mav1234

Stroud HAS struggled at times... But of any fan base that doesn't give up on a player after a bad stretch you'd think we'd be the first to recognize the importance of an OL and how a young QB can bounce back.

I still think Slowik abandons the run too easily but when you've got a QB and WR tandem like Stroud/Collins, can't blame him ...

He gave himself up so they could call a timeout.

I really hate it. We can like Stroud AND Bryce and hope they both succeed. I don't get why this (and others do too I'm sure) fan base has to tear down other good players.

Chargers OL is definitely better than the Texans, but the Texans DL is incredibly good and neutralizes that advantage... If Stroud can keep playing like he did the last 2 drives this game is gonna get out of LACs reach.

Stroud has 200 total yards in the half.

CJ with 180 yards passing, 1 TD, 1 INT, 27 yards on the ground... Where's that dude talking about 7 yard halves hahahah

Young QBs just seem to hate sliding...

CJ fuging Stroud, what a great run!

He has to. He'll get sacked if he doesn't lol. His OL is so bad...

I don't think fans appreciate just how much OL play matters. Stroud's definitely making some bad decisions at times but he's being hit on a huge number of drop backs and still delivers drives like that...

Meanwhile Herbert is 1/8 or something over the last 3 drives...

Goddamn Stroud played real well that drive, that long conversion was so huge.

Stroud's OL is beyond bad. As bad, maybe worse, than ours last year imo

Football is a game that requires peak physical and mental condition (mental in terms of football, obviously not sanity lol) and being away from the game so long clearly impacted him. fug him, though. Glad Tepper didn't get his way, christ. The best decision Tepper's made was not being willing to guarantee that salary.

Yeah, I mean I think for me, the 5 TDs was very impressive, but 21 total TDs over 12 games started indicates a decent-to-high level offensive production, especially given the circumstances (defense, mainly). So reason to be optimistic, but like you say, others have given reason for optimism before and not delivered in the longer term. Fwiw, I could see Daniel Jones having a resurgence elsewhere - if he isn't broken anyway.

Yup we could use a couple of options that could work on short routes / screens for YAC. Screens to AT and XL need to never happen again, lol

Believe he should start in the league and for us next year? Yeah for sure. Believe in the height of his ceiling - in any way? Believe he's our franchise savior? Not yet. He's played decently for 3/4th of a year, which isn't really enough to be sure of much. Hopeful, for sure, and looking forward to next year.

I've felt the same but wondered if it was just not catching enough of his games. And I feel his father pushes him slightly down too lol

Good point. Half of Bryce's misses at various times, especially shortly after coming back from benching, the all 22 commentators often said a dude was running the wrong route or running it sloppily.

We have soo many holes I personally think that weapons (as in more than one) are not a huge priority, even if they would be great. We do want another good receiver, especially with AT possibly retiring, and a 2nd RB as immediate needs... I also think Coker, XL and JTS all take steps forward next year so that is part of why I'm less concerned. Coker was an absolute monster when targeted. He finished the season #10 at yards per target in the NFL - ahead of McConkey and Collins (tho eachs usage means that this isn't a fair direct comparison). His y/r was also good for 17th overall in the NFL. But if he can get his routes crisper, I think the sky is his limit.

It's this, a lot of the guys with much stronger arms do get more tipped balls because they don't need to put the same arc on their passes. That and OL play does contribute.

For someone that actively avoided the show, what happened with the Giants? I'd probably watch one about us, heh

Right but that's also a little in contrast to big time throws which are still risky Edit: also his int ratio was very bad last year, so that's been a great improvement after his benching

Imagine if Joe Brady gets a HC job already, haha.