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I don't disagree but I feel like we seen this with people telling us not to worry a number of times before. I really hope it's different this time.

A much, much better way of saying what I was trying to say. You're right, and Bailey should consider himself fortunate that he has this chance. Let's see what he's got

Maybe we can get a preseason wildcard round cup? 😜

Well these TEs did a great job in this one. I think the Rams are the best bet to make a run from the West, D-line is very good and gets to the QB. Not sold on Seattle yet. Yep, get the popcorn ready.

I really wanted to see them together just once more in a good setup. And that's exactly right. It sounds like Aaron overthrew quite a few balls in this game.

That is true, there aren't many good matchups for Adams and very few in our secondary right now. Puka is so effective and this probably wasn't even one of his good games. Did you see the photo of him mocking our 'boombox' entrance? I didn't know we were still doing that since Deebo left haha. I think we have a full on QB controversy even though the money will say to play Brock and probably rightfully so. Mac looks so sure of himself in the pocket and I love how he gets it out quickly. There's few things better than a QB who can stand in the pocket and throw darts. Maybe a dual threat QB who can..

One thing about Tomlin is you get brutal honesty and always know where you stand. I still don't think Rodgers has the right receivers, that's just the eyeball assessment though.

It looked like it and when he was getting results early running up the middle why stop? Things clicked very early on for the Rams and Stafford played an MVP caliber game. Stafford is the reason why you pay QBs $50 million plus a year and currently Purdy is not (even though we still needed to). There is a part of me that wants Mac Jones on this team as the starter. Purdy is better all round with movement and evasiveness but as far as passing from the pocket and drop backs goes I reckon Mac has him covered. With a terrible line, identity-less running game and receivers injured every two minutes he has done an amazing job. I have to respectfully disagree Gorg. Saleh has done an amazing job this year despite injuries and I love the guy but this was a forget game on the sideline for him. There were at least 3 occasions where the guys looked like they didn't know where to line up like we'd never seen 3 TEs on the field before. Lastly having 2nd year safety Malik Mustupha who's just come back from ACL issues go 1v1 with Devante Adams was the pinnacle of this garbage. That TD that put you up 28-14 in the 3rd quarter when we opened the half with a score, you just can't have that. He's had some amazing games this year, even in some losses. However he was really off with his approach in this one and he would know he can do better. Yes we're missing a lot on that side of the ball but that could have been helped even just a little if the front office made a single trade by the deadline. Anything! Even getting someone like Arden Key back to help with pass-rush could have had a flow on effect.

We're at the stage we're we'll try anything. Can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket.

I didn't like the idea from the start and I still don't love it but it was inevitable. However I'm deciding to embrace it. Change can definitely be a good thing and I'm tired of being a stick in the mud on these things. We constantly bemoan the number of garbage games late in the year, to think that a logjam from say 9th to 12th could fight it out for one of these spots makes it more interesting. I can come around to it.

Beaten by a much better team today, in all facets of the game. Massively outcoached and for the first time probably ever I'm not criticising Shanahan first. This was Robert Saleh's worst game since coming back. For whatever reason we couldn't get our guys lined up against their formation and proceeded to get shredded by some TEs I've never even heard of. So often our defense has kept us in games when our offense has faltered, we simply don't have that luxury anymore. Kyle doesn't escape though. All year he's been running CMC off tackle and outside zone stuff, it isn't working. He hardly ever runs him inside zone anymore, utilising holes etc. Btw that outside zone he called on the 4th and 1 was a disgrace. I had a bad feeling on the first drive when LA were just slicing us up the middle running. Stafford was incredible and looked like he was playing flag football, I must say Mac Jones played a his heart out too. We stink

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Stephen A Smith sitting next to Jerry Jones. The side-eye he gave after that fumble was priceless.

I'm trying hard to figure out what you're asking and I'm assuming you mean deserve more than Fitzroy? No fan base deserved that and I would hope it doesn't happen again.

The quality of the draft definitely matters Taciturn Demon. It is great to have the weight of probability on your side. However I think we should be backing JT in more than being worried about the draft level. I definitely get wanting the odds on our side moneyball approach and that's how I usually think but I also think it's about outsmarting the rest with good finds. Not gonna argue with those examples and I definitely agree. But then you get drafts like 2018 which had hype and while we took two important premiership contributors it probably wasn't a home run. 2021 was also loaded with promise but apart from JVR who I still have high hopes for, Howes and Woewodin haven't hit the heights. I just think we can get bogged down with the shallow draft mantra. This year's draft may not yield as many Brownlows as other drafts but could there be some nice role players who can make us better? Of course.

Look, the Tassie people deserve it but I hate the foundations this proposal is built on. People pretend that this is a ready made concept waiting to take off when in reality it is a tall order to begin with. A lot of things need to go right for it to work There are some Tassies on here that would know better but I would want to give them the best possible chance for it to succeed and I just dont see that here.

Yeah this is the thing. I always thought it was a tall demand but they did agree to it. Nice little out for the AFL. Can't help but feel its a house of cards because people will just end up blaming the Tas government which in my opinion would be unfair but when a team is at stake who will side with them?

People who keep using the 'shallow draft' line are more often than not people never sighted in specific player threads on the Trade/draft board and don't get involved in the nitty gritty of the draft. They usually heard the line from someone in the media or on here and paraphrase what they heard, it doesn't come as an original thought from personal research or anything like that. They have little knowledge of the under 18s game. It's important to call it out for what it is because I think it's giving many people here who want to understand the draft better a disservice. Over the years I've seen many drafts that were considered shallow where a couple of real gems came in the 3rd and 4th round. In contrast I've seen strong drafts that had major busts in the first round. Whatever your opinion on the quality of the draft, we only have the draft in front of us and in a couple of years you'll see some real 'shallow' drafts. There are kids in this one that can definitely help us. I've never heard a list manager say that they won't trade for picks because it's a shallow draft. It's total BS and I'm so grateful that the people saying it aren't the list manager because we'd be in the tank.

So past the point of caring about this anymore. I don't know if new rules are going to work or not but they are constantly brought in to layer over old band-aids. Last touch OOB free kick good in theory but how many scrappy touches happen that go out, can be hard to tell what is a disposal and what is a tap on, more interpretation for the umps. Be happy with the umpiring standard as it is because it is never going to get easier. Cries for consistency are futile when it is this difficult to perform.

Some great contested ability but do we need another ruck that can't kick for goal? Seems more ruck than forward.

Probably. Still a very good body of work in 9 games though.