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Rams are still #2 seed. We turned them from #1 to #2, but they beat the Seahawks so they are first in the west.

Honestly, we don’t even need to worry about it anymore. The 5th year isn’t expensive because he just hit the playing time tier so he’s still cheap for the next two years. Personally, I still hope we go after anyone we think could be great value in 2026. This was supposed to be a loaded QB class and some new folks stepped up and some preseason studs didn’t do as well. Day 2 could have some solid potential if not too many decide to stick around college for another year.

We have 4 games left, 2 against Tampa and 1 more division game. Pretty much every week is going to be huge for the playoffs. If Tampa wins while we are off, we will be 1 game back and pretty much be in must win mode all 4 games.

You are correct as of right now. I believed the value shown in the search but that’s if you make 1 or more than one pro bowl. If somehow Bryce makes the pro bowl, his option value is $40M. Making it as an alternate doesn’t count so I’m pretty certain we are safe here. He cannot make more than one this year so he can’t get $46M.

Wouldn’t surprise me at all. I still don’t think he’ll ever get us to the show, but we might be stuck with a large contract. The 5th year tier 1 QB option is already over $40M. I’m worried we won’t ever try to draft a QB with a high pick and get elite level physical talent. I do like the 2026 QB draft because there have been a lot of underachieving QBs that were highly touted. Good draft to get a potential great value. I’m going to enjoy the ride we’ve had so far this year but I don’t like the idea of extending knowing we are basically doing what Arizona did with Murray knowing he’s just OK and not going to lead you to the SB.

Me too, but at least I’ve had a good history of picking good games, even with Young in 2023.

Why do you post this now? We still have 4 games left and have a shot at this division. We got up like this before the NO game. We lose out Tampa, no one is going to remember that we beat the Rams. The other not for all the “it’s a given”, Bryce was the first pick. His 5th year will be $40M+. That's not some cheap year.

I’m going to the Tampa game with my youngest. Christmas gift to him, hopefully it plays out well. Love that we have this late bye to get refreshed and healthy.

Who said it was bad? Just adding some realism that you can’t count on 3-4 turnovers a week. We played two playoff teams and we had like a +6 turnover ratio and we lost by 11 and won by 3 with a pick 6 as well. It’s ok to realize we’ve still got holes and can lose to someone like NO. It’s ok to still realize that Bryce isn’t our long term answer but enjoy winning some games. If McVay sticks to the run a bit more in the red zone, it’s not a stretch to think we are down 27-10 to 35-10 at the half. We are still that kind of team. We absolutely need a team effort and when we get behind enough that Bryce has to win the game in a heroic effort like Allen or Mahomes, etc., we can’t. Listen, I like the Panthers and I was screaming when we had the end of the game plays. Doesn’t mean that my brain thinks we’d beat a mistake free Rams.

Well, we are the same team that NO beat up a few weeks ago. Look at today. Our D had a great game but they only punted 1 time. Turnovers including a pick 6 were the difference. We weren’t stopping them without turnovers. Bryce makes some throws and played big mistake free but we still needed Brown to make a huge play to win. Young isn’t the guy to win a SB but this could be a fun year if we can beat Tampa.

I still don’t want him as our future but that was a great game to watch. D was huge. Bryce just doesn’t have the tools IMHO to pull out playoff wins like the elite QBs and that’s what we need to win a SB. Still not fully sold on Canales because it felt like we won in spite of ourselves. Without turnovers, we don’t win this week and we don’t have a chance to win at SF. Those are great and are part of why we’re 7-6 and also why we can get beat up by NO when we lose the turnover battle.

And it was as big as Sanders call even though one was real and one was BS.

He pancaked his guy. BS penalty. So tired of refs being able to change games. 1st and 20, just run the fuging ball. Bryce hasn’t been terrible but when he’s forced to save the day we get sacks and can’t even try a FG. Canales should have stuck with the run.

The defensive play this season is a key to us being 6-6 right now. Bryce isn’t winning games where the D sucks like it had before. We’ve lost a lot to injuries and we have still been competitive. The offense and offensive coaching/time management have been way worse. Imagine this D healthy and not being on the field all day.

Bizarre. We took 30+ seconds to get an incomplete pass and then get a sack. Canales keeps doing this. We need TDs against the Rams. Call a fuging timeout and setup your next couple plays. It’s amazing that we are down by 4 and had a 1st down after Dowdle’s run and the shitfest of calls/situational awareness happen again. We have no chance to win this game after that. We aren’t going to get more pick sixes and we really can’t stop their offense without picks.