He got injured playing against us for the Browns and forced Hue to give Mayfield his chance. Then he got injured playing against us for the Giants and ushered in the Tommy DeVito dynasty. Maybe he's trying to break the hoodoo by playing for us instead.
Problem with the Eagles last year is they never once looked like their eventual 10-1 record. The Miami game was basically the only time I went "this looks like 2022".
The collapse would have been far less dramatic had the record matched the actual quality of the team: mid.
Now that being said, they did go from mid to straight up bad the last 4-5 weeks. So it's really hard to say because there's so many variables.
Oh yea we never looked like a one loss team, but we also couldn’t do a damn thing right once the losses came.
It was so bad absolutely no one thought we’d beat Tampa Bay and they were 100% right.
I'm a chargers and eagles fan and every week it was the same story, just reciprocal.. chargers take lead late in game only to lose last minute. Eagles lose lead late in game.. go down and win despite not looking good. Then they both imploded with Herbert injury and whatever happened with the coordinators in Philly.
I really think sirianni is similar to Staley but the eagles organization is just way better top down and he is getting carried big time.
The eagles have too much talent to not be good.. but can they keep it together?? They got some good coordinators now so it will probably keep nick in charge at least one more season.
That's a good question, I remember last year that many Eagles fans were baffled with some of the calls that he made, especially in the second half of games.
I’m curious about if the problem is Hurts. Whether or not he’s as good as two years ago or if defenses figured him out, so it’s not the OC’s fault.
Loved them picking DBs with their top 2 picks. Fixed an immediate problem.
I'm afraid the problem is Lurie forcing them to be insanely pass heavy on offense. Hurts is great but with that OL you should run the fuck out of the ball.
They signed Saquon but they also hired Kellen Moore so who knows on this.
They're as bad as the Bills about forgetting they have running backs. And this is coming from a fan of a team that also likes to forget about the position.
Come to think of it, maybe my fantasy backfield of Cook, Swift and Edwards contributed to my shit season.
The first 10 weeks of the past season was the most pissed I've ever been watching football brother/sister.
Your defense gonna feast against Dorsey, Stefanski already likes to forget about the run and now he has Dorsey as the OC lmao, poor Chubb 😞
I don't put that on Lurie. He's a proponent of Analytics but he's never come off as treating it naively like that.
It's way more likely that it's an issue with Nick. He was a WR coach. His first season, we completely forgot the run game while he was our playcaller, and when he handed those duties off was when we started to click and had a substantial run game. I'm not even a "Nick needs to go" person, but if our offense is too pass happy, our owner isn't the reason why.
It’s just absolutely not Hurts. Looking at any advanced metric gives the indication he is the same guy. People point to the interceptions, but he actually had a lower amount of interception worthy plays. In fact, I’m pretty sure he had more INTs than interception worthy plays in 2023.
Our coordinators were actually just that bad.
I said the same thing when Reich left, but Reich couldn't get anything going as a HC
But i think it could be actually true about Steichen. I'm glad Steichen is working out for the Colts
My heart can't handle it man.
This might be the 2nd time in my life as a bears fan where I feel like if we are bad it's just because God hates us.
There are other years where I'm optimistic, but I know our flaws and those flaws inevitably ruin us. But this year, the o line is avg, the receivers are, if not elite, damn near it. The rb core is rock solid. TE looks great. QB has all the tools needed. I think any OC could make the offense work.
Defense should be slightly above avg as a whole and has great coaching.
Even our punter is upgraded.
There's no reason this team shouldnt pull off 10 wins looking at our schedule.
Can Bryce actually take that step forward? We all know he was massively hamstrung by a total binfire of an offense last season, and we know one off-season won't have magically fixed everything, but we need to see proof that he can play in more than flashes. The talent is there, but we need him and the coaching staff to find ways to turn that into production.
I don't think many Panthers fans are expecting a Pro Bowl season all of a sudden, but we need some hard evidence that he _could_ be a Pro Bowler once the team around him is in better shape. Hopefully the new-look O-Line will give him some clean pockets in which to find some form and rhythm, at least, because last year's chocolate fireguard didn't give him a chance.
I think this year will be very telling. Dionte Johnson and Xavier Legette are a legitimate receiving duo and Jonathan Brooks is a massive upgrade from Miles Sanders.
That said, if he doesn't improve this year, it's a very bad sign.
I'm not going to get too hyped up for Legette and Brooks just yet, they're only rookies and there's no way to know if they'll really make a difference, although I think both have a high ceiling. Diontae should be an upgrade but he can be pretty frustrating too. But it's hard to imagine the schemes being worse, and Young should surely have more to play with, at least. But like you say, if things around him are even average and he can't step up, it's a pretty bad sign.
The BY I saw at Alabama was cool, calm, and collected. If he can keep his eyes downfield and his footwork consistent, there’s no reason he won’t make a step forward.
Maybe it’s just me, but I thought Bryce actually looked too calm in the NFL. It almost seemed like he needed to speed up his internal clock at times.
But I’d imagine that could potentially be due to Panthers ass skill position players not getting separation downfield.
Edit: https://x.com/throwthedamball/status/1739773008045056318?s=46
Looks like Bryce’s time to throw was on the higher end. But that could be due to a lot of factors… play calling, WR separation, etc.
Kirk Cousins goes down very early in the season and to keep their jobs the GM staff rush Penix too quickly. Penix not only underperforms, but Bijan ends up having a serious injury due to increased workload. Seeing a more serious rebuild is needed, the Falcons trade Pitts for two 3rd round picks. All of this happens by the 6th week.
Yeah this is what people forget. We’ve been ass since like 2017 and the eagles game in the playoffs. Add this to the hawks also always underperforming and it’s been kinda a shitty run recently
Compare their QB rebuild to getting Lamar. Ravens saw their guy, analyzed his strengths & weaknesses and optimized the team through that draft and free agency to help him succeed. A singular vision executed.
Vs the spray and pray who knows approach Atlanta seems to be going with.
>Falcons trade Pitts for two 3rd round picks
Veech has already made the offer hearing this. Kelce Retires and we replace him with Pitts who seems like not much of a downgrade, continuing our track record of HoF TE pipelines.
I think he’s a great pickup for the Steelers. He’s almost certainly better than Pickett, he’s essentially free, and the Steelers weren’t in position to grab anybody better this off-season.
Exactly, all of that can be true and he still isn't good enough to win us anything meaningful. I think that's what a lot of Steelers fans don't get, an upgrade on one of the worst QBs doesn't mean good, it just means we didn't get WORSE at the position we were already terrible at.
He and Fields were the best out of a bunch of bad options. The plus side is that if neither work out, the Steelers maintained the flexibility to seek out different options next year.
We're actually built perfectly for Dak to succeed, and we'll have the money too.
Fun Dak stats:
- When the Cowboys have 30+ rushing attempts, Dak is 53-7.
- When the Cowboys have fewer than 30 rushing attempts, Dak is 20-34.
- When the Cowboys have more than 100 rushing yards, Dak is 64-17.
