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Hot Take? That Was A Positive Game For Us

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I'm kinda surprised to see everyone losing it right now, especially given how down on the team I was after last week.  But I think this game was a huge step forward for us compared to how bad we looked in the first two games.

If we didn't look so bad the first two games, I don't think people would be all that upset right now.  Seattle in the rain is about the hardest place to play in this league and sure, not everything was great, but we still put up 27 points on them and our defense kept them in check for most of the game.  It's not surprising that a playoff team from last year with a HOF coach was able to wear us down and figure out how to put up points in the second half, this was always an expected loss coming into the season.

The false start penalties are absolutely frustrating, but in that environment and the way many of them happened, it was clear that it was communication problems and not just bad mental errors, they'll work on it and I'm not concerned moving forward.

The most concerning thing to me was how much better the offense looked with Dalton in there than Bryce, especially with him losing Mingo as well.  He just looked "NFL competent" out there, something Bryce didn't and scares me moving forward with him, but that's not the point of this thread.

The other thing that has me worried is health though, our guys are dropping like flies out there, not good.

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7 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

The most concerning thing to me was how much better the offense looked with Dalton in there than Bryce, especially with him losing Mingo as well.  He just looked "NFL competent" out there, something Bryce didn't and scares me moving forward with him, but that's not the point of this thread.

Can we put this into perspective? They played against one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL that plays a lot of zone and not man to man. That’s why you saw more open receivers. You don’t think Bryce would have hit most of them?

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Can we put this into perspective? They played against one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL that plays a lot of zone and not man to man. That’s why you saw more open receivers. You don’t think Bryce would have hit most of them?

I don't think so, Dalton stood in the pocket and took 9-10 qb hits... Young would've seen ghosts during this game imo

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I think everyone is tired of acting like we are some crash victim learning to walk again. Every week we are AMAZED at the great progress our team is making! These are professional athletes, not some kids on an island we're teaching to read. We just suck ass and it's annoying hearing people baby them.

 

Our big superstar who wants 30M, because 27M wasn't enough (he has to feed his family, after all) straight bitched out and disappeared/quit today. But at least he stayed healthy, that's a positive, great progress! 

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4 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

I don't think so, Dalton stood in the pocket and took 9-10 qb hits... Young would've seen ghosts during this game imo

And the Saints or Falcons would have picked Dalton off a couple of times.  Dalton made several bad throws in the second half when receivers were open and he had time.  The weather might have been a problem, but he didn't play well.

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5 minutes ago, NAS said:

Can we put this into perspective? They played against one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL that plays a lot of zone and not man to man. That’s why you saw more open receivers. You don’t think Bryce would have hit most of them?

Not a chance. Dalton made several tough throws today under heavy pressure. No way Bryce would have been able to make half of them without panicking. 

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I'll tell ya why no ones happy. 

Our #1 overall pick had zero to do with offensive improvement.

Our top 10 pick from the year prior is rumored to have just had another false Start Penalty.

Our top 10 pick from the year before that is on the sideline again made of glass.

Our defense took a definite step back and its because we're down our top 2 CBs, our top 2 MLBs, and our top Safety.

I want to have optimism, but its just not there right now.  If Bryce had been the guy who threw for 300 and a couple TDs the optimism would be off the charts, but everyone knows Dalton isnt the future so his meaningless stats mean nothing to us.

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So tired of these optimistic hit takes.  We played a bad Seattle team today with 8 starters out.  We got beat like a drum.  We racked up a billion penalties, couldn’t put muscle backup OL, had a piss poor defensive game plan, never made positive adjustments, played conservative football, couldn’t run the ball, etc.  we took a step back today.  This team is awful, coaches are awful, GM is awful, and the owner is awful.  We have little draft capital, hardly any pics from prior drafts on the roster, and not a single star player.  We are the worst franchise in the nfl. 

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