Bear Hands

Just all around felt like one of our best wins in a while. Took more than was given and outplayed the boys. Bryce was great

It was a major factor in most of our D acquisitions. From Scourton to BB3, Moehrig, Ransom, to Brown coming back.

Forgive me, what are trying to say then? In like one sentence. Not asking this snarkily, genuinely don’t understand the take.

The draft investment is even more critical than FAs, so it's misleading to, well say 'its misleading because they didn't work out' and the positional salary allocation matters. You invest highly in a draft with the expectation/timeline of a second contract in the near future. So it directly relates to positional allocation. Unless you're stuck with an imbecile GM. Skill Positions: 2025: R1 WR, R4 RB, R5 TE, R6 WR 2024: R1 WR, R2 RB, R4 TE 2023: R2 WR Since picking him at 1, we've drafted 4 wideouts, 2 RBs, 2 TEs. Also factor in bringing in Coker (UDFA), Dowdle, & Thielen. Not to mention trying Diontae. We've done plenty. Also factor in that FAs kinda-maybe of have a say where they want to go. You can play the game with wishing we drafted someone else, but you can't say the framework wasn't sound. It was, we've just done poorly in choosing the talent to bring together.

Pretty much this. There's a lot of season to let play out. Just have to keep riding things. We're 2-3, gotta just continue to see how things evolve for the squad. Promising rookies, a lot to see develop.

Your comments will be considered for consideration in the consideration bin.

You have no idea who we're warning.

What are you trying to even accomplish with this comment?

Scourton has a lot to like. It's not about sacks (yet) -- he's able to hold his own against the run, good blend of traits, he has his fundamentals down, and there's basically more arsenal development to come. Not many negatives to his game. If he can develop, he has a pretty nice ceiling.

Just keep riding this season's rollercoaster. I would simply implore peeps to accept its a roller coaster -- Mainly because there is no point in benching Bryce when it would be for Andy f*cking Dalton. We've seen both of their full spectrum of play. You saw today progress from Bryce at his worst to him at his above-average. The FO is not going to turn and suddenly try to find some future at the position at this juncture. And we aren't achieving anything with Andy. Ride Bryce out, see what happens.

nice

Gabriel with 3 passing TDs in his first 28 NFL throws. Not too shabby. They're scheming well with the run game leading the way. Screens, TE focused approach. Will see if they open it up and go vertical as this hits the final stretch.

Well that was short lived with Wentz back in

Dillon Gabriel is looking alright, nothing special. Wentz out, rookie Max Brosmer in for Minny. Heavy hitters in Europe.

Minor thing but Mingo was our original 2nd rounder at the 9 slot. The 2nd rounder from CMC was used in the Bryce trade, and Chicago traded it to Jacksonville for Brenton Strange. Our original 2023 3rd was sent the prior year for Corral. So you're right that the 3rd and 4th from the CMC trade were used to get DJJ. The Steelers got Washington (TE) and Herbig (EDGE) out of it. Nonetheless, total mismanagement and poor drafting.

Some general musings after a minute: The run game is dull, glanzlos. Barely any pin & pull, twitchy misdirect, 12 personnel gap, pre-snap motion, Canales is inside/outside zone all day. Maybe 25-30% gap. Whats weird is that this was a super similar issue with Reich who was unflinching in his ecosystem. Passing game was WC, mesh heavy concepts, Running was Split zone and some stretch. Canales is somehow even less creative than Reich in the run game, but he thinks vertically in the pass. There is no focus on getting a guy, to his advantage, in space. It’s just these bland runs, bland passes, some interesting deep looks a few times. I’m honestly leaning in the d-coach direction as HC. A guy to establish culture and tenaciousness. The offense can be just as good as the crap we’ve got used to. Need to find the right guy to create the right environment.

Yeah times are a changing. Lots of different ways to do the fan communicato. I respect they want their own thing, it is what it is.

The passing game simply stinks Pass blocking is not good. We have a solid unit but we're not the best if you're just looking at the pass game. They noted our RG depth (although we've been weird without bringing in BC) Receiver blows. Need to spread out and be in gun to help Bryce, but McMillan has been the only guy worth anything Unexplosive, juiceless, although they concur McMillan is an absolute stud/he's a hit. 3 throws on the entire season less than 15 air yards that is credited "explosive" - no YAC. No quickness or speed. Bryce Young is averaging 4.0 air yards per attempt off play action. FOUR! No play action game at all - doesn't see well (Dead last in the NFL) The team doesn't dictate to opposing defenses- I.E. you seek out matchups to take advantage of. Understand how to move your guys, manufacture opportunities. We don't play chess. We go out, and run a play. No nuance to our offensive scheme. Icky has been dissapointing this year. He'll always be solid in the run game, but a top-10 LT? Nope. "When losing David Moore in 2025 is a big deal..." lol If we can't get it going versus the Dolphins defense this week, then we're in for a serious problem. What I think you can take out of this likely redundant video for many here - This week is a huge benchmark. If this offense is still sh*t, then it's time for DT to consider a big move sooner rather than later. If this game is an indictment on the offense more than the defense, do you have enough reason to fire Evero as a transitional move? Canales' isn't firing Idzik. Does Bryce get benched if its on the offense? What's the move if the offense sucks?

1 hr 03 min mark if my trick thingy didn't work will follow up with notes.

I still can't believe that whole Rock Hill disaster. That's a bigger land sore than the former Baker Family theme park in the early 00s.

Well it appears nearly all of our offensive rookies will be getting substantial playing time. McMillan, Etienne, Evans [edit] +Horn Miami's defense is crap - 2nd worst in 3rd down conversion %, 26th in yards per game, no real threats. Will be interested to see if anyone makes noise. Or maybe Chop Robinson just destroys us lol.

With that list, it's Minter all day. But I doubt he'd want to come here.

That Adams completion by Stafford is an example of one that is impossible with our current situation Stood tall, calmly, in a tight pocket, slight drift left, used his eyes to throw off to a guy with anticipation.

The guy we didn't trust to attempt over 53 yards just hit a 59 yarder lol

I usually wouldn't endorse something like this, but honestly, it's not unrealistic. We've tried enough random sh*t. The college coach, the experienced elder, & now the young NFL OC. Former Player is naturally the next up lol