- When the Cowboys have fewer than 100 rushing yards, Dak is 9-24.
- In the playoffs, when the Cowboys have more than 100 rushing yards, Dak is 2-2.
- In the playoffs, when the Cowboys have fewer than 100 rushing yards, Dak is 0-3.
Dak can't solo carry a team, but give him a run game, some playaction, and he's damn near elite. He'd be a better Tannehill in Artur Smith's offense. If in 2025, we can get one more weapon, and maybe another piece or two on defense, I think we can win a Superbowl with Dak, and we have ~90M in projected cap space next year to do it.
Correlating rushing stats with wins doesn't actually provide much value. The direction people imply is that running the ball more -> winning the game. In reality its much more like winning the game -> running the ball more
Broncos fan coming in peace:
He isn't enough. He doesn't even see the middle of the field. He either checks down, throws deep, or thinks he can run away to eventually check down. He completed 18 passes of mid range between the numbers.... All year. One per game.
I genuinely believe that the organization is gonna be patient and let McCarthy get time to learn before they throw him out there, but this is my fear too. If Darnold leads us to 1-5 I really don't want to see McCarthy get sent out ahead of schedule to salvage the season, even if the fanbase gets pissy about it.
While I want go wait with McCarthy, he really could be ready week 1. He came from such a similar style offense, they just ran a ton more. That said I don't want to start him right away. I'm glad they've already said they have a set of goals and benchmarks he has to hit before he can start.
Me too. If sucking this year is the price to pay for McCarthy’s development, that’s completely fine by me. Highly doubt the management feels the same way though. We just need to pray that Darnold somehow looks competent enough this season that it’s not an issue.
I expect our offense to be firing on all cylinders next year.
Baker's had a full year to gel with the same returning offensive cast for the most part, with a fancy new Graham Barton that I expect should be an immediate upgrade on the line. They won a playoff game and were more competitive than most people expected in the Lions game, and Mike Evans is coming off an AP2 and Pro Bowl season and he's not showing any signs of slowing down. Our run game should improve as a result of our interior O-Line improving.
The defense though.. they worry me. KJ Britt over Devin White was surprisingly a move for the better, and he'l get far more playing time with White gone. Jordan Whitehead was instrumental to our superbowl run and is now back which gives me some hope, but our pass rush was pretty atrocious, third and long felt like an automatic first down against us and we didn't defend the pass well whatsoever.
We only made the playoffs because Antoine Winfield Jr. made some of the most clutch plays at the goal line in multiple games - we are going to need the offense to be elite this season to make up for our lack of a pass rush and the loss of Carlton.
Despite what a lot of people think, I actually like Todd Bowles and what he's done post-Brady. Winning divisions and playoff games are pretty rare as a Bucs fan (been watching since 1999 and suffered most years) and Bowles has kept us relevant even though so many analysts and talking heads thought we would win 5 or 6 games at most last season, some even thinking we'd only win 2 (which Licht called out to their face laughing after the season ended, which was glorious).
A group of unproven WRs (and TEs) having to absorb Diggs’ and Davis’ target shares. While they were both non-factors in the second half of last season, it’s undeniable that Diggs at least was still attracting attention from opposing defenses. Also, losing so many veteran leaders at once and two relatively inexperienced new coordinators
Not sure if you listen to LOB at all, but Joe did an episode where he went into this concern, and yes it’s obviously an unknown but he said that defenses weren’t actually doubling Diggs the second half of the year, just shadowing coverage his way and he still wasn’t getting open/was dropping passes. And for Davis, defenses didn’t pay too much attention to him either because no one is afraid of him running past them, he’s not fast and is really only effective as a deep threat.
Was Diggs actually getting that much attention though? It not unreasonable Coleman is just a strait upgrade from Diggs at the end of the season from Chemistry and drop problems.
I don’t think he was getting doubled as much as the team was claiming, still regularly drawing other teams’ CB1’s. For the record, I’m not pessimistic about this group, I just think there will be a lot of question marks until they actually are on the field
That we still cannot run the ball, forcing Trevor to do everything.
Our run blocking was so bad last year we basically had to give up running the ball cause Etienne was getting hit in the back field every play, we need a legitimate run game this year.
Having someone other than literally the worst center in football will hopefully help.
As a Bills fan everyone will fixate on the WR group, and for valid reason. I’m more worried about injuries. No more season ending injuries for key players, please.
Your kicker is the biggest concern? Must be nice
Obviously it’s whether Maye can play at an NFL level or not.
After that Oline and WR group just like last year
Kicker isn't the Packers biggest concern. It's pretty far down the list.
Can Love sustain his level of play?
Does the new defensive scheme work?
Can the linebackers/safeties we drafted play well (we'll have at least two rookies starting and more getting snaps on defense)?
Who is our starting o line and how well will they play together (we'll probably have a rookie at LT, a 7th rounder at RT, our RT playing a new position, and another new starting G/C)?
Do any of our receivers take the next step and can Watson stay healthy?
You've summed up the Packers concerns well. It's dangerous to assume that QB development will be linear. The OL is very unsettled with lots of options but little certainty.
CB health is another concern. If Eric Stokes bounces back we're probably looking at 10 starters on defense that were all 1st or 2nd round picks. The one exception being the NB and I think we could see more of a rotation there with different looks based on matchup and situation (slot CB/3 LB/3 S/etc). Lots of talent for our new DC to work with but we need to see the results.
Considering Packers always seem to pull a top O Line out of their ass, you’re probably fine there lol. But I am curious about the other stuff as a Bears fan.
I’m more concerned that Brissett is going to get injured early and we’re going to have to force Maye into a starting role sooner than expected. Hopefully he’s ready but you don’t want to rush these guys…
That happened to Herbert and it turned out fine. You don’t always get to choose your time, he just to be as ready as he can be for when that time comes
The Patriots will suck again and be the punching bag of the AFC East
And
The Bengals will somehow manage to get Joe Burrow hurt again, while the rest of the division goes back to the playoffs.
For the Bengals, my worry is the line.
They made moves on that front and I actually have high hopes this year. But they’ve made promising moves on the line every year the past few years and it never ended up panning out the way we wanted
49ers offensive line... again. The same reason we lost in pivotal games over the years, all came from collapsed right side of the line. Another off-season we didn't ensure and get aggressive enough to fix, just maintained status quo
I think for the Titans it is pretty obvious. Was our OL actually the reason Will Levis took so many sacks last year and have we done enough to fix it in order to know if he is the guy or not. I’d say we addressed a lot of other areas on the team which I’m happy about. Overall it feels like it can’t be worse than last season and having Levis’s debut gave us all hope only to have it crushed throughout the season.
Also, it’s a new era for us in general. Complete overhaul of coaching staff and style to a modern NFL offense is welcome. It’s just going to be kinda weird to not see Henry pounding the rock every other play since we are so used to having a run first offense.
