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i think tremble is decent, but not a stud like i hope JT can be.

drafted in '21 from notre dame where he played fullback.... iirc. he's been good for 3 TDs 150-175 yards a year. could be more if involved more. he's got potential and on those rare occasions he gets targeted and catches the ball (about 50% success there) he does something big with it. First downs, TDs, big impressive catches. Solid blocker as well. Guy can hit. he was targeted more than Thomas the last 3 years and has 3 more career TDs.

hmmm...interesting. probably should have read it. figured the 'continuer de' would be something like 'continue on' = keep on. it didn't make sense that he would be talking about a frapucinno (though i could understand it on a hot day and that's is where my mind went first for some reason). frap sounded like it would be someone knocking on a door. lucked out on that. .....or i googled it. i did essentially get kicked out of 2nd semester of french on the first day in 7th grade. teachers didn't like me much back then. kind of a trend that carried on from 4th through high school in two different states.

just seeing bryce in the middle of the pack would be a huge win as well. yeah...not what we'd want for a top pick overall, but it's kind of reasonable for any rookie in his second year. but for him coming off of that year last year and considering we're going to be leaning so heavily on the run i think that's probably a fair expectation for him.

yes. i don't think anyone is going overboard on any projections saying that we're going to run straight into the playoffs and dominate everywhere...just that we will get back to almost average like we have been for a while and from there we can get back to being inconsistently being good. i'm not ruling out playoffs, but only because i know we are in a stupid division and it's usually a matter of one random turd floats to the top.

keep on knocking is what i think it means. that comes from 54 years of not knowing any french. i took french for a semester in 7th grade and then signed back up for a second semester. the first day of class the teacher looked at me and said, "you really don't want to be in here.....do you?" I took the hint and left. i know when i'm not wanted.

that's what i'm thinking. and knowing our history, when we have the least expected of us, we've always done well. where we've always struggled was when people expect a lot from us. i think we are primed to do....ok. not great, but have a much better year than most expect. also, we're in the NFCS...the most ridiculous division there is for the randomness of yearly results. with the exception of when brady was in tampa, no one ever knew who to expect to win it all because it was different every year. we were the first to repeat as division winners, but aside from that it was largely whoever finished last would somehow finish first the next year or something crazy like that. and then there's Bryce, who i think will do a good bit better this year. it just makes sense that we would see a good bit of improvement in him just from having a better OL, better receivers, a more decisive offensive plan and coaching, and a year under his belt.

right on bosa, i knew i was forgetting someone that was kind of a big deal. even with him i do like our D against their O more than their D against our O. and yeah, that was a huge turnaround on offense for them. they basically stripped away Herbert's offense and gave him ours from last year.

agreed. all they have on offense is essentially herbert with rookies and scrubs. it might be enough...but i like our defense against them. their OL is anchored in the center by bozeman. at TE, they've got hurst i guess as their starter. they've got mcconckey and dj chark and brenden rice as WRs. and aside from khalil mack and a couple other pieces, their D doesn't look scary, especially since they are essentially starting over there. i mean their D could look as scary as our offense so it might just be a battle of which side screws up less. but our D against their offense is what i really like matchup-wise.

yeah makes sense. would be a good way to finish off the season. i'm still looking at that schedule as not a horrible one for a first year coach.

it's about not wanting to overpay for an old overrated QB who chokes on the regular. it's like a starving man not wanting to pay a million bucks for a pack of moldy crackers when you know that if you hold off a little longer you can find a better cheaper meal that won't make you sick.

looking at that backend, though, after the eagles it's not a ridiculously hard schedule. i like getting the cowboys at home in december is about as ideal as it can get and then there's the cards at home the next week. would be better if we had the bucs and falcons at home those last games, but they aren't the scariest thing in the world. i can see what you mean, though...finish the season one high note, but if we can pull off that final falcons win that would be a huge boost.

why the backend first? looks like that's the toughest part of the schedule. i like the way it's laid out. gives us a chance to get a routine going and it's a nice build up. i'd rather work our way up and get a little momentum going heading into the more difficult games (not that they won't all be difficult).

Yep. Dak is as good as he's going to get. We don't know where Bryce is going to peak. It may not be very high, but it's worth the shot.

No. What has Dak done with a better team around him? He's choked. I know Bryce hasn't proven anything, but let's set our sights a bit higher.

I feel like everything he does is over the top prepared. I think conceptually it's probably been something he's been working on for a long time....much like Morgan has probably been preparing for the GM job. I really don't doubt that it will be solid. I don't expect super creative concepts or for him to be this innovative savant, but I do expect him to find ways to make things work. Exactly how good he is, we'll just have to wait and see.

Not a good team yet. Bad team getting better.

This guy right here thinks he's the right guy to get them where they need to be.

We will make it interesting. I think we'll be on a roll by then.

Especially glad there's no Thursday games. I hate them. They're dangerous. They really fug up a routine and unless you're team is coming off a bye, they play the game with little rest or prep.

Sober. Still feeling it. I really like how the schedule is laid out for us. Perfect for a new HC and rebuilding team. Aside from the Bengals, there aren't any good teams before the bye. Chargers will be, but they're having to figure poo out just like we are and they'll be coming here for an early game. That one is a toss up. I like our defense against them. I think we'll give the Bengals a fight, but I wouldn't put money on us winning that one. But the saints can be swept. They're beat up and just don't have much going on. They'll be at the bottom of the division. I feel like we will split with the falcons and the bucs. There's nothing scary about the raiders or that washington team. Chicago is another toss up, but they aren't scary either....not yet anyways. We're getting them early in the season so I like our chances. I especially like our defense against a rookie QB. And the broncos....boring. Giants....again, boring. Looking at this, we've got a good defensive thing going on. I think the unit will be better this year a d we're in season 2 of Evero. I like us especially against rookie QBs, and we'll have at least 3 we're facing before the bye. We come in and play smash mouth football and just keep hitting (pounding) away and I think we're competitive. It's that schedule after the bye that scares me. Hopefully by that point they've built up a lot of confidence. You get a scrappy dawg that's got some confidence and a lot of fight in him and you've always got a shot. I think that's what we'll be this year. This year isn't about winning all the games. It's about building confidence and learning what we've got to do. But looking at that later schedule and it's not horrible. We've got the eagles and chiefs....that's scary, but then we've got the cardinals and cowboys at home...and it's the cowboys in December. When have they been scary in December? And we've got division games in there as well. I think we'll do ok. The more I look at it, the better I feel about it.

That's just a start. Not a lot of reason to believe we'll own it all....not yet anyways. The goal right now is to be better and get better every year. We're digging ourselves out of a hole. Got to be realistic about the immediate outcome. Once we get out and get a feel for the land above ground we can get some confidence about where we're heading.

I think they are hamsters in a wheel. Lots of energy used to go nowhere.

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.