QB is going to be a curious one as well neither of the #2 guys seemed to do well and neither have been looking good in camp either.

Dalton might be washed at this point really concerning to see a veteran of his caliber struggle so much against backups.

McKee something has just seemed off all offseason

Have to wonder if Cole Payton will get a serious look at being QB 2

48 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Think we go 6 WR's at the expense of a TE spot. Gut feeling. Mattwill said Lemon to IR which is a possibility for now. QB's no need to make a hasty decision yet. Lots of time to go/regroup for alot of these guys. Everyone making knee jerk reactions after 1 pre game. Lampkin needs to be on the 53 IMO, but he needs to keep playing well. I will say it again, Wick's is going to surprise alot of people. Pre 2 will tell us alot more

I’m honestly thinking 4 TEs over 6 WRs…. Latu just makes a ton of sense for us as TE4 really good ST player and even played FB for us… was our best blocking TE last season as well.

Guess we could not to try and sneak Latu on the PS and call him up similar to what I think we will try with Johnny Wilson.

3 hours ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

QB is going to be a curious one as well neither of the #2 guys seemed to do well and neither have been looking good in camp either.

Dalton might be washed at this point really concerning to see a veteran of his caliber struggle so much against backups.

McKee something has just seemed off all offseason

Have to wonder if Cole Payton will get a serious look at being QB 2

Way too early for Payton to be QB2.

11 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Way too early for Payton to be QB2.

Possibly but he is also the only QB that showed anything in the first preseason game…. Think he at least deserves to be in the competition for that.

1 hour ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Possibly but he is also the only QB that showed anything in the first preseason game…. Think he at least deserves to be in the competition for that.

He showed two things, (1) the ability to scramble, and (2) the tendency to bail early.

Its way too small a data sample to draw any conclusions.

i'm sure we will get a bunch of sensational stories coming out about the joint practices with the Pats the next couple days as if the season hinges on them.

18 hours ago, mattwill said:

He showed two things, (1) the ability to scramble, and (2) the tendency to bail early.

Its way too small a data sample to draw any conclusions.

Did I say give him the job? I said let him in on the competition. Again easily the best QB we had in the preseason and that’s with two proven guys in front of him playing backups not showing anything.

Tough 7x7 period for Jalen Hurts and the Eagles offense against the Patriots D. I counted three interceptions on two different periods. Patriots safety Craig Woodson had two interceptions. Marcus Jones had another that would have been a pick-six.

obviously siri O handcuffing counterproductive for future HOF qb.

1 hour ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Did I say give him the job? I said let him in on the competition. Again easily the best QB we had in the preseason and that’s with two proven guys in front of him playing backups not showing anything.

I don’t agree with your final sentence. He has been better than the drafted QBs from 2025 and 2024, but that’s as far as I’m willing to go. I’m pleased with what I’ve seen, but need a whole lot more input to come to the same conclusion you have come to.

23 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I don’t agree with your final sentence. He has been better than the drafted QBs from 2025 and 2024, but that’s as far as I’m willing to go. I’m pleased with what I’ve seen, but need a whole lot more input to come to the same conclusion you have come to.

159 total yards of offense against the Ravens and 1 TD….

82 of those yards came from Payton and the only TD….

The to proven guys did nothing Payton was easily our best QB that just being objectively unbiased based off the performance of the team

2 hours ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

obviously siri O handcuffing counterproductive for future HOF qb.

That has to be false because Hurts was the star of the 7 vs 7 "pro" Bowl(aka flag wussie ball) with no rushers and 30 seconds to make your decisions 🤣. Tomorrow I cross the threshold from being a "senior citizen" to a "living fossil" 👩‍🦽Cremation will be my last shot at a smokin' hot body

2 hours ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

obviously siri O handcuffing counterproductive for future HOF qb.

Welp,that's it then, Payton is starting, the other 3 are riding pine 😂

1 hour ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

159 total yards of offense against the Ravens and 1 TD….

