Bear Hands

This year, yes. I am incredibly weary of over-investment at RB--particularly via FA. As much as we all seem to like Rico right now, it's not smart to throw a contract at him. I lean into the trade side. We already have too much invested in a rather unspectacular but solid guy in Hubbard. He had a good enough 2024 to give a contract to, but not enough to make him the GUY. So we brought in Rico who has shown up. but you don't just go, "okay, sure, let's give a 28 year old Dowdle a 2-3 year deal. Etienne, Brooks are the annual dice throws that are honestly fine by me. The 2nd was stretching it for JB, but I think it's perfectly fine to keep slinging picks at a RB. You never know when you stumble upon a Irving, Achane, Kyren later or you're in position to land a Gibbs type. These guys phase out, come age 28-30 they're on the downturn unless you found yourself a Barkley or Henry.

I'd prefer Chuba if we can move him and have another team take on his weight. On the flipside, we're not going to the SB, Rico is on a 1 year deal so we're obviously listening to offers. Question is - Do you get something for him? Or do you add him back at 28 y/o next year with a fresh contract to a room with Chuba's contract that is still paying Miles Sanders $3 mil in dead cap? I mean, we keep making the mistake. So maybe we don't pay for the RB and get something for him instead?

Fun fact - the only reason he's not a Panther is because of Beane leaving the org the year they traded up to draft him 1 pick ahead of the Panthers. We wanted him. Moton was option B.

So now yet again we’re playing the guy we got for nothing and sitting the guy with the contract. Hope they finally figure out to not pay a RB. Just keep collecting them unless you find yourselves a Gibbs or Jacobs. Otherwise, don’t waste dough on the position.

We may likely be top-10 considering our remaining schedule. Think we’ll be in really good position for Reese.

All depends on who is there when we pick. Hard to say but I’m open to a QB in this next draft. Whether it’s a low risk 4th to be our new backup or Mendoza or Moore.

The board is worth about $15k at most, maybe $10k… and he probably wouldn’t let it go for much less than $30k. Anyone claiming they’re putting anything substantial down for a dying platform of Xennials and random old people that figured out the internet is either insane, lying, or both. BigKat has never been serious.

I checked and it looked like a mouse got into the server closet and chewed the Bryce conduits. It didn't take long, they were really short. about that "update"...

yep I want a functioning passing game

We know what's coming... 8-9 or better would surprise me. We'll probably get 2-3 more wins, all in division. ATL, TB wk18 (bc they're resting), & split Saints 5-7 wins coming again. Pick 7-12

Sorry Andy. Hate bad endings, but that was atrocious today. The games played last year after the Raiders were terrible. Today was unspeakably bad. You'd expect to at least see the rhythm and movement upfield from a vet at his level. And with that, this is officially Bryce's season to close out. This all but cements Andy is gone after this season. So now, the light is shining on Bryce for a solid close out. Question is - what will Bryce be looking like after the week off and do we can Andy early?

What Andy did today only clarifies Andy is not a sufficient backup. It does nothing regarding Bryce. Bryce was banged up, we saw what over the hill Dalton looks like. Onto the Pack

But why should we DM you?

We're a below average squad but when our defense and running game shows up, we can win games. We cannot win games passing. We can not out-maneuver teams. We do not have playmakers. We had a mini-streak snapped due to a terrible gameplan and terrible QB play.

Dalton is not as good as our sometimes above average to mostly below average QB play. We should of had a better depth situation figured out. If this is how Dalton looks in live action, it should be noticeable every week in practice.

Dalton is as terrible as we remembered. He's not an NFL QB anymore.

Welcome to town

If you think in sequence, it’s part of a bigger cycle/D vs O chess battle. You had the early 2010s offensive boom, spreading the field.. so it was responded to in large part w/2 high shell and zone cover concepts preventing teams from beating over the top (Fangio, Flores, etc) So then offenses started getting creative with stretch concepts, motions, misdirection (Shanny, McVay, etc). In addition, the offenses with mobile QBs incorporated more read-option and pistol. The defensive response to that was diversifying and blending schemes even more. Nickel (and variations) became used more than base packages. And they took those Fangio concepts and started disguising them given the personnel was much more fluid. Simulated pressures that drop into zone are all over the place these days. The new offensive response? That’s kind of where we are. For example- McVay has started deploying a lot more gap in his offense has changed a lot. Right now, offenses across the league are kind of in the response stage. Some still have the burners who can take the top off, but the primary weapon tends to be this Outside/Slot combo guy (I.E JSN, Puka, St Brown etc) That’s who’s thriving. The short - defenses kind of have the edge in the league wide chess battle. But it doesn’t mean it’s staying that way. Could honestly see the deep ball come back in a response. I just hope we exist in this chess game and aren’t stuck in the kids box just trying to emulate it.

I just hope our Dan & Dave are better than the other Dan & Dave...

and Herbert is showing some elite skills tonight

Ladd is so f*cking good

I'm surprised some of y'all don't know Logan Wilson. He's way better than what we have. He's slowed down a tad in coverage after some injuries, but he was one of the few guys that's been aight on that defense and consistently. That being said, don't think we should be buyers unless the price-is-right and the guy has more than a single contract potential.

He has strong placement when it's still something within the first 2 reads. He's got a strong football IQ so when he knows where he needs to hit someone for anticipation, he can do it well on a slant or seam. But once he's making progressions and has time, he's not leading downfield (at the perimeter in particular). The outside ball placement is where he falls off majorly.

Bring out the QB checklist, just run through it and see what jumps out to you Accuracy/Placement Decision Making Pocket Presence Arm Strength Readings/Progressions Mechanics Footwork Football IQ Mobility Elusiveness Physical Toughness Mental Toughness Leadership