Tom Sykes
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ORIGINAL: marty Bulletin board material: "None of it means anything until you beat a good team on the road." I don't really know of anyone saying that right now, I just want to make sure this team continues to be motivated. That's bullshit. We have beaten two of the consensus best 5 teams in the NFL in successive weeks. They just need to keep humble about it. don't get overconfident. For sure. Conclusively. With a few breaks, we could have thumped the 49ers almost as bad as the Texans. Right now the Vikings, Seahawks, and Steelers have stormed into the view of many a power ranker. For my money, we look as or more dangerous on both sides of the ball than anybody at this point. If doubters like myself were hoping for a Mayfield-like reemergence from Darnold, Sam has blown past that so far. 2023 Mayfield was just a scrappy precursor to what we're seeing from Darnold so far. And make no mistake about it, as outstanding as our defense has looked, our success will hinge on the Darnold. But ... the 49ers folding yesterday is a reminder that teams are still soundly messing with offseason predictions, and a real handle on the power structure of 2024 (I'm not talking about the silly media power ranking crap) is still a long way off. At least another 8-10 weeks to slot the actual contenders and pretenders. For my money, we have a real chance to be the real deal. We're not there yet.
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