4 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Baun's price keeps going up and up.

It's been good to see Dean's growth. And he didn't have an injury history in college, but was recovering from injury at the time of the draft which is why he fell to us. This is now his 2nd injury with us right? Unfortunately just can't rely on him going forward and have to prepare. Sign Baun, see how the others develop and draft a LB or at least sign a free agent. Add a top DE prospect in the draft and that should help as well.

This is at least his fourth. Last year he had a foot sprain and then a lis franc. 

Just now, NOTW said:

Baun's price keeps going up and up.

It's been good to see Dean's growth. And he didn't have an injury history in college, but was recovering from injury at the time of the draft which is why he fell to us. This is now his 2nd injury with us right? Unfortunately just can't rely on him going forward and have to prepare. Sign Baun, see how the others develop and draft a LB or at least sign a free agent. Add a top DE prospect in the draft and that should help as well.

Just looking at the upcoming FA class and it's very uninspiring. One name that sticks out is Nick Bolton. Huge draft crush for me. Has improved every year in KC. I don't know if they let him get away, but if Baun's price gets too high, I wouldn't mind going after the younger player in FA. 

I'm looking at a guy like Cody Simon from Ohio State in the draft. Mid-round guy

4 minutes ago, Swoop said:

So you think Hurts played well, then?

Oh so you think he should be perfect, 100% completion rate and 10 TD passes, huh!

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This is at least his fourth. Last year he had a foot sprain and then a lis franc. 

It’s very hicks-esque. Hicks finally stayed relatively healthy after he left here. 

McCarthy with Williams?

11 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

 

 

 

 

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

Oh so you think he should be perfect, 100% completion rate and 10 TD passes, huh!

11, obviously 

15 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Didn’t seem like it. Besides Dean, the injuries were just contact and the packers being soft as a pillow

FYP

15 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Hurts is absolutely at least 65% robot 

So, 100% cyborg   

Watch Kellen Moore get the Cowboys job

3 hours ago, KINGnabb said:

I know right, it wasn't that serious.  I'm just laughing because that Author must be on Cloud 9.  His book shot to #1 in multiple categories now, lol.   AJ should start a Book Club, lol.  

 

He should definitely troll these idiots and bring a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey or something to the next game.

2 minutes ago, Swoop said:

11, obviously 

I don't think Hurts was particularly good Yesterday, but I also don't understand why we didn't mix in some more intermediate passes to clear the box out for the run, knock some rust off and make the defense cover something different. The Packers ran a lot of disguised coverages showing one deep and then dropping into two deep post snap, which makes the complete absence of slants all game even more mystifying. 

It's like we have a smaller playbook than anyone else and we've already emptied it out, our screen game is the most predictable in the league, you can see it coming a mile away. 

9 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I listened to this part of the press conference live and I thought Jalen hit it spot on. he talked about this season the passing game has been very choppy. That’s how I would describe it. with the amount of weapons they have on offense and their OL being as great as it is, it shouldn’t be this choppy as consistently as it has with the passing game. Even yesterday it was this. They started off the game 6 for 13 passing the ball. They finished the game 7 for 8. Maybe knocking off some of the rust hope them later in the game to not be as choppy. But I would argue from like the Dallas game (in Dallas) thru the Carolina they had been very choppy in the pass game. Steelers it look like the might have turned the corner and then hurts got concussed against Washington 

Actually started 6 for 6, then 0 for 7, then 7 for 8.

Reminded my of the Baltimore game, where the offense disappeared in the third quarter then showed up again to put the game away.

Last three possessions - TD, FG, FG.

40 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Better than an ACL at least

How so?

2 minutes ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

I don't think Hurts was particularly good Yesterday, but I also don't understand why we didn't mix in some more intermediate passes to clear the box out for the run, knock some rust off and make the defense cover something different. The Packers ran a lot of disguised coverages showing one deep and then dropping into two deep post snap, which makes the complete absence of slants all game even more mystifying. 

It's like we have a smaller playbook than anyone else and we've already emptied it out, our screen game is the most predictable in the league, you can see it coming a mile away. 

They're setting it up for a bomb to AJ... it's gonna happen... it will... it will... trust me bro.

F. Now the Cowboys might hire James Franklin, this is a disaster. If they hire him, just forget about the next 10 years, because our Super Bowl chances are over.

5 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

McCarthy with Williams?

I'm amazed it was ever in doubt he was gone, yes he lost Dak midway but they were already in a 3-5 hole and embarrassing themselves in home games at that point. I expected him to be out the door the day the season ended. 

 

 

7 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Watch Kellen Moore get the Cowboys job

And then we'll hear different takes:

• Hurts hasn't had a consistent OC
• It's always been Siri's offense anyway
• It doesn't matter who the OC is, Hurts limits them/it's Hurts offense
• It's not Hurts fault, the new OC sucks

We finally have a top defense, elite offensive roster of top O line, WRs and RB. Can we just be normal at QB?

