Hang on here a Cotton Pickin’ minute lads, you fellow Rats here must admit that it’s only Bretsky who could come up with “Embrace the Tank,” at this point during the season?
Even our Burger Flipper couldn’t come up with that.
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Hang on here a Cotton Pickin’ minute lads, you fellow Rats here must admit that it’s only Bretsky who could come up with “Embrace the Tank,” at this point during the season?
Even our Burger Flipper couldn’t come up with that.
Management might be embracing the tank but the players aren’t.
Trust me, in the NFL if you have a bad attitude or give bad effort or you don’t spend enough time studying film or working out, you aren’t on the team next year. The players who embrace the tank and don’t give their best effort will be gone.
I say again, tanking is idiotic and embracing the tank is downright stupid and pathetic. There is a pervasive tendency by many dumbasses in here to panic. Go root for the God damned Bears if you have an attitude like that.
I think Guter is the only one who could tank the season - trading productive vets, pushing to have guys put on IR - but he’d have to be confident in his job security. Or he could try to throw The Flower under the bus, if he feels heat. But coaches are usually coaching for their lives.
Losing is a culture. I can embrace the one year reset tank, but you can't allow the players to embrace it. MiLF has to stay on them to WIN. Just like I bitched that fat mike would get a lead and make the D play on its heels and then ask them to ratch the intensity back up when it was a one score game with 2 minutes left, I'll bitch that Gutes is losing guys who know how to win. Culture matters (no, thats not an FYI statement). If you allow the players to accept that losing is OK you will have a problem.
We can embrace it. Gutes can embrace a bad season. The coaches and players can not, and Gutes should have understood that before trading Douglas.
Haha, good one.
Have you been watching the games this season? The way we’ve been looking we’ll be lucky to win another game.
If you don’t want to embrace the tank then don’t embrace the tank. However for the sake of my eye twitching this weekend this Packer fan is embracing the tank, regardless of what you say.
I would agree with all of this.
I think Gutebag expected GB to be bad this year; maybe not as bad as they are but there were reason't he didn't sign a reliable vet WR, or bring in a TE who could actually block.
I also think some vets would have more inssues with the performance than the 1st/2nd year guys. Part of that is even more troubling that we just dumped one of them for not enough when we really didn't have any step in younger backups ready
And Gutebag's presser was complete Shit.
If you listen to Flower, and Barry, those two are coaching their asses off and were not happy with the Rasul Sale
This is absolutely THE key to enjoying the season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flv5nWZgII
Maybe it does all make sense.
Packers are in cap hell this year and cap not great next year. But they can back in good position in 2025.
You take 2023 to see if Love is the next QB, if he isn’t you had a bad year and should be drafting high.
I, as a fan, want us to win every game.
Just board the Tank Bus with me TD :)
I am not at all convinced Jordan Love is the guy. If he's not there are QB coming out next year.
And I'm happy to be wrong. If he is the guy, maybe we get the top OT in the draft, or my wishes, the best WR and top player in the draft.
We're accumulating draft picks; when we decide to win down the road we absolutely need a few Vet Leaders though.
Going to be an interesting ride.
WHAT BITES....my 2nd favorite team is the dam RAMS, and they suck too.f
It sux to have no quality team to cheer for...lol
Tanking has less chance of working in the football though because of the number of players involved. Basketball obviously has the highest chance.
Yes, embrace me, the Tank.
Cos, I don't believe in Love. I never have and I never will. Love’s never worth the pain that you feel.
Who in their right mind would embrace the Tank? Even hookers charge double to do so.
Using a list of the best QB's in 2023 compiled by SI, it's a mixed bag:
1. Pat Mahomes (10)
2. Joe Burrow (1)
3. Josh Allen (7)
4. Jalen Hurts (53)
5. Justin Herbert (6)
6. Trevor Lawrence (1)
7. Lamar Jackson (32)
8. Aaron Rodgers (24)
9. Matt Stafford (1)
10. Dak Prescott (135)
Draft position of last 10 QB's to win Super Bowl:
Pat Mahomes (10)
Matt Stafford (1)
Tom Brady (199)
Pat Mahomes (10)
Tom Brady (199)
Nick Foles (88)
Tom Brady (199)
Peyton Manning (1)
Tom Brady (199)
Russell Wilson (75)
From 2012-2021, 21 QB's have been drafted in the top 10. Only Pat Mahomes has been the starting QB for a Super Bowl winner.
QB's taken in top 10 from 2012-2021:
Andrew Luck
Robert Griffin
Ryan Tannehill
Blake Bortles
Jameis Winston
Marcus Mariota
Jared Goff
Carson Wentz
Mitchell Trubisky
Pat Mahomes
Baker Mayfield
Sam Darnold
Josh Allen
Kyler Murray
Daniel Jones
Joe Burrow
Tua Tagovailoa
Trevor Lawrence
Zach Wilson
Trey Lance
Justin Herbert
The gap between Jordan Love and Joe Burrow is bigger than the gap between Brett Rypien and Jordan Love.
Embrace the tank.
It is a fun exercise to go through these guys and the org, swap the QB in question with Brady, and ask if they would have won anything. I think Tua has a chance despite the assness that is the Dolphins org. They have a great coach presently.
My other take away is don't draft guys from small schools. Who in their right mind didn't think/know Blake Bortles was gonna be a bust? It was so obvious.
I think there's a chance the tank is buried next week. Steelers are 5-3, but their offense is woeful, #30 overall. In 8 games they have 7 TD passes and 6 INT's. Their ground game is averaging 3.7 YPC. Should be a low scoring game the Packers have a good chance of winning if they protect the football.
I have never considered Bortles a bust.....not compared to a lot of the names on that list. Bortles played in an AFCC game and should have won it if not for the officials deciding that Brady deserves every clutch penalty. To be honest if you called the Bortles bust ahead of time you are in the 1% since he was a consensus top 3 pick. I don't quite get why this guy wasn't given more shots ala Carr, Jimmy G and that ilk. He was every bit as good as they were.
Bortles was... not good. Big guy, strong arm, lots of scouts and coaches liked him. The Jags gave him a 3 year extension after their AFCCC run, but cut him one into it. He was a backup/bounced around a bit after that and retired.
Not great for the 3rd overall pick. Khalil Mack was picked 5th that year.