throwing BBZ

TY would get the slightest turn out of a DB then run right by them. I think Pierce is Reggie's next success story. We need a good WR 3/4 for development.

I will be glad when the days of Minshew are over. I'm happy for him that he has gotten to stack some wins, he seems like a jolly good fellow. But the little fellow do like to duck and run at the hint of adversity. One thing that his limitations do expose is certain weaknesses. Richardson will get a piece or two of help. Steichen and his staff are well prepared to coach at this level. We lack in talent but I like how prepared we are. A 2nd place schedule next year will be fun.

Running so many go routes and now it's time for them to pay off. Downs has disappeared. Richardson will be good with Pierce, and yes Pittman is finally proving himself. He is a stud.

Since we are projecting just 11 games into year one, I predict the draft will be the source for a WR and a quality interior line prospect by rd 4. The other 2 picks will be defense, surely one a LB. In FA LB should be priority one.

Interested teams first question must be, what is the likelihood you can get your wheels back by playoff time? The answer being, near zero, playing time will again be a issue.

Excellent analysis. In time, Steichen will get us the TE play that consistently hurts our opponents. Then, all of our weapons become more dynamic. We are not a very good team, just one with a weak schedule. 11 games under Steichen has me believing that we will soon be able to score 27 a game against a tougher schedule. So fixing our D's back 7 is the priority. lol

I would bet we don't go after your legit #1, nor a stretch TE, nor a 3rd RD RG. And I would believe that Steichen will heavily influence our draft needs just as I believe Ballard let Frank do. I hate that we will be drafting behind so many teams. Defense with 2 of our 1st 3 picks sounds right. Certainly a LB.

And Blackmon. Tyquan Lewis is proving himself as a valuable rotation piece. Zaire will want to be paid.

Minshew is locked in on Pitt and Downs in the short range. For now that is Steichen's preference. He is using Pierce to stretch the D. Richardson will be able to throw downfield in a way Minshew just can't.

Oh Carolina, "there is a sucker born every minute"! I would bet Frank heavily preferred the QB they picked too. Sirianni made him look decent, and Rivers did also.

You have it about right. A very good player. But paid to be exceptional. Was he very good the previous 2 games? Chuckle He is okay as a pass catcher and maybe that as a blocker. We will just have to wait 3 years to see if it was a good decision.

Our back seven is not very good, without Grove our run D gets gashed, Minshew has happy feet in the pocket, and we would be 3-8 with a 1st place schedule.

So if Baker was playing less good our team that barely beat NE might have had an easy time of it. That's special. We're do to crush someone. Chuckle 😂

Of course you know we cringe here when Kenny has to play outside. And Kenny himself said he was used last year wrong because he was so often asked to chase guys all over the field, and we saw how bad he was at that. And you remember they moved Kenny out to play Ridley, but as I recall the adjustment was that Kenny took the underneath and we doubled with a safety. That would call for Lawrence to throw to other single coverages. Kenny is playing an excellent slot/box. I agree we should want to keep him to play that. What Ballard and his Capologist think when the rubber hits the road? I think he would play his position better than Zaire his, so I would rather pay him. I'm not fooled by Zaire's tackle #'s. He is a 2 down guy, so I hope we go for improvement at his position.

Ballard's Capologist has great influence regarding roster management. That Shaq çould easily get "hurt" in these last 7 games to guarantee $6.5M of our next year's Cap and would cost us a valuable player or two, was plenty of reason to move on Now. His lack of burst and some might believe the necessary reckless abandon earned him fewer if any snaps. He has been given an incredible gift. Free agency, late in the season when injuries leave playoff teams in need.

I have closely watched Granson block and until roughly the last 5 games I absolutely wanted him fired after this season. His route running and pass catching has just been OK to boot. But I agree with you I believe, that when they have him moving pre-snap, that he has been busting his tail to get to his spot and whamming his target violently and going through the block still head hunting. He has a fire under his ask, playing like he wants a next contract offer.

PFF (for what it's worth) has the leading tackling LB ranked like 62/82. I don’t need to be shown that our LB's are porous in coverage. And i don't have a clue if Ronnie Harrison can come in in passing situations and improve our pass coverage. But it makes me believe our leadership wants to win. Can you imagine Minshew leading us into the playoffs. It's a Cinderella story. Haha! No matter the patsy schedule we have.

I like the stash theory. They could bring him back late this season where they have weeks before they have to activate him. Let him get some on the field work. I hope that is what happens.

That he would be inactive the rest of the season. This to me means they wished most importantly to not having a $6.5M cap hit next season if he was hurt during the last seven games. He has delivered next to nothing for his huge income for 2022-2023 seasons. With poor prospects going forward. He may make a quality starter in 2024, I would bet against it.

Reminds me of the Myles Jack injury. One could even add Manning. Leonard has bad tape, a salary he can't earn, and our Colts have young players that can earn new money needing paid. You could even say JT got his $$$. Some bright poster posted weeks ago that he should be sat for the rest of the season so he couldn't pop us next season for that $6.5M of guaranteed $$ he could have gotten for being "injured". Must have been me. lol This move was very sound management.

He was loafing out there and had no burst. He had more than enough time to get in shape. Going further was a waste of time.

Right. It would be a reported $6M for 7 games. I do not believe he has any guaranteed $$ left on his contract so as long as he is not on a teams opening day roster in 2024 he would be owed nothing more.

He is nowhere close to a Million dollar a game player.

I have a hard time imagining Steichen watching Leonard's tape and wanting more of that effort and play. Ballard would have asked his view, shared it with Irsay, Shaq would have respectfully been advised where his role is headed. It was time for him to go. And we are protected from paying him another $6M for injury in 2024. Ballard can be a better GM working with Steichen.

Burns wasn't available so? Proven publicly when they said no to two #1's.