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"not season ending" and "hopefully he can play week 1" feel like different vibes.

do practice squad players get Super Bowl rings too?

just awesome! Marv is sharp as ever and seems to be living his best life. He's ready for the SB winning party too!

he's back! I do love #97! Line him up next to Walker and let's roll

In other words, we're a few weeks away from him signing with Dallas and hearing about how Dallas is home, Cowboys are where he always wanted to be, etc.

I was kind of shocked they didn't draft Cooper DeJean He seemed like a McDermott type player through and through.

I wish someone in the media would ask coach McDermott whether preseason really matters anyway (worded better than that, but that gist). NFL coaches obsess over every detail of every day, so the idea that all the practices, all the film sessions, and the games where young guys trying to make the team have the chance to step up "doesn't matter because it's preseason" would probably send him on a rant/tirade. It matters where you park your car. How you walk into the facility. The temperature of the coffee at 4AM when you show up. The song you listen to on the way in to work. The number of leaves in the lettuce in your salad. And so on.... I wouldn't be shocked if an NFL HC counted the number of ice cubes in the ice bath for optimal efficiency.

I really wish this was like Madden where there's a bunch of 82-84 OVR DBs always ready to sign... it always felt like cheating but hey

Wow! I had this memory in my head of him being amazing in the playoffs. I guess it was based on the KC game. Wow! I had this memory in my head of him being amazing in the playoffs. I guess it was based on the KC game.

Gabe is what we all want: another guy who shows up for the playoffs. It's like he has a superpower where he becomes unstoppable, but only in January (and hopefully February too).

I read on here that preseason doesn't matter, so someone ought to clue coach McDermott in on that ASAP before he makes an emotional roster decision.

I cannot stand Lafleur or his ridiculous dodgeball team.

I get that they aren't scheming up exotic gameplans, but guys are just getting beat out there, and that's the main issue. We don't really care, and Bosa (big yawn on the sidelines which we can all relate to) doesn't care but the guys on the field are getting to live the dream and are trying to make every rep count to build their career as NFL players. You drop a ball as a WR it might be the only opportunity you get that game for a number of reasons totally unrelated to dropping the ball. Maybe you get subbed out. Maybe you were only going to get a few drives and the ball only came your way once. And you dropped it. You don't think that matters to that player? Just listen to McDermott after the game. He was disappointed and expected more from the guys out there, even hinting that they might have to see who is out there to sign.

I get "it's preseason" but I also think some on here underestimate how competitive these guys are. They fight at training camp practices because tempers run hot. They want to crush each other at Fortnite, table tennis, basketball, golf, checkers... These high profile athletes (backups or not) are simply not wired to suit up, go onto the football field in front of thousands of people plus those watching on TV and allow themselves to be embarrassed, pushed around, and pancaked "because it's just preseason" and "we're just backups anyway." A lot of these guys are trying to make the team, trying to put good things on film in case they are cut loose in a couple weeks. This is their career. If players don't screw around and dog it because "it's just practice" then why would they do so in a game? So I think there are concerns, such as getting little pressure from the DL. This is a continuing theme. So is the coverage. With Allen we can score enough points and put enough pressure on the other team that we win games. But what we saw is more of the same. None of this means the team won't look much different in the regular season, obviously. But you'd like to see some signs of life from the DL especially. Or WRs not dropping passes. Or DBs not getting abused out there.

Joey.. Watch that jaw on the yawn!