2026 Pre-Season Game Thread (Consolidated)

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

I disagree. Everyone on the field was a second or third string. Put one or two of them in the middle of first stringers and my guess is they can pretty much hold their own. Start putting 4 or 5 on the field and you have issues. Nobody in this league has the depth to replace the whole team. Maybe our depth does suck (I happen to think it does) but I don't think this game proves that quit yet.

Valid point to a degree, but still concerning since ATL played 0 starters as well and their backups collectively flat out embarrassed ours. Same w/ the Cheats, although the score didn't show this b/c they kept shooting themselves in the foot w/ stupid offensive penalties.

Also, it depends on who goes down and which backups are mixed it. For example if Blackmon somehow ends up making the team and getting on the field then we're fucked, b/c he couldn't cover me right now much less an NFL WR.