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if you look at week 1, his half in the preseason, and camp reports....yeah, he is checking down at a very high rate and is almost overwhelming playing with 10 yards of field. And while he might make the occasional intermediate throw, but he isn't having success there. Zero completions in week 1 10-20 yards downfield, 1 in the preseason, and it noted and questioned all camp about the checkdowns.

well, it is simplistic. And Zach Wilson would have been statistically superior to Sam Darnold in his rookie debut. But yeah, considering Sam is essentially just playing with 10 yards of field.....but yeah, if you watched the 2 QBs last Sunday, Zach Wilson looks more promising. The purpose of bringing up the CMC swap was clearly to dismiss the fact that the W and stat column don't make the argument. Not that I am a fan of Zach Wilson nor do I think he will have success long term.

You give CMC to the Jets….they win that game and the Jets QB has the best stat line.

some of the best moments in stadiums are prompted. College IMO has better traditions than the pros. But yeah, the loudspeaker, band, scoreboard, cheerleaders, etc. all prompt and set stuff into motion. Gamecock fans are waiting on that shitty techno music to hit. Clemson fans are waiting on the band. And on and on.

Yeah, teams prompting chants and fan action is pretty routine. Professional to college.

was Joey Slye ever asked to kick a 50 or under game winning kick?

is there a 4th option? Daniel Jones is about to be Sam Darnold after this year.

for your first 3 NFL starts (including a postseason game vs the SB champs).....he has shown a lot of promise. I don't think anyone is calling him the next Joe Montana. But yeah, what he is doing is what you are suppose to get excited about. Take a look around here, people get more excited about guys who have given us less to be pumped about it. would you rather have our current backup QB or Heinicke?

not sure that is all on him. WR stopped on what was suppose to be a quick hitter. regardless, that play doesn’t change the fact he has shown a lot more than our stable of backups.

Heinicke has a little magic to him. Looked promising in the playoffs last year….probably should of kept him around instead of Grier and company

I agree. That is a ball a QB is forced to throw because it is a practice rep. There was no play. They basically have to throw the pick.

But we know their scheme isn't a checkdown offense. That's not what Payton does and it's now what got Joe Brady the job here. So to me, that points elsewhere. Likely, we employed a checkdown and broken QB or....Matt Rhule actually prefers and asks for conservative O because he wants to play to his defense (and that is what every successful Matt Rhule team has done).

Did he have a good rushing game against the Saints? he found the endzone but his high is 64 yards and that was at 2 yards a clip.

There was actually a lot of recent talk about his clean pocket play and red zone play. https://www.google.com/amp/s/pantherswire.usatoday.com/2021/07/19/panthers-sam-darnold-red-zone-clean-pocket-numbers-troubling/amp/ so I guess you could tin foil hat it that our horrific OL play is 4D chess by the staff. But that still leaves the red zone. I think the pressure that has gotten same in the past is more situational….where he felt the QB had to make the play.

NFL teams are ran more comparable to mom and pop shops than fortune 500 companies.

it’s not much damage control…. it’s like….oh sorry about that. Since you are crying we will give it to you for one game in order for you to officially say your goodbye to it.

Best players play? Period? This is football we are talking about. The best players don’t always play. That broad statement certainly isn’t true. we know there are plenty of football coaches are flawed, biased, and dumb quite often. I mean every coach and gm we have had to date did dumb stuff…..but this time it’s TOTALLY different? Odds don’t favor that. Everyone does dumb things at times. Football coaches certainly aren’t excluded from that…..just like no one in another profession is. Name any job on any level…and you can find someone doing something dumb. Are fans right on this example? Don’t know. Garbage man to POTUS. Everyone does dumb stuff from time to time blinded by their own biases and being so close to it. Which you see a fair amount in sports IMO.

I'm going to go with the Saints. Just can't bet on Carolina after the OL performance we saw last week in a divisional matchup right now. They are going to need to move some bodies around on the OL and find something that works better and it doesn't sound like Rhule is there yet. Plus, historically, CMC doesn't run well vs Sean Payton and the Saints. Career high is only 64 rushing yards. I don't have a score prediction. Just don't see our OL being there yet for a game like this.

he was an assistant OL coach for one season. but I don't think that earned him the narrative as an OL expert. I have never heard it at least. He has a random coaching year basically everywhere on O or D. Resume always read like a jack of all trades type guy from a positional perspective. Which makes sense if your goal is HC.

I've never heard that narrative with Rhule.

this isn't like Ron. Ron once caught heat for punting on the opponents 35 because he felt being conservative was more important than points. This is something totally different and new.

watch Rhule cut him lol. I don't put any stock into what Rhule says about anything

I heard David Tepper was going to start selling KFC at the stadium next. Baby stepping.

He was close to being the Jets HC when they brought in Gase NFL is a better gig if you can get it then college. Better pay for less work.