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Our D got crushed every playoff exit we had the past 3 years. How do you win Championships that way?

White started because we traded Darby and let Gilmore walk. We were in a rebuild and he had time to learn. Wallace was pressed into action and did pretty well considering. Still the team had time to let him play and learn because we were in a transition building this team. Same can be said for a lot of players. Allen, Edmunds, Dawkins, Johnson. These guys all learned on the field because roster was thin and they had time to develop them that way. We even leaned on Robert Foster at one point. Even Knox, he was brought in later but no one really here to keep him on the bench so he had to learn. Rosters changed as years went on and brings more competition. The more we hear McD give the playbook excuse to use average vets and not his rookies. Ed had a slow learning process, in and out of the lineup. Aj and Boogie hardly ever see the field but we haven’t seen anybody really standout above them. Just average play. We seen this with other positions as well, RB, WR come to mind last year. This process is not getting our most talented players ready for the biggest stage, playoffs. Might be why our D gets crushed every year we face a solid QB. Elam might have been our best DB in playoffs, not sure we get by Miami without him on the field. Sad thing is if he seen the field more during regular season he might have been even better. But McD stuck with Dane despite him getting toasted every week. He also stuck with McKenzie despite his ***** play and kept Shakir on the bench. H

Yeah that’s why Gardner is an all pro and Dane was every QBs whipping boy on third down. You gotta cover your zone, if a WRs in there hes your man.

Speed don’t win if it’s your only attribute. You gotta do more then just run.

What’s the combined reception total between Sherfield, Harty and Izabella. They must have about 12 years between them all, my guess would be below 175 without looking up stats. Speed means nothing if they can’t produce

Dane sucked last year, Elam outplayed him. This is your coach giving the veteran player the benefit of the doubt and McD has done it time and time again. Want to know why our rookies hardly make an impact, because they are in and out of the lineup like ***** yo-yos. When McD took over he had to play the young players and now they are the backbone of our team, the past few years he’s been babying these guys for mediocre vets. Dane and Elam are just another example of that.

If that’s the one thing we can trust McD on you think spending a first round pick on CB who could crack the starting lineup would be pretty easy. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Oh, give me a break. Last year Dane was a bigger liability on third down then Ryan Gosling in Remember the Titans

You do realize at one point last season we had a CB rotation last year. When have you ever seen that in the NFL? Just put the kid on the field and let him play, stop ***** babying him ffs. If he don’t got it we’ll know shortly. One thing we do know is Dane doesn’t have it. It makes no sense at this point.

Sending Dane out when he was absolutely abused at the position last year isn’t the way. We know what we got with this guy on Sundays and it isn’t close to good enough. It’s easier to learn through reps then in a classroom

We say that about all our draft picks. 😂

Sounds like our WRs picking up where they left off last season

I thought Elam played better last year. Definitely made bigger plays to help this team out. Benford seen action in about 10 games and started over half. He seen the field more but never made as many stand out plays.

But that’s how this team works sometimes. Last year at times we seen Jackson on the field playing zone and Elam getting sent out when we were playing man. First time ever I seen a CB rotation. A few years ago when Gore was playing it got to the point he never stepped on the field unless it was short yardage situation and most of the times he got the ball. There are times we have gotten very predictable because of our player rotation

He’s definitely getting paid under the table.

He’s feeling the pressure already

Our CBs did not have a good year last season, Elam seemed to be the only guy that made plays. He just rarely seen the field

Great, by week 3 everybody will know our gameplan

Maybe he just practices better because it wasn’t really shown on the field last year. Elam seemed to play better when given the opportunity. Definitely made more plays for us.

One meal a day, some candy and probably a pretty ***** intense workout. Doesn’t seem unreasonable for him to stay in shape that way.

Burrow is overrated because of where he was drafted. Media always wants their opinion to be right, doesn’t matter what they done for you lately. Fact is there isn’t a player in the league who is asked to do as much for their team as Josh. Kid is a beast and under different circumstances he’d be the clear cut #1 player in the league. McD knows they hit gold so they have constantly neglected the O so he can beef up his D.

His turnovers pushed him outside the top 10

All the RBs complaining about money, they can blame all the rule changes for player safety. The league has changed the rules drastically to keep QBs and WRs from getting popped. Tough yards to not exist anymore, the game is soft.

Well that sucks. Hope Beane hits on one of these guys or we will be having the same conversations next season.

Dalton hasn’t proved anything on Sunday. Zay Jones had great college hands, how’d it pan out on Sunday. You don’t know until they prove it. Gabe can sit on the bench behind Dhop the whole season. Loyalty only goes so far if your doing your job and Gabe has been very inconsistent