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Strachan!!!!!! JT

Not horrible, but not great lol... Ryan is good so far. 5 pass attempts, 9 runs.... Reich...

My stream is behind... had to turn out the radio.... on a minute below...

Pitt!

Come on!

Just a reminder.... We have pass catchers with speed and size, and don't need to overly rely on playing off Taylor and Hines. Need more diverse route calls to open up the field, instead of hyper focus on shallow outside possession stuff.

He's referred to as the "Punt God" not kidding lol.

In terms of the GMs...., just like HCs, QBs, etc., right or wrong, most are judged long term on SBs, playoffs, and to a lesser extent, division titles. Like I've said, I like Ballard. He's not perfect, and I don't worship, but he's done far more good than bad IMO. But that simply needs to translate soon. The buck stops with him, and Irsay as an owner. In terms of fans.... takes all kinds. If you only had sunshine types, the board would be a pretty boring place if there was even a board. Even some of the most winningest teams (like the Tide) who should pump more sunshine than anything else, don't... Again, takes all kinds.

If anything, Buckner is poised to do even better in the new scheme. Not sure why anyone would think he's poised to hit a wall. Nelson had a ton of stuff go wrong last season, and still only gave up 1 sack. He's 100% per reporting. Leonard, even hurt, was incredible last season. I imagine he'll be better if the back surgery helps the ankle issue. Even if it doesn't, he showed last year what he could do even if limited. We'll see. Yes, Kelly has slid since extending. Pinter is there is he continues to slide.

I meant they are still around lol. We already know who fills the jobs, and certainly expect the chirping when things go good. I expect things to go good. SoS is weak, and the roster is pretty good. If we step on our ducks, our issues won't be talent.

Probably better than saying, "why are you starving JT, he hasn't hardly eaten all half"

I heard that too. Wonder why he loses track of his rushing attempts during the game. I think maybe Q loves stats more.

All the Reich, media, and FO Fan Police jobs seemed to be already filled.

Just replying to your butthurt.

@AustinnKaine based on your emoji, did my post trigger you? Our DL ranks 11th in the preseason ranks, up 8 spot compared to last year's.

DL depth is OK. We have what are considered 4 good starters, and 2 pretty decent flex options in Lewis and Dayo. Not worried about NT (we only use a true NT about 60% of snaps). 3T would be a concern obviously if Defo went down, but tweeners Lewis and Dayo could easily fill in short term. Regardless, I think we have a solid 6 man rotation.

He did look like he increased a belt loop or two lol.

Yup. And I think you also have to look at timing of polls. If you poll folks right after our collapse, probably a lot less optimism, or even interest in participating in a poll in the first place. If you poll folks right after we stumbled into getting lucky with Matt Ryan, certainly a lot of folks would be happier.

Kelly had a very down year. The PB was a popularity contest. Kelly had a PFF of 56.9. Jones 77.8. You can poo poo PFF if you want, but that's a 20 pt difference, and it's smack you in the face obvious IMO. Radunz and NPF are fighting for RT lol... which is less important that LT, where are battle is. And Radunz and NPF are two very good young prospects. One is 2nd year, the other a rook. Writing either off is silly. If I had to bet, one will take over RT and do decent, the other will move to OG and be decent. Your take on Burks is almost directly opposite of NFL.com draft profile and most others I've read. And he should be used like AJ Brown. He's been called a smoother AJ Brown with more wiggle.

No, I hate the Titans lol. I'm just objective. Burks has asthma that's acted up. It's not general conditioning. It's way early, he'll be fine. If you want to assume he'll never get past the asthma (like he has every year in college, OK, lol. I'm optimistic about our OL newbs. More optimistic than the majority. I like Pryor, which some fans, not so much. But it is LT, which is the most important position on the OL. I'm confident in PInter too. Regardless, we're rolling the dice just like TN is. Radunz and NPF are two great prospects competing for RT, a less important position than LT. The loser likely to compete at LG. You're assuming our wildcards will automatically succeed, and there wildcards will automatically fail. If you look at their OL, their LT and C will be better than ours. Our RT and LG will be better than theirs. RG is likely a push. It's that simple. Not really a clear "winner" lol

Their OL was ranked about he same as Indy last season lol. Both horrible pass pros. We are replacing LT and RG. They are replacing LG and RT. So very similar all things considered. They'll have Radunz and Petite Frere competing for RT, and IMO, they'll find a good one out of those two. The loser might even end up at LG and be good. Brewer, their LG candidate, had a solid rook season but struggled last year, but no more than some of our guys did. So in short, our OLs have similar holes, and both are counting on new faces. But they at least have their LT of the future on paper. Comparing pass catchers... Burks - their 1st round pick... will likely be a day one stud, or at minimum, stud by late season. He was called a smoother AJ Brown with more wiggle. And he arguably played best of all the WRs in the draft against high end competition on a consistent basis. He killed Bama's D. Not many WRs can say that. He's well rounded already (unlike Pierce) so will be counted on early and a lot. And he fits really well into their O. Woods is good/great. He's aging. But before he got injured later in the season, he was on track for 1000ish yards. He's a great vet. If he's healthy (cough cough like Campbell), he'll produce. As much or more production than our WR2 from last season. NWI - emerged late last season. Not saying he'll be a tier one type of guy, but he's not bad for WR3. He had a ton of productivity in college across his years at IU. He's still young, so assume he's only going to improve too. He got more production last season than Dulin for us, who could very well be our WR3 to start the season.

Titans were the second best run defense last season, and their pass D was top 10 in most stat categories. I think total D, they were right outside the top 10, Their DL certainly whipped us around the field. If Henry is back and healed, they'll be very solid everywhere but perhaps the passing O. But even the passing O will likely be decent. They added a first round WR (Burks). Woods was hurt last season, but he'll start and likely be very solid. Westbrook Ikhine emerged last season. And they added Hooper at TE. So not really any obvious holes. So the roster isn't really isn't bad at all. Now if we see Willis/Tannehill drama, that could change a lot of things.

Dude, happy wife, happy life. It's not that hard. Cheers.

It's nice to see you fall on your sword. Both guys are the hearts of their areas. Not saying things couldn't be constructed better from a roster perspective, but as things are, fools effort to try and diminish their input.