kungfoodude

Does that make The Tinderbox dopes the Huddle AIDS?

Yeah, I mean most of our non-idiot fans feel the same way. Darnold should be fine because if doesn't change any from the Jets, we will be a top 8 pick and if he shows he is the guy, the problem is solved.

I agree. Mediocre Darnold is the real nightmare scenario. IMO, regular Darnold and good Darnold are the most likely outcomes. The truth is, we aren't likely to make any moves at QB in 2021 without some injuries. The thought of dumpster diving or trading for a QB is just a fantasy some like to entertain. Honestly, the same goes for the bulk of our team. I don't think we are going to get a lot of value from post cut dumpster diving.

Darnold does have top tier arm talent and some ability to make something out of nothing. More than Minshew, IMO. Don't get me wrong, Minshew has been leaps and bounds a better NFL QB to date but the top end for Darnold is actually high.

Those were such head scratching moves. I'd rather see BC and Brown after the week of practices and pretend game versus Indy. Give them some first tream reps. What is it gonna do, stunt the growth of two veteran players? I only see upside playing those guys more.

That's the thing. We know Minshew can play well in the NFL because he has. Darnold's instances of competent NFL play have been pretty limited. But Darnold clearly has a higher ceiling than Minshew, although a far lower floor. Minshew is an attractive option for us because there is no Plan B in 2021 if Darnold shits the bed. That said, I don't think the odds of him being our answer for this future would be very high. He's just a reasonable solution to a potential 2021 problem.

I don't think anyone doubted he could be a mauler in the run game, the question was could he be agile enough to get his hands on people in pass protection or could he make blocks consistently beyond the line of scrimmage. BC and Brown looked good enough against backups that I would like to see them against starters at some point in the preseason. We know that Elflein and Erving aren't likely to the guys. I'd much rather watch younger players with higher ceilings tale their lumps and potentially get better.

Miller possibly. Eflein, unlikely.

Projecting is literally what you just did.

I also don't think that many teams are eyeballing Minshew as a starter. A top shelf backup is more likely.

Most of our team needs reps. We have one of the youngest rosters in the NFL.

The overwhelming bright spot in a completely and utterly meaningless game. If we are sitting some of these bum ass "starters", Marshall needs to start riding the pine too. He is more critical to our success than quite a few of the guys that sat.

If Darnold stinks(not an unreasonable assumption) PJ won't be better. If Darnold fails, it won't matter which of our three current QB's we trot out, we are gonna be in trouble.

It will be a critical year for the staff. If the QB, OL and K all flounder, I just don't really know what more needs to happen to convince them these are positions that win and lose games regularly at the NFL level. Perhaps the QB and OL are better than expected. Slye....well, that just isn't happening. Better off hoping that Will Grier is the new Tom Brady.

You mean by the same staff that didn't try too hard to improve our OL? You really that surprised? I do get that we can't fix everything(simply too much) in one or two offseasons but we sure don't try very hard at some of the most critical positions in the NFL.

Minshew would likely be much better than Darnold. Lower overall ceiling but a WAAAAAAY higher floor. Zero chance it happens for us.

Any overly positive or negative reactions from watching 90% of players who will be riding the pine, on special teams or cut is absolutely hilarious. As I stated in a other thread, we may have never played a more meaningless preseason game in franchise history. If you are crowing about being right about anything at the moment, you are probably just kind of dumb.

We are also seeing only a handful of players that matter. Seeing scrub vs. scrub is really pretty worthless for determining much regarding our actual team fortunes.

Has there ever been a preseason game we have played that has ever meant less than this one?? It would be tough to think of one.

It would be pretty tough to be much worse than Slye. I will take any UDFA or FA over Slye, at this point. I don't know that we have ever fielding a kicker(certainly for this length of time) who has so conclusively proven that they are not NFL caliber.

This concerns me more than the "holding the lead" nonsense.

You spelled "Joey Slye" wrong.

The big concern is that we have so many injury prone offensive lineman. That's precisely how you end up with some of those bums playing in the positions they were yesterday.

I would rather watch Christensen suck and take lumps with the hope he might get better than a veteran who has sucked his entire career continue to suck