Looks to me like my former boy ASmith is on the ropes to be cut. If it came down to a final roster spot and I had to choose between him and my new boy MJ I would take MJ all day. ASmith very disappointing. Yes I realize injury kept him down. Dotson stays, maybe new acquisition Marshall and I feel Marshall needs to work harder. He has talent but seems a bit lazy. I don't think that will be tolerated on this team. Hurts was starting to build chemistry with Wilson when he went down. ASmith could find himself on the PS unless he kicks things up into overdrive. I would suspect on the PS he would be poached. The talent has always been there, but really if you can't progress here IDK where else he could go(maybe a BU with Hams team the 9ers or the Saints). A team needing WR depth would be glad to take him away from us. We shall see. With all the lost players, things will be super interesting to watch. I'm calling for the division title and 11 wins despite the tougher schedule. I'm going to call our team scheme PTSD(Patience Through Superb Domination), with some tweaks(aka a little more passing) in the KISS offense. I hate this lull, but I am excited already to get this SB team back in the saddle again

20 hours ago, mattwill said:

You failed to link your source. As you have provided it, it has no provenance.

You need to do better.

Just gave you all that intel…:so you can try and do better yourself

7 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

WHY? In music a maestro has hundreds of influences. If he only studied under one, he would simply be a clone, not a maestro. Hurts constant little "tips" from all his HC's and OC's are all coming together now as he puts his game together. You know all that stuff we were labeled haters for?

Hurts being stuck in a crap scheme under coaching that couldn’t provide answers just stunted his development and learning curve. Look at the huge leap forward just from a mediocre Moore.

2 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Just gave you all that intel…:so you can try and do better yourself

I not only provided Spags’ quoted words (intel as you call it), I provided a video (and it’s URL) of the interview Spags’ words came from.

You really are slipping.

58 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

WHY? In music a maestro has hundreds of influences. If he only studied under one, he would simply be a clone, not a maestro. Hurts constant little "tips" from all his HC's and OC's are all coming together now as he puts his game together. You know all that stuff we were labeled haters for?

The same is true of authors and poets, and virtually all artists.

51 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Hurts being stuck in a crap scheme under coaching that couldn’t provide answers just stunted his development and learning curve. Look at the huge leap forward just from a mediocre Moore.

That is your opinion. Lots of people have a different opinion. That is what makes the world go round.

You treat football with the biases that come from worshiping at the altar of your beliefs. Try walking in someone else’s shoes for a change.

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

The same is true of authors and poets, and virtually all artists.

1 hour ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

WHY? In music a maestro has hundreds of influences. If he only studied under one, he would simply be a clone, not a maestro. Hurts constant little "tips" from all his HC's and OC's are all coming together now as he puts his game together. You know all that stuff we were labeled haters for?

Hater because you weren’t realizing how much was coaching and scheme holding things back. Like all those barely fans blaming everything on the QB. You stated Hurts can’t throw over the middle. But never cared to actually just realize we utilized a two TE set with a blocking TE…or a three WR set with blocking WR in the Slot. Rosie just kept failing over and over to find another decent WR also. But let’s not let facts actually get in your way.

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

That is your opinion. Lots of people have a different opinion. That is what makes the world go round.

You treat football with the biases that come from worshiping at the altar of your beliefs. Try walking in someone else’s shoes for a change.

Exactly what we were talking about with Kupp. Something FL just can’t understand. Guy spent his whole NFL career in an elite O scheme under elite coaching. Versus Hurts struggling through all the changes being stuck in the NFLs worst scheme.

So excited for this S room. Just most stacked depth and options I’ve ever seen us have. Blankenship, Mukuba, Brown, McCollum…..Lewis Cine….even Sam.

2 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Hater because you weren’t realizing how much was coaching and scene holding things back. Like all those barely fans blaming everything on the QB. You stated Hurts can’t throw over the middle. But never cared to actually just realize we utilized a two TE set with a blocking TE…or a three WR set with blocking WR in the Slot. Rosie just kept failing over and over to find another decent WR also. But let’s not let facts actually get in your way.

You believe it was "holding things back”. Have you talked to Jalen about it? He has publicly said "sometimes you don’t have to use stuff until you need to use stuff.”

That citation comes at the 33 second mark of the following NFL Films video.

41 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Exactly what we were talking about with Kupp. Something FL just can’t understand. Guy spent his whole NFL career in an elite O scheme under elite coaching. Versus Hurts struggling through all the changes being stuck in the NFLs worst scheme.

Hurts has never said he has struggled through the changes. He has clearly and unequivocally said he has learned from every step on the way.

You are arguing that plain vanilla ice cream is better than vanilla with chocolate chips, or vanilla fudge or French vanilla. Is your plain vanilla better than vanilla with fruits like strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries. Is your plain vanilla better than vanilla with crunchy toppings like chopped nuts, crushed cookies or granola? Sprinkles, and even a drizzle of peanut butter can also elevate a simple scoop of vanilla.

1 hour ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Some can be similar in the sporting arena. I mean I doubt seriously if Serena Williams had one coach her entire career. According to Ham, you should have ONE school teacher from Kindergarten until you get your college degree. I am a self taught bassist. Even at the top of my game(which took YEARS), as a musician, there was always something to learn from someone else. I also shared what I knew with others. There are always people better than you or with different styles to learn from. If you stop learning, you are already defeated. I could only go so far self taught, that's when the real learning started. If I had to guess I would say I learned from 30 others at LEAST. When I taught, I didn't want to teach them MY style. At first I would, then I would tell them to branch out and "see what you can do with this exercise I gave you. Interpret your OWN way"

Best Bassist of all time?

10 hours ago, mattwill said:

You believe it was "holding things back”. Have you talked to Jalen about it? He has publicly said "sometimes you don’t have to use stuff until you need to use stuff.”

That citation comes at the 33 second mark of the following NFL Films video.

Hurts understood Siri didn’t have much X and O knowledge and wasn’t happy Siri was coming back after the third season.

I’ve seen Kip Winger live. Les Claypool and Flea I’ve been much more in awe of live though as bassist.

10 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I met Kip when I knew Alice Cooper(Vincent) Way back when. Vince is an excellent golfer and has a very cool car collection. He lives in Paradise Valley,AZ. He and his wife are super nice people who give back huge to the community. He is nothing at all like his stage presence. Very down to earth

Very intelligent guy

I learned to play guitar from a bass guitarist toured opening up for so many huge bands back in the day. Such a small world. Really so almost could have been you. It was when I lived between Akron and Cleveland.

I was first chair all region tenor saxophone player…more so. Guitar was way too hard for me to ever really learn much of.

Love the Rage against the Machine bassist…but never seen him live unfortunately

6 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Love the Rage against the Machine bassist…but never seen him live unfortunately

Rage bassist joined up with super group Audioslave maybe more familiar with

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

I learned to play guitar from a bass guitarist toured opening up for so many huge bands back in the day. Such a small world. Really so almost could have been you. It was when I lived between Akron and Cleveland.

I am deaf now,so can't hear what you post. I am old school 70's and 80's. The last good band I actually HEARD was Creed