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Just win baby!!! Beat the teams we're supposed to beat, make the playoffs, challenge for the division if possible, and let the 2nd season where winner takes all begin.

I think the penalties, not having Milano out there on defense, and the key drops were the difference between 35/42 - 10 and what we got which was 31-21.

"Offense changed when Nick Foles stepped in at QB".....hmmmmm......

Well my apologies then and the bold are some things we do agree on.

Some guys have been the same guy for years. Great, good, middling, or just ST guys their whole career. It doesn't mean they don't work to try and get better, but some guys are just who they are. It also doesn't mean they are regressing. In a QB's case it also does not mean they are regressing if they don't seem to take a step forward every single game. Like we already established, there will be good days and there will be bad days. You hope for more good than bad and you look for growth in your QB. From your statement, if they aren't better every time they step on the field then they are going backward. It's dumb.

Fully healthy, until he's not.

Okay champ, we'll just have to disagree on this one.

All of these guys are young. Allen, Darnold, Jackson, Mayfield, it's hard to pin where any of them end up right now. They've all had some good games and they've all had some bad. Jackson's is made up for in a sense by the fact he can gash your defense for 150 on the ground any given day. Josh Allen can get you some yards on the ground as well, but he also has a flair for the dramatic as he comes up clutch when the team needs him. Mayfield has all the talent in the world, but he needs to check himself, stfu, and just play football. Darnold is likely the most polished of the group at the moment(if there is a thing), despite his atrocious performance last night, and has the potential to be good as well. You can't judge any one of them on a single performance right now, especially one against this year's Pats defense. I expect Lamar to have a completely s*** game against them as well. You have to look at the entire body of work as they continue to learn on the fly and look for growth. I can see growth in Allen, I can see growth in Jackson to a certain extent, I see regression in Mayfield at the moment, and Sam looks no different this year than last imo.

And that's the thing, no one said he was low end. He was a viable NFL starter. That's what I see Darnold's ceiling as.

And Romo was no Marino

But what is he remembered for? Choking in big games maybe? Underachieving when it mattered most? Never being able to quite get over the hump while being on some pretty good teams? I didn't say their numbers would be absolutely identical either, but that is who Sam reminds me of. Is that too hard to comprehend?

This game came to mind, but he had one less INT and still threw for over 200 yards. https://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2007121610/2007/REG15/eagles@cowboys And then there was this gem Romo was putting together before he got pulled against the Panthers the year they, the Panthers, ended up in the SB https://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2015112601/2015/REG12/panthers@cowboys Yes, yes they have. This all originated from my comparison of Darnold to Romo. That is EXACTLY who I see when I watch him play. Romo had a decent career and I expect Darnold to have a decent career, but watching Darnold play is like watching #9 in a Cowboys' jersey all over again.

Can't imagine why he needed help finding a "love connection"

I agree. There's something sketchy about all of this, kinda like some on the dl Asian massage parlor hand j*b.

Maybe he and McDaniels go replace Kitchens and Mayfield in Cleveland?

Good luck with that ......

Do I sense...... Joe, you know you could give two about Scott's feelings.

Not me. My track record about PFF is as consistent as they come. A bunch of dorks making YouTube videos in their mom's basement who all have "online girlfriends"

The Pats expect to be picking 32nd so really it is almost a 3rd Round pick. Either way, they just effed up the market for anyone looking to trade for a WR. BB does it again.

Oh contraire mon frere, Romo had some 5 INT games before. Multiple times. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/shutdown-corner/tony-romo-matches-career-worst-game-five-interceptions-035054191--nfl.html

We all know the hit was Josh's fault because the media said so.

THAT was the Darnold I remembered from USC, especially his Junior year. While all the pundits were acting like he was the greatest QB to enter the league since Peyton Manning, I saw a Tony Romo type of QB and ceiling. Romo was my comparison when we were heading towards the draft in 2018. That's not saying he won't be any good because Tony had a pretty good career, but last night he looked exactly like bad Romo. The pressure rattles him and he makes those wild throws under duress leading to turnovers.

Whom is this Tribisky you speak of?