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Valid take haha

Absolutely not haha. Moreso context for those thinking bad organizations can trip their way into picking a franchise savior. That happens few and far between. And half the time they come from all over the draft.

After we were at 10 points, our drives were as follows: 3 plays, 0 yards, punt 3 plays, 6 yards, punt 6 plays, 22 yards, punt 10 plays, 80 yards, TD (nice drive) 3 plays, 3 yards, punt 1 play, -8 yards, fumble (on a non-call horsecollar) 3 plays, 8 yards, punt 6 plays, 13 yards, punt 4 plays, 5 yards, punt You need to have more than 3 legit scoring drives per NFL game. The drive stalling were not all on Bryce, but he couldn't find guys at times to sustain drives. We had plenty of opportunities against the worst defense in the league and that's what we produced. Nice to see a win, but the continued concerns with Bryce are absolutely valid.

Yeah it will also just be fun to see if Indiana can make this meteoric rise and knock out the annual powerhouses.

Aww they put bad coaches around their Panther gifted assets. Sorry not sorry lol.

I’m personally pretty interested to see this Rourke kid play against OSU this weekend. If he propels Indiana of all places to the CFPs, I think he warrants a hard look at that size and given what he’s done this year.

Don't look now but the last team to win the cellar-stakes is gifting their new treasured with our former esteemed OC Thomas Brown. Another team that got the can't miss, generational prospect at 1OA is sitting at 2-8 this year. 22-37 since their top pick was chosen.

I would be interested to see what a dual threat younger guy with a high-mark toolkit could do behind it.

Agreed

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I’m not crowning him or discounting him quite yet. We’ve had much worse playcalling before so there’s that.

FFS

He is NOT

I used to like grass. Still do too.

He's an extremely limited QB in which you end up running a very limited and predictable offense with. Which is also why I'm not shunning (or) anointing Canales. When the running game and defense are on point, and he is mistake free, you can win games. A very limited, unsustainable recipe, but hey, that's 2 wins in a row.

The team is forming an identity with the OL and Chuba. All of this with Ekwonu out...

Looking good. Hunt & Lewis have been smashmouth. Chuba showing out. DL is showing better pressure (relatively speaking), still not that good. But all in all, solid performance today so far.

Taylor is a dude I would love to see go to a contender and experience some success in the league before he hangs it up. He's probably got one contract left in the pros and we've got him locked in next season (rest is voidable). We could be in a spot to grab a young OT in R2-4 this draft that can backup for a season and then take over. Would love to start backfilling a strength to avoid it becoming a weakness. Can't have the bottom fall out if we want to be this run heavy team. Also--just need to figure out the damn QB spot ha - oh and defense. Lot's to still figure out but back to Chuba - don't think this really straps us. It's a difference between a 2-4 mil FA contract and a 8 mil known asset that works with the pieces we have. That's a $4 mil difference on a $260 mil cap. Manageable.

A problem I'll admit is is that Pollard, Stevenson, & Swift (in the same ballpark $ wise) don't look worth it but they're all in bad situations. Chuba is still looking good in a bad situation, so that's nice to see. Those guys, not so much.

That perspective I get. I'm still a bit iffy on Morgan, although the draft class has looked alright. It will take at least another offseason to establish a core group here. The defense is a sieve, unsure on coaches & QB. And we'll have to get ahead of the curve looking for a Moton replacement as well. Not so sure that's in house right now.

I'm just reporting it, not getting excited. That will no doubt go down with new contracts. But because we've been drafting so many busts, there's no one in house to extend lol. Could be spent on a lot of known resources.

Good news is that incorporating Chuba's contract, with anticipated cuts, we should still have around $55-60 million in space this offseason. Almost $200 mil in space as things stand in 2026.

If you're arguing keeping Chuba in house instead of paying a vet 2-4 mil this offseason to pair with Brooks, I can see that argument. You're saving around 6-7 mil in cap in that scenario. But I don't see the argument that we have a RB room that's WAY overallocated in resources. We will have a 2nd rounder and Chuba on the books, that's it. It's really not a huge deal, not some major contract.

The contract details aren't clear yet but to break it down: Sanders is off the books when we release him after this season. The cap savings are more than double the dead cap (which is minimal) so he's cut/not here in 2025, saving us cap room Brooks is on a 2nd Round contract - ~$2 mil next year There is no other RB on contract next year That's a RB room worth $11.5 million overall. Around the 17th-20th ranked in the league financially - and that's before teams make their offseason moves and new RB investments. That's not a ton.

Exactly. Being 4 years but only that guaranteed, I bet there’s a clear out after year 2 or 3 with the guaranteed dropping off significantly. In addition, we’ll be saving a few mil after cutting Miles Sanders this offseason (5.5 cap space, 2.9 dead) so the RB room will just be Chuba, Brooks, and probably a 2025 rookie. Considering the growing cap, not a bad deal, not a pricey RB room. James Conner/Montgomery territory.