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Where's his happy face?

Wowzer

Torrence doing his John Hannah impression

Need a go to guy

But he's a game manager

Lots

Boys having fun

No. It's Ed Reed.

Bishop is first team all pro today

Two great plays in a row. Hey maybe he's good.

Bishop saw that from the get go

Odd that Titans signed him to a big K through 2027.

Hawes is our go to guy lol

Why time out?

I think he needs to know how to run routes. If he could do that he'd be Drake London. Drake had years of coaching in a big program to learn how to run routes. Keon not so much. Drake lines up 85% outside. His estimated 40 time is 4.58 - that's Keon territory. They are both big WRs. Watching Drake I think you see how and why this O needs a go to guy. That could transform the passing game. Josh has always done well with go to guys - in their own way Bease and John Brown were go to guys. Diggs absolutely was his go to guy. Whose our go to guy? I guess it's either everybody or nobody. If he were healthy Ridley could be that for us.

Had to know Pats would pick that up

I thought he was a quarterback.

I think they mistook him for Drake London who lines up outside 85% of the time and whose projected 40 time is 4.58 - he didn't run it at the combine. Except again London had years to learn route running in a big program.

Like everybody else I have been exasperated by the defensive alignments and playcalls at certain crucial intervals over the years. Some have been downright inexplicable otherwise than as errors. But overall I don't think the defence has been bad year over year and I feel that McD is better on that side of the ball than on the other whether you like his scheme/philosophy or not. I expect the D to be improved by crunch time. I also think they probably did the right thing prioritizing the D in the last draft and I look forward to seeing the results. I'm not sure they had any choice. Having said that I think this team needs to score points to win. The D is not good enuf to support an underperforming offence. It's also a question of simply going with your best shot, which is your elite signal caller. If you turn him into a game manager you may be depreciating his unique skill set. If you deprive him of one or more quality assets in the passing game I just don't think that you can seriously pursue a championship. Last year's draft was D focused. Very likely the O, and specifically the need for WRs, will be addressed in next years draft.

Ok. My own view is that I trust McD to improve the D by playoff time and sure I'd like Simmons too. But I don't trust this receiver group such as it is. They need an X who can serve as your #1 receiver at a bare minimum. Depending on the number of looks he gets maybe Shakir can be your #2 (I think his targets are down about a third from this time last year). I have to wonder whether this passing game is one that best suits Josh. If as you suggest they don't move on a WR now I think we will find out whether that's the case or not.

As others have mentioned Ridley is nursing a hammy and has missed like three games already. He is not being held out because of a pending trade. This type of injury can resolve fairly quickly or it can last a while. He's under contract through 2027 so maybe you pick him up more with a view to the future than for what he may be able do for you now. It's sort of unfortunate given that he has been a durable player and he is a complete receiver. Led the league in air yards last year for what that is worth.

Not an expert by any means but my impression is that the real problem with his not getting open/ creating separation is maybe less a lack of speed and quickness and more the absence of the required footwork/refined pacing, which in the absence of raw speed is a necessity. Not to say that it cannot be developed but that's just not part of his background and coaching. Hard to learn from scratch at this level of play.

Yep. Just ask Kaden Prather. They can resolve or they can linger. Agreed. He’s not just being held out.

Some have mentioned Calvin Ridley as possible (subject to cap). He's not Waddle but he's an X and actually pretty versatile, a more complete receiver than Shaheed.

I don't know that at this stage in his career Keon is able to succeed playing as a dedicated X against a good D, if that is what they intend. In terms of physical attributes, including a slow 40, I think of him like A. Boldin, who did line up outside. But Boldin came to the NFL as a more polished product after a successful career at FSU and was known to be a good route runner. Keon is raw as talents go,