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I know the guards suck and 76 was like revolving door yesterday, but Jeanty has been terrible, His receiving seems to be improving and its to the point he should just be the receiving back.Xramfan wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2026 9:50 pm I am not disagreeing with you regarding the defense. It blows ass.
Our offense has been blowing ass as well. The oline is putrid and the running game is almost nonexistent. Don’t give me “Carr” junk time stats to tell me the offense isnt bad, it is horrible the last month or so.
This! I still can not believe that some want to hold on to Maxx. We need to trade him NOW. If we don't, it will bite us in the ass (his value is going to start deteriorating rapidly). I think we can still get a 1st and a 2nd. However, I would trade him even if we get less than that. I would not expect to get much for Cousins, but I think we should take care of him and give him a chance to play meaningful games (he has earned it). It is Mendoza time!DanKD wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2026 9:46 pm Start Mendoza. Trade Cousins, trade Crosby, build for the future. We beat the bad teams but We arent good enough to compete with good teams yet.
Washington had 6 carries for 27 yards. He got 21 on 1 carry, and a total of 6 yards on the other 5 carries. I still think it's hard to blame either RB as they were both being contacted in the backfield nearly every carry.Rabidraider wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 5:28 am I know the guards suck and 76 was like revolving door yesterday, but Jeanty has been terrible, His receiving seems to be improving and its to the point he should just be the receiving back.
I don't understand why the coach wont give the rock to Washington.
I want him to start. I don't see much change in the results either. Kirk isn't playing bad. I just think Mendoza needs to get his career going and get the experience. I think the line is giving decent time for our QB to throw the ball.We are going nowhere either way.DeathStar24 wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 7:52 am I have zero issue with those wanting Mendoza to start. However, I don't see the results changing.
TBH, its not about results (W's and L's). Its more about development and actually seeing what we have. This was always a throw away season. It would be negligent not to give this kid some time. Is it perfect conditions to put this kid in? Hell no which is why we had the #1 pick to begin with. It would be worse not playing this kid this year than playing him (lumps and bruises from growing pains be damned).DeathStar24 wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 7:52 am I have zero issue with those wanting Mendoza to start. However, I don't see the results changing.
Well said.Attyla wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 8:16 am So, in all honesty, we cannot wait for the run game to fix itself because the run game is fixable with a better passer. Cousins has been better than I expected but he is still limited as a passer. Teams know that. We saw it yesterday, the Rams stacked the box and the zones where we all know Cousins will primarily go to in a game. They were not worried about a deep ball because he lofts those which are far easier for defenses to adjust to due to the amount of time those lofted balls are airborne. And teams know that while Cousins can move around behind the line, he is not going to run and when he does he will not be effective. We saw that on his one little run yesterday.
The beauty of Mendoza's game is he can make all the throws and his deep ball can be deadly. He is also mobile and a tough runner. He also has good field vision. If they have had significant enough success training him to work under center, I see it as time to give him a chance. I agree with Kubiak that all options are on the table, including starting Mendoza. His game will soften defenses which will create better run lanes for our RB group. We saw yesterday that they made Jeanty one dimensional. He became a receiver because he could not run in the lanes as limited as they were. He had one good run and that was it. If we are going to spring Jeanty, Mendoza is key to that. Washington is good when he is creating and that will also improve with a better passing game. Washington's one great sweep saw him about to hit a hole, he saw the blocking receiver and bounced it further outside for good yardage. Both these guys would benefit from a guy who can throw a bullet for 30 yards and Mendoza can. Tucker as well would benefit from that skill set as he would not be relegated to a possession receiver and could play further down field.
We cannot kid glove the guy. He is a football player and the first overall pick in the draft. I believe it is time to see what we got here.
play jeanty on 3rd down as a receiving back, dude avg 1.9 yds a carry vs washington at 4.5 vs the rams...Rabidraider wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 5:28 am I know the guards suck and 76 was like revolving door yesterday, but Jeanty has been terrible, His receiving seems to be improving and its to the point he should just be the receiving back.
I don't understand why the coach wont give the rock to Washington.
Thats why its called averages. He may get stuffed but he tends to break moderately long ones when given carries, 4.9 so far.heavyD wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 8:01 am Washington had 6 carries for 27 yards. He got 21 on 1 carry, and a total of 6 yards on the other 5 carries. I still think it's hard to blame either RB as they were both being contacted in the backfield nearly every carry.
kid is bigger,faster and has a bigger arm, we all saw the difference in how the ball leaves kirk and fernandos hands, one explodes and get there the other is softer and slower plus fernando can run for yds and is not afraid to take off as a weaponFLORIDARAYDAH wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 8:09 am I want him to start. I don't see much change in the results either. Kirk isn't playing bad. I just think Mendoza needs to get his career going and get the experience. I think the line is giving decent time for our QB to throw the ball.We are going nowhere either way.
Agreed. The results are starting to matter less the further we get from possibly getting into the playoffs. It doesn't look like it's happening this year, and as long as Mendoza isn't risking his health, he should be out there. Everything I've seen from the way the offense is operating leads me to believe he'd be fine playing. So now it simply comes down to whether we still believe this roster is going all the way or whether it's time to start building for the future. Imo it's Mendoza time.RI RAIDER wrote: Mon Oct 26, 2026 8:16 am TBH, its not about results (W's and L's). Its more about development and actually seeing what we have. This was always a throw away season. It would be negligent not to give this kid some time. Is it perfect conditions to put this kid in? Hell no which is why we had the #1 pick to begin with. It would be worse not playing this kid this year than playing him (lumps and bruises from growing pains be damned).