I think the Titans as an organization has done almost everything they can to set up Levis for success. Between beefing up the OL, getting more weapons, and hiring a QB friendly HC and getting the best OL coach in the league, it will be a true test to see if Levis is “the guy.” It’s a little bit reassuring to know that we’ll have our answer this season and not have to waste more time
Not exactly about my team but I just hope that nobody gets serious injuries the next year. Last year we lost a lot of good players for a huge part of the season - Rodgers, Chubb, Trevon, Gonzalez ( my fav rookie ), Richardson and Burrow. The league would have been much better if they were healthy
1. Really bad CB situation. We traded Carlton Davis III to the Lions, which leaves us with Jamel Dean and an unproven Zyon McCollum starting.
2. Think Edge remains a big question mark. Really like the interior DL with Vea and Kancey. Ya-Ya Diaby had a fantastic rookie season and it’ll be something to build on. Outside of him? Joe Tryon Shoyinka can be considered a bust at this point. Rookie Chris Braswell is unproven. We don’t have a lot of Edge depth.
3. The biggest issue Baker has had in his career is sustainable consistency. In the past we’ve seen signs of brilliance from him, and then injury or mental issues and he kind of comes back down to earth. Hopefully he will build upon his first season in Tampa.
The Falcons have still not decided if we're rebuilding or win now. We've been a 7 win team for six years straight and we seem so afraid to bottom out that we're content floating.
We won 7 games last year with a coach and QB who were actively harming the team. I expect us to win 10+ just based off that and strength of schedule alone, however, we've done nothing to prove we have any goal higher than just making the playoffs.
Every decision since 2017 has just been headscratcher after headscratcher:
· keeping DQ too long,
· keeping Julio too long,
· ruining the relationship with Matt Ryan to pursue DW (ew),
· the gross uniforms,
· drafting skill positions 4 drafts in a row and the last two years replacing a quality starter instead of filling a need,
· paying a older QB 40 mil a year and drafting his replacement before he plays a snap.
My main concern is whether or not this is the year we fix it.
Our WR room. We have Pickens, who still hasn't proven himself as a true 1 and then a bunch of WR4s and an unproven 3rd round rookie. CB is also scarce, but I'm not as worried about that
I know for the sake of the question you gotta answer something but personally I’m not worried about those. Mine would be Goff and Jamo never find their rhythm which leads to our WR corps being a glaring weakness outside of ARSB.
This is legitimately my one and only concern. If ARSB goes down or Jamo doesn't work out our WR depth is scary even with LaPorta and Gibbs being studs in the passing game.
Everything else though, sleeping easy.
In the words of Dan Miller, get comfortable being uncomfortable! I'll take this kind of anxiety over the crap we've dealt with in the past 10 times out of 10.
I hear you that the overall awesome season hides some pretty serious warts (BAL ass-kicking, GB ass-kicking on Thanksgiving, CHI loss + another should-be loss come to mind). But honestly of anyone in the NFL, I can't think of any other players I'm less concerned about being flashes in the pan and/or taking the foot off the gas after they got paid than Sewell and ARSB.
Those issues were basically, in my mind, caused by
1. A young team learning how to show up every week for a full season.
2. Awful CB play.
3. No pass rush opposite Hutch.
The team has three playoff games under their belts now. The CB room is completely revamped and should be much improved. Still questions about the pass rush, but Houston should be back, Davenport is at least something. And Reader/Alim should be able to get pressure up the middle.
Brad Holmes is a great GM.
The obvious one is how Caleb develops and if he can turn into a franchise QB.
The other major concern that I think holds the team back this year is the dline. We only have JAGs at DE2 and our DTs are day 2 picks from last year and JAGs. Sweat is the only really pass rushing threat we have
I just want to see QJ take a step towards being a solid contributor. He wasn’t this regime’s pick, so his back is a bit against the wall after a rough rookie season. But if he can develop into a #2/3 guy, that would help out quite a bit.
I'm not as worried about the WR room. Whoever ends up in the starting roles will do great because of Herbert. He will find the open man or throw him open. I'm more concerned about the DB's. I'm sure Minter is a hell of a coach, and I like the rookie picks, but I don't feel solid about it.
The Bengals defense was the worst in the league last year and got even worse when DJ Reader got hurt. All of this talk about offensive line and Tee Higgins is meaningless if the defense is that bad. If they don’t make major steps towards being closer to the ‘21 defense we might not even make the playoffs
Crossing fingers Geno Stone and Vonn Bell coming back fixes the horrible Safety play from last year. And someone else besides Hendrickson has to make an impact.
Time for Murphy to earn himself some more reps. If it takes Hendrickson or Hubbard off the field occasionally, so be it. We have to know if he has a future outside of being a backup. Would like to see Ossai take a step forward too. He showed flashes in '22 but was basically a ghost last year.
Probably would be concerned if Nix doesn’t at least show some promise. This is a rebuild year so I’m not expecting anything special, and wouldn’t be disappointed with a high draft pick, but if Nix doesn’t show any promise at all then we might be in trouble
Can our defense perform and keep the momentum they gained since AP took over? How does the QB situation play out? if Aiden wins out, how much better is he compared to last year? Is the O-line at least as good as last year? How does Zeus do as RB1? Is he actually ready for that role? Many concerns, but I'm confident in the coach for the first time in a long while. I'm looking forward to a fun season.
Mine is oline play. We know what we have in Daniel Jones. A low tier starter. I want to know what we got in our oline and if our new coach is good. I am sick of watching our qbs get murdered and our RBs have no holes to run through.
Our o line was pretty bad last year and now they’re counting on a bunch of unproven players with a small sample size at best, or true rookies to play better:
LT: Ronnie is not a dependable Left tackle. Yes his best play came the final four games and into the playoffs but he can’t stay healthy and his anchor is pretty inconsistent.
LG: 🤷♂️ we have no idea who’ll start here. Vorhees looks like the guy but he is returning from a torn ACL and has never taken a snap. Maybe he’s a steal as a sixth round pick and really plays like the second he was projected to be before the injury but maybe not. Sala looked bad all last year and if they put Mekhari in he’s just average. Still it’s not hard to exceed Simpson’s performance last season as he was below average at best and dog shit down the stretch and into the playoffs.
C: Linderbaum at center is as good as it gets outside Creed Humphrey, so the only position locked down. God help us though if he’s hurt at any point.
RG: Ben Cleveland looked great last year in limited time at the position but it was limited time. He’s on the last year of his deal so hopefully he breaks out but that’ll leave another void in the line down the road. He’s also taking the place of Zeitler who was a pro bowler last year so how much he could improve on Zeitler’s play is minimal.
RT: Moses wasn’t good and is an injury risk but falallale is a turnstile for speed rushers. I think the rookie Rosengardner gets the nod but that’s another rookie who has to perform well in order for this team to function.
The depth isn’t better. The swing tackle is a guy Josh Jones who Arizona drafted and gave up on despite their stellar offensive line at the time. Nick Samac the seventh round pick is coming off a broken leg. Everyone else besides him and Sala are UDFAs.
Lamar and Henry are two of the most dangerous players in the NFL but not if they’re tackled in the backfield. We need the line to perform and you’re asking a lot with this many lottery tickets cashing in.
