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the NFL doesn't give a poo about Watson. It still chews guys like him up and spits them out with ease. They aren't hurting without him playing.

well, that's why Teddy's game was just to play small ball. And Teddy was a good small ball QB between the 20s.

easier to drive up the price on Miami's offer when you have someone else precieved in the deal. if it's only Miami, it becomes a straight up take it or leave it offer.

we have the worst OL in the NFL. We can only threaten so much of the field realistically because of that. and yes, Sam Darnold is horrible at reading a field and progressing. The right throws come and go. And yeah, people then get covered. That's the NFL. Windows close. He is slow with it. And when he does find something he too often isn't on time getting it out...... It's why he is a downgrade from Teddy. Teddy could read the field and get it out to the right guy on time. Teddy can move on from the first read before the ball touches his hands. Sam basically has to have his first read come open....and if it doesn't you basically have 50/50 of horrible Sam living up to his name. and you could google and find artcles from this weekend that break that fact down. and you can find people doing that throught his long career. that's what he is.

reports have always been Miami is the only team he gave the greenlight on. He said no to Philly. We proabably are just chump leverage and just being used to manipulate the Miami deal. Hope that is the case.

a lof of them stems from Darnold not being able to handle progressions and reads quickly. And the windows come and go on the routes. He largely is a one read QB who implodes after that. And even when throws are there he has always had a hestiation about pulling the trigger when it should be pulled. He is late with it. Leads to bad throws and better coverage finding guys.

I don't really get into actually hating teams. I talk mad junk about the Gamecocks but it largely just to ruffle feathers of thesupporters I know. In reality, I would hope the Gameocks win every game they play minus 1 each year. Them being overall successful is better for Clemson than them being bad.

IMO, as long as Hou is doing the job for them, the NFL isn’t to say a word on Watson. they certainly aren’t going to promise a team they will or won’t do something once Hou puts it in their lap. Variables that don’t exist now will start to form.

Trash now equals…failing to pull off a 7th straight conference title and 7th straight college football playoff appearance. mighty high bar other fanbases are setting.

the NFL has put plenty of folks on the list that weren't charged they can do whatever they want with it. If an irrelvant team suggests they are going to play him....social media, TV sports talk, the media will be all over it. That means as we head into the NFL playoffs....you think the NFL is going to let Watson and some bad team take all the attention at that point in the season. That's bad business. NFL will want people to be hyping up and talkking about Brady, Super Bowl, playoffs. Not talking about Watson and a really bad football team.

is it a coincidence we have gone down the gutter after Tepper threw Keep Pounding in the trash can? I think not.

Richardson forced to sell team. Tepper buys and immediately starts talking about putting that in the past and changing the culture. Tepper watches Matt Rhule's QBs and reminds himself you have to be flexible with your plans.

Alternate title "When the Pounding stopped"

I mean, I probably watched it. But Delhomme just hadn't played enough football for me to have a take on him. Teddy and Sam played a ton of football in the NFL and I watched them both in college and the pros over the years. Easier to have a take on them vs Jake.

I think the highest odds are Watson not being traded. This keeps looking like groundhog day. Some talk being kicked around by the media.

Sunday with a clean and time pocket...he threw deep into a sea of 5 Giants and player and was intercepted by our old friend. The checkdown wideopen for a big gain. Sam is just bad. Find the greatest OC in NFL history and let me play QB for him. Not a single play would work. I got an Uncle Rico arm. Trust me. It would be a clown show. You can't put a QB like Sam Darnold on the field and think you have any clue what an OC is capable of or how good he is. Brady already has a mountain to climb with the OL. You can't give an OC both those problems. Panthers set him up to fail. It's not a Joe Brady issue. You frankly can't evalute him at all. I remain anti-scapegoat. In football and in the real world life. Firing Joe Brady isn't the answer. But I do concede he will be one of the first 3 that go.

Sam Darnold paired with this OL That's the primary issue. You can't scheme up a successful O with that over the course of a season. again, go back and look at simliar Sean McDermott as an example of a coordinator scapegoated. Talented young coordinator scapegoated because an org didn't put talent on the field for him to do his job. Problem wasn't McDermott in Philly. It was talent. Problem here is Sam Darnold and our OL. Not the guy drawing up an O that everyone has had career years in. and again, people have taken one comment and comically taken it out of context. See Luke Kuechly. Then find a game he played against whoever you deem was the best OC we faced. Luke is calling out the majority of if the plays by whatever OC you think is great. It's the NFL. The opponents sometimes knows what you are doing....and you have to win the route. And your QB has to find the guy that one the route despite the oppoennt knowing what is coming.

just sitting here looking forward to seeing who the next NY Jet castoff is that we randomly just give a ton a cash to.

it was impossible to call a good game with Jimmy Clausen. Name an OC. His gameplan, his playcalls would collective look horrible. Jimmy would make it so. That's Sam. Sam is beyond horrible. Joe Brady is a scapegoat. Everyone at LSU had career years in his O. And last year, everyone had career years in his O. Teddy not being good enough doesn't change the fact Brady brought out the most in him. and the OL is so horrific. Joe Brady simply can't call basic plays. He can't call the correct play in reality in short yardage. Because the O can't get the most simplistic done against anyone. We saw it in preseason. Just line them up and see if they can run a basic run against a defense that knows it comng. Think every starter got blown up on that goalline play. That told you what you needed to know about the season. Sean McDermott was once a wonder kid. Then the fans said he sucked and the coach fired him a defense being was horrible. He was scapegoated. The Eagles simply had no defensive talent. and you can't scheme around massive talent issues in the NFL at certain spots.

Joe Burrow and the LSU guys all had career years in college. Teddy had a career year. DJ, Robbie, Curtis all did too. maybe Sam Darnold is just really bad.

Yes, QBs that sucked horrifically have occasionally gone on to play elsewhere and find success. But you ignore the fact that that your examples needed years to improve to get a that second chance they earned. Then you alter your point of saying well if Denver took a risk on Peyton Manning’s injury then it’s the same thing as taking a risk on Sam Darnold. Acknowledging the long journey Doug and Steve had for the second chance to occur….isn’t moving the goalpost. It’s simply pointing out a new team didn’t take a chance on them right after being horrible for years. They earned the chance for the opportunity. That meant time away to actually improve.

I choose to believe the Saints acquiring Brees isn’t similar to us making Sam the man.

Brees went to the Pro Bowl and playoffs with the Chargers.

none of those guys stunk the league up for 3 straight years…and were then picked up to be the man right away somewhere else though.

Huh? no team snatched any of them up after they busted hard with the team that drafted them….and then attempted to make them the man immediately after. You said the second chances now happen quicker….unlike in the era of all the other guys that also weren’t comps.