Jon Snow

Let's hope so.

From what little information that gets out he was holding his own with the starters.

That's bit unreasonable to expect don't you think?

Why the hell is Ian Thomas sitting out? He should be among the first cuts.

YouTube TV.

He he's a better situation than all of the rookie qbs except for maybe Jones.

It's on CBS and NFL network in my area.

I think they did all that in practice against them. At least that is the impression I'm getting. This game and most of the next will feature the 2's and 3's in an attempt to get the depth right. I expect you will see the starters a bit in the next game. Assuming they make it through the practices with the Ravens.

They must be getting them in the joint practices against that teams ones. That's all I can think off.

Apparently it's a thing now. A lot of teams are doing it. Most are opting to do joint practices and hold the starters the first preseason game to compensate for not having 4 preseason games.

I agree with this. It seems they really want a vet at the helm right now. I'm still not sold they are all in on Darnold being the answer. I think at minimum they view him as a bridge for a few years that can keep them above 0.500 until they get whatever qb they looking for. If Darnold can be that then great. But the backup position needs a lot of work. Or I could be speaking out my ass because I've misread the whole situation.

The SB will be won or lost on the first series. You know this.

Dragon meat.

No the issue wasn't that it was too hard according to reports, it was that it was too much to expect in the early going last year by all accounts. If you noticed as the season went on they began to incorporate some blitz packages. This season expect things to be different in that regard. Other than that I do not have a clue what they are going to do this season.

You can only work with what you have. Do you really think they could have installed exotic blitzes with half the defense rookies and the other half 1 year starters? Good luck with that. That college defense kept the losses from being complete blowouts.

I don't know, it took McMann the crazy to get the 85 team that SB. Teddy is not Jim.

You are assuming all that to be true. It's the same tired cry that you know more about football and it's going to end badly. Not a single game has been played yet. Nothing has been proved or disproved at this point. It will not be settled until the last game is played. Try to enjoy the wins when they come and not grip about how they won.

Fixed part of it for you. Shaq is a good outside lb. That's all. Pair him with a great MLB and he's the next TD, or at least that is what the last regime were hoping. Water under the bridge. And there's that pesky thing called depth that they haven't quite gotten sorted out yet.

I get that way when I get hungry. Sorry.

I'm not sure how to feel about this defense just yet. I still think they are another draft away from getting the core on defense assembled. That linebacker group makes me real nervous. I'm hoping Oldman Snow can cook up something new this season to try to mitigate the weaknesses.

Borrowed and edited to include my pov.

You mean to tell me that a crusty old defensive coordinator from some low rank conference college program can take a bunch of rookies and use college concepts to create a defense that confuses a NFL HOF QB? Next you'll tell me that pigs can fly.

I'm neither sunshine and rainbows nor doom and gloom. I'm just tired of hearing folks complain about the same tired bs. I am sitting squarely in the "well thats different" camp. I will reserve my criticism or congratulations after it all plays out. I am not a fortune teller and neither are you.

You're right, we're doomed. This is going to ruin the season. Teddy the great was paired with a green idiot coach and was trying to carry them. I guess we should have kept Teddy and got a new coaching staff. You guys are carrying your butthurt over Fields into every thing the team does. I wish you Fields worshipers would let it go but I know you won't.

A preseason game is just an unorganized scrimmage.