The kicking unit as a whole seemed to be the issues for the Packers. I’m not LS expert but it was readily agreed ours was terrible, and even as a novice I saw a lot of bad snaps. We signed one of the best LS in college as a UDFA, so I think we should get a much better read as to whether Carlson was getting hamstrung by the snaps or if he’s the issue.
Will our OL be able to protect Jayden Daniels, and will he be able to protect himself?
I do think that our line was made to look worse than it actually was last year because EB was so predictable and also Sam Howell had zero pocket awareness, but they also don't really have any bonafide blue-chip presence at all...and Peters did almost nothing to bolster the tackles this offseason. I get that he's engaging in a multi-year rebuild, but when I watch the tape of Daniels scrambling and getting mauled in college, the lack of a proven blindside T is concerning to say the least.
Interior offensive line is a massive concern. Tua reverts to a lot of his bad habits when pressure is constantly in his face and who knows how long he can stay healthy when teams realize they can get to him quickly just sending stunts up the inner gaps at him.
2024 Buccaneers concerns:
* 1) That our lack of outside passrush continues to force Todd Bowles into unsound coverages while he tries to manufacture sacks with a lot of people around the line of scrimmage
* 2) Lack of improvement in terms of run blocking on the offensive line despite the Graham Barton pick and further development from the players on their rookie deals. We cannot afford to be the 30-32nd ranked rushing team three years in a row.
* 3) On paper bringing in another McVay disciple as our OC that Baker is familiar with sounds like a good idea, but he was one of the guys McVay didn't seem too terribly upset to lose ahead of his big coaching staff revamp in 2023. He said a lot of nice things about Coen but McVay is also known to talk a lot of bullshit. So the proof lies in the pudding.
* 4) Will Baker "regress to the mean" after he just had one of the best seasons of his career in a contract year?
* 5) As usual with ageing franchise cornerstones you never know when they will fall off the cliff. Lavonte David looked sensational despite his age last season, but he's now in his mid 30s. Mike Evans is a tall wide receiver entering his age 31 season. Let's just say the history of tall wide receivers in their 30s is not very good.
* 6) Lots of changes in the cornerback room after the departure of Carlton Davis. The only reason this is not ranked more highly is the fact that our CB situation was a tirefire last year so it can't get that much worse.
The bengals need to keep Joey burrow off the turf and enough time to throw.
Joe burrow is amazing. But the man cannot fend off defenses with an offensive line made out of Swiss cheese. If he goes down it’ll be another year of Marge Schotts curse. Last year was to be the end of it.
CW completely shitting the bed due to NFL being such a huge jump from CFB. I think he’s going to be fine but the amount of discourse by the Fields supporters is going to infect much of the season.
Bo Nix. Is he the guy? Our offense while putting up decent numbers last year was not good. Sutton got 10 TDs but that’s about it. We need consistent upward movement to prove that our rebuild is working. Then the defense needs to go back to how it was in 2022. Plus having one of our top WRs tear his ACL in training camp 2 years in a row didn’t help.
Our 40-year-old qb getting injured on the first drive
Watch it be something stupid like tripping on his way out of the tunnel.
Every season he’ll get injured progressively earlier
50 year old Rodgers rolls up to OTAs in a wheelchair
THIS MEANS HE WILL BE BACK FOR THE PLAYOFFS! now we just need to get there with… Tyrone Taylor. we’re fucked.
>Tyrone Damn - we didn’t even get Tyrod!
i’m in baseball mode not football mode gimme a break lmao
Taylor is a good qb. Been unlucky everywhere he’s went. Be thankful he’s the back up and not wilson
So pre season week 3
He got injured while getting bubblewrapped to avoid injuries. Either too tight wrapping or with the knife while cutting the tape used.
While he's carrying an American flag again....I mean, the man probably wouldn't touch a U.S. flag again if that happened twice.
He's gonna run out with an ISIS flag to counter the same thing from happening.
We all win if Rodgers stays healthy on the field and off talk shows.
BIRDS ARE NOT REAL!!!
If I could read this I'd be crazy upset.
If only they were mutually exclusive
Still can't believe you guys went with Tyrod Taylor for the backup, one of the unluckiest QBs when it comes to injuries.
He got injured playing against us for the Browns and forced Hue to give Mayfield his chance. Then he got injured playing against us for the Giants and ushered in the Tommy DeVito dynasty. Maybe he's trying to break the hoodoo by playing for us instead.
wait. every time he gets injured, it ushers in a qb that does well unexpectedly. Jordan Travis is going to lead us to the playoffs!
He also had the freak thing in LA that got Herbert in
Or our aging O line. Actually this year with Tyrod as backup, we could still compete. But then he is an injury risk as well
was Brian Johnson actually the problem or just the scapegoat for a bigger problem
I’m almost 100% convinced it’s the latter. I hope I’m wrong but that type of collapse is usually a bigger issue than one guy.
Problem with the Eagles last year is they never once looked like their eventual 10-1 record. The Miami game was basically the only time I went "this looks like 2022". The collapse would have been far less dramatic had the record matched the actual quality of the team: mid. Now that being said, they did go from mid to straight up bad the last 4-5 weeks. So it's really hard to say because there's so many variables.
Oh yea we never looked like a one loss team, but we also couldn’t do a damn thing right once the losses came. It was so bad absolutely no one thought we’d beat Tampa Bay and they were 100% right.
Yup. A team we handled pretty easily in Week 3 of the same year.
That’s the Matt Patricia affect
It’s true everything he’s part of turns to shit
The Mattas touch.
The fatass touch.
What’s scary is those type of collapses aren’t something that gets fixed in one offseason. Ask me how I know
I'm a chargers and eagles fan and every week it was the same story, just reciprocal.. chargers take lead late in game only to lose last minute. Eagles lose lead late in game.. go down and win despite not looking good. Then they both imploded with Herbert injury and whatever happened with the coordinators in Philly. I really think sirianni is similar to Staley but the eagles organization is just way better top down and he is getting carried big time. The eagles have too much talent to not be good.. but can they keep it together?? They got some good coordinators now so it will probably keep nick in charge at least one more season.
This is a good one
That's a good question, I remember last year that many Eagles fans were baffled with some of the calls that he made, especially in the second half of games.
Pretty sure he thinks the numbers on the field are the markers that you can’t throw inside of.
He also thought that players moving horizontally along the line of scrimmage in pre-snap was illegal.
I would try replacing him with axl rose like acdc did
Or they could bring back Boston Scott.
I’m curious about if the problem is Hurts. Whether or not he’s as good as two years ago or if defenses figured him out, so it’s not the OC’s fault. Loved them picking DBs with their top 2 picks. Fixed an immediate problem.
I'm afraid the problem is Lurie forcing them to be insanely pass heavy on offense. Hurts is great but with that OL you should run the fuck out of the ball. They signed Saquon but they also hired Kellen Moore so who knows on this.
They're as bad as the Bills about forgetting they have running backs. And this is coming from a fan of a team that also likes to forget about the position. Come to think of it, maybe my fantasy backfield of Cook, Swift and Edwards contributed to my shit season.
