Bear Hands

It was a very solid game winning drive that should boost some confidence. Packers aren't world beaters. Have some games to build momentum. Defense was incredible today. Brown and Luvu played their brains out. Bryce managed the game mistake free and made some solid throws in key moments. Positives today. No TDs, but positives nonetheless.

I was brought on a ~monthish ago to try to help because I want to bring a solution to it and keep contributing discussion over mindless bashing of the board. Bashing the starting QB is still at least about football (until it goes to far or turns to spam)..but endlessly bashing posters and the board does nothing. Helps nothing. And just wastes time and space. Just because a mod isn't a Bryce fan does not mean we're restricting positive Bryce chat. But he's overall played pretty bad so it's going to be magnified. Just gotta make the arguments for him. Now, if you think there's sh*tposters being missed, then flag it and send it our way. I'll get on it.

You are only criticizing the board, posters, and contributing nothing. Deal with it. If that's all you're going to do, then this is what you're going to get.

holy smokes are we going to win?

Also locking this bc it's not going anywhere. A bit of a baseless, in game, reactive Bryce bash.

If all you're going to do is spat with people then you're gone. Simple as that. Just chill tfo

pretty much this.

Oh just go for the TD. Have some gall here

Looks like all the people there have migrated to the lower level.

WRs were awful there. And you can not take that sack. No one was open, keep it a chip shot.

Mingo was not where he needed to be.

Solid chance we have below 3.0 YPA at the half.

oof

Cringe

I like his trajectory as a coach but agree with what's been said so far about where he's at and what we're looking for. There's a bit too many unknowns with him given McDaniel's role on offense. We really need a guy that can instill a culture as much as be an offensive guru. The candidate I'm probably most interested in, as much as Ben Johnson, is Shane Waldron. Geno has had some bad games but he has had the Seattle offense operating at a great level again this year. His pressers also strike me as a guy who's ready for the job. From the McVay tree, knows Fitt (if he unfortunately stays), could poach from the Vikes, Hawks, and Rams staffs..and probably a few others. I also wouldn't look past Mike Kafka who reportedly had a nice interview with us last year, but just wasn't ready. What he's done with the Giants with their awful OL and Tommy Devito has been impressive. Some musings.

Tepper going into an offseason: Tepper & org once games start getting played:

Makes you wonder, if Tepp just fired Rivera and Hurney at the same time, wonder what type of coach could've been had. They could've hired someone like Borgonzi first and found a dude to pair with him. Oh to rewrite history...

Ah didn't see you mention it already -- but yep. I wonder if Tepper thought just didn't pair well with Rhule, he backed out, or we just liked Fitt over him.

We interviewed him last GM cycle. He may already know he wants to stay away from Tepper.

Gettleman had Star fall into his lap year 1, had a good pick in KK. Otherwise, his drafts were pretty spotty. I will say, he was able to identify talent in later rounds, something that hasn't really happened here much recently. Our recent late rounders have barely made it through initial camps and onto the roster. Although I'll never forget when he took Kugbila 1 pick before Bahktiari. I wanted DB so bad that draft and thought he fell perfectly to us. Justa mixed bag and he obviously got on the outs with JR. Seemed to be more of the issue than anything else, although that move saved us from his perpetual, egregious reaching for big dudes that he loved and had tunnel vision for.

He’s also just been through a lot. Beat the big C, stayed on coaching while needing to see the doc a ton. I respect the hell out of the guy but his time is near its end for a full time coaching role. He could be rather good in a defensive consulting spot. I just don’t see a guy with his je ne sais quoi settling into a position coach or even coordinator role again.

We could always pull a JR & Jordan-- get both Rivera and Hurney back. Snuggle in with that mediocrity we all know and love.

checks out

At the end of the day, it's also easy to spot why this team is the worst roster, bar none: Drafting has simply been terrible. We were told the 2021 draft was all Rhule, but you watch the post-draft pressers, and outside of the fact Rhule already looked mentally checked out, Scott was the guy answering qs about strategy, trade calls, team boards, etc. Scott even mentioned turning down offers for #8--they kept it because they loved Horn THAT much. This perception it was all Rhule is a bit shortsighted IMO. Fitterer has had plenty of say since day 1 of arrival. 6 of those 11 2021 picks are off the team. With 1 more good as gone (TMJ). The remaining 4: Horn, Brady C, Tremble, & Hubbard. Then, the 2022 draft was the one we were told via reports Fitt had more clear, a bit more leeway over MR. That was just last year, and only half/3 of those 6 guys are on the team anymore. 2 of those goners we wasted picks trading up for (Corral, Brandon Smith) Then this past season, Zavala and Robinson were ineffective. We wasted more value trading up for DJJ who has been mostly ineffective. Mingo is about the 8th most impressive WR in this class, and I don't want to even get into Bryce and what we gave away. Fitt has simply burned through too much without hitting a single pick. Not one pick is a certified value find. Chubba freaking Hubbard is the most consistent and successful pick in our last 3 drafts lol. Ignored the better opportunities that came to us and went too hard as the aggressor for the wrong guys. If you're going to take that aggressive chip mover mentality, you better hit. And he has not and the roster is terrible. Simple as that.