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Agreed. If his shoulder holds up down the stretch we have to bring him back. Even if we plan on drafting a QB in the 1st.

Last year I told everyone I wouldn't draft Dyami Brown because he's basically Ted Ginn Jr. 2.0.

Awful year one, mediocre year two, ready to legit compete year three. That's always been his pattern. The problem is that thusfar I'm not seeing the pattern of progression from last year to this year and the in game coaching honestly seems worse and so does the team discipline. The arrow is pointing down IMO. Last year it felt like the talent level was holding back the coaching staff. This year it feels like the coaching staff is holding back the talent level.

It's just a little daunting and scary to be honest. We all know if we lose to Miami this week, it's over. It's draft talk time.

Hey, I've always been very fair in my assessments of UNC players. I'll say it when I think our guys are good college players who won't make the transition. Howell is just gonna be a stud, that's all.

The offense has been much better since bringing Cam back. Honestly, our rush D is our biggest weakness since then. It's okay man. The team isn't perfect. Some criticism is okay. I mean, we're 5-6. Clearly there's some aspects of the team that need improvement. We're 19th in average tugging yards allowed per game. We're 24th in actual rushing yards allowed.

We're 24th in the league in rushing yards allowed. It's clearly a problem.

That's approaching 30% of the time though. Even if you win your division you're going to have to win three games against playoff caliber teams. Odds are pretty decent one of those teams is going to curb stomp you in the trenches. It needs to get addressed in the off-season.

He has literally been one of the statistically best deep WRs in the league for most of his career. Pretending he's not a deep threat is just not accepting reality.

I think when Darnold sucked and our OL was a mess than Rhule let Brady know that he wanted a more run based approach. Makes sense. But Brady handcuffed his offense so much that it's no longer really his offense. Hopefully we start to see things get opened back next week as Cam gets more comfortable. I think there may be a bit of miscommunication going on right now. Rhule wanting to be more run heavy but still aggressive in the passing game while Brady is basically hearing "go conservative". I don't know, just spitballin'.

I think that's why Rhule is getting frustrated. I think that's what he wants. I agree with mixing more of it in, just wanna give people a heads up before they start screaming to go all in on that, that's basically asking for Shula back.

Do you have a disagreement to voice or do you just want everyone to know that you're triggered?

It seems like Rhule wants a run heavy offense and play action deep shots. Remember Shula?

Robby Anderson was considered a one trick pony as a deep threat when we initially brought him in.

Listen, I'm not saying to just trade Burns for anything. I'm just saying that unless we're willing to evolve the D into a true 3-4 front with the appropriate DL in front of them, Reddick and Burns are redundant so if you extend Reddick like I think we should you have to entertain offers for Burns. If the right offer is there, take it. If not, keep them both but also focus on bringing in some more beef at DE for the rotation.

They flip flop. Reddick and Fox were the only two front seven defenders who showed up on Sunday IMO.

They ran off left tackle all day long on Sunday. I bet they averaged close to 10ypc running off left tackle.

Burns is part of the issue why we struggle against power running schemes. Yeah, he could develop into greatness but unless we're going to transition to a full bore 3-4 scheme and go get true 3-4 DL, he and Reddick are redundant. For that matter, so is Haynes. We really only have two base 4-3 ends in Fox and Gross-Matos. The rest of our DEs are 3-4 OLBs. It's not a coincidence that teams can line up heavy and cram the ball down our throat.

This will be a controversial idea, but I'd like to extend Reddick and shop Burns. I still feel like we're right where we started with him. Waiting for potential and flashes of brilliance to develop into consistent greatness. I'm starting to doubt that it's going to happen and he and Reddick are a bit redundant and Reddick is clearly the better, more consistent performer right now... and we badly need to recoup some of the draft capital we've pissed away.

Barring a dramatic turnaround down the stretch I'm ready to move on.

He definitely has a gun slinger mentality to him. He'll have to reassess the risk/reward assessment both throwing and running in the NFL. He has a damn good arm but some scouts will question wether his arm will allow him to make the throws he makes at the college level in the NFL. He has more a prime Drew Brees type arm than say a prime Cam or Josh Allen type arm. There are also going to be some teams that knock him for his height. Being a 6' tall QB isn't near the knock these days as it used to be but most teams would ideally like a taller QB. I think he's going to really impress teams in the whiteboard. He's REALLY good at presnap reads. At the same time, NFL teams are going to exploit that early on with disguised looks. He'll have to learn how to read defenses at the NFL level but I'm confident he can based on what I've seen out of him in college.

You don't think players are pissed about their coach publicly going overboard healing praise on them only to soon thereafter get cut? You don't think they still have friends on the team and voice those displeasures? Work environments are work environments and the same politics, rumors, and BS exist across the board. Just because these guys make millions of dollars to play a game doesn't mean that basic human psychology ceases to exist.

I think what Tepper is learning is that there aren't perfect translations between business and football. The hedge fund world is not a fair fight. Big money, big analytics, and virtually endless variables create huge advantages for the deepest pockets. In the NFL, the hard salary cap creates a much more even playing field and the "stocks" you're looking at are much more limited. There's a lot more stocks than there are NFL caliber draft talents and quality free agents and coaching prospects. There a reason why the same handful of names are rumored to everyone with a need in that particular category. There's still a lot of variables at play, but way fewer than in the investment world and multiple firms can't invest in the same "stocks". It's an all or nothing proposition. It's just a LOT different and success in one doesn't automatically translate to success in the other.

I just think you're flat out wrong. You're telling me that if you had a high profile public facing job and your boss was saying things about you that you found to be misleading if not outright false you'd just be fine with that? No big deal? I call bullshit.

That's the thing. Rhule sucks at coach speak. How many times has he gone over the top with praise and then taken an action shortly after that shows that praise was bullshit? What Belichick does better than anyone is simply saying as little as possible.