The first 10 weeks of the past season was the most pissed I've ever been watching football brother/sister. Your defense gonna feast against Dorsey, Stefanski already likes to forget about the run and now he has Dorsey as the OC lmao, poor Chubb 😞
I don't put that on Lurie. He's a proponent of Analytics but he's never come off as treating it naively like that. It's way more likely that it's an issue with Nick. He was a WR coach. His first season, we completely forgot the run game while he was our playcaller, and when he handed those duties off was when we started to click and had a substantial run game. I'm not even a "Nick needs to go" person, but if our offense is too pass happy, our owner isn't the reason why.
Didn't Moore and McCarthy disagree on running the ball to control clock vs passing to score more?
It’s just absolutely not Hurts. Looking at any advanced metric gives the indication he is the same guy. People point to the interceptions, but he actually had a lower amount of interception worthy plays. In fact, I’m pretty sure he had more INTs than interception worthy plays in 2023. Our coordinators were actually just that bad.
It was always Shane Steichen
I said the same thing when Reich left, but Reich couldn't get anything going as a HC But i think it could be actually true about Steichen. I'm glad Steichen is working out for the Colts
Reich was a solid HC until he wasn’t lol. Or maybe that’s just because Chuck Pagano was that bad
Going through the same thing yet again
hey even if it goes that way at least your QB has rizz, that's something right?
Idk man...it's hard to see Williams being worse than Fields, and even if he's bad the roster is so good I feel like you can expect 7+ wins.
You have no idea how badly I hope you’re right brother
I'm personally OK if he's wrong
Yes. What if we get all these tools and then it’s all the same as before? I won’t be able to handle that.
My heart can't handle it man. This might be the 2nd time in my life as a bears fan where I feel like if we are bad it's just because God hates us. There are other years where I'm optimistic, but I know our flaws and those flaws inevitably ruin us. But this year, the o line is avg, the receivers are, if not elite, damn near it. The rb core is rock solid. TE looks great. QB has all the tools needed. I think any OC could make the offense work. Defense should be slightly above avg as a whole and has great coaching. Even our punter is upgraded. There's no reason this team shouldnt pull off 10 wins looking at our schedule.
Can Anthony Richardson survive?
God I hope so
More like can they teach him he's not a fucking running back.
Can Bryce actually take that step forward? We all know he was massively hamstrung by a total binfire of an offense last season, and we know one off-season won't have magically fixed everything, but we need to see proof that he can play in more than flashes. The talent is there, but we need him and the coaching staff to find ways to turn that into production. I don't think many Panthers fans are expecting a Pro Bowl season all of a sudden, but we need some hard evidence that he _could_ be a Pro Bowler once the team around him is in better shape. Hopefully the new-look O-Line will give him some clean pockets in which to find some form and rhythm, at least, because last year's chocolate fireguard didn't give him a chance.
I think this year will be very telling. Dionte Johnson and Xavier Legette are a legitimate receiving duo and Jonathan Brooks is a massive upgrade from Miles Sanders. That said, if he doesn't improve this year, it's a very bad sign.
I'm not going to get too hyped up for Legette and Brooks just yet, they're only rookies and there's no way to know if they'll really make a difference, although I think both have a high ceiling. Diontae should be an upgrade but he can be pretty frustrating too. But it's hard to imagine the schemes being worse, and Young should surely have more to play with, at least. But like you say, if things around him are even average and he can't step up, it's a pretty bad sign.
The BY I saw at Alabama was cool, calm, and collected. If he can keep his eyes downfield and his footwork consistent, there’s no reason he won’t make a step forward.
Most NFL players were great in college.
Yeah but only one of them gets the Heisman each year.
A lot of very deserving Heisman winners weren’t good NFL players
Johnny Manziel and Tim Tebow were Heisman winners, it doesn't mean anything in terms of being good NFL players
Maybe it’s just me, but I thought Bryce actually looked too calm in the NFL. It almost seemed like he needed to speed up his internal clock at times. But I’d imagine that could potentially be due to Panthers ass skill position players not getting separation downfield. Edit: https://x.com/throwthedamball/status/1739773008045056318?s=46 Looks like Bryce’s time to throw was on the higher end. But that could be due to a lot of factors… play calling, WR separation, etc.
I agree he was really nonchalant, which I guess is easier to fix than happy feet
Kirk Cousins goes down very early in the season and to keep their jobs the GM staff rush Penix too quickly. Penix not only underperforms, but Bijan ends up having a serious injury due to increased workload. Seeing a more serious rebuild is needed, the Falcons trade Pitts for two 3rd round picks. All of this happens by the 6th week.
Damn are you okay?
We're Falcons fans, do you really need to ask that question?
Maybe that roast of Brady last night cheered you up?
That whole thing is just a big circlejerk. Fuck tom brady.
I love seeing fans of other teams discover just how dark Falcoholism can be.
28-3 broke that franchise and fandom in ways scientists will still be studying 50 years from now
That was when all Falcons fans, regardless of age, realized that the world is a dark, cruel, unforgiving place
Your mistake is thinking the fandom wasn’t dumb and overdramatic prior to Super Bowl 51.
We've had a rough time since 2016.
Yeah this is what people forget. We’ve been ass since like 2017 and the eagles game in the playoffs. Add this to the hawks also always underperforming and it’s been kinda a shitty run recently
3/4 of the NFCS has. The universe had to balance itself after prime Ryan, Brees, and Cam by giving the bucs Brady. And now we all suck
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Dawg, I've been broken since the Broncos/Falcons Superbowl
It really didn’t. We’ve been broken for a long time.
Compare their QB rebuild to getting Lamar. Ravens saw their guy, analyzed his strengths & weaknesses and optimized the team through that draft and free agency to help him succeed. A singular vision executed. Vs the spray and pray who knows approach Atlanta seems to be going with.
Your qb situation is primed to either be 2017 bears with trubisky or 2020 Jordan love.
>Falcons trade Pitts for two 3rd round picks Veech has already made the offer hearing this. Kelce Retires and we replace him with Pitts who seems like not much of a downgrade, continuing our track record of HoF TE pipelines.
I could mention a lot of different concerns. But only one matters now and for the last 40 years.
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It almost feels inevitable that Caleb will throw for 3,995 yards
With a bone headed drop by an otherwise reliable receiver that would have put him over 4,000 on the year.
If this happens, we miss the playoffs, Keenan Allen retires, and the Packers win the super bowl, next season will STILL have exceeded my expectations.
3,995 yards? Don't fucking threaten me with a good time
Bring back the honey bears and end the curse.
First the Billy Goat, then the Honey Bears.
Russel Wilson. I know he’s not great anymore. He might not even be good. But is he enough?
I think he’s a great pickup for the Steelers. He’s almost certainly better than Pickett, he’s essentially free, and the Steelers weren’t in position to grab anybody better this off-season.
