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I still think they did not want a learning rookie snapping to priority number one. And calling protections. And they didn’t want the QB doing it. Because otherwise why not make the move? and the sentiment is bolstered by Corbett already knowing the speed of play and is generally acclimated... he would need to learn less. ?

6 years of down on top of an up and down past. Feels like there is no up and to drive that home they had the 2023 draft.

I wanted that too and had heard he wasn’t doing well, but I googled and hit this right away https://athlonsports.com/nfl/inside-the-saints/spencer-rattler-turns-heads-in-saints-quarterback-competition Olave gives some pretty high praise. Should have been us. Needs to be us; always at the ready to pluck.

Man I forgot we are going to have to watch that. Gonna be tough.

I actually feel like yes Tepper can. I think he will do 2 years of Dave and Dan, unless it really falls apart this year. And not the record so much, more like how they looked getting to that record.

When is the last time Smitty hit someone? You can change that behavior. I did. No sucker punching but I had no limits if stuff got physical. Brain turned off or something. You can fix that. I did and I think Smitty has.

We are still in CYA territory with Young. Given the massive investment in him, I understand why we have to watch it play out.

It makes too much sense not to, especially if you are an org that is good at working with QBs. Which I think the new staff was hired because they show that ability. That is where it can help you.

Russell Wilson prayer balls, is what we are going to have to pattern after. See how Legette can do in that role. Run down the field with your eyes on the sky, if you see a ball up there go get it.

He liked DJ Moore (didn’t Smitty say "they finally replaced me” when he was selected?) and I believe tried to mentor him some but DJ, to me, sounded like he was okay passing that up. So I don’t know how much mentoring was done. This was from stuff we all would have read, no deep undercover info. Maybe someone else remembers. I don’t remember, specifically, enough to chase it down to the source. I agree that it is hard to see any harm being done. Just, as I said, you need to respect Rob Moore and not contradict his teaching.

I still enjoy watching a clip of them blowing the Minnesota playoff game.

I am saying that in my general memory there have not been a lot of years where people saw Two main contenders in the NFCS, it was usually one team favored over three also rans. Perception wise, looking at preseason analysis. And other divisions often have two strong teams at the top (but we usually don’t). I guess was supposed to be my point. That I didn’t really make. It would affect how people view a team IMO. Oh they suck that division sucks... but it can be misleading, all I am saying. or trying to say..

Thinking about it, NFCS wasn’t stacked a lot of years. Division familiarity probably helped make the contests more competitive, and served to downplay, or maybe obscure, the competitive gap between top and bottom.

There was in game stuff last year where the WRs were blamed for stuff and it was no different; you don’t know what they were trying (or supposed) to do. Where the ball went and where the WR went weren’t that close.

Some places are just so full of transplants. Bars in all kinds of places promote themselves as Steelers bars or Cowboys or ‘lately' New England in the old days Oakland Raiders. I used to work at The Bowery down in Myrtle, 40 years ago, and one of the guys had his van airbrushed with the Dallas front four, I forget what they called them. But we didn’t have a team. Open territory as they say. Not having an NFL team until the mid ’90s left most of us that live in places people want to move to, suffering that circumstance. I mean there were plenty of pro football fans, but no team. So... college=. And our college football, even as it is, beats NC college ball and generally has for decades. Like since Choo Choo Justice,

Those 3rd round instantly productive guys make you wonder... some dumb teams out there.

That's funny I am from SC and don’t watch college games hardly ever. You are probably right overall but don’t act like there are no SC fans. There are a few of us.

Was basically the same stuff being said last year at this time I don’t remember but the Bryce fawning was insufferable around here a year ago. It is running around playing flag football right now. I know waiting sucks, believe me, but football hasn’t started yet.

That’s whining not dining.

It is going to only go two ways from the pocket. Or three if leaving it is a thing but it has to be throwing to a spot, blind, based on timing. Or throwing lanes. Spacing stuff to designate one for a given play or just a spread out in general way to provide a lane to throw through.

You mean Mingo? I do think of Legette as a junkyard dog though.

I do think they could have hired the right guy going off of what there is to see so far. Everyone is green sometime and it is a journey of correcting mistakes for the most part, for a while until you get comfortable. I’m simply not bitching about him this year because maybe he was hired pretty green. Like, he has ascended the ladder so fast after his years of being on the lower rungs, I expect a learning curve. but I think he is up to it. 2025 will be a closer look at his job performance.

Yeah, and never mind the firefighter that died or the other wounded.

And we have seen him run for a first, unplanned. But probably more often we see getting caught for a loss seemingly not aware of the pursuit closing the gap. He has to learn what he can and can’t get away with.

I mean, on paper of course, the running game should be there if they can keep 8 and 9 people out of the box. That is the assignment. Make an offense that the defense can’t cheat like hell on.