JawnyBlaze

Alabama was the OSU of QBs before OSU was. OSU had what, 2 or 3 guys who were good in college and didn’t pan out in the NFL? And those weren’t even drafted high if I recall correctly. Tua and Hurts are changing to perception of Bama QBs, but OSU’s perception was all media manufactured. If anything, the college that deserves that perception is USC.

The trade would have been a good one if we used the pick on Stroud. Fix the OL in the draft and FA (it’s not as bad as Bryce made them look, 14th longest time to pass in the league ain’t bad), find a solid WR and the team is ready. Defense is there.

There were some here I was sure were bipolar for how rabidly and aggressively they flipped from Stroud to Young before the draft.

I hope he can improve, and sure every QB misses open receivers occasionally but I can’t remember the another one that missed even close as consistently as Bryce. Even a lot of his balls that get caught are bad passes that receivers have to come back for or otherwise end what could have been a big play just to catch it. A stat I saw the other day, he had the 14th longest time to throw in the league, his OL wasn’t good but not as bad as a lot of people make out to be. He just had a habit of running toward pressure, absolutely no pocket presence and shockingly slow to process. I screamed “get rid of the ***** ball!” at the tv so many times this year my family thought I developed Tourette’s.

Took a long hiatus during the season, come back and people are remembering Stroud was the favorite here? That’s not how I remember it lol. I remember it was 50-50 for a little bit but as soon as that S2 nonsense came out there was only a few of us still on the Stroud bus. I said before the draft I liked him better than any prospect for years, up there with Luck. He was the most accurate college passer I ever remember seeing. But most here and in the media said it was just his receivers and superior team. I was wrong about Bryce though, I thought he’d be good (not Stroud good, but good) but I was mostly worried about durability. I said his accuracy was streaky but he was a playmaker backyard QB type. His accuracy is even worse than I thought and can’t make plays if you can’t hit the broad side of a barn more than 10 yards downfield.

What a bullshit call. That was PI, not holding

Uh was Luvu not being held there?

Ian Thomas got hit in the face because his arm was being held down in an obvious PI

Wtf no penalty on blatant late shot?!?

That was PI, held his arm down that he was trying to catch with

lol at the bitchfest continuing even on a 99 yard pick six. It was clearly obvious he slowed down halfway down the field a bit to let his blocker catch up cuz Cousins had an angle on him.

Damn you don’t make me pie you. You get a cheers, best I can do.

I’ve defended TMJ for the past two years and change. I’m just about done with that. If it doesn’t click this year then yea, Jarrett. Sometimes it takes three years. I’m done with him after that though.

Miles doesn’t suck at all. See OL thread for reasons he’s not putting up big numbers.

Eh, not really. We don’t have our guards, starting WR, RBs are different, instability at QB, new system means old roster is learning new schemes which means you can’t compare directly to last year. Plenty has changed and it’ll take time for it to settle in.

In order of impact, here’s what see (and none of this is unique, I’m just listing them in the order I think they’re having a negative effect) 1. The Guard problem. OLmen depend on the guy next to them. All three of the starters are struggling because they can’t depend on the guy next to them. It’s not like we’re missing our RG and RT and Ickey is struggling, that wouldn’t affect Ickey as much. None of our three starters playing has a reliable person next to them. 2. Predictability. Because our run plays are mostly vanilla and our pass plays are near the LoS it allows the defenders to cheat. The ATL Safety said that verbatim. When they know what kind of play is coming, whether it’s a run up the middle or a short pass play, it allows the defense to get the upper hand at the LoS, putting our OL at a disadvantage. 3. Scheme/fit. TBH I’m not knowledgeable enough about what scheme our OL is running vs what they’ve succeeded at in the past, so I’m just throwing it up here cuz there’s certainly a chance that there could be ill fitting pieces here since our offense changed with new coaches.

Both are just hating. Or at least premature.

Meh. What’s done is done. Having a top 5 pick in the second round would be better than a mid pick in the second round. Can’t rewind time, so whatever can help us in the future is what matters.

Yea, we lose this game I don’t see any kind of recovery for a respectable season possible. Not making the playoffs or anything was an understandable expectation. 0-6, likely to turn into a 2-4 win season would be a big disappointment.

Yea, I worked on my uncles pig farm when I was a kid. Stank, but not as bad as the chicken farms. And..uh I said I live in Maryland now. When I’m ready to settle down back in NC it won’t be in Sampson county. Probably closer to Charlotte

And even though it’s a rational stance, I’d much rather deal with the 1% chance he’ll move the team than the 100% chance he won’t learn from mistakes and refuse to admit them and stay stuck in the past.

Being afraid that someone not from the area will move the team is a rational stance. Not wanting a “yankee” owner is not. (What American even calls people Yankees any more? It’s not the 1800s, the civil war is over.)

Living in Boston does nothing for your statement. I live in MD now, after a 20 year military career, I’ve lived and been all over the world. This attitude of hatred or disdain toward “others” is a problem no matter where you’re at.

I’m from NC, hillbilly. Sampson county. I’ve just gotten out and seen the world and am not afraid of it.

This is the kind of nonsense that I’ll never understand. Having a “Northerner” for a team owner? Wtf kind of ridiculous statement is that?? That’s the sort of tribalistic, hillbilly, ignorant poo that is the problem with our country now. Not only that, but JR was a terrible owner who failed at every hiring except John Fox and then kept him on way too long past his expiration date. Not only that, he told our brand new QB no tattoos or long hair. Not only that he was a toxic creep. And that’s all just the stuff we know about. Getting rid of JR was the best thing to happen to this team since creation. Tepper has made mistakes, but his willingness to admit them and move on makes him infinitely better than JR.