 

7 minutes ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

I don't think Hurts was particularly good Yesterday, but I also don't understand why we didn't mix in some more intermediate passes to clear the box out for the run, knock some rust off and make the defense cover something different. The Packers ran a lot of disguised coverages showing one deep and then dropping into two deep post snap, which makes the complete absence of slants all game even more mystifying. 

It's like we have a smaller playbook than anyone else and we've already emptied it out, our screen game is the most predictable in the league, you can see it coming a mile away. 

For the life of me, I can't figure out why their screen game is so bad. They have the best and one of the most athletic OL in the game, the best OL coach in the game and a RB who has a history of being a great pass catcher yet somehow they can't get out of their own way on screens.

To make things worse, they'd rather rely on their WR blocking on screens. None of it makes sense.

2 hours ago, RLC said:

Dan and I are aligned that Kellen Moore is the problem. 

The question is "What can be done about it?”

My answer is that all those plays were slow developing plays oriented toward achieving a splash result.  Green Bay deployed their secondary to keep the receivers in front of them.  Well then, take the short completions … the quick release completions.

So will Trotter get some burn? For some reason I trust him more than Burks...not sure why.

Random thoughts on a game that alternated between feeling like a blowout to a blown lead, back and forth, until the the 4th quarter.

OFFENSE

- I'm calling this a C+ game for Jalen, but it was just weird all the way around. Start 6/6, then go 0/7, then close out 7/8 in the 2nd half to end up 13/21 for 131 yards and 2 TDs. Obviously the best stat is the lack of turnovers as compared to the competition. He missed on the fake brotherly shove (only incompletion of the 2nd half), but other than that I'm not convinced there were a ton of open guys he was missing. It really felt like Kellen Moore crapped the bed for a long period in this game. I HATED the swing pass call to Barkley on 3rd and 5 on our 2nd drive -- I know DeVonta is tough, but let's stop with plays that have him as a lead blocker. On our 3rd drive, we go 3 straight incompletions after 1st and 10 at the GB 13 -- it didn't seem like anyone was open. But just when we seem dead, they finally get Jalen out of the pocket and he connects with Smitty for a long gain, and 2 plays later he audibles to the screen to Goedert for a TD (not a great throw, hell of a catch and run). The disappointing part was this game could/should have been over in the 1st half. Give GB's defense a ton of credit as it seemed they were very well prepared, but I put this 75% on play calling. Moore was just bad, but at least we finally scored on our last 3 real drives to end the game. The defense bailed them out long enough.

- Saquon is just a beast -- it didn't seem like he had a great game but ended up with 119 that could have been 178 had he gone to the house at the end. I thought the OL played well most of the game but did struggle with some of the pressures in the 2nd quarter. 

- AJ really did block his butt off, and Smitty had a few grabs. Overall it didn't seem like they were getting open. I don't know why we hate calling slants to AJ -- they are damn near unstoppable. And nice to know Dotson is still alive. Again, it feels like the lack of production is mainly on the play calling.

- I had forgotten what an upgrade Goedert is over Calcaterra. That TD was a thing of beauty -- the catch, the stiff arms, all of it. 

- The illegal motion penalty on Smitty (negated a 1st down run by Jalen) and the lack of a PI when Goedert got mauled were ridiculous.

DEFENSE

- Nolan Smith just abused a 1st team all pro RT (I kinda wanted Lane to start yelling "is this your 1st team all-pro, PFF?"). The 2 sacks were awesome, but he's so physical taking on blocks for a smaller guy. He's really starting to remind me of BG. He is without a doubt our best pass rusher.

- Jalyx Hunt seemed to get some pressure and play a solid game. Sweat didn't so much, and Huff with his one snap played. Going to need more from Sweat going forward.

- Carter was a monster per usual -- on Jacobs' long run to the half yard line, I thought Carter was going to blow it up he penetrated so quickly. But Jordan Davis had a great game, and Williams and Ojomo played outstanding as well. I am getting a little too fired up about Ojomo -- he is becoming a real problem for offenses. Clearly these guys all benefited from the Packers' injuries, but they dominated the game.

- Just so bummed for Nakobe -- he was having such a monster year. Burks gives effort but missed too many tackles. I want to see Trotter Jr. get a shot at that job next week. Burks was better against Dallas and NYG, but still.

- Baun just keeps making money every week. 

- Slay had perfect coverage on that INT, and I'm glad Q finally got one. The PI call on Q was iffy at best. Love averaged only 6.4 YPA and threw 3 picks -- that's domination by the secondary. Did Alex Smith actually call our secondary the weak link before the game? Why do they put people on TV to talk about football if they don't watch football.

- Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many missed tackles.

COACHING

- Fangio won this game for us and bailed out Nick and Kellen. Simple as that.