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I suspect he'll bounce around the league getting some spot duty for a couple of years and then that will be it for his NFL career.

Easily. fug, even if you don't think he can beat out Darnold he is DEFINITELY better than PJ or Will. Goddamn. Get in on that deal, Fit.

Wasn't even Newton. Just some ESPN writer. Read the article and it will make you even more upset. It's an article about the game in which we are barely featured.

I don't think he will be "the" problem just "a" problem.

Read the rest of the thread or the bolded part of the original post.

Yeah, they were getting beaten like snare drums.

It's been a while since we had an offensive lineman with a nasty disposition. Brown is that dude.

No, they were doing their jobs and hitting their blocks. That's actually an example of the OL doing a good job as a unit. That is why that lane was so open. My bad. Was looking at the second clip and not the OP clip.

This is an epic sentence.

Moton/Christensen at the tackles, Paradis at C, Daley/Brown as guards.

Brown actually barely got hold of him at all and he wasn't squared up to him. The CB just got knocked back and tripped over his own feet. Had he squared up on 29 completely the entire back of his jersey would have had a grass stain on it.

Actually, the corner did much better against him that I would have expected.

Seeing a full 17 games of a healthy CMC would be pretty boner inducing.

Looking like Paradis out there.

The offseason cycle is a few days from being over. We've read all the stories, watched all the videos, seen all the games, so what is getting your dick hard about this team headed into Week 1 and the start of real football? For me, it's watching this defensive unit. I really think that they are going to be fun to watch and I think we are going to see some big jumps in sack production and forced TO's in 2021. I think Burns is finally going to become a regular name on the lips of all the NFL broadcasters and writers and this DL unit is going to end up being possibly the best in the NFC South. Those are the things that get blood rushing to my crotchal region.

Paradis played well in stretches last season but he also played quite poorly at times. That's sort of the overall problem with him as a player, it's hard to have a streaky center. That's the guy on the line you really need stability from.

But we will see high caliber players all season long, perhaps not in the quantities that we faced against the likes of Baltimore and Pittsburgh, but it will not get easy, just easier. I'd make a pretty substantial wager that the coaches are concerned about that line, as well. I have been very down on the OL the entire length of the offseason, so I am quite worried about that side of the ball headed into the season. I am chomping at the bit to see this defense play though. They look like they are going to be a lot of fun to watch.

Yeah, that was surprising and troubling. They need to get it figured out and quickly. Otherwise Darnold is going to be seeing a lot of ghosts as his brain is occupied trying to run for his fuging life.

Yeah, speaking of the coddling thing, I kind of agree with the coaching staff on not playing Darnold much this preseason after watching that Steelers game.

It's a legitimate concern because this wasn't an isolated case of them looking underwhelming. Nor are we talking about players with pedigrees we can say, "Oh, well just are just getting warmed up for the regular season." These are guys that have been average to well below average their entire careers. It's pretty concerning the shape that OL unit is in. Like you said, it doesn't REALLY matter because that wasn't a real game. But, it's not comforting to see them get beaten more often than not over the course of three exhibition games. Let's just say, it won't exactly be a surprise if we see them getting blown up through 17 ACTUAL games either.

What about former NFL MVP Eric Crouch?

Probably not trolling as much as he's just one of these ardent "fug Sam Darnold" dudes. Which, I guess is kind of trolling in and of itself.

Yeah, I don't think you will see that same thing with Big Ben in there. If anything, he is probably going to be keen to challenge the rookie.

Well that didn't really play into it because they had so many good options to beat inside.

I mean....that's easy to say but even Pat Mahomes, Tom Brady, Cam Newton, etc all start to break down when they are constantly getting shelled. No QB can withstand constant pressure, especially when it is coming straight up the middle like it often was. Furthermore, Darnold is precisely the kind of QB you DON'T want to see that kind of pressure on because his history with the Jets shows he will attempt to make a play that isn't there and turn the ball over. Darnold's history is exactly why it is even more important to protect him.