panthers win. Bryce is on the come up and there is no debate.

Hush!!! It's straight FIRE!!!!!

I'm pretty sure they are sitting on gold with XL being at the derby. I could see all the teams we play being used as "horses" in a race. Our Panther, (XL is the jockey) devours them as we race. That's my pitch. Or.... We go NASCAR, and each driver slams our opponent into the wall or wrecks them as the "race (season) goes on.

I honestly think the three tight ends we have make a complete group that complements each other enough that we don't need one to be a superstar for the TE room for the position to be of strength against any team.

Big ND fan here.... Evans can and will block. Those ND boys won't see the field if they can'r run block. He's going to be like Will Dissey or Jake Ferguson. If you keep out three TE's together you will have something cooking. Sanders is the outlier, pure receiving TE. TT and Evans are pretty similar that they play a solid all around game. We got a good one if he can stay healthy

Here is how my day would go......