Bear Hands

It's been requested ad nauseam, you get it. Here's the thread to add to the threads.

Sherwood, MDIV and JJJ would all be targets for us

I mean, with the amount of picks they've received, maybe the next guy won't take as much haha

Dan, call the Jets for Sherwood plz.

NFL trade deadline is more like an NBA one this year. Jeeez

Jets have the ammo for their next bust at QB lol

Holy sh*t - 2 firsts and AD Mitchell??

Steichen has the offense operating at a super high efficiency with JT/Pittman/Warren/Downs. The OL is strong.The D - the front 7 has been sneaky good. They don't instill much fear but do enough. Buckner is stil playing at a high level. It's a good system on both sides of the ball. Blue chip players now at every position group. Overall, the NFL is wide open right now. Seahawks, Colts, Patriots, Rams, & Bills are at the top of the mid-season hill - which is just wild Lions, Bucs, Broncos, Chargers* are in contention/okay spots (LAC is losing guys left and right though) Chiefs, Philly still linger, you can never discount. Steelers, 49ers are around as always.

Colts are going ALL IN.

Shaheed to the Seahawks

It was more the quickness and abruptness of his turnovers. It felt so winnable if he wasn't crapping the bed early.

I'm just saying we lose this, I think the fanbase would understand the level we're at for the time being with this crew in tow. If we win, there's a higher ceiling than initially (near universally) thought. I'm basically comparing a an almost/just above 500 record 8-9/9-8 and no playoffs vs a 5-7 win team expectations.

The pattern of how it happened is what's also a whirlwind: Looking atrocious against the Cards and Jags, cleaning out ATL with a shutout, getting throttled by the Pats, a comeback win vs the Dolphins, beating the Cowboys with a strong team game, squeaking an ugly one vs. NYJ, getting throttled by the Bills, and then beating a SB fave. Quite the ride so far.

So if we beat Tyler Shough's Saints...6-4 If we lose to Tyler Shough's Saints...back to earth (again) The results of this game will swing the narrative for the rest of the season. The 2 Saints games are the only remaining I see us favorited in. Maybe ATL, but that's away.

This was his revenge game!

Step one is to just run it out this year. See what happens using him as the guy. See if we can ever get a passing game going with running so effectively w/Dowdle. He'll be 28 next year and we're talking RB. It's easy to get sucked into this, and get all excited and emotional, but I just can't agree with paying a FA RB. Javonte and Dobbins are in very similar situations on 1 year deals, and both a year or more younger than Rico. Ride it out, see if we can bring him back on a modest deal. If not, no problem. Don't rope in the moon for him.

Our defense is proving they're able to win us games. Our running game is proving they're able to win us games. But we're still not scoring points. So we're gonna hit a few snags and I anticipate some unexpected duds.

It felt more like that time we had to bring Weinke back from the grave and beat ATL like 9-7

Wharton had himself a great game. Very nice to see from a guy who should be here the next 3-4 years.

We are built very well for almost any QB right now. The OL (and its depth) run blocks like crazed road graders. The defense has completely turned a corner with a healthy Horn, Brown & the new guys. Moehreg and Wharton were studs today. Scourton had a moment or so again as well. So with that said, give us a "GUY", and yeah, we beat AZ and JAX. Those games were thrown away. We just can't figure out a passing game.

I was going to post the same exact thing. There's no level of analysis or any essay-long post needed to explain it.

Pretty much. Defense is holding okay to start, but that levee will break.

Oof