Deiter Fan

Perhaps I should have said..."assuming your contention is correct..." being the best of a bad lot doesn't make you good.

That's a pretty subjective benchmark. He may be the best in 20 years but that doesn't necessarily/automatically make him the best/right guy for the job. Being the best of a horrible lot doesn't mean you're good.

If your knee starts jerking that's the sign you've had enough.

Money may not be able to buy happiness but you'll be able to park your yacht close enough to walk over and visit it.

Impulse control?

Isn't he down south in the XFL or something?

Yep. Getting pretty tired of the "guys love playing for Mike" line. Some of my favourite teachers were the ones that asked the least of me...that pressed me the least...that held me the least accountable. It's human nature to choose the path of least resistance whether it's in our best interests or not. Being liked doesn't make someone the best choice for a given task.

MmmHmmm...tell the people that have been charged with "criminal conspiracy" that conspiracies don't exist. Maybe they can get their records cleared. And why was it Kavis Reed was fired, again? Oh, that's right...he conspired with others to circumvent the salary cap. I guess it makes people feel superior to deny out of hand the reality of things that have been proven true time and again over the course of centuries/millennia but I assure you it's just a feeling

You wanna kill me, is that it? What did I ever do to you? 😵

I guess I just don't see making it to the playoffs that major a feat when 70% of teams do it every year. Sure it means you're not a raging dumpster fire but it also aint no miraculous achievement. I will grant you the season isn't over by a long shot and we have a chance but he better get this team rallied and fired up for the last 4 games or they'll promptly be shown the door in the playoffs.

He may find he held a stronger bargaining position mid-season than he will at the end.

I have very little doubt that if he's able Matt comes back next year...and even if Chris lights it up the rest of the season and takes us to a cup Matt will still get preference. I just don't see O'Shea allowing Matt to lose his status because of an injury. If the battle in camp is remotely close even if Chris shows a bit better I contend Matt would still get the job due to experience and loyalty.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. - Thomas Sowell

He made the tackle on another pick he tossed a few weeks ago and I thought the same thing then. He doesn't just drop his head , get dejected and give up. It means his attitude is "it's about the team". Will he develop into an elite pivot, well, I don't know...but there's lots to like about him

After last week's meltdown I was pretty choked. Because of that performance (and the other 2 similar losses that preceded it) I had no expectations of anything approaching a dominant performance last night and didn't feel near as bad then or now. From a psychological POV the #1 reason for sadness/disappointment/unhappiness is...un-met expectations. From that perspective your solution absolutely makes the most sense/will do the most to shield you from the feelings of disgust

No argument there

We've played 16 games this season?

More like a microscope.

He gets slack because he's shown promise and has only started 9 games. I doubt very highly Matt would have shown any better tonight with the same play calls.

I don't know if I'm "so much more confident in him"...but I am no less confident in him. He made good throws tonight with the routes he seemed to be given. Unfortunate to have a couple called off by penalty and a few poor efforts by receivers. He showed as much poise in the pocket as he was allowed by the O'line...and the Cats did a good job of shutting him and Harris down. Have to give them some credit. We didn't just get out coached tonight...we got out played too. There was no fire in this team after the Cats responded with that TD in the 1st. But I'm still ok with Chris.

I think he did ok with what he had to work with but it's tough to tell on tv what the receivers were doing. I found it coincidental that like so many times before with Matt the go-to was in the 7 yard range regardless how far the 1st down marker was.

I swear to god on 2 and 19 for Hamilton I said to myself..."watch this"...