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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

At the end of the day, as fans, you want two things in rooting for an NFL team: 1-wins 2-A fun to watch product It's year 3 so positions are hardened/even more difficult to sway for Bryce. And the debate it tired. And it's still not that much fun to watch. Fans are in the sh*t or get off the pot mode, because honestly, it's a boring product. He's not a scrambler, he doesn't have the cannon, we don't have burners...we don't really have any superstars. *Potential in McMillan. Thing is, I think he's close to a year-4 lock due to Tepper and circumstances. Winning cures all so that's path A. Path B, we end up between 8 to 6 wins but he still is in this middle-ish/debatable ground, we have a 4th go-around but with a different backup plan. Path C, the wheels fall off, there is no year 4. Path B seems likely so brace yourselves.

He wouldn't be doing what he's doing without Abdul Carter, Thibs, & Dex. The concentration is off him and he can use his limited moveset on single-teamed strong sides.

The guy that looked like Kevin Costner was the wild one

They built the right supporting cast and landed a great coach. Drafted the wrong QB but a guy like Jones is thriving. It’s fun to see

I imagine the tip toeing/hop stepping thing from gun he does is pretty painful with this.

2018. We haven't had many outside of Cam (5). Jake only had 2, Beuerlein 1 (36*record).

There goes our hope we were finally gonna see our first QB since Cam hit the 20 passing TD mark

I remember the HAS's used to knock out guys like 4+ weeks. Mahomes had one that caused him to miss 6 games in 2019. Dak 11 the following year from one as well.

If we can pull off even just one of these games, it would show well for this team and give me some faith we're trending in the right direction.