kungfoodude

Yeah and if we don't improve and his decision making stays suspect, he isn't going to do much developing at all. People get caught up in certain OL stats(to suit their narrative) without taking into account the fact that our offense(and QB) had a lot to do with the OL looking better than they actually were in 2020. Let's hope we hit HR's on every OL pick/signing. It doesn't matter who we have back there if that unit keeps struggling perpetually.

Not to mention that is the one instance of that working compared to the dozens of it not working. It's certainly POSSIBLE we get a Tannehill turnaround(although he is still not an elite/franchise QB either) but it is not even close to probable.

Winston has never had a season as bad as Darnold's entire career. But, he was also on a pretty offensively loaded team. I don't think Darnold is on the Favre/Winston end of the gunslinger scale, either. He seems to be more in the mid-range of gunslingers. We will see this season because Brady's offense is pretty adept at getting guys open.

I am hoping the OL questions subside but the draft picks and FA signings don't give me a good feeling about our OL improving. So, Darnold may not be set up as well for success as is being assumed. The offensive weapons and Brady's scheme should serve to alleviate some of that if the OL is subpar again. The big question is how Darnold is going to adapt his style to Brady's system. Hopefully we get Joe Burrow and not Jameis Winston

I don't have any questions about his work ethic. I have never heard him linked to that kind of thing. It's about what he does when the bullets are flying in a real game. That is when we will know if he is the guy or not. I will wager that it won't take very long into the regular season to find out the answer to that question.

Can someone interpret this?

Yeah, I mean I know we are getting hosed but we can't assume that hosing is gonna stop after round 1.

That's really the big issue, whether he can fit within this system. Teddy actually ran Brady's offense very well. If we could have sprinkled a little Darnold/Jake backyard play into him, we probably aren't having any discussion of who our QB is.

I agree with that. Gunslingers are fun to watch when they are on. But those Favre/Winston boneheaded throws are absolutely maddening. It's the blessing and the curse of that playing style. In that regard, I do kind of understand his point about not changing what he does.

If I cared(and I for sure don't) I am sure re-reading offseason 2020 posts about Teddy are pretty entertaining now. I love these dopes that can't take any adult discussion that is even slightly critical.

I never really considered anything you have posted worthwhile, so that doesn't really impact me in any way.

I will be interested to see if he ends up being the polar opposite of Teddy. Teddy consistently took the easy and open receiver, regardless of the scenario. I am curious to see if Darnold passes on easy options and tries to bomb it, regardless of how ill advised that decision may be. As good as our WR corps appears to be, they aren't going to consistently win jump balls.

Yeah, if he was on a $5 mil deal I wouldn't even have been upset at all about the signing.

That is pretty much the reason that a portion of us are down on him in general. He didn't show much improvement from college to the NFL, nor did he during his time in the NFL. Eventually, that becomes the player and not the place. Those doubts are very valid.

If we get out of this series I just hope we get our poo together. I was honestly expecting to dominate the Preds and show we were one of the favorites. Very, very, very, very concerned about that now.

You do realize he was basically describing you in his post, right?

That doesn't have player contract breakdowns, however. Agreed it is probably the most accurate but has nothing about what people are usually referencing which is player contract info.

You know, I never noticed that scar on his forehead before.

Whew. My crap posting worked. I am gonna try it in Game 6 if that's what it takes. I'll take it over believing like hell in Game's 4 and 5.

Well, they did turn that into a title. Maybe we take this ass whipping and turn it into a 2022 Stanley Cup. I am fine with that.

I mean.....I have been a fan since they came to NC, I am well aware of what we are. Sadly, it just wasn't our year. Not fun but we are built to be contenders for a long time.

At least since we are done in this playoffs we have the young core. We have to just get there eventually

Unfortunately that wasn't real. IMO, we lost in game four.

Unlikely we win another game so "dominated" is on the table. At the end of the day, we need to dominate. That has to be the thing we exhibit in 2022.

Lol. It's over. I hate I because we are a better team than this but it is over.