I’ve heard this type of thing before for the last couple of years but then the regular season begins and he blows again. He is so young still but seems to wait for someone else to fix his problems.Remember when McVay was hired and he said he hoped the new coach would really push him? If he suddenly becomes the dominate player he was drafted to be I’ll be happy for him.

How could we know Donald has yet to play and they’ve looked dominate at times. Where does he play in this defense? I don’t remember the last hold out but I think injury and sub-par performance is pretty common after a big contract is signed in a holdout .

Don’t get too bummed about trading for Watkins remember the trade for Faulk turned out okay.

I don’t think rookie Tom Brady pushed into that middle school offense full of players that thought they got that season off because of the move, full of receivers with the worst drop percentage in league would do any better. That said if it becomes clear Goff can’t handle the job I couldn’t take another Tony Banks length tryout . We need to win and soon. I’m not saying playoffs but at least .500 and be competitive

It’s not like the offense could get worse, it can only get better.

That D roster is looking pretty ferocious Donald ,Brockers and Easley with Quinn and Barwin outside. I can see that as problem for lots of OLs.

Maybe that’s why Thomas was looking so good in OTAs/Mini Camp.

He deserves the lions share for sure. That team was so stacked even in 98′ I’m surprised they weren’t much better that year. DV has a brilliant football mind and an eye for talent no doubt and he learned from mistakes and adapted. When he left there was definitely a leadership gap on D an ST.I often wonder what would have happened if DV stuck around for a couple more years.

Better hands than TA could be a replacement or motivational strategy.

I read (dubious source of course) someone suggest he might get cut before the season starts this year. I thought it was stupid but someone did actually print it.

zn wrote:

The role of newly added receiver Robert Woods, a steady possession guy, figures to be unchanged, but it will be interesting to see how Austin, a talented speedsters who has underachieved, will be impacted by the arrival of Reynolds.

With receivers such as Pharoh Cooper, Nelson Spruce, Bradley Marquez and Mike Thomas also in the fold, there figures to be plenty of training-camp competition

Woods is faster than Britt or Quick he ran a perfectly respectable 4.51 and is most certainly a capable , credible deep threat. Austin needs to learn how to catch and how to defeat press coverage at the line before his speed is much of a threat deep.

I never even watched Kupp play but damn those highlights look awesome! He might not run fast but his mind is very fast. I don’t see him as an Bruce type wr with Kupp having a couple inches in height and 25 lbs. on Bruce. Bruce had a very good top gear that won’t show in 40. Kupp is topped out at 40 yds. Bruce was still accelerating at 60 yards with those gigantic gazelle like strides.What I like the best about Kupp and Reynolds along with Woods is the hands. They all have exceptional hands.

Billy_T wrote:

I voted for Stein, can’t stand the Clintons, the DLC, the Dems in general, etc. My own political philosophy is well to the left of even Stein’s. But, to me, there’s just no getting around the fact that the Russians decided, with the help of Wikileaks, to ONLY expose Democrats. This couldn’t help but sway the election results to some degree, because the ONLY party that was exposed was the Democratic party. If Wikileaks and the Russians had published emails from the GOP and the Trump campaign too, there’s no doubt in my mind that Americans would have learned unsavory things about them as well. At least as bad as the Dems. At least.

I know you’re a Leftist Billy_T. I’ve read your stuff for decades now and enjoy it . I was very happy you returned. I just don’t think hackers would find anything in GOP emails that would make people leave the GOP and vote for Hillary. What could they possibly say?
“Hey after your interview on Fox tonight let’s volunteer downtown at the shelter and help some poor folks” or maybe “hey lets pencil in next week to work on a bill to ban all firearms “. These are people that believe Obama is Muslim and they hate Muslims .They’re generally stupid enough to murder Sikhs because the ” believe ” that Sikhs are murderous Muslims. My theory is they(Hackers) wanted Sanders and tried to get HRC to pull out for the good of the country but that’s just not who she is.