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Yeah that’s a thing about him, he was extremely gifted athletically and could pick his position pretty much. I think he picked the right one.

Yeah. I live in Murrells Inlet - on the water. This looks like a real mess.

That is pretty much how you have to look at it I think. Committing to QB purgatory with a 20-25th ranked QB is not a happy place. He does it right this year or it is.... “Next” AFAIC I’d rather go with the unknown.

You got to figure the offense, 1st time HC and OC, won’t really be a well oiled machine the first few weeks so... DeShaun Foster was pretty good for the Panthers as a 2nd round guy that lost his entire first season. That’s as positive as I’ve got.

He could be a stopgap. I don’t know either. It’s kind of like S for a few years or DT whoa we didn’t replace Jenkins for years. Until Gettleman’s first draft (Dave and me, that was the honeymoon). Should also say, they seriously needed guards.

meant to quote this: You can say stupid yet haven’t seen the results. Okay. I do that too. But it looks like to me that Bryce is being treated as super fragile, mentally. He is getting all help. From excluding competition to hiring a coach to fix him, to giving him a plethora of weapons... it is quite a list. So they are doing all sort of over the top stuff to support him, but wouldn’t do center? There has to be a reason.

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.