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Realistically speaking, I'm not convinced that we're a good team yet.

We beat two bad teams, lost to a bad team and suffered our worst loss against the one (so far) good team we've played.

The standard of "can beat bad teams but can't beat good teams" was our profile during a lot of the Rivera years. I'd really like to see us rise higher than that.

And maybe we will, but I haven't seen enough yet to say that we already have.

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3 minutes ago, nctarheelreincarnated said:

I mean, you're not wrong. They do. 

BTW, if you wouldn't take Murray over Bridgewater with Joe Brady as the OC. You're not footballing correctly. 

I really dont like Murray.  I'd rather have a dependable QB like Bridgewater

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18 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Realistically speaking, I'm not convinced that we're a good team yet.

We beat two bad teams, lost to a bad team and suffered our worst loss against the one (so far) good team we've played.

The standard of "can beat bad teams but can't beat good teams" was our profile during a lot of the Rivera years. I'd really like to see us rise higher than that.

And maybe we will, but I haven't seen enough yet to say that we already have.

The Chargers made a ton of mistakes, and are a not a very good team.

For some reason, a lot of people are convinced the Cardinals are a team that has already made the playoffs. They have some big names, sure, but that coaching staff isn't helping them much.

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32 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Realistically speaking, I'm not convinced that we're a good team yet.

We beat two bad teams, lost to a bad team and suffered our worst loss against the one (so far) good team we've played.

The standard of "can beat bad teams but can't beat good teams" was our profile during a lot of the Rivera years. I'd really like to see us rise higher than that.

And maybe we will, but I haven't seen enough yet to say that we already have.

It's like Matt Rhule said he heard from Paterno. "You're never as good as you think you are when you win, and you're not as bad as you think you are when you lose."

I think Rhule is doing a good job managing expectations. They got the jump on a mistake-prone Chargers team and they honestly had a coaching advantage against the Cardinals. Rhule and Snow had previous experience and success against Kliff Kingsbury in the Big 12 and also had experience against Kyler Murray in college. 

If they can put as good of a win as they had against the Cardinals against teams in the NFC South, I do think it's really time to get excited. A thorough beatdown of the Falcons would get everyone excited.

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47 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Realistically speaking, I'm not convinced that we're a good team yet.

We beat two bad teams, lost to a bad team and suffered our worst loss against the one (so far) good team we've played.

The standard of "can beat bad teams but can't beat good teams" was our profile during a lot of the Rivera years. I'd really like to see us rise higher than that.

And maybe we will, but I haven't seen enough yet to say that we already have.

What bad team did we lose to? And Cards aren't a bad team. They beat the Niners before all of their injuries.

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1 hour ago, nctarheelreincarnated said:

I mean, you're not wrong. They do. 

BTW, if you wouldn't take Murray over Bridgewater with Joe Brady as the OC. You're not footballing correctly. 

Funny how Joe Brady pounded the table for Bridgewater to be here over other Qbs, funny indeed. 

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