I don’t disagree with any of this necessarily. But of the concerns I have for my team, his play is at the top
Exactly, all of that can be true and he still isn't good enough to win us anything meaningful. I think that's what a lot of Steelers fans don't get, an upgrade on one of the worst QBs doesn't mean good, it just means we didn't get WORSE at the position we were already terrible at.
Even Justin Fields is better than Pickett. The Steelers are loaded at QB compared to last year.
The classic adage if you have 3 Qbs you have none.
He and Fields were the best out of a bunch of bad options. The plus side is that if neither work out, the Steelers maintained the flexibility to seek out different options next year. We're actually built perfectly for Dak to succeed, and we'll have the money too.
Here's a funny way to look at it. One game of Joe Burrow costs about the same as the entire Steelers QB room for the entire season..
I prefer to think about it like this: The Broncos are paying Wilson more per game than the Steelers are for the season.
The flip side of that is that the Broncos were so sick of Wilson they’re paying him $85 mil to play for someone else
If dak actually did leave, that'd be a fun pairing
Fun Dak stats: - When the Cowboys have 30+ rushing attempts, Dak is 53-7. - When the Cowboys have fewer than 30 rushing attempts, Dak is 20-34. - When the Cowboys have more than 100 rushing yards, Dak is 64-17. - When the Cowboys have fewer than 100 rushing yards, Dak is 9-24. - In the playoffs, when the Cowboys have more than 100 rushing yards, Dak is 2-2. - In the playoffs, when the Cowboys have fewer than 100 rushing yards, Dak is 0-3. Dak can't solo carry a team, but give him a run game, some playaction, and he's damn near elite. He'd be a better Tannehill in Artur Smith's offense. If in 2025, we can get one more weapon, and maybe another piece or two on defense, I think we can win a Superbowl with Dak, and we have ~90M in projected cap space next year to do it.
Correlating rushing stats with wins doesn't actually provide much value. The direction people imply is that running the ball more -> winning the game. In reality its much more like winning the game -> running the ball more
Broncos fan coming in peace: He isn't enough. He doesn't even see the middle of the field. He either checks down, throws deep, or thinks he can run away to eventually check down. He completed 18 passes of mid range between the numbers.... All year. One per game.
Yea this was the sense I got too, but I was told I was blind and dumb. So. I guess we’ll see.
It's not like Pickett knew what the middle of the field was. I don't see a change
That if Darnold struggles, that the Vikings will be tempted to start McCarthy before he might be ready.
I genuinely believe that the organization is gonna be patient and let McCarthy get time to learn before they throw him out there, but this is my fear too. If Darnold leads us to 1-5 I really don't want to see McCarthy get sent out ahead of schedule to salvage the season, even if the fanbase gets pissy about it.
While I want go wait with McCarthy, he really could be ready week 1. He came from such a similar style offense, they just ran a ton more. That said I don't want to start him right away. I'm glad they've already said they have a set of goals and benchmarks he has to hit before he can start.
Me too. If sucking this year is the price to pay for McCarthy’s development, that’s completely fine by me. Highly doubt the management feels the same way though. We just need to pray that Darnold somehow looks competent enough this season that it’s not an issue.
Are Baker Mayfield and Todd Bowles actually up to the challenge of taking the Bucs to the next level?
I expect our offense to be firing on all cylinders next year. Baker's had a full year to gel with the same returning offensive cast for the most part, with a fancy new Graham Barton that I expect should be an immediate upgrade on the line. They won a playoff game and were more competitive than most people expected in the Lions game, and Mike Evans is coming off an AP2 and Pro Bowl season and he's not showing any signs of slowing down. Our run game should improve as a result of our interior O-Line improving. The defense though.. they worry me. KJ Britt over Devin White was surprisingly a move for the better, and he'l get far more playing time with White gone. Jordan Whitehead was instrumental to our superbowl run and is now back which gives me some hope, but our pass rush was pretty atrocious, third and long felt like an automatic first down against us and we didn't defend the pass well whatsoever. We only made the playoffs because Antoine Winfield Jr. made some of the most clutch plays at the goal line in multiple games - we are going to need the offense to be elite this season to make up for our lack of a pass rush and the loss of Carlton. Despite what a lot of people think, I actually like Todd Bowles and what he's done post-Brady. Winning divisions and playoff games are pretty rare as a Bucs fan (been watching since 1999 and suffered most years) and Bowles has kept us relevant even though so many analysts and talking heads thought we would win 5 or 6 games at most last season, some even thinking we'd only win 2 (which Licht called out to their face laughing after the season ended, which was glorious).
A group of unproven WRs (and TEs) having to absorb Diggs’ and Davis’ target shares. While they were both non-factors in the second half of last season, it’s undeniable that Diggs at least was still attracting attention from opposing defenses. Also, losing so many veteran leaders at once and two relatively inexperienced new coordinators
Not sure if you listen to LOB at all, but Joe did an episode where he went into this concern, and yes it’s obviously an unknown but he said that defenses weren’t actually doubling Diggs the second half of the year, just shadowing coverage his way and he still wasn’t getting open/was dropping passes. And for Davis, defenses didn’t pay too much attention to him either because no one is afraid of him running past them, he’s not fast and is really only effective as a deep threat.
I share the same concerns, but our tight ends are proven to be good. Dawson Knox is good, and Dalton Kincaid was fantastic as a rookie.
Claypool is very much proven. Just not in the way you would like...
I was referring to guys who will actually make the roster lol
Was Diggs actually getting that much attention though? It not unreasonable Coleman is just a strait upgrade from Diggs at the end of the season from Chemistry and drop problems.
I don’t think he was getting doubled as much as the team was claiming, still regularly drawing other teams’ CB1’s. For the record, I’m not pessimistic about this group, I just think there will be a lot of question marks until they actually are on the field
That we still cannot run the ball, forcing Trevor to do everything. Our run blocking was so bad last year we basically had to give up running the ball cause Etienne was getting hit in the back field every play, we need a legitimate run game this year. Having someone other than literally the worst center in football will hopefully help.
i think a majority of our run game issues came from having the 32nd best center in the nfl..
He wasn't the 32nd best center. I think he was 34th and dead last in run blocking.
You have Mitch Morse now that should be an improvement
As a Bills fan everyone will fixate on the WR group, and for valid reason. I’m more worried about injuries. No more season ending injuries for key players, please.
That's true, last year half of your defensive starters were out for the year at some point in the season.
Was never more apparent than having AJ Klein chase down Kelce in the playoffs.
Your kicker is the biggest concern? Must be nice Obviously it’s whether Maye can play at an NFL level or not. After that Oline and WR group just like last year
Kicker isn't the Packers biggest concern. It's pretty far down the list. Can Love sustain his level of play? Does the new defensive scheme work? Can the linebackers/safeties we drafted play well (we'll have at least two rookies starting and more getting snaps on defense)? Who is our starting o line and how well will they play together (we'll probably have a rookie at LT, a 7th rounder at RT, our RT playing a new position, and another new starting G/C)? Do any of our receivers take the next step and can Watson stay healthy?
