Bear Hands

there was a honeypot of talent at the end of first/top of 2nd and we took at 3rd round talent at best in a trade up lol Ladd, Frazier, Sainristil, DeJean, there was a lot

I have a feeling we were going up to get a QB (Stroud or AR) if we didn't get Bryce. So we'd be trading up with AZ. So I don't think we would've turned around and grabbed Caleb that quickly. We could've been on the 2024 QB timeline if we just took Fields instead of Horn.

Starting Center and starting ILB injured, QB looks like a tall version of Bryce.

Thielen drop - Aikman "It appears he was on the Panthers for too long"

He clears left to give himself a clean look. And Sanders is breaking to the left in stride, should easily be able to place it well. Toss it, lead JT to only where he can grab it, it's a 13 yard throw. But then he suddenly stops, plants in a terribly awkward position, with his body parallel to the LOS, feet are facing in opposite directions angled outward. It's egregious for a QB at a D2 level. start this at 7 m 15 s and put it on .50 playback speed:

Canales. Dan was already in house before and is an extension of the prior outfit. He kept a lot of Fits staff. Canales hasn’t inspired a ton of confidence but I think there’s some grace to give. It’s year 2. I think a shorter leash third year would be tough, but stomachable.

Solid is stretching it. Rozeboom frustrated the hell out of Rams fans. Not as bad as Reeder, but close. LB was a known issue going into this week and it showed in a huge way. And Wallace was a high ceiling but super raw LB prospect. Moehrig's slipups were surprising. But yeah, Evero's playcalling and personnel deployment is super annoying. He likes playing light in the box which is nonsense given who we brought into our front-7.

We traded our WR1 and what became 1.01 in a loaded QB draft for him. That being attached to his career makes it so much worse than it should feel.

I've given Canales some runway. Still will for about half the season to thoroughly judge, but the way he calls the run game is infuriating and vanilla. I don't think he wants or is trying to have a diverse running attack. Dan Morgan though...the 2025 draft looks promising but the 2024 draft returns look like a disaster. 1.01 - Caleb Williams/None (traded it for Bryce the year prior) Late 1st - traded up for XL (lol) Over - Keon, Ladd, DeJean 2nd - Traded around and took Brooks who was injured over Sainristil, Frazier, Kneeland, Rosengarten 3rd - Trevin - I'm finally willing to express some major concern but Rozeboom blows and doesn't help him At that point you don't need to look at the rest lol

I think we should go for the next 5’8 180 kid. Damn our history with the 6’5 250 one lol

I think Kyle Orton may still hold the trophy for worst long-ish term starter of all time but he definitely rivals him.

I think it was something like the lowest true YPA and EPA with a clean pocket.

That’s what my more practical side tells me. But if Tepper feels extra embarrassed, then who knows

Sure sounds good

If his job is on the line, I think you can only really give a performance like today 3-4 weeks max in year 3 for a 1.01.

Going hard doesn't always mean going well lol. He's still starting and had a really nice 2024.

We don't. Kirskey & NcNeil are still here. Have been for a bit. Some from Hurney finally left but others linger.

We're more than halfway through this decade and it's been a complete waste. Test ran Teddy two-gloves, went XFL-alum, burned through (and failed) 2 competent starters that are still going hard (Darnold, Mayfield), drafted Corral (lol), traded up for Bryce (this counts for like 3 tries), have had the ginger fluttering about. 0-7 since Cam. Thank you, please try again Panthers.

We have Horn, Brown, Hunt, Lewis & McMillan for the future. Really, it's 5 guys at best. Hubbard is nice, but RBs come and go unless they're world beaters. The rest of the roster on both sides is entirely replaceable. I know it is because we've replaced it like 3 times since Cam left. Scott nor Morgan rebooted the scouting department. It's been mostly the same this entire time since Rhule's start (and many before). There's nothing to relax from. There were no expectations and everyone is still completely amazed by the lack of really anything watchable. Not to be doom and gloom, but there's not much else anymore to say.

We've been relaxing since mid-season 2018. There is no house to burn down. We keep trying to make a footing and screwing up the pour.

He was. David Gettis was better.

No short area burst or quickness, terrible route running, he can't play against zone-D on the outside. Has never been capable of this, has zero nuance to his game, and why I never bought the argument he's this worthy reach as an X-receiver. He's kindergarten Deebo meets Metcalf. And eats raccoons.

Who's the tank commander? Ride it out, we're gonna be like 3-14

Realistically, this franchise will not do anything for at least 3-4 games at absolute minimum. He is likely there for the season given the QB room. That being the case unless Tepper lights seats on fire and demands a low stakes trade for a younger backup (B. Allen, McKee, etc). If we are a disaster come week 4-5 (and the schedule is not world beaters), he's gonna force the hand. Bryce is done unless he makes a highly improbably run at this point.

No fluff, no crap, cutting right to it: Someone can be an upstanding dude, want to do all the right things, have the mental traits, but if you can't perform, none of it matters. And he isn't performing up to the standards of a starting QB. He had like 60 yards at halftime. My one expectation was to not look dead/lethargic. Expectations were super low. I.E. - Don't look like the Clausen era and Bryce year 1 where we couldn't even sustain a 1:50 minute drive more than 3 downs and a punt. All I was looking for was like 2 TDs, F*ck, not even a win. When he played "well" last season, he was bailed out with dropped INTs and we also featured a huge amount of empty sets to handicap him. He still had his ridiculous mechanics and flippant pocket presence. None of that has changed. You simply can't do enough with him to create a diverse, movable offense, so defense's jobs are super easy. The Jags didn't even play us that tough. We couldn't execute simple concepts as an offense, and our playbook is incredibly restricted due to his abilities. I'm at the end. I'll let him pleasantly surprise me and make me look like a fool. I won't be relentless in my disinterest. I'm just out.