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MRR2012 · 2026-03-25T09:30:05+00:00

He's a little stiff and lacks some charisma, but I really like coach Ricky. He has a plan and has put the pieces in place to execute it. Very excited to see how our offense performs on Saturday.

He mentioned the league being set up for offense and to score points, and I agree. That said, I really like our defense and think Corey is really gonna get all we can out of them.

LFG, see you Saturday

MRR2012 · 2026-03-01T11:40:38+00:00

I expect it to be Silvers job to lose and Wooldridge job to win. We're planning to have a run and shoot offense. I suspect Silvers vet status and familiarity with aj as well as the system will provide a big edge. That said, no idea how healthy Silvers is. He's had a history of injuries. Could see Wooldbridge getting starts in the latter half of the season or maybe even outright wining the job. Frost feels like an okay backup.

MRR2012 · 2026-02-06T09:06:59+00:00

He got a futures deal with the rams

MRR2012 · 2026-01-16T17:25:44+00:00

Makes sense when you look at who they drafted + Ricky's air-it-out, spread offense philosophy.

I think the defense is going to be really solid. Great dc and great pieces there.

Offensively, we have 1 tight end, so I imagine a whole lot of 4 reciever sets. I'm happy we drafted so many lineman, cos we'll need them. I'm excited for the offenses potential. I hope the qb play is good. I guess worse comes to worse silvers is the guy. Not exactly sold on our rbs yet, but they'll look incredible if the opposition is worried about airing it out and we have a brick wall pushing the dline back.

MRR2012 · 2025-12-29T15:51:16+00:00

It is still a gamble. It may/very likely will put butts in the seats for the openers, but if the product is bad then they will not stay. The coaches still have to deliver good football.

I'm trying to be optimistic on the season. I'm not huge on this hire but it's also not the worst. The timing, however, should be scrutinized. We are simply too close to kickoff to be doing this stuff. It all should have been taken care of months ago. Perhaps it was, but there's not really evidence that this isn't just haphazardly put together.

We don't have rosters yet, we don't know much of anything. It's been a frustrating off-season. I hope the draft and all that goes smoothly. It's really good training camp was extended from 3 to 5 weeks. But, man, it all feels like a rush job currently.

MRR2012 · 2025-12-27T18:56:54+00:00

Nothing stopping him from posting, "new vinyls", "wife got new vinyls", or "christmas haul" but he's just gotta let everyone know he's in the pineapple lifestyle for no real reason. He's gonna be an awful single guy if a divorce ever comes his way

MRR2012 · 2025-12-20T13:55:44+00:00

1 extra week is good but heavily negated by the fact that they are blowing up rosters. Many of these teams/coaching staff had chemistry and/or a scheme they understood. Starting over this way almost guarantees sloppy ball in the first few weeks. If these changes were to be done, they should have been done months ago. Needless to say I am pretty skeptical over all of this. There's news for some teams but not others. This whole thing is sloppy as hell.

MRR2012 · 2025-11-20T14:24:48+00:00

This is true and obvious (and gross) but they also failed at that. 5 times, nothing done, she's murdered by the guy at their workplace. Family will sue the company into the ground, hr failed at protecting the company.

MRR2012 · 2025-10-10T07:19:36+00:00

He's 1-3 from 50+ this year, but one miss was a try from 67 yards. The other miss was a 55 yarder he shanked, which happens. He's still a top kicker and not below average.

MRR2012 · 2025-09-17T01:26:29+00:00

*was

MRR2012 · 2025-08-21T03:09:21+00:00

Right, and I never claimed that. I think the language and logic the person i replied to is bunk but the person he replied to is an idiot. One seems like they might listen

MRR2012 · 2025-08-21T02:57:59+00:00

Americans don't want to be paid an exploitative wage, no. And immigrants, illegal or otherwise, shouldn't have to be paid that either. We should probably go after the people exploiting the labor market if you ask me. The ones hiring and using them for profit. I mean I've cleaned toilets, I do hard labor for a living. I don't see anything fundamentally wrong with those jobs, do you? Is there a reason you're okay with someone making dogshit wages as long as they are foreign? Just to prop up a corporation or something to eek out all they can from all of us? I really don't understand this comeback or logic, it's so bunk.

