Navy_football

You're missing my point. QBs know they aren't going to get hit in practice. That makes a huge difference in how you react to pressure. Hence why live game reps are so important. Football is a physical game. Very physical. Adjusting to that aspect of the game is just as important as reading defenses and chemistry with receivers. A lot of QBs much better then Darnold have been ruined because they weren't protected by the o-line.

Isn't hitting the opposing team's QB not allowed in joint practices? I would think it a lot easier for QBs to step into throws without the fear of having your spleen ruptured by a 300 lbs DT.

Offensive coordinators should be able to scheme around weaknesses on the outside. It's much more difficult to scheme around a weak interior line. That ish will kill ANY QB in the league. Even the GOAT (Tom Brady) couldn't overcome it. Even the most prolific passer of our time (Brees) couldn't overcome it.

Not sure why, but I laughed way too hard from this comment...

And that was coming from Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis who have to practice against him everyday. Let that sink in for a minute.

Great running back, but he legit has a future as a slot if the hits out of the backfield start taking a toll.

I tell you what... he can make all the throws! Even those deep outside timing routes that many QBs shy away from. And he kills the seam and skinny post.

That didn't change until they drafted Starr and Short - remember Fua and McClain. They were the equivalents of Cam's Silatolu and Nate Chandler (and Byron Bell). Starr allowed Luke to be Luke better than anyone else and losing him may have even taken a couple of seasons away from Luke's career.

I get that this season is not DIRECTLY comparable to past seasons. My only concern is that games are drastically different than practices, even joint ones. Starters are usually on a play/time count in that 3rd preseason game. And teams have used the 4th game in case they wanted to get them in a bit longer, for confidence if nothing else.

In hindsight he probably should have jumped on it - yes. Maybe. It's not the split decision move that bothers me, it's the BS narrative that he jumped away from the pile to avoid contact that triggers me. As if we all haven't watched him run over, stiff arm and juke some of the best defenders in the NFL like Earl Thomas. And not sure if WE wouldn't have more readily identified the true intentions of Brees or Ryan in that situation. You know them being so cerebral and all.

This is the second to last game of preseason. Didn't starters usually go at least a quarter in the 3rd game in the past? He'll have all next week to heal. It's important that he get some live game reps this week. 4/6, 45 yards. 0 TDs, 0 INTs. We'll be trying to establish a running game to identify CMC's backup. Now CMC needs to stay home. Don't even have him in the stadium.

It's obvious to anyone with half a brain (and with the propensity for objectivity) that Cam was anticipating the ball popping out and bouncing to his right. Which it did. He just couldn't pull it from the defender. He didn't dive on it initially, but he's in the scrum. Nothing about that man's career would ever lead you to believe he was scared or a quitter.

RPOs yes. A dynamic talent at RB will force Safeties to move up and "cheat" a little against the run. CMC is a dynamic talent. If you did mean to say read option, then no way. Darnold isn't the type of natural runner you'd want to read keys in a QB-running read option setting. A predetermined QB keeper after faking the handoff - maybe something like a bootleg is more of his style.

THAT... was way too easy!

I read the article you posted - and a few others related to the accusations against Watson. Yeah, hard pass for me. He should seek pyschotherapy before seeking massage therapy. He's lucky no one's retaliated against him yet.

In no way would I condone inappropriate and/or unwanted contact or advances towards any woman. But I do agree with this statement. You know why you were requested - usually consistent with how you present yourself on social media outlets. If he forced someone to do something they didn't want to do, then that's a completely different story. If he presented a proposal, then... we're all adults here. And no, I have not been following this story and don't know the details.

And somehow losing Kelvin Benjamin for the season...

Chandler, Bell and Amini all at the same time. 4 man rushes looked like jailhouse blitzes on the regular.

Hahaha, that was a fiasco! An undrafted DT at that. A practice squad DT converted to starting RT for your #1 overall pick in the draft QB? What could possibly go wrong?!

Is that an "X" receiver? That looks like a double wing formation to me. Killer in pee wee and service academies. Probably not so much in the NFL...

I don't think it's even close. That 2003 team was STACKED! The only positions that were better from 2015 was TE and QB. I love Luke but Dan Morgan was a F'ing dawg tackling machine in the Middle. Witherspoon was an easy comp to Davis (once again I LOVE Thomas Davis). RBs, WRs, DL, OL, DBs, all considerably better in 2003. Heck we had the best place kicker in the history of the franchise on that team - even though he choked in the big game. Don't know if they'd beat them. Cam was playing that good, but you can't argue the talent on the rosters.

You're right, it definitely is. But... situations. Remember that Thursday night Tampa Bay game in 2019? Even if we'd just drafted Trevor, it would be difficult not to put in a goal line specialist in that moment. Getting reps for your rookie QB is a hard sale to vets looking to win now.

I wouldn't discount Saleh's influence so quickly. He's a defensive mastermind who believes in pressuring the QB into making bad decisions. Darnold better be ready with the hot reads or it could get ugly for him, painfully ugly. I see CMC and whoever is starting at TE having a major impact.

I hear you loud and clear. But the Panthers had a couple of REALLY good running backs in 2011, when Cam Newton broke the QB single season rushing TD record. I remember a couple of hits that year that made me wince, even as big as that mofo was as a rookie. Reps are important, but wins are life. And don't discount the point of showing defenses different looks/options just to get them to spend precious practice time preparing against - distraction.

There is definitely a role for The Golden Calf of Bristol. He'll never have a chance to start. Everyone knows that. He won't take ANY practice snaps from Lawrence - EVER. He's an extremely versatile athlete that at the very least could be a goal line QB that takes those shots instead of Lawrence. And if he's on the field, the defense will have to prepare for him possibly throwing the ball. At the very least, he's a gadgety distraction. At best, he's a high character locker room influence that has a penchant for punching the ball in on the goal line. Hell Cam made a living doing that, but I'd gladly have had a punching bag come in and take those hits instead.