On the flip side Morris has been inactive for weeks as well as Kingsley and Driskell. If Thuneys beat up what then? And IIRC its not 6mil guaranteed is it? I thought there was playing time incentives. Which is why it was thought he was told he would be the starter.
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Humphries was a good signing. He still is an upgrade over Wanya. We just didn’t expect thuney to play better than expected .

What may have fucked us was Wanya shitting the bed so badly. I wonder if things would have went different if we didn’t rush humphries to make his first start. His recovery timeline would have had him starting in the middle of our 3 games/11 day stretch. If he got meaningful end of season reps I wonder if it would have raised our confidence and worked out the kinks. I wonder if that reinjury in his first game set his conditioning backwards since it seemed like he was fine enough against Denver but just couldn’t finish the game. A lot of what ifs because I don’t want to close the door on the possibility that we can get him for cheap and he can be way better with a full offseason of rest
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Things went so bad, so fast (and really, across the board) that the idea of an adjustment that would've saved anything is just wishful thinking.

If 'Pat didn't trust' Thuney, in what world was Humphries going to be the answer?

This thing was over the moment he threw the int at the 12. And A) it was a really good play by the LBer and B) that kind of jostle shouldn't yield that kind of throw.

Mahomes just didn't have it early and in the 2nd half the Eagles got to go into full attack mode.

There wasn't a miracle fix to be found for THAT sort of ass whupin'.

Those guys just game out sharper, faster and stronger than ours did. And when we needed PM to make a play or two to try to get the wings level, the plays didn't get made.
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I still wonder what happens if we let Kingsley take his lumps. He was solid week 1 against pretty decent rushers from Baltimore. Probably should have let him simmer a little longer.
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With Reid I feel like the history shows that it’s less about stubbornness and way more about continuity. He doesn’t like to disrupt something that’s working. For example his reluctance to use WRs until they completely understand the offense.
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Loyalty and continuity.
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Would love to get an answer from Reid why they didn't change up and put DJ in and move Thuney back to his All Pro position. Just dumb IMO. If you aren't going to play him why make him active.
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The fact no team signed Smith this season is telling.
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Teams didn't go crazy for Barkley either. The Chiefs didn't sign Smith because they figured their BYU guy would grow into the position. When that didn't work, they made a play at Humphrey. By then it was too late to sign Smith.
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Yeah they just should have brought back Smith instead of DJ. Smith was tweeting at them several times this season to come get him. I am sure he was just going to play for them and no one else.
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Smith was absolutely cooked last season. Essentially Wanya Morris numbers. And with a recurring neck issue. A ticking 300lb time bomb.
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Yeah, his time here is up.
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Def a rose colored glasses thing. He was barely better than Wanya LAST year who was bad bad.
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If you could consistently win with good planning, 32 teams would win the SB each year.

Good planning gets you a little above .500

You are stuck taking calculated gambles trying to juggle a lot of moving parts with various contingencies plans that mostly suck.

Not all of your calculated gambles pay off.

Welcome to the NFL.
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I gave never been impressed with Barkly. He had great blocking this year and went off. He can be stopped. We proved that. No rb is good wothout good blocking.
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