Sam Darnold has no more excuses

[panthers55]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

I don't think Darnold has been David Carr'd because that would imply a steady decline. He's been the same all along. You can watch him play at USC or with the Jets or with us and see the same quarterback making the same mistakes regardless of the other variables around him.

When he perceives pressure like others he has a flight or fight reaction which dumps cortisol and adrenalin while subsequently shutting down his higher thinking processes. That is why most folks in this state struggle to make rational thoughts and reactions like running from the police over a traffic violation.  You have to reduce the trauma response physiologically while also simplifying the thought process involved by giving him easy reads and rehearsal so he doesn't have to overthink his response.  With improved technology and virtual reality you should be able to practice biofeedback and activating the parasympathetic system while simulating football actions on the field. 

[panthers55]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I really don't think so. He just doesn't see the field like a QB. He can't read and react. He tries to consciously think and that makes him too slow. After the snap you have to be done thinking. It's all instinct and reaction at that point. I don't think that's coachable. It's like trying to coach a RB to have better vision or a DB to have better balls skills. A guy either has it or he doesn't.

Actually if you have pre and post snap reads and you are going through progressions you don't stop thinking after the snap and it isn't just react. So you are right that when he is pressured his ability to think may be compromised but the solution is build in plays, automatic reads and rehearsal while under pressure so he can read and react. And no you don't have it or not and managing a trauma response is very coachable just like managing anger or other emotions. One issue is that if you practice all the time and the qB is protected does he ever practice under pressure before the actual game? The answer is actually not much. Hence the need for more innovation like virtual reality.

[raleigh-panther]

52 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

A blind man can see that coming a mile away. 

Would you say Rhule is blind or just myopic. Hoping for blind 

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, raleigh-panther said:

Would you say Rhule is blind or just myopic. Hoping for blind 

He's oblivious to what's going on around him so I would lean towards blind.