The challenge for AP is crafting the roster to be competitive in the short term without kneecapping the ability to build a sustainable championship window for the term in the long term.
I think AP did what he could do in 2024 based on what was handed off to him, and lot of circumstances ended...
The difference between Deebo & Aiyuk to me is that Deebo was seen the whole time as more of a gadget player on offense. Not quite a traditional WR, not quite a RB, but can do both and is a threat with the ball in his hands regardless of how it gets there. I am not surprised nor disappointed...
If Jayden Daniels comes back healthy after the bye (or maybe a week or so after) the team is going to win a few games we all assume they would lose otherwise. If more of the team gets healthy in that window of time, we could get a sneak peek at what the offense was intended to be going into the...
I think sometimes QB analysis by experts/social media take the low hanging fruit of just selecting a few plays a QB missed passes on and then try to extrapolate a larger explanation out of context of the overall QB performance. There is hardly ever a game week to week that Kurt Warner or any...
I think the issue with the Hurts comparison is that Hurts mostly runs out of convenience because the O-line maintains a clean pocket with running lanes for him and it is after all his passing options are exhausted. I don't see Hurts running for his life very often, nor sideline to sideline. It...
I don't watch enough college to ever really have an opinion on who gets drafted outside recognizing when we draft for positions that there are glaring needs for on the roster. I have been a fan of the NFL for long enough to know that there is rarely a guaranteed "can't miss" regardless of what...
The sad thing is that as middling as the offense is right now, if the defense was at least as good as the current offense, the team would probably at least be .500 going into the Miami game.
I honestly think that because of the roster being so thin of legitimate good to great talent, sustaining numerous injuries is more or less mission impossible and you need 3-4 seasons of not only securing your starters, but also getting good depth behind them.
Bloody Mary's were my early game cocktails every Sunday when I was younger & watching the games at the sportsbar. Most of our games get the good ol' 10am start here. This season has been different due to scheduling based on where the NFL expected this team to be....
It always feels worse in the moment, and I think the fact that things went so well last season gave the fanbase this feeling that things can only trend up each season for the next decade plus, but all of us that are old enough to have lived through 30 years of Dan Snyder know that the franchise...
Two things:
1. I don't expect the defense to morph into anything much different with Quinn taking over play calling. Maybe in some specific situations it could help, but I have a feeling that two weeks in a row where you are messing with Whitt's routine & role, you are basically saying Whitt...
I am not as Bearish on the bigger situation overall, tbh. I think the lesson to be learned is more about the ups & downs of the early stages of roster construction.
I think it is a little inaccurate to say the team isn't as good this year because what we have seen for most of the season isn't...
A game that is actually a possible win. However, am I even rooting for wins at this point? Bring on a Top 5 draft pick that hopefully we can trade back in exchange for a bounty.
Yeah I think that is the most important takeaway. The way this team was constructed in the short term was not meant to sustain winning for very long. In fact, last season was likely not going to be a year full of winning games had JD5 not been so good so quick. A lot of the worst case scenarios...
The offense is still too banged up for me to think there is a pathway to victory unless it involves a heavy dose of the run game that keeps the ball away from the opposing offense. I have given up hope on this defense, not just because of Whitt but also because I think the personnel on the...
I think playing Jayden or not depends on how many games are actually left when he is deemed healthy enough to actual himself out there. It also depends the status of the team as well.
If there are only 2-3 games left in the season and the team is mathematically eliminated, I don't see a lot...
Great history lesson here! I probably would have discovered this place sooner but right up until the rumors of Snyder selling started bubbling up I was going through a lot of fan burnout myself. I was still a member of extremeskins, but the amount I would check-in on the forums to talk about...
I don't remember what # member I was on extremeskins but I believe I signed up in 2001. I was usually part of the unofficial road game tailgate party organizers for any road game in or close to CA. I met up with a bunch of early members in SF, Oakland, Dallas, Arizona, etc etc....feels like a...