MasterAwesome

Michael Jordan with a literal 0.0 pass blocking grade lol.

Poor Mac Jones and that Patriots offense had another rough go against another team’s backups lol.

Our corners are in good position we just aren’t making a play on the ball.

What are you going on about

Micromanager Rhule just couldn’t help himself…had to micromanage the clouds too.

Lol posted at the exact same time.

I dunno, Frankie Luvu seems like a pretty darn good Jets castoff. Are you just talking about Darnold? Or am I missing some others?

Remember last offseason when you were on the complete other side of this argument and railing against people whining before the season started about how bad we were gonna be and how much of a bust Darnold was and how that was such a terrible trade? And your whole argument about Darnold was maybe he can be good in a new situation under better circumstances. You were pushing back on all the people whining and whining with a whole “let’s wait and see” approach. I remember you got into quite a few spats with Linville over it. Now you’re basically railing against someone arguing the exact same thing. What happened to that Mr. Scot? Did your whole Darnold trade defense make you feel foolish and now you’re permanently bitter and jaded or what?

Maybe on Facebook bro, the cesspool of discourse that you're accustomed to. It wasn't that bad over here, not nearly as bad as Rhule. There was no "Rivera Derangement Syndrome" where people straight up fabricate things about him to be pissed about. You wouldn't know cause you supposedly weren't here during the Rivera days so I'm not sure why you keep commenting on it so confidently.

So having been presented with the full team-by-team breakdown, you're sticking with "mostly bad/rebuilding teams playing starters this week, better/more established teams did it last week"? Because....Bills/Chiefs? Ignoring all other 30 data points? I guess you're one of the disingenuous ones, oh well.

Lol so triggered...you coming from Facebook discourse actually explains so much. Don't you guys need to wear helmets just to post over there? Please, for the last time keep your Rhule FanFic to yourself. Nobody wants to imagine Rhule receiving fellatio except you.

Haha come on dude, I literally posted the team-by-team breakdown earlier in this thread as far as who rested vs. played their starters last week. Your assessment is quite wrong btw - out of the 14 playoff teams last year, 10 of them rested their starters last week (Packers, Rams, Raiders, 49ers, Bucs, Titans, Eagles, Bengals, Cardinals, Cowboys) and 4 of them played starters (Bills, Chiefs, Patriots, Steelers). It seems like the “better/more established teams” rested them last week.

The hilarious irony is that frankw himself is clearly an alt. He created his account in March 2021 yet he keeps talking about how much hate Rivera got on these boards back when he was coach what an embarrassing self-report.

Yeah and somehow Darnold played his best in our first 3-4 games of the year after all that lack of prep. It’s almost like..it’s pretty silly to overreact to every single aspect of the off-season and preseason.

McVay hasn't played his starters at all this preseason nor does he ever play his starters in any preseason...including last year when they won the Super Bowl. Even when they traded for a new quarterback in the offseason who presumably needed the extra reps to gel with his new receiving corps in a real game situation. Sound familiar??

Teams that rested starters Week 2: Panthers, Seahawks, Saints, Packers, Rams, Broncos, Lions, Colts, Raiders, 49ers, Vikings, Buccs, Titans, Cowboys, Chargers, Eagles, Browns, Bengals, Ravens, Cardinals, Jets = 21 teams Teams that didn't rest starters Week 2: Bears, Patriots, Texans, Bills (for one series), Commanders, Chiefs, Dolphins, Steelers, Jaguars, Giants, Falcons = 11 teams "Most other teams" = 1/3 of the league? This is what happens when you just mindlessly parrot the talking points you read on the Huddle.

What does Buffalo's gameplan have to do with getting our 1st team offense reps together in a game situation? This will be a good opportunity to see if they can gel and operate as a cohesive unit or not. I thought that's what everyone was worried about...but it's hard to keep track sometimes.

If he was also an elite run-blocker then maybe, but we've got too many mouths to feed in the offense as is and he doesn't seem to fit what we want to do in the run game.

It would be awkward and humbling for Huddlers to acknowledge Pickett's strong preseason after spending all offseason calling him a bust/career back-up. So I think most of them are going to pretend he doesn't exist lol.

Of course the head coach is in large part responsible for development of the roster. I just think you've got a bit of tunnel vision and are excluding all other factors in whether a rookie QB is successful in the NFL. Namely, the most important factor which is said QB's individual ability and readiness. Not all rookies are created equal. Some are going to be raw and need more time to develop and require different developmental approaches depending on what their issues are (footwork, learning a pro offense, deep ball accuracy, etc.), whereas others unfortunately simply don't have what it takes and are going to fail even in spite of all the best coaching in the world. I have no idea what will ultimately become of Matt Corral and whether he is one of those QBs who just doesn't have it, or if he needs a little more time, or if he's an amazing QB who is being held back by Rhule's development. I just think it's a bit silly to be like "See! There are other QBs doing well in the preseason, therefore obviously Rhule is ruining Matt Corral". You seem to view every individual prospect as an identical ball of clay to be molded by the coaching staff. Give Matt Rhule a rookie Cam Newton or Russel Wilson and give Andy Reid or Vince Lombardi a rookie Jimmy Clausen and I'm fairly sure Rhule's QB can outperform their Clausen lol.

Ironically I think this snapshot exposes the flaws in your argument. Yes Rhule is at the bottom where he belongs, but if the head coach is directly and unilaterally responsible for rookie QB performance (which you've made pretty clear is your stance), then that would make your head coach rankings look like: 1. Mike Tomlin 2. Mike McDaniel 3. Arthur Smith 4. Kyle Shanahan 5. Mike Vrabel 6. Bill Belichick 7. Ron Rivera 8. Matt Rhule

Can someone turn the windshield wiper on?

Yes.

“It is what it is. And for me right now, I’m going to do everything that I can to support Baker and get him ready to play…”. /thread That was either an incredibly disingenuous misinterpretation of a tweet, or you have a woeful lack of critical thinking ability.

I can only assume you don't understand what the word "projection" means cause that literally made zero sense. How many people think Rhule is dumb and a bad coach and makes horrible decisions? Probably >85% of these boards. How many people predicted Matt Rhule was going to start Sam Darnold Week 1? Just you. It's okay to admit you have silly takes sometimes lol. Even your like-minded compatriots didn't wanna touch that one.