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Sort of does. A good defense in the NFL is a product of a good offense forcing teams into panic situations and not turning the ball over. Maintaining possession, keeping the ball on the opponents end of the field, and dictating what the other team’s offense does all play into how good your own defense is. This team managed 9 wins in spite of Minshew. Our secondary play was partly due to injury and partly due to the opponent being gifted with a wide open playbook due to our offense not dictating the flow of the game. We’ll see how well Sneed does in a very different situation than he had with the Chiefs. I like him, but I think people are stuck on his flashy plays and are not taking into account his entire resume, when the other team wasn’t forced to throw, and his DL with Jones didn’t wreak havoc on opposing QB’s.

One things for certain. We’ll get to learn whether Sneed is as good as this sub thinks, or whether he was a product of the Chiefs defense and matches his draft profile and pff scores as an average CB.

Context, my friend. In answering the other person’s question about whether we’ve improved by keeping our own, my point is that the QB is all that matters at this point. Take Stroud away from Houston, and their roster is vanilla. No Mahomes, no Super Bowl. But yes, if AR doesn’t pan out, we’re back in the QB carousel and our FO looks different next year. Unfortunately, I think the roster is too good, sans QB, to earn a top pick in the draft. So the carousel will last a long time.

If AR does not pan out, then yes, we’re treading water. If he does, then we’re significantly better. Simple as that.

Yes. We retained key players, added depth, and our young guys have another year experience. Did other teams improve? Debatable. It’s give and take. For every key player they signed from another team, they lost a key player of their own.

I like to look at the Eagles as an organization that hit on a great GM in Howie Roseman. Can you imagine if that organization had been impatient enough to let him go during his first few years with the Chip Kelly hire? Philly fans absolutely hated him. Thankfully for them, he was able to hit on his 8th year before falling into meh the next 3 years without a good QB. But over the last couple years, he has built that team into an incredible roster. That roster would have gone 16 and 1 in 2022 had it not been for their QB going down late in the season. With that incredible roster, they lost 2 games with their back-up QB, who did have a great stache. Eagles fans were livid, calling for Roseman’s head because he hadn’t built a good enough roster to win with a back-up QB. Unfortunately my knowledge of other GMs goes blank, although I do remember reading on this sub about how good the Bears had it with Ryan Pace and his hire of Matt Nagy. Lost track of what happened there, but I assume all good, since putting together a roster and having a great QB fall into your hands is an exact science and obviously very simple and quick. I mean, the Bears had Justin Fields, a favorite of this sub, fall into their lap.

For me, the question is whether the injuries he got are avoidable when he comes back. Will he fight for extra yardage near the goal line in the area where linebackers feed? Will he take on 2 players when the RPO closes up? Will he not let up as he’s crossing the goal line with a defender lurking? If he continues to do so, then we might have a decision to make. But not right now.

It’s amusing to me the wide range of opinions these uniforms (or any team uniform changes) garner among the league fanbase. From love them, to hate them, to ‘I can’t go on with my life’. Very smart of the NFL to bring so much attention to the league by introducing a very small thing. PR machine.

I probably should’ve done a better job at indicating sarcasm!

I think the issue is that people have disagreed with you and you can’t let it go. And I do understand a message board. I stated my opinion, you disagreed and said it was best I don’t post on here. Some would call that ironic.

Honestly, I’m fairly certain that none of the people on this sub, who you’re desperately trying to convince not to pay Pitt, have any say in the matter. Might be best for you to write a letter to the organization, share your credentials, and let them know your thoughts. Best of luck with that.

With apologies to those who struggle with change, I thought the uniforms were bad *. Don’t get me wrong, I love the traditional, but man, these were very cool. Wasn’t sure about the promo pics, but in person, they really stood out.

Not sure what we’d be looking for other than draft capital if a contender wants somebody we can relinquish. I think we’re in 2024 mode at this time.

All rosters are at the mercy of their signal caller. Very few are able to look good or ‘maintain’ a high level of play if they don’t have The Guy to start with, or if their The Guy gets hurt. If Minshew turns into Matt Ryan and can’t escape pressure or get the ball downfield, we’ll get a dose of LB’s crowding the line of scrimmage, DBs playing tight coverage, and defenses bringing that extra guy or guys before GM has a chance to react. They won’t need to worry about anything beyond 20 yards. Suddenly, RBs have no holes opening up, and the OL gets overwhelmed, making it seem like we have a lot more holes on the roster to fix in the off-season.

I really like what I’ve seen from him in the pocket, and he’s nowhere near his ceiling. And without the designed run aspect, he’ll always have a great awareness in the pocket with tremendous escapability. You can also still have some designed runs and not put yourself in bad positions. His best runs garnered over 10 yards before contact. I’ll take 10 yards with a slide at the end any day. The question is whether he can learn to give up when it’s not there. Regardless, I think we give him more than 10 quarters before assessing his career trajectory.

I think the difference is teams can afford to bring pressure from different places other than the Dline, knowing they don’t need to cover as much field. We got a heavy dose of that last year with Ryan. I do like GM, but he does have limitations that were exploited today. I do look forward to seeing how he comes back from this next week.

He was a bit rough. Seemed like he had very little control of the ball today. And he just can’t escape pressure. Led a nice drive to open the game, but fell apart from there.

I’ll buy that, but…all injuries are a fraction of a second from the body being in a different position that would have resulted in no injury. The key is to statistically bring down the odds of any injury occurring. If AR learns to NOT take on 2 players and immediately go down, then we’re not even talking about this. He finishes the game, moves on to another week, and everybody talks about whatever occurred today. All QBs are injury prone if they repeatedly put themselves in those positions, which AR has. He’s walked away from most of the hits, but statistically, the odds aren’t good. He can still run, but he should not be out there trying take on defenders and/or breaking tackles.

I think you’d be better off telling him that AR has reached his ceiling after 4 games in the NFL and will never improve or learn how to avoid hits. He’ll sleep much better.

Normal week. I bet about half the fan bases out there, including the 49ers, are overreacting and calling for a new GM, coach, stadium bathroom facilities, or new team colors about now. It’s why I love the new Dr. Pepper Fansville commercial about fan overreaction.

I agree, but if he gives up on that play, we’re not here talking about it.

I don’t think having a DE land on you at speed with your shoulders perpendicular to the ground is a normal hit. Any slight change in angle, timing, whatever, and he gets back up just like all the other hits he’s taken this year. There is some luck involved. The concern is that he needs to give up on those types of plays when they’re not there instead of taking on 2 defenders. Hopefully that can become part of his game.

I’m confused. There’s already tape out there to suggest he is a backup.

I think it’s cute when an opposing fan uses the name of a beloved player as his moniker, and pretends to be a Colts fan, just to come here and get in everyone’s head. Some people live for that. Luckily they’re few and far between.

I get it, but I think we’re overusing and/or misusing metrics these days. A lot more went into that pass and catch/run than Joe Schmo PFF can account for, or even understand. Fans used to be happy with the result, now they seem to second guess everything based on some strangers way of assessing things. I’ll step back now, sit on my front porch and continue to swear at youngins’ driving too fast.