Bear Hands

I totally do! Was at that game, happened catty corner from my section but it was ridiculous. He did like a shoulder huge type-thing to chat with a ref (like half of QBs do these days) and was ejected. Remember that being such a sensitive ejection on the refs part. It's a pick and choose for these guys. The helmet rule is one that should just be scrapped if they aren't going to call it 90%+ of the time.

Cotchery caught it

One of the biggest changes I've seen, regardless of QB, is Bozeman calling out protections, and effectively. He is leaps and bounds better than most centers in the league and Rhule's choice of Elflein is probably the worst eval he had in the NFL. DTs aren't collapsing the pocket which has been such a major problem since Kalil retired. Because of this, Corbett and Brady are able to adjust quickly and those three have been doing a very good job together communicating and pushing the pile forward. We need to find a QB pronto because this OL is a really good one. The defense is great.

The only thing that would concern me is falling into a trap IF we land a great OC, they leave for a HC gig shortly after. So maybe the approach is paying a guy like Reich a lot & giving him an AHC title. Doing what we need to for landing & keeping a solid OC for a few years. But then stepping back, I honestly think that makes more sense for Wilks as a DC/AHC with a guy like Steichen or B. Johnson leading the charge. It would just be in our benefit to find a guy with a juggernaut offense vision long term but totally see it's in our benefit to keep Wilks in the building. Could be a unique situation either way.

That damn Falcons game pisses me off.

Maybe, but I don't want to make assumptions with our WR unit. We need to keep bringing in more dudes. Really want to get a O with high firepower. Don't want to rest thinking TMJ and Love Shack are good enough with DJ.

He's a solid WR4 gadget dude. Can always use those. We're missing another top receiving threat, but the depth of our WRs has promise with TMJ and Shenault.

Well they lost

That's a legit possibility pending Darnold going full dingleberry in the remaining games.

It has been and still is QB. Been that way since 2018.

Here's a fun stat: If Wilks manages 1 more win out of our final 4, he will have matched Rhule's best win total with 5 less games to do so.

Bozeman and Brady are killing it today.

humptee bumpee

We have a very good OL. Don't overrate our RBs. But yes, they are all looking pretty solid.

Nice solid start

lol

And it doesn't matter how much of a players' coach Wilks is. I'd be game for him to stay under a new HC if they like him but he's still a Ron-era echo. We need a clean slate, new staff. And an NFL professional level one.

Well with the metric provided, it's one team that has a RB that consistently gets 10+ yard runs (Chubb) and 3 teams with the top running QBs (Bears, Eagles, Ravens). Would like to see this with some adjustments. It's all about how it's qualified. I'd personally love the team to be able to make big plays at will, it helps with scoring TDs which I hear are important.

The re-hype train for Levis is...inevitable

He played very much like we've seen from him until that last drive. That big sideline pass and game winner were both better than anything he's done here. He never did anything toxic here other than being very bad at football so whatevs, he gone.

Why are so many picking Heinicke? He played like one end of year game for us. He's proving to be good NOW, but that doesn't compute with el questione. It's Allen & Bridgwater. Bridgewater was a dull manager who was the most risk-averse, non-aggressive QB I've ever seen. Allen had a hot streak and teased potential before settling into his current iteration.

Bottom line--I think most of us thought we were at least getting a Delhomme-lite/Hasselback level guy and for what we paid, it wasn't anything too bad. He had shown in his career to be adequate. Not a complete mess, but he showed very little ability to even sustain a field goal level drive. We experienced something much worse than expected, he couldn't throw basic out routes or consistently arc over lineman. At least he got Rhule canned more quickly than expected. A 5th rounder is nothing, he is gone, Rhule is gone. Let's get the sanitizer.

I don't know where you've been then. He was one of the most hyped guys along with Tyler Van Dyke, Levis and Stroud going into the CFB season. Both Richardson and Van Dyke deflated their stock to start the year. Van Dyke never recovered. Richardson had some nice moments but as a passer has been spotty to say the least; his physical traits are what are propping him up.

At day's end, Richardson possesses a higher ceiling than any other QB in the draft. If we get a coach that wants him, and is committed to developing him, we should get him and none of us should be mad about it.