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has there been a worse start for such a highly touted crop of qbs? they've all been terrible except Lance and that's only because he hasnt played yet. theyre all rookies and this is real early, but its pretty striking how bad they all are after hearing all summer how they were all going to be so awesome. especially lawrence. none of them have been as good as herbert was last year. they all look like tua (who still sucks).

its a big season for zadina. hopefully he continues to improve. he was working noticeably harder last season and sometimes you could tell he was the wings' most skilled player on the ice. is it a matter of "the pucks will eventually go in the net" or "he'll be a second line winger at best."

its not just us! from the athletic season preview: Zadina is 21 now and his first “full” season left a lot to be desired. After two auditions where he didn’t seem to understand the assignment at five-on-five, Zadina continued to struggle mightily last season. He put up a 42 percent expected goals rate, which was the second worst on the team ahead of only Luke Glendening. That’s on a very bad Red Wings team and it’s not like he was scoring much either as he only put up 1.2 points per 60 at five-on-five. At such a young age it’s helpful to look at comps to see that current difference-makers also struggled early in their careers. While there are some optimistic trajectories (Sean Couturier), most of Zadina’s top comps were middle-six forwards at best. That’s better than MRasmussen at least, whose best claim to fame is that he is quite tall. He is 6-foot-6 every time he steps on the ice, but that doesn’t actually make him effective. His play-driving ability was also awful and he scored even less efficiently than Zadina. The large majority of his comps are other very tall fourth-liners.

they got a little luck from the ravens dropping two wide open touchdowns. they also played really well on the defensive line. no trey flowers and no jaime collins might have helped there too. i thought okwara played an excellent game. bryant had some pressures. some of the dbs showed up too. it was nice to see barnes out there, even if he got abused repeatedly by the ravens tight end. on offense swift played really well. sewell got beaten a bunch but the other tackle held his own. the bears dline will be a real test next week because they are playing really well.

thanks?

good news for the lions: bears offensive line looks god awful. bad news for the lions: bears defensive line looks real good.

just to get everyone primed for next week. too bad tp isnt here.

clock was at 0 for two full seconds. poor lions. screwed again.

omg! hahahahahahahah. my god that was THE MOST SOLIONS game ever!

lololololololololions!

imagine how that ravens receiver who dropped two wide open touchdowns feels right now?

yes! i thought you were disagreeing with me.

nice defense. good time for your first pick of the year.

and?

that drive was almost as fun as watching justin fields try to play qb.

so many wide open receivers. pass rush has looked decent.

he just checked down on multiple plays. ergo the post.

check down check down check down....

love going for it so much on 4th down.

lol ravens.

is there a college qb worth drafting this in round one this year? matt corral? looks like defense and receiver!

i would trade decker too. would need a first round pick + in return. would a team like the chiefs or the steelers be interested? lots of teams with title aspirations could use a really good left tackle. seahawks maybe? raiders? would have to be a team who could take on decker's huge contract.

red wings preseason projections from the athletic. they were spot on last year with the wings. if theyre going to be a surprise, then guys like zadina and ras have to be better and live up to their draft position. they should be better than last year, but they were pretty bad last year. what they really need is the one thing they really cant control: lottery luck. there are some superstar prospects coming up but only if youre top two. the league has fucked them with the lottery system so far and it shows in their roster. that said, ras was a miss. zadina looks like a miss too. that's what is really killing them up front. hopefully seider can live up to his billing and the new goalie with the ridiculously long last name doesnt regress. that could give them a shot. but is the best thing for them to have a shot at the playoffs? what would really be best - and is more likely - is that theyre bad for another year but show signs of growth, bertuzzi is good enough to attract serious trade interest, they miss the playoffs and pick up some assets for bert and leddy, and then look to make their move back to the playoffs next season when raymond is here and seider is more experienced.

i wonder at what point buffalo deals eichel for a serious discount? what a horrible organization. snake bit and run badly. not a good combination.

i totally forgot about cossa looking like utter crap. beat in the 5 hole. beat to the glove side. beat on bad shots. it was not good all the way around.