Greg Cosell on Sam Darnold

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[L-TownCat]

He does need to up the tempo a smidge but he’s still “thinking”. Give him time to understand and build trust.  He’ll start anticipating and acting instead of thinking.

[electro's horse]

im just considering this year his rookie season and am not upset after three weeks

[ClawOn]

4 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

im just considering this year his rookie season and am not upset after three weeks

fiz looks to be coming around folks.  Big if true. 

[glenwo2]

16 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

He does need to up the tempo a smidge but he’s still “thinking”. Give him time to understand and build trust.  He’ll start anticipating and acting instead of thinking.

He's thinking because he's still slowly healing from the scars of the friggin' Jets receivers that could NEVER get open; he has moments of hesitation because he thinks the ball he throws might get picked off.

 

 

[OldhamA]

31 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

 

[OldhamA]

9 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

im just considering this year his rookie season and am not upset after three weeks

Jeez.

If this is as good as he gets I'm happy. 

[electro's horse]

6 minutes ago, ClawOn said:

fiz looks to be coming around folks.  Big if true. 

eh, i never hated it

we obviously couldn't go another season with bridgewater, and darnold was their third choice. Deshaun didn't work out for obvious reasons, and Stafford turned us down in favor of LA. 

Team never seemed that high on any of the non lawrence QBs. 

I just don't think anyone expected it go to this well THIS fast. 

still plenty of time for the wheels to come off, however. 

Edited September 30, 2021 by electro's horse

[panthers55]

I can see why we went with Darnold over Fields. Justin may end up the better QB in the end but he could have benefitted from sitting behind a veteran. He looks lost out there and we needed a starter not a project. Darnold has experience and looks like a veteran in a new system.  Hopefully, by the end of the season we are hitting on all cylinders.

Edited September 30, 2021 by panthers55

[ClawOn]

9 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

eh, i never hated it

we obviously couldn't go another season with bridgewater, and darnold was their third choice. Deshaun didn't work out for obvious reasons, and Stafford turned us down in favor of LA. 

Team never seemed that high on any of the non lawrence QBs. 

I just don't think anyone expected it go to this well THIS fast. 

still plenty of time for the wheels to come off, however. 

All fair. Team looks to be correct thus far in regards to the non Lawrence QBs.  Stafford would have likely been better for a few years but has some wear. Maybe it all turned into something great. We'll see. 

I miss the Derby. 

 

[BlitzMonster]

13 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

Hopefully, by the end of the season we are hitting on all cylinders.

I think it's going to happen by the middle of the season.  At that point :

• Both rookies should be playing on the O-line
• DJ Moore will be a bonafide star
• Darnold will have shaken off all of that Jets rust and be comfortable executing Brady's offense  

[Khaki Lackey]

When we got Darnold, the rap was, “quarterback reclamation projects rarely work out.”

While true, there wasn’t a huge sample, data-wise. There was Tannehill and a handful of colossal busts attempting comebacks. 
Moving forward, I think there are going to be a lot more QB reclamation projects. Fields, Lawrence, and Wilson have been put in truly awful scenarios much like Darnold. After year 3 it might be hard to tell exactly why those guys sucked.(if they continue to suck.)

hell, even Teddy B is a reclamation project at this point. 
 

To add to that, the whole “first round picks HAVE to start and make an impact immediately” is a relatively new thing. Up until recently, rookie QBs rarely started. The league is probably going to shift back to that if more QBs get ruined early in their careers.

Edited September 30, 2021 by Khaki Lackey

[Gipetto]

if Chuba can establish himself as a real threat we score early and often. Greg Cosell is absolutely right when he says play action is a big part of this offense because with CMC that threat was real every down but with Chuba the defense can hang back a bit on those play action calls.