rayzor

This. They are the minicowboys. All hype. Talent is there, but won't win when it matters. Cousins is the perfect QB for them. Penix will get lazy sitting on the sidelines and cousins will do just enough to keep him there.

Training camp will tell us part of the story. I think we'll see a good energy throughout and a real confidence and fight readiness when the season starts. The schedule is set up nicely to build confidence and having all games on Sunday only helps with routine. Everything is set up well for this team to feel good about what they are trying to do. Canales builds energy and confidence and channels it all in the right direction. We've got dawgs....he'll get them riled up, confident, and focused.

I think we're getting ready to find out. Can't base much on the poo show we saw last year. At least i can't. Y'all are probably a lot smarter than me and can probably see the future...I don't know. I just don't think the situation was conducive for a rookie QB to do anything well. New situation should help bring better results. All my opinion, which is what all of us have to go on until the season actually starts. And 10 games + playoffs this year? Hell no. Playoffs would only come if the rest of the division sucks and we're the turd that floats to the top. After that....sure, why not?

I think it's starting and there's been enough turnover that most will be able to buy into it. He's got the same level of infectious energy that Cam had and will have the same effect, being able to elevate the guys around him. He's what this team needed.

I think it's reasonable. What makes it hard is just how much we rely on the run.

I think we win 6 games heading into the bye (sweeping the saints). Then only 2 after the bye (the brutal part). Come away with 8 wins. I'll take it

I don't know...I think he tailors things around what Bryce can do comfortably and well. The run game and OK will just make it easier. Run games and OL don't just help gunslingers. They help every young or weaker QB. I think people are just stuck in limited paradigms.

Ok, so my OOAL projection for Bryce this year.... ~500 attempts ~320 completions (64%) ~3800 yards ~25 TDs + 4 rushing TDs ~15 INTs

Our second away win of the year.

My wife and daughters constantly remind me of this. My reaction...

creative as in making chicken salad out of chicken poo

but that is something that can be corrected with the right coaching. that's why it's important for them to start with the fundamentals. it might not be something that any coach has picked out and tried to work on to this point in his career. or just something that he had a better handle on earlier, but got a bit sloppy on as he went on and learned to do his thing his way. at any rate, whatever footwork issues he has should be something that can be coached out.

i agree that was a bit of a problem, but as far as him being able to throw it downfield i think he's quite capable. that's probably why we got a guy like XL, to help when things aren't exactly on target.

and regarding his deep ball throws... looks like he can toss them without a lot of effort here and it looks like he's got the arm.

i think we'll see more down field passing if we have an OL that can give him a little time, WRS that can get open, and plays that don't take too long to develop. those contributed more to a lack of downfield throws than anything. i know people don't like to refer back to this...but in his time in college he didn't have any problem making downfield throws and no, i don' think a yard gets longer in the pros. if he could throw a deep ball in college easily, he can throw it in the pros.

i am anxious to see what he does with this new situation. i think the schedule is about as favorable as you could hope for the first half of the year. i don't expect a dramatic and quick improvement, but i do expect improvement.

truthfully, when did he have time last year to throw it down field? plays took far too long to develop and the OL gave him no time. i think we are basing far too much of bryce's assessment on a situation that didn't work out in his favor at all. it was probably the worst situation a rookie QB could have found himself in. the only i can think of who had it worse was David Carr, who had an even worse rookie season than Bryce by a significant margin statistically. i think most would realize that carr was probably a better QB than his record would show, but he was shell shocked in his first few years because they did nothing to try to help him out. 3 of his 5 years in houston he led the league in sacks. i don't think he would ever have been an elite QB, but had he been in a better situation he probably would have had a better and longer career. point is, i don't think we saw everything that bryce is capable of because he was limited by the situation. but i understand the pessimism most have, because all we really have to go on was what we saw last year. that's why i wait to see what happens with a better situation. i just don't think you can give an accurate assessment of him based on last year. it wouldn't be fair for any rookie, tbh, but for one whos situation was so fugged up i think it's even more unfair. had nothing changed in the situation, you could probably expect more of the same. that's just not the case, though. a whole lot changed for the team and for his situation and i think for the better. it just makes sense that if we improved the situation that he will improve.

Ok.....so I'm going to answer the question. Yes, dammit. He'll be good

Not sure how or where, but I think we win at least 6.

we may think we know, but we don't know. we won't know what effect upgrades on the OL, coaching staff, and WR room will have. we don't know what scheme canales is going to put together. we don't know a lot of things. that's why we play the games...to see what shakes out. plenty of reasons to think Bryce is limited this year...again. Plenty of reasons to see an improvement in his play.

We should just have more threads for temper tantrums about Bryce in here. Should open up a new forum for it.

Are you hoping to hear a different answer than has been discussed in a thousand threads so far? Just curious what you want to see that's different than all the other discussions about this. Someone have a different answer or opinion than you about it that you need to call out? You mad at it and want to throw more out into it?

we might have to wait a minute. i really don't think that we have seen enough in a competently managed offense to know what BY is capable of. i want to see what they can dial up with an upgraded OL, WR room, pass catching TE, and a coaching staff that is too preoccupied with hunger game crap to figure out what to do on offense. "highlights" from last year don't inspire me, but i'm hoping that within the first few games we'll see something working better. exactly what, i don't know. fortunately it's not my job to figure that poo out. my job is to sit back, watch...and then celebrate or bitch depending on what happens. i am excited to see what canales puts together, though.

same here. that's who we were. i know a lot of people want us to have one of those fancy new high flying air show offenses going on, but that's not who we were when we felt the best about the team. and maybe bryce isn't the big gunslinger jake was or the big play guy that cam was, but there's got to be something he can do...right? hopefully canales can figure something out.