Week 2 Other Games Thread

[Fritz]

I hate the tush push.

They can't be happy in Iggleland this week.

[run pMc]

How much of a train wreck are the Panthers? Dave Tepper is a terrible owner.
They gave up Caleb Williams, Darnell Wright (or Jalen Carter, after the Bears trade), DJ Moore, plus 2 R2 picks so they could draft Bryce Young over CJ Stroud. When the BEARS have fleeced you in a trade, you know you screwed up.

I liked Young coming out of college, but he's small and that doesn't work well at QB. Bad coaching and a bad OL are going to ruin him.

[Fritz]

How much of a train wreck are the Panthers? Dave Tepper is a terrible owner.
They gave up Caleb Williams, Darnell Wright (or Jalen Carter, after the Bears trade), DJ Moore, plus 2 R2 picks so they could draft Bryce Young over CJ Stroud. When the BEARS have fleeced you in a trade, you know you screwed up.

I liked Young coming out of college, but he's small and that doesn't work well at QB. Bad coaching and a bad OL are going to ruin him.

Excellent point. Davae Tepper is the new Dan Snyder, mebbe. I can't see how Bryce "Short and" Young becomes anything more than a journeyman QB who knocks around the NFL for several years. And that's his ceiling.

Also, Loins' fans licking their wounds this week, but optimistic that they will go to AZ and stifle Kyle Murray while "Only at" Jarad's Goff gets his bad self untracked. Maybe Dan Campbell should take a page from the MLF playbook and run the ball instead of having Goff fling it around 55 times.

[bobblehead]

Minny is winning the division at 2-0 after losing last years starter and the preferred starter for this season at QB. I think someone died also. Its a world gone mad.

[run pMc]

Minny is winning the division at 2-0 after losing last years starter and the preferred starter for this season at QB. I think someone died also. Its a world gone mad.

Yes.


Also, the first few weeks of the season are basically an extension of preseason. Very hard to get a read on some teams until October.

[texaspackerbacker]

It's kinda a Viking thing to start fast and choke later, a tradition kinda like the Bears still sucking and the Lions just kinda keepin' on keepin' on.

[run pMc]

I someone point out that Sam Darnold actually has a history of starting out well and then turning into a pumpkin after a few weeks. Should fit in with Minny.

O'Connell is a really good coach and Flores is doing wonders with that defense, but if they go .500 it will be a surprise to many.
Also, recall two years ago they had all those miracle wins and yet many called them frauds... they lost right away in the playoffs IIRC.

[smuggler]

Winning agiainst SF is a big deal, but the Niners are quite depleted right now, too. The team has good bones, but I expect the QB is going to cost them down the line.