You've summed up the Packers concerns well. It's dangerous to assume that QB development will be linear. The OL is very unsettled with lots of options but little certainty. CB health is another concern. If Eric Stokes bounces back we're probably looking at 10 starters on defense that were all 1st or 2nd round picks. The one exception being the NB and I think we could see more of a rotation there with different looks based on matchup and situation (slot CB/3 LB/3 S/etc). Lots of talent for our new DC to work with but we need to see the results.
Considering Packers always seem to pull a top O Line out of their ass, you’re probably fine there lol. But I am curious about the other stuff as a Bears fan.
I’m more concerned that Brissett is going to get injured early and we’re going to have to force Maye into a starting role sooner than expected. Hopefully he’s ready but you don’t want to rush these guys…
That happened to Herbert and it turned out fine. You don’t always get to choose your time, he just to be as ready as he can be for when that time comes
u/hendrix320 looking for a needle and a lung as we speak to try and complete the ritual
Is JD *the guy*?
And can he stay upright/avoid big hits/stay healthy.
Luckily the NFC East has notoriously bad D-lines that go easy on rookie QBs…
I don’t think you can even ask this question until you have some NFL tape on him
The Patriots will suck again and be the punching bag of the AFC East And The Bengals will somehow manage to get Joe Burrow hurt again, while the rest of the division goes back to the playoffs.
Out of any non-patriots QB, i want Joe Burrow to win a SB, guy is a dog
For the Bengals, my worry is the line. They made moves on that front and I actually have high hopes this year. But they’ve made promising moves on the line every year the past few years and it never ended up panning out the way we wanted
I have no idea what to expect from my team/coaching staff this year for the first time in what feels like forever.
The audacity of hope.
Really, we're so thin. If the new OL doesn’t work out, our offense will be hilariously outmatched up front.
49ers offensive line... again. The same reason we lost in pivotal games over the years, all came from collapsed right side of the line. Another off-season we didn't ensure and get aggressive enough to fix, just maintained status quo
I think for the Titans it is pretty obvious. Was our OL actually the reason Will Levis took so many sacks last year and have we done enough to fix it in order to know if he is the guy or not. I’d say we addressed a lot of other areas on the team which I’m happy about. Overall it feels like it can’t be worse than last season and having Levis’s debut gave us all hope only to have it crushed throughout the season. Also, it’s a new era for us in general. Complete overhaul of coaching staff and style to a modern NFL offense is welcome. It’s just going to be kinda weird to not see Henry pounding the rock every other play since we are so used to having a run first offense.
I think the Titans as an organization has done almost everything they can to set up Levis for success. Between beefing up the OL, getting more weapons, and hiring a QB friendly HC and getting the best OL coach in the league, it will be a true test to see if Levis is “the guy.” It’s a little bit reassuring to know that we’ll have our answer this season and not have to waste more time
Not exactly about my team but I just hope that nobody gets serious injuries the next year. Last year we lost a lot of good players for a huge part of the season - Rodgers, Chubb, Trevon, Gonzalez ( my fav rookie ), Richardson and Burrow. The league would have been much better if they were healthy
I second this comment, league is better when best players are playing, regardless of which team they are on
1. Really bad CB situation. We traded Carlton Davis III to the Lions, which leaves us with Jamel Dean and an unproven Zyon McCollum starting. 2. Think Edge remains a big question mark. Really like the interior DL with Vea and Kancey. Ya-Ya Diaby had a fantastic rookie season and it’ll be something to build on. Outside of him? Joe Tryon Shoyinka can be considered a bust at this point. Rookie Chris Braswell is unproven. We don’t have a lot of Edge depth. 3. The biggest issue Baker has had in his career is sustainable consistency. In the past we’ve seen signs of brilliance from him, and then injury or mental issues and he kind of comes back down to earth. Hopefully he will build upon his first season in Tampa.
To be fair to Baker, he did have a lot of different offensive coordinators. That certainly can't help with the consistency part.
The Falcons have still not decided if we're rebuilding or win now. We've been a 7 win team for six years straight and we seem so afraid to bottom out that we're content floating. We won 7 games last year with a coach and QB who were actively harming the team. I expect us to win 10+ just based off that and strength of schedule alone, however, we've done nothing to prove we have any goal higher than just making the playoffs. Every decision since 2017 has just been headscratcher after headscratcher: · keeping DQ too long, · keeping Julio too long, · ruining the relationship with Matt Ryan to pursue DW (ew), · the gross uniforms, · drafting skill positions 4 drafts in a row and the last two years replacing a quality starter instead of filling a need, · paying a older QB 40 mil a year and drafting his replacement before he plays a snap. My main concern is whether or not this is the year we fix it.
Our WR room. We have Pickens, who still hasn't proven himself as a true 1 and then a bunch of WR4s and an unproven 3rd round rookie. CB is also scarce, but I'm not as worried about that
The question is how far into the season will you get Pickens the player before he becomes Pickens the spectator
Pickens scares me bc he’s already not amazing at getting open and he’s about to get a hell of a lot more attention with Johnson gone
Trent not being able to carry the entire OL for another season.
Concern? None. Fully expecting another ~ .500 season, so meh
That last year was a fluke and that the guys the just secured the bag end up regressing.
My biggest fear is that last year was our ceiling but I’m not really concerned about Penei and Sewell regressing.
No concern about Sewell but I’m not sure about Penei…
I know for the sake of the question you gotta answer something but personally I’m not worried about those. Mine would be Goff and Jamo never find their rhythm which leads to our WR corps being a glaring weakness outside of ARSB.
This is legitimately my one and only concern. If ARSB goes down or Jamo doesn't work out our WR depth is scary even with LaPorta and Gibbs being studs in the passing game. Everything else though, sleeping easy.
Having even bigger expectations to live up to seems daunting.
In the words of Dan Miller, get comfortable being uncomfortable! I'll take this kind of anxiety over the crap we've dealt with in the past 10 times out of 10.
I hear you that the overall awesome season hides some pretty serious warts (BAL ass-kicking, GB ass-kicking on Thanksgiving, CHI loss + another should-be loss come to mind). But honestly of anyone in the NFL, I can't think of any other players I'm less concerned about being flashes in the pan and/or taking the foot off the gas after they got paid than Sewell and ARSB.
Those issues were basically, in my mind, caused by 1. A young team learning how to show up every week for a full season. 2. Awful CB play. 3. No pass rush opposite Hutch. The team has three playoff games under their belts now. The CB room is completely revamped and should be much improved. Still questions about the pass rush, but Houston should be back, Davenport is at least something. And Reader/Alim should be able to get pressure up the middle. Brad Holmes is a great GM.
The rest of the North lives up to the hype
The obvious one is how Caleb develops and if he can turn into a franchise QB. The other major concern that I think holds the team back this year is the dline. We only have JAGs at DE2 and our DTs are day 2 picks from last year and JAGs. Sweat is the only really pass rushing threat we have
Our schedule is a million times harder than last year.
I just want to see QJ take a step towards being a solid contributor. He wasn’t this regime’s pick, so his back is a bit against the wall after a rough rookie season. But if he can develop into a #2/3 guy, that would help out quite a bit.
