LinvilleGorge

It's weird how some posters think it's utterly impossible to do both. We're gonna make a lot of moves this off-season. Moton and Christensen may prove to be the answers at OT. If we're lucky, Brown will prove to be the answer at RG. If everything goes to plan, we could only be needing a LG and. C. It's a lot easier to fill holes on the interior OL than at OT, though I will admit that our free agent choices this off-season leave me pretty concerned about our ability to evaluate FA OL.

Tepper might run out of patience in the meantime though. He's gonna get real tired of watching us field trash at QB sooner or later. He said when he got here that you need a coach, a GM, and a QB. Tepper knows you need an elite QB in today's NFL to have sustained success. If Fitts and Rhule can't find that QB, then Tepper will ultimately find a new GM and/or HC.

It's why I wanted Fields even though we had already traded for Darnold.

I think we're a little too obsessed with "traits" and "metrics" right now. Wouldn't surprise me a bit if we knocked Slater and had him evaluated as a guard due to his height and arm length. Give me elite feet over Go Go Gadget arm length all day everyday.

I'd rather draft one in the 1st if the right guy is available than trade a boatload for a vet. Plus, Wilson has said there's only a handful of teams he'll play for and we aren't among them. Rodgers is phenomenal still, but I can't get onboard with trading a massive haul for a QB in his late 30s. I just don't see the right situation out there to trade for a vet. I have to think the Watson ship has sailed. A quality starting QB on a rookie contract is the biggest cheat code in the NFL.

I'll say it again, a rookie wouldn't have to start from day one and we'll add more than just one player this coming off-season. There's at least two guys starting on the OL next year who are not currently on the roster.

Deshaun Watson was the 3rd QB off the board.

The rookie doesn't have to start from day one and 1st round picks aren't the only way to address the OL. We'll have a lot of cap space available.

Nah, if you don't think Sam is the answer and you think there's a guy available on the clock who can be, you take him. You don't have the luxury of picking up your franchise QB at your convenience. You gotta jump when the opportunity presents itself.

Honestly, I think that's it. I think they had Marshall valued significantly higher than any of the OL available and they thought the vet bandaids would be good enough to get by. They weren't when healthy and now the injury prone vets are predictably injured. Swing and a miss. x2.

All those career years last season say otherwise. Honestly, I think Bridgewater - while physically limited - might just be a better QB than Darnold. If we fired Brady while only giving him Darnold and Bridgewater with a shoddy OL to work with in two years, I don't think we'd have good candidates exactly beating down our door seeking out his vacated position.

1. QB problem 2. OL problem 3. He's still pretty green as an OC Can you at least just admit that your baseless accusation was wildly incorrect per LSU's OC?

Wrong. Joe Brady was the play caller in the redzone at LSU. https://247sports.com/college/lsu/LongFormArticle/LSU-Tigers-football-National-Championship-Game-Clemson-2020-New-Orleans-Steve-Ensminger-interview-142080486/#142080486_10 Q. How do you decide on what you want to do in the red zone each time? STEVE ENSMINGER: Look, I have a game plan that's sitting right here. I'll be honest with you here. When we get in the red zone, 12 in, that's Joe Brady. Unless I want to run a play-action, go fast, we'll go. When we get inside the 12, I tell Joe, It's yours and he calls it.

This. The trend has been downward but we'll see. He's a couple more stinkers at least from this becoming a legit possibility. I just wish we'd made the move for Minshew to have another card to play if the downward spiral continues. I don't think anyone except for that one guy who keeps getting banned thinks that PJ Walker is the potential answer.

How many guys on our offense had career years last season? Teddy and Darnold led offenses have always crumbled in the redzone. We're talking about two guys who have never thrown for more than 15 TDs in a season.

I was LMAO when that Eagles RB lost four or five yards AND went out of bounds. Like, damn. Other hand a turnover that's the worst possible outcome in that situation. And like you said, we still out-derped them.

Oh, he is now. And they can't use the injury excuse. The two guys who are out are our two new Gas who both came to us with serious durability concerns. Them missing time was entirely predictable.

The issues the Seahawks have been having on the OL for years now married with this disaster of an OL we're fielding = definitely concerning.

Yeah, I thought I understood the pick. I thought it was made with the intention of allowing us to let Anderson walk after this season and net us a nice comp pick in return while replacing Anderson with a guy in a cheap rookie contract. But then we extended Anderson and he disappeared so now I don't know WTF the plan was/is. If we were planning to extend Anderson all along WR probably shouldn't have even been on the board in the 1st or 2nd rounds. Hell, maybe not even the 3rd unless some insane value was there.

I don't disagree that Brady has some room to grow as a play caller, but he looked a lot better last year with a limited QB who didn't have such a tendency to throw the ball to defenders.

We don't have an OL or the answer at QB. Best of luck with high expectations given that reality.

LOL! Howell has thrown five picks in six games. Darnold has thrown five in the last two alone. If you're gonna try to throw a jab, make sure it lands.

Joe Brady was out there throwing the ball directly to defenders? I could've sworn that was Darnold.

Nah, I just didn't drink the whole pitcher of Kool aid after the 3-0 start. I realized we beat two of the worst teams in the league and a Saints team that was missing a good chunk of it's roster and coaching staff. 3-0 is 3-0, but I knew those three games really hadn't told us much about who we are as a team. I don't think we're as bad as everyone is panicking into thinking right now, but I don't think we're as good as everyone wanted to think we were at 3-0. We're somewhere in the middle. Which is pretty much what I expected. I expected us to be .500ish this year.

I'm just asking for clarification on your stance because it's not at all clear. You're just telling about Arthur Blank and seemingly wanting Tepper to morph into Al Davis. What am I missing here?