Mr. Scot

I chuckle because I remember seeing you complain for years that Cam Newton didn't have a good offensive line. Now you're wanting us to put a quarterback behind a bad offensive line and expect him to compensate. It's amusing

Sure you did Question though if you want to throw that card: Did you play at a higher level than Steve Smith? I ask because if you look in the other thread you'll see he disagrees with your analysis.

Or we could...you know...build a good offensive line, and in doing so help out the quarterback, the runningbacks and the receiving corps lal at once. I realize that's a radical concept, but hey...

That's...really poor analysis. First off, If you think Diggs didn't show up until he played us, you haven't been paying attention. And it's not like nobody heard of Darius Slay before either As to Darnold, he looked pretty good in the Jets game minus a play or two. Ditto the Saints game. But where the vast majority of us were most impressed was with his performance against Houston because he played well in the second half even with the team down it's best weapon (McCaffrey). Since then, yeah he's had two rough games, but people who know what they're talking about (including Olsen) have universally said there are multiple factors. What you're posting here is typical of stuff people say when they don't understand football beyond a surface level.

Assuming he doesn't get a GM job, next year's braintrust features Dan Morgan working the pro personnel side of things and Fitterer concentrating on college scouting. I'm up for that.

Fitterer is a college scout. Dan Morgan is a pro personnel guy. I'm looking forward to seeing the two of them work together next off season. (while also praying Morgan doesn't get a GM job just yet)

The same GM who led the Redskins to four Super Bowls traded multiple picks to move up and draft Ryan Leaf (Bobby Beathard). Likewise, Ozzie Newsome was one of the best GMs ever but was far from perfect. Nobody's perfect, or even close to it.

My feelings as well...

I'd say whether or not it winds up being a bad move overall has a lot to do with how CJ Henderson develops. But does it contribute to where we are now? Yeah, probably.

Ah yes. After all,yesterday was the only game he's played. Right?

No argument. Just defining terms...

Not sayin' a word

Well, it's more of an "aware" play than a physical effort play. It also says something about our playcalling.

Brad? (guessing you mean Brady)

Oh Lord... Jerry Richardson

Pretty sure Nelson stated that he'd seen that route a few times already and was prepared for it, or something to that effect. Basically, they knew what was coming.

Don't know yet. What I do know is any suggestion that we should have hung on to Teddy Bridgewater is just ridiculous.

Remember Fitterer talking about OL options on the radio last week? I seriously doubt our line is going to be built via free agency.

And went 5-11...

Wish I could find the tweet, but I remember somebody posting how Tom Brady won the Super Bowl and took a pay cut while Russell Wilson hasn't won a playoff game in years and wants to run the team's draft. It was pretty funny

I don't really see anybody in next year's draft that screams "franchise QB" to me. No, not even Howell. I've been a fan in the past but right now I'm not sure he's a first rounder.

I've talked about Brady in a couple of threads today already. No, he isn't the Sean Payton clone that we believed he'd be. That doesn't necessarily mean he won't be good though. My most common statement on him is that he's way better at play design than he is at playcalling and game management. A big part of that is that regardless of how smart he is, he's inexperienced, and sometimes it shows. That's not something you can change quickly. Obviously, it takes time. It's a pretty common path in the NFL for a guy to become a head coach, fail at that, return to a coordinator job and be phenomenal at it. Brady following that road wouldn't surprise me.

Said the same elsewhere.

There's a load of talk about whether he's good or not good, but regardless of where you come down on that issue he is undeniably inexperienced. Truth be told, at least get the pro level, an awful lot of our coaches can be described that way.

"Open" is a really intricate concept when it comes to NFL receivers Sam has thrown to some guys who technically weren't open, but some of that is him pressing. Bridgewater wasn't willing to do that. Sam will because he really wants to win. But yeah, it can bite you.