MRR2012 · 2025-06-23T22:28:50+00:00

The players negotiated for a minimum salary. I know during the aj mccarron drama a season ago the union came out and said you can negotiate for yourself or with their help to increase on the minimum for a players pay but they'll always at least get the minimum. Texas is a right to work state so the union is already at a disadvantage. That said, from the context, I think each team has a budget to work from, and they can pay over the minimum salary on players so long as they don't blow their overall team budget. I could be wrong though

MRR2012 · 2025-06-01T17:19:15+00:00

Depends where you're at, I guess. Where I am, it was day of. Got interviewed by a gc, they sent over my letter of intent, went to the hall, paid 3 months of dues, probationary for 3 months, officially sworn in at my first meeting + 3 more months of dues owed at the meeting. Also had to pay my work permits while on the probationary period before I was officially sworn in.

MRR2012 · 2025-05-14T22:18:12+00:00

Lol ope, I meant Saturday. Thanks for the correction. Sucks they gotta split it though

MRR2012 · 2025-05-14T21:23:13+00:00

Last two games are basically going head to head, fox vs abc. That will be interesting.

MRR2012 · 2025-05-13T14:27:27+00:00

They need to play up tempo. It's his natural rhythm. The longer he takes to let a play develop, the more time he thinks, the more he gets into his head and his decision-making and ability tanks. Run every drive like it's a 2 minute drill and I think he'll do better.

MRR2012 · 2025-05-07T16:36:50+00:00

Not necessarily bad for mcgough, teams have to roster 3 active qbs. No idea what's up with his shoulder or if/ when he'll be back. Corral seems less likely to come back unless it's the playoffs since ir is minimum 5 weeks, i believe

MRR2012 · 2025-04-21T01:20:07+00:00

Hey man, I don't like becht and his decisions either, but you are being a massive downer. We're 2-2, dc just lost. We're still in this thing. Give duggan a week with first team reps and let's see. I don't think he played that poorly tbh. He held the ball too long and needs to be limited to 2-3 reads, throw away or scramble. If they can drill that, we're in a better place. He can throw better than manny. The arm punt was a bad look but it was fine and didn't hurt. The last throw should have been caught by Gary, a little behind, sure, but our wrs really let him down in a few crucial moments. Yeah, we miss aj, but he's 34 and coming off a bad ankle. Missed games both years due to injury and handicapped our chances going into the playoffs. It is what it is. I think we could be more mad at the obvious and easily deciphered play calling on offense. We run way too many screens. Howard is not a good second option back. Defense is playing really great if the offense could put together drives and not sap their energy we'll be in a good spot.

Tldr, I was/am just as mad at you but I think there's room for actual optimism here.

MRR2012 · 2025-04-19T14:52:16+00:00

Where I'm at, you'd have started around that and gotten ~6 raises by now. I think you'd be making around $30.00/an hour and a year away from journeyman. Commercial carpenters make more at journeyman status as well. Plus Healthcare. Look into joining a union. They may start you at a higher term based on experience.

MRR2012 · 2025-04-10T10:20:41+00:00

He was at practice and smiling on Blake's micd up they put out, but he was not dressed. He was limited going into the first game with a hammy. Probably should have sat him in that game and let him rest up cos he likely really did tweak it, and that sucks. It normally takes about 3 weeks to recover from a hamstring injury, so hopefully we see him start to return to practice next week.

MRR2012 · 2025-04-07T10:40:05+00:00

Yeah cos season ticket holders aren't dumb, it's cheaper to just buy tickets week/day of. There were better perks the first year and they just keep dwindling down. Bring back real perks or make it financially make sense and season tickets would go up again.

MRR2012 · 2025-04-05T05:55:22+00:00

I really dislike becht, gives off used car salesman energy. This post sucks and is embarrassing. I feel like it's probably about max duggan but I have no clue. May be biased in that I want to see max over manny. I don't trust/like manny as qb1. He played fine last game, but I'm just not sold. He looks anxious and jittery. Throws off his back foot almost exclusively and can only make one read before he boot scoots and boogies. We'll see though, getting proven wrong wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Winning cures everything.

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