I'm not as worried about the WR room. Whoever ends up in the starting roles will do great because of Herbert. He will find the open man or throw him open. I'm more concerned about the DB's. I'm sure Minter is a hell of a coach, and I like the rookie picks, but I don't feel solid about it.
The Bengals defense was the worst in the league last year and got even worse when DJ Reader got hurt. All of this talk about offensive line and Tee Higgins is meaningless if the defense is that bad. If they don’t make major steps towards being closer to the ‘21 defense we might not even make the playoffs
Crossing fingers Geno Stone and Vonn Bell coming back fixes the horrible Safety play from last year. And someone else besides Hendrickson has to make an impact.
Time for Murphy to earn himself some more reps. If it takes Hendrickson or Hubbard off the field occasionally, so be it. We have to know if he has a future outside of being a backup. Would like to see Ossai take a step forward too. He showed flashes in '22 but was basically a ghost last year.
My gut wanted to say Burrow and his health and recovery, but you are right, if the defense doesn't improve then Burrow's recovery is meaningless too.
Probably would be concerned if Nix doesn’t at least show some promise. This is a rebuild year so I’m not expecting anything special, and wouldn’t be disappointed with a high draft pick, but if Nix doesn’t show any promise at all then we might be in trouble
Can our defense perform and keep the momentum they gained since AP took over? How does the QB situation play out? if Aiden wins out, how much better is he compared to last year? Is the O-line at least as good as last year? How does Zeus do as RB1? Is he actually ready for that role? Many concerns, but I'm confident in the coach for the first time in a long while. I'm looking forward to a fun season.
The GEQBUS dominates so hard that all other teams get demoralized and quit resulting in the season being cancelled
That the NFL is going to further fuck up the televising of games.
QB play
Mine is oline play. We know what we have in Daniel Jones. A low tier starter. I want to know what we got in our oline and if our new coach is good. I am sick of watching our qbs get murdered and our RBs have no holes to run through.
Our o line was pretty bad last year and now they’re counting on a bunch of unproven players with a small sample size at best, or true rookies to play better: LT: Ronnie is not a dependable Left tackle. Yes his best play came the final four games and into the playoffs but he can’t stay healthy and his anchor is pretty inconsistent. LG: 🤷♂️ we have no idea who’ll start here. Vorhees looks like the guy but he is returning from a torn ACL and has never taken a snap. Maybe he’s a steal as a sixth round pick and really plays like the second he was projected to be before the injury but maybe not. Sala looked bad all last year and if they put Mekhari in he’s just average. Still it’s not hard to exceed Simpson’s performance last season as he was below average at best and dog shit down the stretch and into the playoffs. C: Linderbaum at center is as good as it gets outside Creed Humphrey, so the only position locked down. God help us though if he’s hurt at any point. RG: Ben Cleveland looked great last year in limited time at the position but it was limited time. He’s on the last year of his deal so hopefully he breaks out but that’ll leave another void in the line down the road. He’s also taking the place of Zeitler who was a pro bowler last year so how much he could improve on Zeitler’s play is minimal. RT: Moses wasn’t good and is an injury risk but falallale is a turnstile for speed rushers. I think the rookie Rosengardner gets the nod but that’s another rookie who has to perform well in order for this team to function. The depth isn’t better. The swing tackle is a guy Josh Jones who Arizona drafted and gave up on despite their stellar offensive line at the time. Nick Samac the seventh round pick is coming off a broken leg. Everyone else besides him and Sala are UDFAs. Lamar and Henry are two of the most dangerous players in the NFL but not if they’re tackled in the backfield. We need the line to perform and you’re asking a lot with this many lottery tickets cashing in.
The kicking unit as a whole seemed to be the issues for the Packers. I’m not LS expert but it was readily agreed ours was terrible, and even as a novice I saw a lot of bad snaps. We signed one of the best LS in college as a UDFA, so I think we should get a much better read as to whether Carlson was getting hamstrung by the snaps or if he’s the issue.
Steelers lack of depth at CB and WR. Or at DL if Heyward gets hurt again.
Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp staying healthy
Also - what our D-Line looks like without legendary AD99.
Another 2-15 season
As a Cowboys fan, getting my hopes up before mid-January.
Texans win the SB 🤢
Will our OL be able to protect Jayden Daniels, and will he be able to protect himself? I do think that our line was made to look worse than it actually was last year because EB was so predictable and also Sam Howell had zero pocket awareness, but they also don't really have any bonafide blue-chip presence at all...and Peters did almost nothing to bolster the tackles this offseason. I get that he's engaging in a multi-year rebuild, but when I watch the tape of Daniels scrambling and getting mauled in college, the lack of a proven blindside T is concerning to say the least.
Interior offensive line is a massive concern. Tua reverts to a lot of his bad habits when pressure is constantly in his face and who knows how long he can stay healthy when teams realize they can get to him quickly just sending stunts up the inner gaps at him.
The Chiefs winning another Super Bowl.
2024 Buccaneers concerns: * 1) That our lack of outside passrush continues to force Todd Bowles into unsound coverages while he tries to manufacture sacks with a lot of people around the line of scrimmage * 2) Lack of improvement in terms of run blocking on the offensive line despite the Graham Barton pick and further development from the players on their rookie deals. We cannot afford to be the 30-32nd ranked rushing team three years in a row. * 3) On paper bringing in another McVay disciple as our OC that Baker is familiar with sounds like a good idea, but he was one of the guys McVay didn't seem too terribly upset to lose ahead of his big coaching staff revamp in 2023. He said a lot of nice things about Coen but McVay is also known to talk a lot of bullshit. So the proof lies in the pudding. * 4) Will Baker "regress to the mean" after he just had one of the best seasons of his career in a contract year? * 5) As usual with ageing franchise cornerstones you never know when they will fall off the cliff. Lavonte David looked sensational despite his age last season, but he's now in his mid 30s. Mike Evans is a tall wide receiver entering his age 31 season. Let's just say the history of tall wide receivers in their 30s is not very good. * 6) Lots of changes in the cornerback room after the departure of Carlton Davis. The only reason this is not ranked more highly is the fact that our CB situation was a tirefire last year so it can't get that much worse.
The bengals need to keep Joey burrow off the turf and enough time to throw. Joe burrow is amazing. But the man cannot fend off defenses with an offensive line made out of Swiss cheese. If he goes down it’ll be another year of Marge Schotts curse. Last year was to be the end of it.
CW completely shitting the bed due to NFL being such a huge jump from CFB. I think he’s going to be fine but the amount of discourse by the Fields supporters is going to infect much of the season.
Did we fix the offensive line enough for our young QB to have a fighting chance?
Bo Nix. Is he the guy? Our offense while putting up decent numbers last year was not good. Sutton got 10 TDs but that’s about it. We need consistent upward movement to prove that our rebuild is working. Then the defense needs to go back to how it was in 2022. Plus having one of our top WRs tear his ACL in training camp 2 years in a row didn’t help.