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Honestly my issue with the Micah trade was that the team had too many holes for a "win now" move to make sense. That opinion looked pretty bad in week 1 but at this point...I stand by it. If that zone has been cracked then it's over because they only have one good CB. Parsons doesn't do shyt in the run game either, and I still don't see a WR1. I'm not gonna talk shyt until we beat them but I feel good about a rematch.
 

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Good news. No season ending injury for Reed, and Alim will start practicing this week.

Only frustrating thing is I legit think we’d pop the Chiefs with Reed out there. Now that’s prob an auto loss lol. Before then…we beat Cincy.
 

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Not gonna lie...I thought the line was fukking cooked after that GB game because Graham looked so bad. Hank Fraley might be the real genius out of all these guys.
 

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21day window starts today. Didn’t expect him to reach practice level this quickly. Wonder if he plays a game before the bye week.
 

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The fact that Alim could play next week or the week after is wild to me. And he looks like he’s in elite shape.
 

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James Houston has 1.5 sacks today. Barreling towards surpassing his rookie sack total. But we couldn't find a role for him because he can't drop into coverage. And yes, I'm gonna make this post multiple times this season lol. I will always believe there was a schism between Holmes and Campbell/Glenn on him. Coaches decided they didn't value smaller situational pass rushers and that's that. I do think Sheperd is much more open minded about this, going forward.
 

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James Houston has 1.5 sacks today. Barreling towards surpassing his rookie sack total. But we couldn't find a role for him because he can't drop into coverage. And yes, I'm gonna make this post multiple times this season lol. I will always believe there was a schism between Holmes and Campbell/Glenn on him. Coaches decided they didn't value smaller situational pass rushers and that's that. I do think Sheperd is much more open minded about this, going forward.
You were on this for years and I'm already declaring you vindicated.
 

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You were on this for years and I'm already declaring you vindicated.

It kills me man. Holmes, like any GM, views his guys as bragging points. I drafted this guy in the 5th round, I drafted this guy in the 7th round etc. Well Houston was not only 6th round, he was HBCU lol. He had rare bend and decent strength that was only gonna get better. That's a feather in the cap of what was already an amazing first two draft classes. No one will ever convince me Holmes drafted him to be a SAM LB, one year after drafting Barnes to be a SAM. He was supposed to be a situational pass rusher lol. We're out here drafting guys to exclusively play special teams but had no room for a flamethrower on 3rd and long? Come on man. Something happened. There were rumors about Houston clashing with the coaching staff and frankly? I don't even blame him lol.

Now he's outplaying Dallas' 2nd round rookie edge rusher (Donovan Ezeiruaku). The guy many people in this thread wanted us to draft in the 1st round, who currently has zero sacks.
 

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James Houston has 1.5 sacks today. Barreling towards surpassing his rookie sack total. But we couldn't find a role for him because he can't drop into coverage. And yes, I'm gonna make this post multiple times this season lol. I will always believe there was a schism between Holmes and Campbell/Glenn on him. Coaches decided they didn't value smaller situational pass rushers and that's that. I do think Sheperd is much more open minded about this, going forward.
He had 1 sack the past 3 seasons.

3.5 sacks this season doesn’t make him worth the wait. Glad he found a new home though
 
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