The Ravens are coming, The Ravens are coming

[Zod]

The Ravens are here. 

 

 

Matt Rhule has said the reason he wanted to have two joint practice weeks with different NFL teams was to give Sam Darnold a good amount of reps against other guys without the worry of getting hit. He felt this would be a good way to get Sam comfortable with the offense. Will it work?

[Udogg]

If he has PTSD from the Jets O-line, then maybe.  Seems like they are trying to ease him in.   I have no idea if it's gonna work, but at least it's a plan. 

[kungfoodude]

8 minutes ago, Zod said:

The Ravens are here. 

 

 

Matt Rhule has said the reason he wanted to have two joint practice weeks with different NFL teams was to give Sam Darnold a good amount of reps against other guys without the worry of getting hit. He felt this would be a good way to get Sam comfortable with the offense. Will it work?

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Ace420 said:

I'm glad that we are playing good teams in preseason this year. Not only is our young team learning how playoff teams conduct business, but Coach Rhule is learning too. 

Playing down to your competition doesn't make you better.

We need this from coaches to players more than most NFL teams do. From top to bottom in the organization, we are green as hell and this type of stuff helps accelerate everyone's learning curve. It also gives the coaches a great look at our deficiencies and what needs to be improved on. 

I don't think this will necessarily pay off in a noticeable way this season but I think it will pay off in the coming seasons. 

[Basbear]

[rippadonn]

26 minutes ago, Zod said:

The Ravens are here. 

 

 

Matt Rhule has said the reason he wanted to have two joint practice weeks with different NFL teams was to give Sam Darnold a good amount of reps against other guys without the worry of getting hit. He felt this would be a good way to get Sam comfortable with the offense. Will it work?

Why is he hiding Sam? Sam is going to get hit. Let the guy play football. He's protecting his biggest investment because as Sam goes, Rhule goes and they may follow each other out the door if Sam fails.

Rhule made a HUGE bet on Sam.

[frankw]

Being late August and a 17 game schedule is around the corner would it not be more prudent at this stage to get him used to live fire so to speak in this offense rather than trying to stage favorable scenarios for him? It seems like we are being more cautious with him than some teams with actual rookie quarterbacks.

[jfra78]

Blood and Guts!

[Tbe]

49 minutes ago, frankw said:

Being late August and a 17 game schedule is around the corner would it not be more prudent at this stage to get him used to live fire so to speak in this offense rather than trying to stage favorable scenarios for him? It seems like we are being more cautious with him than some teams with actual rookie quarterbacks.

We haven’t even finalized the starting O-line yet. Don’t put him back there until we at least know the best group to protect him.

[PootieNunu]

58 minutes ago, rippadonn said:

Why is he hiding Sam? Sam is going to get hit. Let the guy play football. He's protecting his biggest investment because as Sam goes, Rhule goes and they may follow each other out the door if Sam fails.

Rhule made a HUGE bet on Sam.

The Colts did not play their starters so Rhule did not play starters. Fitt is the GM that traded for Darnold. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

Going up against one of the best teams the NFL will be good for such a young team as the Panthers 

[trueblade]

Kind of wish we had kept Cam on the bench during the 2019 preseason. Granted, he was at a different point in his career than Sam.

[t96]

Are all our starters going to play against the Ravens and if so, for how long?

[CRA]

1 minute ago, t96 said:

Are all our starters going to play against the Ravens and if so, for how long?

Rhule said he will let you know Thursday.  To date, only thing he has confirmed is that they would see the field in game 3