Bear Hands

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

This. We should hopefully learn our lesson. If we somehow ship Chuba, by no means does that translate to signing Rico to a multi-year deal. Unless we want to find ourselves in the same spot again -- i.e. Brooks looks great in 26' and Rico comes down to earth after we pay him at the cliff age of 28.

If we're talking exclusively 3-down ILBs, Allen (UGA), Weeks (LSU), & Lawson (Bama) are all going to be prime candidates for us. Finding a vocal, sideline-to-sideline, technically proficient man in the middle is what we need immensely.

Ideally that is the right mindset, but plenty of good teams also sell high. But I get it, it's a fair perspective - what does a 2026 5th rounder really do for us? If he's the key piece to netting wins for us right now, then ride him and see how much we can win. I have no issue staying pat/soundly in what we built for 2025, with no worry of if he stays/goes come the offseason. We have one in each round and an extra 5th as is. Thx Thielen. We're honestly in a position where we shouldn't be buyers or sellers midseason. Buuut my point in prior posts- if the right offer comes along for a guy on his last contract year, I don't see why we should shy away. It's a something to assess - the value of what he brings the remainder of 2025 vs. future value added.

Fair enough - if the mindset is winning absolutely. They’re a tad confusing though. I think we’re fine holding right now unless a good deal comes in from let’s say a NE Given the pattern, I’m convinced Cuba stays, we pay Rico but then Brooks looks legit in 26. The potential lesson being - stop paying RBs