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  1. AgentDib

    hiring a college OC may have been a mistake...

    The lack of play action is a symptom of our real illness; an inability to run the ball effectively. Play action only works if the opponents take the threat of a run seriously, and so far they haven't. In the previous two seasons, Geno has been an elite QB when using play action. This season...
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    I think we lost the bye week

    The pessimism isn't necessarily unwarranted and I've been worried about the Cards for a while now. That was a desperate Jets team with their season on the line and the Cards throttled them. Our playoff odds are looking slim. What I don't agree with is the fatalism. Keeping expectations low...
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    Getting harder to argue against.

    It's tempting to try to break down complicated topics like our obvious OL problems into simple answers, such as being poorly scouted, poorly coached, or not given enough resources. It's more complicated than that in my view, and if we're posting on a forum on a bye week then we can handle some...
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    Im encouraged by the play of the defense.

    I would have liked to see our defensive front do even better given the Rams OL isn't that much better than ours right now. They gave Geno fits while we made Stafford mildly uncomfortable at times. Woolen was disappointingly bad yesterday, but he has been one of our few defensive standouts in...
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    Lofa: "You're Not Outcoached, You're Outplayed"

    There's a bias among many fans to blame coaching because it makes us feel smart, we don't wear coaches' jerseys, and it's easier to swap coaches then rebuild a whole new roster of players. Ivan Lewis still gets random hate here from time to time with absolutely no supporting evidence other than...
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    Thoughts on PFF's grading of our OL players

    In my view Cross has been solid but he hasn't played quite as well as the grades would suggest. The best pass rushers have tended to line up against our right side due to our struggles there, and in many cases we haven't really seen Cross go against the best defenders. One limitation of PFF's...
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    It's probably time to start trading and releasing players...

    The deal was a rework to delay cap hits from 2024 to 2025. Tyler had $34m in non-guaranteed dollars remaining, and the new deal is coincidentally also for $34m in base pay + incentives, with $13m of that now guaranteed. The downside is that his cap hit will now be $31m next year and $14m dead...
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    Immune from criticism

    It's interesting how we can see that so differently. My recollection is that we drafted Pocic, LSU's starting center for three years, as a hedge against Britt leaving and then re-signed Britt to a big extension a month later and had no place to play Pocic. That led to us trying to play him all...
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    12th man advantage is gone?

    The stadium itself is great. One of the big problems is many fans have been treating season tickets as an investment. We've had sustained success for a long time, and after market ticket prices have been consistently higher than the face values even after you factor in the preseason tickets...
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    Patience

    I wasn't going to weigh in on this thread, but it's weird revisionist history to say Pete was terrible in his first two seasons here. In 2011 there wasn't much heat on Pete for a number of reasons: - We had all seen dramatic overall improvement in 2010 with a huge roster turnover and the...
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    Why Are Fans So Upset?

    While I agree with most of this, I am curious how you square this with thinking that coaching was our problem last season - and perhaps I'm misremembering your stance. Are you hoping that the personnel was PC dictating bad ideas to Schneider? If so, why haven't our off-season moves this year...
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    Why Are Fans So Upset?

    High expectations are partly due to fans wanting to believe our talent level is better than it is, and partly due to overrating the differences in scheme between modern NFL teams. NFL teams quickly copy whatever is working for other teams. Kirwan used to talk about how innovations were...
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    Vikings vs Rams

    I'd say that's natural for Hawks fans since we've really had their number over the years. We are 13-6 against them all-time and have won seven of our last eight. It's fitting karma for them after the Hutch fiasco.
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    Vikings vs Rams

    Make sure you follow the rules if you're going to root for the Rams.
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    Baker, 4th to Titans for LB Ernest Jones IV

    If you don't resonate with that viewpoint as a general concept, then consider that placing high value on 4th round rookies is kind of like trying two point conversions. You may not think the reward justifies the risk in general, but when you are down by 2 points at the end of the game and it's...
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    Baker, 4th to Titans for LB Ernest Jones IV

    Did we get an advantage with Leonard Williams? We re-signed him for $63.5m/3 years which most thought was a small overpay if anything. In many cases, trading for an expiring contract player can backfire since the GM feels that they have to re-sign them to justify the trade. The projected...
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    Baker, 4th to Titans for LB Ernest Jones IV

    To be clear, my post wasn't directed at you in particular, and I do like this move. I'm optimistic that the near-term upside will outweigh the future drawbacks. Here's a short version of why I think moves like this are universally bad in the context of NFL long-term roster building. A. Given...
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    Baker, 4th to Titans for LB Ernest Jones IV

    Trading away draft capital for players on expiring contracts who want to get paid is never good long-term roster building. Having an extra 4th doesn't make it less valuable, and I don't like that our FO tends to treat extra picks like spare cash burning a hole in their pockets. If you don't...
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    And then we're leading the NFCW.

    The Cardinals have an important home game tonight vs the Chargers on MNF. If they win they can move into a tie for 2nd place with the 49ers. Then they have three winnable games in a row: at Dolphins, Home vs. Bears, Home vs. Jets. Then we play them twice in three weeks, so hopefully our run...
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    Why I think DK will NEVER reach his full potential

    Another example from today; Aiyuk and Deebo went out and Purdy finished 17-31 with 0 TDs 3 INTs and a 36 QB rating. The trenches matter, but so do the offensive weapons that QBs are getting the ball to.

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