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I will allow that sometimes the players sound smarter than I expected, vocabulary seems broad and seems like they know what the words mean when they use them. A lot of them. Some others are perpetuating the cliche. But our organizational IQ? Bryce Young is our starting QB and we have no one to challenge him. Low end of the bell curve.

Well, maybe it will save us some money down the line when it is time to give him a new deal. Might be one of the unsung Benefits of Bryce.

It was obvious to me. I said so, loudly. Not even based on his college tape but his horrible mechanics and weak arm, clearly visible on his pro day (yes it is weak for the NFL). And struggle he did. Three years in, he is still struggling. Big surprise, the way to beat the Panthers is stop their run game and make Bryce beat you. You want to ride that little pair of threes into the river you will need a life jacket.

I am out of things to say that haven’t been said 100 times. If we buy him a Pro Bowl WR and a Pro Bowl TE and sign 5 really really short OL so he can see, and he still fails most weeks, will people finally give it up? If so let’s do that, please.

Knowing that Frank played and coached NFL quarterback his entire adult life. And he was built for it. I can only get to one viewpoint of what he would think of Bryce and the NFL game. I’d love to have some of the conversations between him and Tepper leak but they never will.

I don’t think it matters. Just off the intangible superstitious stuff, we are screwed. We have the Seahawks’ superiority over us that we just witnessed. We have beat the Rams once doubt we do it twice. Our up down or win lose pattern/streak is still strong and would be intact if we were to beat TB meaning we are down the next game.

That was always the fear, expectation, concern, etc, I had. Someone showed a still shot from his pick last game and said it showed that the defender closed 3 yards on that ball in the last portion of its flight. I forget the number. 10 yards I think it said but that sounds extreme. When guys are open by a step, any slowing down to wait for the ball lets the defender back into the play. That sort of stuff makes the margins so small… these NFL CBs are not slow. It is a league that highly values foot speed; the 40 times and drill times are scrutinized down to the hundredth of a second when evaluating these players on both sides of the passing game. Receivers and defenders both. My thing with his arm strength (or anyone’s) was always “why do you want to do that? Plus pay extra picks to put yourself in that situation?”. Asking for trouble. I wish there was a way to measure velocity on the back half of a throw compared to when it left the hand. Or really get accurate reading of the flight time of a ball from the near hash to the sideline, 10 yards down the field. Because teams could use that info. I have always seen this as being a disadvantage with Bryce but it is beyond my ability to quantify it. I think it would show what that arm strength is really about, a lot more than just measuring how much air can you put under it so it will fly as far as possible.

We didn’t break Bryce. He is exactly what he was at Alabama, better really, because they have him employing proper footwork at least some of the time - vs never like when he got here. He is a college level player, improperly equipped to thrive in the NFL. That’s all it is. All it ever was or ever will be.

Time for a Campbell’s Chunky Soup commercial.

Shough was a second rounder. We don’t know what he is but he looks like some very good potential. And the price allows you to indulge without a ton of loss if you are wrong. I am really against trading future 1st round picks, and exponentially so when talking multiples. I can’t sign off on some mega deal for a vet in the midst of a bad relationship. No matter his talent two years ago.

I am almost as old as he is, and I hate to say it but he was too old to start a journey like that would be - if done right. What’s he gonna be, coaching an NFL team at 78 years old?

A developmental QB should have been taken in year two. Absolutely you have to buy a ticket to the QB lotto when he is your starter. Showing what he was showing, I mean. You do that, and even if you don’t hit you leave no doubt with him that we aren’t playing around. We have intentions of having that guy under center. If he wants it to be him, get on the stick.

He is the second rounder that got away. He gets some benefit of the doubt, you can afford to be wrong. Those other guys are high picks. Like that, (snaps fingers), we are free of the millstone. No 5th year 30 million necessary. No extension. No more Bryce hell.

Interesting idea I don’t know the answer to. I think he is with Pittsburgh unless they release him. I wouldn’t want them to take him back, personally.

I never understood the Pete hiring.