TheBrownBear

I don't really care about the MVP thing, but this is what really frustrates me about the criticism of Josh. Outside of the opener against the Jets last year (where Josh really was putrid), how many games has Allen lost for us in the clutch over the past three years? Have there been any outside of that game? Yet I frequently hear the morons on sports radio or ESPN reference Allen's turnovers giving away important games or that he fails to come through in the clutch and postseason. It's clear that they are just riding along on some prepackaged narrative about Allen and don't ever bother to watch him. Two weeks ago I heard a national radio guy say that Jared Goff was better than Allen, and that he prefers him to Josh, because Goff doesn't make the backbreaking turnover that costs his team big games. 🤡

Brandt picking Josh for MVP??? What's next??? Wait wait don't tell me....Chris Berman picking the Bills and 49ers for the Super Bowl.

Good stuff. Dorsey was a disaster. Who knows how much he's to blame for the pathetic showing on offense against the Bengals in 2022.

Yikes. Here's to a speedy recovery for Pearsall. What a terrible thing to have happen to the young man. And now I'm sweating, since I'll be taking my wife and kids up there on Friday to see the symphony and sightsee. Kids have never been and I haven't seen the city since 2016. Of course, were staying in Union Square.

It was (cheesy and saccharine), but I liked that Joe didn't take the bait. Can sense the kid knows he didn't really accomplish anything yet, and that he's more just focused and eager to get back to work. Lunch pail kinda dude. Yeah, he's from Lancaster and a longshot type, but let's not forget that all of these guys have busted their asses and are working to achieve their dreams.

I think we drop off this year, especially given the schedule. I see 8-10 wins and no playoffs. 🙁

I think this is at least half the story - certainly since 2021.

Agreed. As soon as I saw the tape I absolutely hated the pick. The guy was clearly a stiff. I have no clue what Beane was thinking with that selection. One of the worst of his tenure.

My old stomping grounds!

Hmmnnn. Sounds like a bunch of butthurt dudes who are tired of getting hurdled and trucked by Josh. And I wonder how random the sample of 103 players is.

For a day 3 pick? I would absolutely be interested. He was still working his way back into shape last year after his cancer treatments. There's still plenty of potential there.

I love Bass. Feel for the guy. He's been a great contributor over the years....BUT....this is a results oriented business, I'd be actively looking for his replacement if I were McDermott.

You play the probabilities. Bass is a career 76% kicker from 40+ yards (includes 50+, where he's around 63%). The odds of picking up 4th and 7 are around 43%. Obviously, the analysis doesn't end there. You have to consider expected points, game clock/management, how your offense is playing in the moment and what your opponent has on the other side. Turns out that while having Bass kick was the probabilistically "correct" call, it was a close one according to the chart. Here's a good article discussing these issues: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-fourth-down-conversion-chart-rate-by-distance/vofkeub6xwms6imajxqkfipp

Baylon Spector fits the mold as well. He looked good in limited time last year.

Pretty much, at least as far as us fans go. But the coaches have seen a lot of these guys working with Josh during camp and the reports were mostly positive (before the injuries). I guess I'm just going to look at things through rose colored glasses until reality hits (whatever that may turn out to be) during weeks 1 and 2.

I'm a chicken little by nature, so I obviously feel what JaCrispy is saying, though he's probably more optimistic than I am when looking towards the future. Still, I'll be glued to the team once the season kicks off. I see 6-to-10 wins, all depending on how luck/injuries shake out.

Absolutely. Nice player, but he's not transcendent. If you can get a 2nd or 3rd rounder for a low value position player with drops and ball security issues, you jump at the offer.

I feel this way too, but then I look at the schedule, and I take a hard look at our roster and I'm just 🤷

I can't image that's it. Hell, the Washington Post just ran a story today agreeing with that common sense take.

Well, this sucks and seems like devastating news, but it does quietly make our WR room better by comparison.

Well, FML.

What a picture of her and Damar! I'm not a particularly religious person, but those are two, honest-to-God, miracles. She clearly has a long way to go in her recovery, but it's so heartening to see her out in public again.

The anonymous exec was Brandon Beane himself. Keeping Josh humble, and can reference it in Josh's next extension negotiation. 4D chess, ya see?

This is correct, but I chafe at the idea that they are either/or, or that one is inherently good and the other inherently bad. Sometimes circumstances demand one type of governmental intervention over the other (or even both at the same time). And while Biden is generally more of a demand-side intervention type, the Third Way democrats (Clinton/Gore, Obama) were generally pro-business and minimal regulations (i.e., supply side) guys. I'm not saying you're explicitly doing this here, but just wanted to point out that there is a lot of nuance when it comes to economics that goes over many people's heads.

I agree that unions are far from perfect, and like any large organization/bureaucracy are susceptible to corruption and pure incompetence, and the tendency towards preserving itself as opposed to focusing on its stated founding principles. And I do believe, as my retired labor leader Dad often complains, that they lost focus on their overall goal of protecting and expanding workers' rights, in favor of targeting their resources towards getting Democrats elected, regardless of what said Dem actually promised and delivered for workers. I do understand that instinct, however, since Republicans have long been completely oppositional to rights for your working Joe. But in doing so, they also opened their leadership doors to Leftist ideologues to organize and run their political efforts - people who never broke a sweat in their lives and often viewed the people they were meant to represent with disdain.