TheBrownBear

I love Allen. First QB we've had that exhibits confidence and swagger since Flutie. Sky is the limit with this kid. He's got the size, arm, athleticism, leadership ability, brains and huevos to be an all-time great. Just needs to learn and refine his game at this level.

I like Sal. Seems like a genuine dude and doesn't just spew declarations out of his azz. He's a nice counterpoint to the other two buffoons doing Bills talk.

That was the first real drive given up by the defense today. They've done their job for the most part.

Not sure if this is a strategy or more just his personal mindset. Josh has serious swag and loves to push the ball downfield in search of the big play. I was pretty distraught when we drafted him over Rosen, but he's absolutely changed my mind. His attitude, charisma and mental makeup paired with his freakish physical gifts scream future superstar to me.

Absolutely! His leadership is invaluable and he's still a stud on the field. Give him a nice 1-2 year deal. He deserves it.

So far, I like what I see, but I'm sure Titan fans were saying the same things about Vince Young and Marcus Mariota.

It was Herculean feat by JA just to escape pressure and get that in the vicinity of Clay, so there's no way I put the blame on Josh for that. At the same time, it wasn't the easiest of catches for a tight end with bad knees. Zay is as much to blame for dropping the prior pass as Clay was for dropping his. Neither were "easy" grabs, but you'd like to think we'd be able to hold on to at least one of them. So, yes, Clay "should" have caught it, but it's easy to see why he didn't.

Zay will go for 1k next year. He's building chemistry with JA, and so long as he keeps working and doesn't quit on plays, JA's athleticism will buy Zay time to get open. I see him as a high end #2 slot guy. Need to find a big fast do everything elite guy and we are set for years to come with Zay and Robert Foster serving the roles of chain mover and deep threat.

Similar in strength, but Allen is a freak athlete. Ben not so much.

The best thing you can do is put it behind you and move forward with your life. Maybe try therapy if you're stuck.

Interesting that the Fitz-led Bucs are completing 44% of their deep throws, given that the lack of a deep ball was always the biggest knock against Fitz.

I'm pro labor and usually not one to side with management, but the players collectively negotiated the current terms of the salary cap and the franchise tag. So, I don't see the Steelers as the "bad guy" here. And in Bell's defense, he made it clear from the get go that he absolutely would not report/play this season if it was under the franchise tag, so, you can't say he screwed his teammates over. The Steelers knew what was at stake when they decided to call Bell's hand. Turns out he wasn't bluffing. Both parties lose in the short term, but it is what it is. Each party made the business decision they felt was right for them. Again, no "bad guy" here IMO. As for how it plays out in the long-term, assuming Bell can get somewhere in the vicinity of $35-40 million in guaranteed cash from his new team (and he should barring collusion), it's hard to say definitively that he made a mistake. And it's not just the possibility of injury that Bell needed to worry about. If he had a subpar season or showed any kind of drop off in performance, he stood to lose a ton of cash on the open market. And who knows, maybe Bell was already feeling the cumulative wear and tear of five seasons or had some minor nagging injuries that were likely to affect his performance this year, and decided it was better to give his body a year of rest, and forfeit the $14mil in exchange for a guaranteed $30mil+.

I guess he doesn't know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams

Close. At 3.9 ypa, 75 attempts only gets him up to 290 yards. We need to get him up to 80+ attempts, maybe even 90, just to be safe.

We only gave up 190 yards in total offense, and 11 first downs. We still managed to lose by 32 points. So I'm not sure if that's a positive or A negative. Also, if our receivers had managed to hold on to the ball, a big if of course, we probably would have had somewhere around 350 yards of offense and another 10 points.

He's our most exciting QB in a long time, especially if you're a fan of horror films.

Great writer. RIP Z.

It's hard not to keep appreciating something this historic. We most likely will never live to see something this putrid again in the history of football. I don't have a problem with 2-3 threads a day noting the various ways in which this offense is historically bad.

When you look at those numbers in the context of the rest of the league, it is amazing that we have managed to win a single game, let alone two.

At this point, a breakout game for Nathan would look like 160 yards 1 TD and 2 Ints (but only one pick six)

I feel the same way. At least the potential of a Peterman train wreck gives me some incentive to watch this week. And there's that very faint glimmer of hope that he somehow turns it around and puts together a solid 4 quarters that he can be proud of some day when he talks to his kids about his stint in the NFL.

This is actually a good point. He has faced a bit of a murderers row and doesn't have any weapons to utilize. He's looked ok in limited minutes against mediocre-to-crap defenses (New Orleans, Indy, etc.).

I agree. Zay was one of the only bright spots on O.

Nice play Benjamin. Didn't have a problem with that block either after the cheap stuff New England's pulled in the past.

I don't know how anyone could draw much of a conclusion on Daboll, good or bad, based on the talent level on the offensive side of the ball. We have like one good playmaker (who happens to be a 30yr old RB) and one serviceable offensive lineman and that's it. We have the worst group of quarterbacks in the league. Our best receiver would be a #3 on most teams and after him I'm not sure if we have another receiver who would be active on Sundays for 75% of the teams in the league. If there ever was someone set up to fail, it's Daboll.