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Ward with the INT. What an end in HOU. Great game.

This NE game is gonna be 6-0. Just..wow

The real team that is a QB away - the Steelers

YPA predictions? Do we get over 6.0?

Limps off the field in the second. Comes back briefly in the 3rd but quietly puts himself back on the bench for the rest of the game.

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The Tarpon Springs Pirates

I think he just blacked out his Charlotte experience. A quick month-ish in and out lol

Alrighty -- well the plus is both games are good matchups. Bama (4) v. Michigan (1) Texas (3) v. Washington (2)

Yeah it's really just a headache haha. Alrighty here it is...

FSU may not have their QB, but I'd be very interested to see how McCarthy does against that defense. They weren't world beaters against Iowa.

I don't. Bama is a maybe but have them at 5 behind FSU. Michigan & Wash are locks. I think Texas is surefire #3. It's between Bama and FSU for 4..and I lean FSU

It's gotta be 1/2. Michigan/Washington 3. Texas 4. FSU (or Bama) That's really it

Not to mention, beat Alabama, by two scores, in Alabama.

Michael Pratt accepted his Senior Bowl invite so he should be good to declare. He's the one that I've been enjoying watching. Even when he's had down games, he makes up in big moments. Was somewhat banged up this year but LOVED that team with him, Spears, and Dorian Williams last season. Especially that epic bowl game beating USC.

Ignoring the Bryce sidebars... It's Mingo vs. the rest of the class for me. Bigger issue is that we clearly were in need of a different type of receiver and there were more than a few that fit the bill in the draft. We need someone with good route running skills, enough speed, to get open early and a guy you can slide outside and the slot. Ideally, someone who had been high enough volume/experienced enough in school to translate more effectively. It's not just Dell. Reed, Downs, Rice, Mims, Wilson, Douglas, Palmer.. there were good options. Something I've stayed fixed on (bc my second round faves are looking good)--there were some legit non-WRs that just seemed like such more sure things. Tuli & JuJu Brents come to mind. Merp.

Yup, can't forget, these dudes don't lose touch the second they're with a new team. The friendships and connections are all still there. Even in this day and age where so many coaching trees have fused and intertwined over the years -- I doubt we're going to be getting a swell of coaches from the whole Pederson umbrella that Reich came from or others in Dan Campbell's offshoot orbit. I hope we do right by Thomas Brown and maybe the McVay/Shanahan crew still seems like a viable crowd. Slowick, Waldron, Phillips, Frank Smith, etc. I do think there's somewhat of a mini audition for Thomas Brown right now to show the league if he can make this a bit more tenable. He's a type that you could use to help get better word out there, and he could help landing a guy from the tree I think makes a lot of sense for Bryce.

It’s not a terrible idea

He doesn't call plays. Frank Smith is a growing myth around these parts. He has had kind of a meandering career until McDaniel poached him. Very young into his OC career and isn't even a full-on OC.

Unsure...but our area scouts are finalizing senior reviews this week. So, the lovely staff that's been in tact for Fitt for the last few years is getting ready for some deep dives with him and Morgan this next month on prospects. Makes me nervous lol.

The current culture: "I'm going to work, doing my job, staying professional, what happens happens" Very uninspired. Professional, nice, clean, but uninspired and doesn't seem like they're really playing for anyone. They seem numb to losing. The younger guys only know losing, the older guys that came from better teams seem like their eyes are elsewhere. Like Cam said, it's evident there's no silent leaders. And there's no Cam-style leaders either. This team needs a kick in the nuts.

I’ve been following a lot of the guys in this next class bc some were on the fence last year about declaring. Been a fan of a handful—Penix, Jayden Daniels, Cameron Ward, and Michael Pratt to name a few. Will be interesting to see where they end up, but I doubt we land one. Although maybe a 4th-5th type project that could be a backup. That could be a Pratt/Ward type.

I am not sold on the impatient narrative. He's been hiring the wrong guys and then rightfully firing them. So we're on a roller coaster of crazy. He didn't get rid of Ron and Hurney together, or soon enough. He's not hiring the right people -- I.E. No Exec-GM, missing on Rhule, Reich, and it's looking like Fitterer as well The Rock Hill disaster left a regional mark, more than football He has also been way too hands-on & aggressive trying to find a QB. This is putting pressure on the team every season to get it perfect at that position and it's creating crazy volatility. Now, you've got a fanbase splintered on a #1 overall pick that crazy underperforming (yes, I know, the team is bad overall as well) I don't care about soccer coaches or the timing of the firings. Hire the right guys and you won't have to do that. Tepper doesn't appear to have a good shmuck/BS detector. Combine that with not having an true guru to really run the operation Ozzie/Howie style, and you get the mayhem we've endured. He wants a lacky lap-dog like Fitt to fulfill his wishes. He doesn't want to be idle and let someone run the ship while he's chilling. He wants to be part of the build and it's a problem. He can't just be a Lurie.

Never forget -- for all the trades he did make, the one he didn't... Fitt admitted to fielding offers for pick 8 in 2021, but they refused because they wanted Jaycee Horn that bad over the others available. My guess that was at least CHI and NE just a few spots down calling to move up for Fields. That "other" batch we would have had to choose from included: Slater, Parsons, Surtain, Devonta Smith, & Darrisaw And the trades he does make... The assets we traded Sam Darnold for became: RB Breece Hall (they used their new 2nd to trade up for him), Max Mitchell, & OT Trey Smith We used CMC's return to package for both Bryce and DJ Johnson It just makes me sad haha

It's not shear size. Having lived in Denver, Southern Cal, DC/Nova, & Chicago, it's a multitude of factors. Sprawl classification has many facets.