LinvilleGorge

I would lock it but I'll leave it open for y'all to take your shots. Fair is fair. LOL

It was on my front page. I must have accidentally clicked to jump pages. My fault.

I'm not the one that bumped it. I didn't realize it was a dead thread. Now there's a legit conversation going. So who's trolling?

I think Caleb's talent is special. My concern is that he comes across like a serious diva and much of his game is built around making hay out of broken plays. Don't get me wrong, it's a great thing to be able to freelance when plays break down but you need to be able to execute quickly at a high level within structure to be successful in the NFL. That's what I honestly don't see a lot from him. It seems like if his first read isn't open it's on a be a scramble drill. No OC is gonna build an offense around hot read and if that's not open then broken play scramble drill.

If you could give Bryce Young Leaf's talent or give Leaf Bryce's mental maturity you'd have a HOF QB. Unfortunately, as is Leaf was an all-time bust and Young is trending that way too.

Nobody has ever lost a football game and later said "I mean, our OL was just entirely too good tonight. That really messed us up."

Yes to all honestly. 1. Shanny did it again. He bafflingly abandoned the run with a lead in the SB. Why? Is he a choker? Is he just getting cute with a lead trying to show off his offensive brilliance? No clue the reason but he's done the same thing twice on the biggest stage in sports. 2. Yeah, Purdy is a JAG surrounded by an elite team in a great offensive system. 3. Yeah, Mahomes is that dude. And give the Chiefs' D credit. They played their asses off too.

It's not easy but if you don't have one your chances of winning the SB in today's NFL are slim to none.

Doesn't matter. Just win. I'm ready for a Ryan/Trimble PT switch when Trimble is back.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but outside of a few years that's basically been the history of the Panthers.

It wasn't a missed assignment as much as it was Jones not taking the bait. That CMC motion was about drawing the DL. They'd been doing it all night. They had a lot of success with it on their first drive where they were rolling until CMC fumbled. But the Chiefs adapted to it and stopped flowing with the OL. They realized it was misdirection.

An underrated mistake was taking the ball first on OT. With the new playoff OT rules you need to defer. It's like in college. Deferring let's you know what you're dealing with. If they score a TD you know you have to answer with a TD. If they kick a FG you know a TD wins it. If they fail to score you know any score wins it for you. Not only that, but a defensive score wins the game. If you put your offense on the field you can't win the game on that possession but you can lose it. You have to defer in that OT format.

And getting cute with a lead in the SB and abandoning the run is typical Shanahan. That's where they lost the game.

If you knew before the game that the Niners D held the Chiefs to 19 points over four quarters and forced two turnovers the Niners would've been overwhelming favorites to win the SB. the D played good enough to win. The offense didn't.

Honestly, teams run the same basic concepts over and over again. They just throw in small tweaks to throw the D off. Slight formation variances, maybe a different guy in motion. It's the same concepts at the end of the day but just enough variations to disguise it. That's where Shula dropped the ball in SB50. He changed NOTHING so the Broncos basically knew our plays before the ball was snapped and said as much after the game.

Yeah, I'm not stumping for Wilks as a HC but he's a good DC. Not elite, but good. I put significantly more blame on Shanny for that L than Wilks.

This. If you have to pay that guy like a legit starting QB you're fuged.

Yeah, Cousins is honestly better.

I really just don't understand folks blaming Wilks. They held KC to 19 points in regulation. The Niners didn't score enough points.

Always love it when folks reach for narratives to fit their biases. And it's usually both camps pointing at each other like the Spiderman meme.

Sure seems like you're trying awfully hard to put words in people's mouths. Why? I think Purdy is a JAG but a JAG starting QB with the last pick in the draft is a phenomenal steal. I get why a lot of people like him even though I think it's pretty clear he's the limiting factor for that team.

Defensive coaches tend to always have that flaw. When the chips are down seems like they always wanna play bend but don't break.

And honestly that'd be a fair argument. Spags is a great DC. I just put more of this L on Shanny than I do Wilks. The Chiefs were averaging 23.8ppg in the playoffs. The Niners D held them to 19 in regulation. The Niners were averaging 26.7ppg in the playoffs. They scored 19 in regulation. That pretty much says it all.

Find it. I don't think I did. Yeah, that was my point all along. Everyone is on the decline in their mid-30s. That's just biological reality. You just caught feelings when I said it. Which was weird.

The Niners D started struggling when their DL started wearing down over the course of the game. Yeah, they have great defensive talent. And they held the Chiefs to 19 points over 4 quarters. They didn't lose that game because of their D. If I told you before kickoff that the Chiefs only scored 19 points through 4 quarters everyone would've called that a win for the Niners since the Niners average nearly 29 per game. The Niners didn't score enough points to win.