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  1. 19 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    And several more: "I don't always agree with his approach, but . . . "

    I feel like I'm seeing that a lot less this time around. Why bother with the pretense any more?

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  2. 1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Somehow this piece of shit can still surprise me. There is no bottom. 

     

    A plurality of our fellow Americans: “hell yeah, that’s my guy”

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  3. 15 minutes ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

    We had two good games - Eagles Chiefs, and that woke up opposing coaches. The team played hard. The D hit hard tonight and last week, but there's only so much they can do when the coaching can't keep up with the competition. We were out-coached, especially on D, and we were out-quarterbacked.

    Time to admit that Dak is a mediocre QB at best who gets his stats in garbage time. He has his moments, but it looks to me like he's a sub-par field general. I guess he's not capable of recognizing defensive weaknesses and calling the right audible at the right time, and he makes some bad decisions once the play starts. His pocket awareness is sub par. His scrambling ability is mediocre at best. What QB can't scramble for ten yards once in a while? He's a little on the slow side (running that is). And maybe he's just a little slow in the head? Not stupid, mind you, but not near the top of the class when it comes to NFL QBs. That's a possibility. Hate to say it, but how many times have we seen him settling for three-yard passes... or a 7 yarder on 4th and 8 with the season on the line. He's not fluid in the pocket. 

     

    Chiefs game was fool’s gold IMO. They suck this year. 

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  4. 4 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

    Who else can we root for though? I feel like once you’re a cowboy fan you’re just stuck.

     

    y’all have any friends that used to be cowboy fans that left and are enjoying life or do you laugh at them because they are weak and couldn’t hack it?

    I've lived in Houston for 15 years. I'll never root for the Astros, but I don't have the same aversion to the Texans. They have their own issues, of course, but they're at least attempting to win, versus existing solely to serve the ego of one person.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Blotto said:

    Fuck me. Led the league in scoring and my team was pretty stacked, but we purposefully keep the benches to 4 so you have to juggle shit during the season. I got cute and picked up Burrow as my backup 3 weeks ago. Shoulda stuck with Nix.  Down 10.....he's got Jefferson, and Ive got Achane tomorrow.

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    Look at the expert roster management. 87 pts on the bench from 4 guys, lulz

    Losing because you started Joe Burrow over Bo Nix is just a bad beat. The rationale is fine, that’s just the way it goes sometimes. 

  6. 38 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

    You and IT horns below average are the scariest teams left in my opinion. Of course anything can happen, but I really didn't want this side of the bracket. 

    Yeah I'm pretty satisfied with the way my team has rounded into form late in the year. I'm really hoping the Dolphins with nothing to play for and Achane a little banged up don't start managing his reps.

    Definitely anything can happen. All 6 playoff teams are separated by less than 100 total points over the course of the regular season. It's like a 7 ppg difference between #1 and #6.

  7. I decided to go with Pitts over Kelce at like 7 pm last night. This might be the first time in my life that a fantasy football decision has gone my way.

    Now fully expecting the rest of my team to fumble on their first touch, sprain their ankle, and sit out the final 58 minutes of their games. 

  8. 26 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

    Every $9.95er and in the know poster in here has been consistent in saying they will go after multiple OL and remake the line and you find that interesting? 

    The certainty about the number 3 is what I find interesting. For Sark and Flood to go from "we have never taken a portal OL in our time at Texas" to "we will get 3 starters from the portal this year" is a big leap that I won't believe until I see.

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  9. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    Explain to the rest of us how you're viewing Vasek as "depth". I don't mean selling us on potential, because that shit doesn't pay the rent. How is this dude "depth" from your perspective?

    If Texas wants to add actual depth at Edge that has a history of production and, you know, being able to play in most games, they very well can sell their rotation to quality targets in the portal. The notion that they can't is flatly debunked by the reality that they have already done it. 

    I'm not saying that anything is certain until someone actually gets in the motherfucker, but if Vasek has a 6 figure ask, I wouldn't blame Texas for encouraging him to go find it and then bringing in someone else in his stead. If the dude is free? Sure, keep him and get another guy anyway if you're worried about "depth". 

    Texas will likely have 40+ guys on its roster from last season (2025) on there next season (2026), plus transfers and true freshmen. That's plenty of depth that isn't just "starters or true freshmen". Some of you guys are handwringing like middle managers who might have to fire someone for the first time.

    Vasek's just an example. If they feel like he's not over the injury stuff, or he's not actually good enough to hold the fort in the event of a Lance Jackson injury, then sure cut him loose. But it's interesting to me reading this thread and others around Surly, and you'll find damn near every player who isn't a surefire starter or a freshman discussed as a transfer possibility. And on an individual, player-to-player basis, that makes total sense. But we do have to fill out a depth chart, whether it's with guys that are already here or ones from the portal.

    I mentioned Vasek specifically because I was looking at our depth chart at edge the other day. You've got Simmons and Jackson as your starters. Great. Spence mixing in, that's good. Then Zina, who I feel like I haven't seen much about, and Orogbo who I'm almost certain I saw something along the lines of "promising but not ready". I'd say you need at least one more body in that mix. You can go to the portal and get the edge version of, I dunno, Cole Brevard, to come in and join the rotation and it likely works out OK. But it's not free; by definition you have to pay that guy more than what his current team is willing or able to pay him. Not to mention you don't really know what kind of guy he is, don't have a great handle on his medicals, etc.

    The post I responded to was concerned with losing the sort of "middle class" of our roster. Guys that probably ain't gonna end up stars but can fill out the depth chart. To be perfectly honest, I don't remember Vasek hardly at all this season but the official stats claim he played in all 12 games. Seems like he could fall into that category, unless, as you say, the ask is nonsense.

  10. 2 hours ago, LCHorn said:

    I know we're supposed to think these guys are super jaggy, but we're also losing a lot of depth/development pieces in the secondary.  

    Right now our in-house options are Jonah Williams to replace Taafe and true frosh Zelus Hicks.

    2nd string nickel is a walk-on who's major contribution is making the honor roll twice.  In the Big 12.    

    Obviously this exaggerates things because we can move guys around (Gerry and Bobby think Kobe Black goes to safety, for example), but I think it's going to be hard to recruit back-ups into programs, which basically means you're churning through portal dudes every season and selling them on playing in a rotation (and then they portal back out when it's clear they don't have the athleticism/experience to start).  

     

    I had some of the same thoughts about Vasek, as he's come up some on here recently. Obviously there's injury concerns in his case, but to me that seems like a guy you'd like to keep around because you need depth that you feel good about playing. The roster can't just be badass starters, freshmen behind them, and nothing else. As you say, getting experienced guys out of the portal to fill out your 2nd string probably isn't going to be very easy.

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