82 of those yards came from Payton and the only TD….

The to proven guys did nothing Payton was easily our best QB that just being objectively unbiased based off the performance of the team

How many of those yards were broken play scrambles?

40 minutes ago, mattwill said:

How many of those yards were broken play scrambles?

Thats part of the game the ability to use his legs was a selling point…. How many broken plays happen throughout the nfl…. How many broken plays does hurts convert because of his legs, mahomes master of the broken plays

At the end of the day only one of our QBs was making plays and was the best in the preseason game it was Payton…. And honestly think it is far more concerning that Dalton and McKee looked so bad barely able to move the ball against backups….

the fact neither Dalton or McKee have been doing great in camp either yea I’d definitely shake up the competition and give Payton a serious look.

I need to see more of Payton. But yeah, he's definitely the winner out of the BU QB's to this point.

The problem we as fans face in making any evaluations, much less coming to knee-jerk conclusions is that we have no idea what the focus or objective of the coaches chosen drills/plays is, so expecting to reach some kind of informed outcome is just silly. The primary focus of the coaches is to put players in competitive situations with some structure so the coaches can get good tape for evaluations. The outcome of each respective play is pretty irrelevant. The process of the play trumps the outcome.

1 hour ago, mattwill said:

The problem we as fans face in making any evaluations, much less coming to knee-jerk conclusions is that we have no idea what the focus or objective of the coaches chosen drills/plays is, so expecting to reach some kind of informed outcome is just silly. The primary focus of the coaches is to put players in competitive situations with some structure so the coaches can get good tape for evaluations. The outcome of each respective play is pretty irrelevant. The process of the play trumps the outcome.

So true. Excellent explanation.

3 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

3 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

🎼Those Were the Days🎼

On 8/18/2026 at 2:59 PM, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Really nothing all that surprising so far with Stowers everyone knew coming out he was not up to par as a blocker. As for him as a receiver probably take him some time to adjust to the NFL I’m thinking we start to see Stowers flash toward the end of the regular season as a receiver.

The highlight so far of our draft class is Bell who is looking like an early stud on the OL and will likely get meaningful playing time this season with Lane likely to miss time.

Got to be careful pumping Bell all in noise that. Film break down wasn’t great on his part. Big guy….with plenty of positives…but his weaknesses? Huge guy mauling people in the run game if he connects? Check there entire time. Book seems fairly clear with him.

On 8/18/2026 at 2:59 PM, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Really nothing all that surprising so far with Stowers everyone knew coming out he was not up to par as a blocker. As for him as a receiver probably take him some time to adjust to the NFL I’m thinking we start to see Stowers flash toward the end of the regular season as a receiver.

The highlight so far of our draft class is Bell who is looking like an early stud on the OL and will likely get meaningful playing time this season with Lane likely to miss time.

11 pass blocking snaps and zero pressures. Pretty good start!

2 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Got to be careful pumping Bell all in noise that. Film break down wasn’t great on his part. Big guy….with plenty of positives…but his weaknesses? Huge guy mauling people in the run game if he connects? Check there entire time. Book seems fairly clear with him.

You just sound stupider and stupider pushing the Bell hate because you don’t like the kid…. Give it a rest nobody cares you hate him…. Nothing but positives have come out about him all offseason.

On top of playing well(one of the very few) that did against the ravens.

For a player that is soooo flawed and known weaknesses Bell should be easily one of the worst looking players yet that ain’t the case doesn’t even make sense to judge a 21-22 year old that is still learning and growing especially when all he has done to date is impress

Offense seems to be struggling all camp and in the preseason and now against the Pats in joint practice. You expect to the defense to be ahead but still concerning we are struggling as badly as we are.

Hurts also has looked bad what 6ints so far in 2 days of joint practice with the Pats. Not trying to overreacted to much this early but have to hope we start to show something on the O side in the coming weeks even if it just glimpses