This is exactly my feel. I look at a lot of teams who win and I don’t see them have much better talent we have.
I sometimes tune in on the after show and Alex Brown always talks about the players not being good enough. I’m like, have you seen who the Vikings are playing with?
Sorry man, did you watch the game? How exactly are you “fighting the power” here?
Listen, I just want to cheer for a football team not start a political movement and take down the man. We’ve all got enough “real” problems in our life then to turn this into some revolution I’ve got to deal with. Again, it’s entertainment. If you don’t like it watch something else but don’t blame us watching the game for the loss. I can’t stand this logic.
I mean this sincerely: Does anyone have Roquan Smith PFF rankings or any other statistically meaningful reference of how he's been on the Ravens since coming over? Is he even the highest rated player on this defense?
I'll be honest, I watched him last night and Roquan is solid. Like he was on the Bears. Making tackles but, I didn't really see him playing "Ray Lewis" level football that they were talking about. I just can't think 1 player, even a good one, can make this much of a difference that said, I'm interested to figure this out.
Totally agree, NOBODY thought he was a top linebacker when he was on the Bears. If they did he would have been deemed All Pro which he never was.
To just look at the trade at face value is a gross oversimplification. The trade was the last step in a broken relationship to try to get something for him. The reality it seems is, rightly or wrongly, Poles wasn't sure he wanted to keep Roquan and Roquan got offended, and the relationship ruptured. At that point, we had to salvage anything we can to get something for him rather than just lose him in free agency. Hence the trade. I thought it was totally misrepresented as well.
I also would say, I liked Roquan a lot. Having seen Urlacher and Singletary play before him, I wouldn't say Roquan was that level of a middle linebacker. He was good, but he would absolutely disappear in games and he did have trouble shedding blocks. I"m not at all saying he isn't great but I would also not say he is the best middle linebacker in the league. Seems the pendulum swung the other way on him.
I know it’s easy to say, Bears are terrible at everything but anyone who can’t admit that this defense isn’t doing good things isn’t watching the games. They’re on the right track.
I did a quick look up and from a statistical perspective they’re on par with the Eagles…
Is still say that, you got a huge contract wrapped up in a fine QB. We have a ton of flexibility. Glad we’re not the Broncos or the Giants
Top 10 is harder than it sounds. Example, I think extending Trevor Lawrence is not even a debate but, is he a top 10? Remember he has to be better than one of these:
- Mahomes, Burrow, Allen, Jackson, Hurts, Herbert, Rodgers, Goff, Prescott, Cousins, Stafford
- Not even mentioning Stroud and Purdy since they're just starting out but have better numbers than him this year.
Thank you for a reasonable post. The whole deal this year was “let’s see if Fields can prove it.”
Anytime you say you want to give Fields the full year they act like you’re a naive idiot because they want one of the other QBs.
I do think Fields still has a lot to prove but if Fields can show he can play at a top 15 QB level, you keep him and use those picks to really stack other positions (which you’d be able to!)
Is Harbaugh the answer to the young,innovative offensive coach everyone is begging for in this sub? He’d be here one year and everyone would be asking for him to be fired because his offense isn’t innovative enough.
This is exactly how I feel. Last year we lose that game.
Got it, fair point. I'm maybe giving him too much benefit of the doubt but if you take away that leading question or interpret that question to be "he's not playing (under current circumstances)?" Which is how I interpreted it on first hear, I think it's coherent. Again this is the way real-time conversations work but apparently I'm giving him too much benefit of the doubt.
If he plays like he did yesterday for the next 6 games, that would be 9 games in a row of putting up 25+ points and playing solid. That's enough for me.
I will say, what he needs mixed in there is one or two closing drives in a game. That's the last step for me.
I don't want to go in with another QB rebuild. I'm really not confident in any draft picks. Not sure if it's possible, but I say you draft one of the QBs and then roll with Fields one more year letting the QB develop.