MasterAwesome

So having been presented with the full team-by-team breakdown, you're sticking with "mostly bad/rebuilding teams playing starters this week, better/more established teams did it last week"? Because....Bills/Chiefs? Ignoring all other 30 data points? I guess you're one of the disingenuous ones, oh well.

Lol so triggered...you coming from Facebook discourse actually explains so much. Don't you guys need to wear helmets just to post over there? Please, for the last time keep your Rhule FanFic to yourself. Nobody wants to imagine Rhule receiving fellatio except you.

Haha come on dude, I literally posted the team-by-team breakdown earlier in this thread as far as who rested vs. played their starters last week. Your assessment is quite wrong btw - out of the 14 playoff teams last year, 10 of them rested their starters last week (Packers, Rams, Raiders, 49ers, Bucs, Titans, Eagles, Bengals, Cardinals, Cowboys) and 4 of them played starters (Bills, Chiefs, Patriots, Steelers). It seems like the “better/more established teams” rested them last week.

The hilarious irony is that frankw himself is clearly an alt. He created his account in March 2021 yet he keeps talking about how much hate Rivera got on these boards back when he was coach what an embarrassing self-report.

Yeah and somehow Darnold played his best in our first 3-4 games of the year after all that lack of prep. It’s almost like..it’s pretty silly to overreact to every single aspect of the off-season and preseason.

McVay hasn't played his starters at all this preseason nor does he ever play his starters in any preseason...including last year when they won the Super Bowl. Even when they traded for a new quarterback in the offseason who presumably needed the extra reps to gel with his new receiving corps in a real game situation. Sound familiar??

Teams that rested starters Week 2: Panthers, Seahawks, Saints, Packers, Rams, Broncos, Lions, Colts, Raiders, 49ers, Vikings, Buccs, Titans, Cowboys, Chargers, Eagles, Browns, Bengals, Ravens, Cardinals, Jets = 21 teams Teams that didn't rest starters Week 2: Bears, Patriots, Texans, Bills (for one series), Commanders, Chiefs, Dolphins, Steelers, Jaguars, Giants, Falcons = 11 teams "Most other teams" = 1/3 of the league? This is what happens when you just mindlessly parrot the talking points you read on the Huddle.

What does Buffalo's gameplan have to do with getting our 1st team offense reps together in a game situation? This will be a good opportunity to see if they can gel and operate as a cohesive unit or not. I thought that's what everyone was worried about...but it's hard to keep track sometimes.

If he was also an elite run-blocker then maybe, but we've got too many mouths to feed in the offense as is and he doesn't seem to fit what we want to do in the run game.

It would be awkward and humbling for Huddlers to acknowledge Pickett's strong preseason after spending all offseason calling him a bust/career back-up. So I think most of them are going to pretend he doesn't exist lol.

Of course the head coach is in large part responsible for development of the roster. I just think you've got a bit of tunnel vision and are excluding all other factors in whether a rookie QB is successful in the NFL. Namely, the most important factor which is said QB's individual ability and readiness. Not all rookies are created equal. Some are going to be raw and need more time to develop and require different developmental approaches depending on what their issues are (footwork, learning a pro offense, deep ball accuracy, etc.), whereas others unfortunately simply don't have what it takes and are going to fail even in spite of all the best coaching in the world. I have no idea what will ultimately become of Matt Corral and whether he is one of those QBs who just doesn't have it, or if he needs a little more time, or if he's an amazing QB who is being held back by Rhule's development. I just think it's a bit silly to be like "See! There are other QBs doing well in the preseason, therefore obviously Rhule is ruining Matt Corral". You seem to view every individual prospect as an identical ball of clay to be molded by the coaching staff. Give Matt Rhule a rookie Cam Newton or Russel Wilson and give Andy Reid or Vince Lombardi a rookie Jimmy Clausen and I'm fairly sure Rhule's QB can outperform their Clausen lol.

Ironically I think this snapshot exposes the flaws in your argument. Yes Rhule is at the bottom where he belongs, but if the head coach is directly and unilaterally responsible for rookie QB performance (which you've made pretty clear is your stance), then that would make your head coach rankings look like: 1. Mike Tomlin 2. Mike McDaniel 3. Arthur Smith 4. Kyle Shanahan 5. Mike Vrabel 6. Bill Belichick 7. Ron Rivera 8. Matt Rhule

Can someone turn the windshield wiper on?

Yes.

“It is what it is. And for me right now, I’m going to do everything that I can to support Baker and get him ready to play…”. /thread That was either an incredibly disingenuous misinterpretation of a tweet, or you have a woeful lack of critical thinking ability.

I can only assume you don't understand what the word "projection" means cause that literally made zero sense. How many people think Rhule is dumb and a bad coach and makes horrible decisions? Probably >85% of these boards. How many people predicted Matt Rhule was going to start Sam Darnold Week 1? Just you. It's okay to admit you have silly takes sometimes lol. Even your like-minded compatriots didn't wanna touch that one.

Again, it sounds like the only person the "pointless QB battle" fooled was you. I can think Matt Rhule makes questionable decisions and still think that Matt Rhule isn't going to cut Brian Burns tomorrow. But somehow I wouldn't be surprised if you started making that claim lol.

Yeah it was so obvious and yet you still somehow got it wrong.

Poor CRA is now 0 for 48 in his offseason predictions.

Lol huh? How about you start by, as a moderator, outlining which forms of whining is acceptable. Best I can tell based on your behavior in this thread: -Whining about the team = OK. -Whining about other people whining = Not OK. -Whining about other people whining about other people = OK. Also, you can strawman all you want about "optimistic" people being intolerant of opposing viewpoints. But just use your imagination to envision a thread along the lines of "I still believe in Rhule" or "Darnold could still be a good starting QB in this league" and then imagine how many people on your side of the aisle would jump in and absolutely blast the OP. Not the substance of what the OP is saying, but the OP himself. And that's your problem as a moderator: this whole toxic culture you've sat by and allowed to fester is totally a "both sides" thing, and yet you have explicitly drawn a line in the sand to coddle one side and villainize the other.

Or maybe we just want you to "stay in your lane" and do a little moderation instead of lashing out and complaining about something you are uniquely positioned to do something about.

Kyler is the highest paid OC in league history.

Were people seriously claiming every other team is treating Week 2 like the dress rehearsal? By my estimation from checking box scores, it looks like maybe 6-8 teams actually played their starting QB lol.

Panthers.com is streaming the game FYI.

Oh yeah I totally agree, I was only providing him the reports about Neal struggling.