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Baker being demoted sounds like a positive to me. lol So is Steichen stepping in to change our defensive concepts after our bye week. I kinda like the Idea of Pittman and Moss off this week. It's a real test for Pierce and others to get their chances to execute. Minshew is thinking fast and on target Rivers style so if the line is good 👍 I really like our chances.

I think we should come out of the draft with a high end guard prospect. One to compete with Fries, and we shouldn't count on him and Q starting 17 games next season. Freeland projects having good starter ability.

Ballard was stuck with his old school ways and so was Frank. Sirianni was important for any Reich success for 2 years. Then it started going downhill. Steichen and his staff are good for Ballard's evolvement.

Hopefully the run game is strong again so we can run more than we have to pass. Pierce and Montgomery would get a few more targets, along with Downs. But Steichen knows he must spread it around.

Ballard the employee. Irsay has a voice in his business. Who could possibly doubt this? Irsay did say he was reluctant giving Frank a new contract. It All fell on him to make that decision.

One difference is that Granson was not out there missing blocks.

Watching the play over and over I see the ball right in front of Cazee. He chose to go for the big hit rather than extending his arms to strip the ball away.

Minshew has made me want to see what Sam could do many games. Pittman has been the consistent glue holding our offense together. Kudos to Steichen and Jim Bob dealing with the turnover Machine that Minshew has historically been.

Take another week off, I want to see more of these other 2 backs.

Our scouts typically find the players and as we read pound the table for their finds. Ballard has the final say of course. Considering the value of the LT position, Ballard shouldn't be given credit for choosing Pierce over Raimann. Remember, Ballard put his insight, and our $$ on Pryor. He/we perhaps, lucked out.

Trubisky was bad and the reason we scored over 20. Steichen and Jim Bob are getting a lot out of what we have. How about our run game without $Taylor$! Fries best FB should be ahead of him and he is overall better/more consistent than Glow. Freeland starting next year doesn't scare me. Speeds mental > than his physical makes for a winner. He should keep getting better with experience. I like him starting for our SB run. Hope Cross keeps getting PT. 43 Denbow is a coverage warrior on ST. The game compared to being abusive to a hungry homeless person, Pitt was so weak. Maybe Tomlin ends up coaching the Pats.

Speed is becoming really good against the run. He is getting off blocks well and slicing through the line to make plays. I expect us to give him a nice payday.

Yay Nick ❌ Cross

If we claim him do you think he will show up? If someone else claims him would he show up? The suggestion is that we Right Now need a better run defender backup than Johnson. There is no question about that! It has Zero to do with next season. Unless he is seen as a less expensive replacement for Grover if we get outbid for Grove's service's. In that regard it makes great sense to get him in the building Now to check him out up close and personal. The guy needs a change of scenery and will likely bust his * playing to get paid. A hungry player would fit Ballard's needs.

I see the same. Q is not knocking guys off the line as in his first few years. Kelly and Fries are technicians and pretty good at it. I find it interesting that Philly has 4 Big superb o-lineman and are having trouble running the ball. Freaky considering their receiving corp and Hurts. We have a great asset in Steichen to figure out our direction. lol

Bums is an old school term that perfectly fits our back seven. They are not good as a group, nor should we expect this bunch of young late rounders to be good. 2-3 that started will be good backups somewhere, 2-3 will be practice squad types, and Franklin will probably be a starter on an average D. Players are encouraged to not read forums, and I would suggest many that do use it for motivation. So you are full of yourself once again, oh great one. Your attempt to hate on me is Yada Yada Yada.

We are a mess talent wise with our back seven. I could see us having 5 different starters next season. I hope so. Steichen will have more influence next year with how we choose to defend. And he will expect $$ spent in FA for a stud or two for his D.

Yip. I expect us to sign a very high end LB or S.

Doyleish. I'll take a guy that catches everything thrown his way and is a solid blocker. Here's hoping.

Bradley has a bunch of bums in his back 7. This kind of results should be Expected. We are Not what some knuckleheads think we should be. With Minshews arm teams should always play 8 in the box. Stop our run game and give him his dink and dunks. He is constantly inconsistent and struggles to get all the way to the end zone. We are now playing like we were expected to play.

Gardner does make quick decisions and trusts himself to throw pretty accurately up to 8 or so yards downfield. After that you get the double clutching, heal clicking, duck and runs. Shane had a nice package of dump offs that became our offense. Cincinnati took full advantage of Gardners limitations.

DT Johnson I believe is a healthy scratch. Upgrade the depth next season.

I could see it being very well received in the lockeroom Pittman getting paid after this week's victory over the Bengals. I would bet on the Bengals QB.

Actually I didn't say teams get lucky a lot and win. For most, I Clearly explained their are a variety of things that go on every game that separates winning from losing. Turnover being the biggie. We got clobbered in regulation last game 25 -15 with Gardner being exasperating time and again. The QB room video showed why, bad footwork, indecisiveness, repeated heal clicking, poor decisions. The blocked punts were great ( got their coach fired) and we knocked their holder out so we didn't lose in regulation because of the missed extra. Great win by a good team? Our HC and his staff are doing a good job in their 1st year. We are plus in turnovers, our lines are above average, and we have a designed weaker schedule for parity purposes. That's Us, and win or lose we hope to see some things going on that gives us hope for a brighter future. Like playing a tough schedule, playing well and beating a number of those good teams in the regular season and then having expectations that a AFC Championship game is very possible. Right now we are a mile away from that. Richardson is going to have to be very good to make us that team. And we need several more studs. lol I watch a fair amount of NFL, and compared to 15-20 years ago and further back, the 8-8 teams were usually rather good on one side of the ball. Nowadays I would say the bottom 20 teams don’t shine at mutch of anything. I struggle to watch that kind of football.

So you see it about the same! I see about 10 teams that should win 9- 12 games and 22 that should win 5-8. Turnovers and penalties, maybe the refs, or bounces of the ball separate the mediocrity. I see improvement in Raimann, Fries, Kwity, Pittman has locked in all-around dog status, Moore has reproven himself, Ogletree is promising, maybe Pierce. Dayo, and Blackman some. Our little slot guy has a definite place.