There is no such thing as a perfect game. All you want is a chance to win at the end. For 50 minutes Dobbs put us in a hole but the defense dragged us out of it. Didn’t matter if it was 10-9 or 40-39, at the end of the game we had the ball in our territory where 2 first downs ends it and we didn’t even attempt to get past the marker.

While I agree that our record would be better with Kirk, we’re just playing guessing games. The JJ injury was going to catch up with us eventually once defenses learned what our tendencies were without him and our O line has been leaky lately.

Dobbs has looked putrid at times but we had a lead late with a chance to put the game away the last 2 weeks. We could easily have gone 4-0 thanks to our great defensive play.

Let’s not forget that our defense was the main reason we won our first two games. Our offense was horrible against the bears the first time and the panthers.

Without our defense playing so well, we probably only have 2-3 wins at the most.

At least Dobbs passed the ball beyond the marker on a 4th down. Of course he had to force it in there. That pick is the one that bothered me the least

Good grief guys. We’ve had 6 years of Kirk. Dobbs has been here 4 weeks. We gonna pretend that Kirk was lights out his first 4 weeks here?

I will never forget how unplayable Josh Johnson looked last year in the playoffs with a roster that “any QB can succeed with”

Definitely would fan the “Kirk made JJ” flames too. Whatever happens I’m here for it this season has been pretty entertaining

It’s hard to start 1-4 and be in the MVP discussion. I think it would have taken something like us running the table for the rest of the season which was pretty unlikely. We got back to 4-4 with him and he looked pretty good doing it but that’s all we can really say. If we were 6-2 or something and had beaten the chiefs or eagles as well then for sure I think Kirk would have been realistically in the race. Our schedule got really soft after the 49er game so that would have been used against him.

All those dropped passed might have something to do with it. The play calling was great. Execution, not so much.

This is definitely subjective for sure. To me, I thought having an 8 point lead in the second half when the other team (at that point) had only scored 3 points without the help of a turnover was comfortable

Then we need to do something else to put games away, no? Remind me the definition of insanity again?

I like our chances against any of these teams once our guys get back on the field. Unlike last year, we’re not being blown out by tough competition. We’re going to be a tough out and I think the league knows it.

Notice the lack of Vikings are frauds takes this year

A lot of this depends on team building/cap implications. Our defense has been great with minimal investment and can be dominant with a few more above average pieces in free agency. For me next year’s QB would qualify in the following order of priority:

QB1 for me would be Kirk IF he signs for <30m/yr (QB2 Hall. Dobbs playing well could drive Kirk’s price down) that way we can have enough money to build the rest of the team to Super Bowl contention

QB1 would be Dobbs IF he signs <20m/yr AND takes this team to the playoffs (QB2 Hall). Kirk is better but the extra cap space carries more value especially if we are already a playoff team with Dobbs

QB1 would be Hall if neither of the above happen. QB2 is drafted next draft and buckle up

We can conceivably keep everyone with some contract gymnastics but we would be setting up for an eventual salary cap implosion a few years down the line.

We essentially did this with all the aging defensive stars of Zimmers defense and Cousins contracts to where all we could really do was rely on the draft to fill out a large part of the roster.

Coincidentally, this is the reason why GM’s are very hesitant giving too many players a lot of money because it is really difficult to continually hit in the draft rather than spend money on several serviceable free agents to fill a roster.

A rule of thumb I’ve followed for my own expectations is basically a rule of three:

You can pay top positional dollar to about 3 players on offense and 3 players on defense and have enough cap room to build a solid team as long as your day 1 and 2 draft selections aren’t all busts.

JJ and Is getting paid. We paid Hock top dollar. So by rule of 3 do you want Kirk or Darrisaw? Or you keep both and then you have less on the defensive side which brings its own issues

Every man makes mistakes. Only the respectable ones can admit to them.

Hope the Raiders can go on a run

Alright bois, are we all ready to convert to Mormon if he wins us a Super Bowl?

I’m glad someone said this. I did the same thing for my local junior college when I was still a student