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Welp, this didnt age well. Sam is a captain.

You act like for years we didnt have a huge amount of fans that were bigger Cam fans than Panther fans.

The deep ball is definitely a cog. It is very overrated by some people. There are plenty of short and intermediate routes that definitely arent check downs. I would say the saints offense thrives off of intermediate routes much more than any deep balls.

For the most part I would say our offense isnt built on taking that many down the field shots. Its built on timing and getting the ball in the playmakers hands with some separation. Its much more based on yac than deep balls.

That's what I was thinking. They dont have similar skillsets at all. I have thought for a year or two that Howell reminds me exactly of young drew brees, even the negatives.

Maybe there is an "elephant" in the room or maybe the former patriots player who has been around the locker room knows more than we do about what is going on in the locker room in NE. Which is a much more complicated offense than we ran. This is why everything with Cam is so divisive. You can see negatives in a player without there having to be an "elephant" in the room. Do those "elephants" exist? Of course they do, but you can say negative things about a player or you could think it wasnt the best move to give Cam a giant contract in the shape he was in a couple years ago and not be an "f150".

While I do agree with this common thought in some ways, the main thing Rivera did is not protect Cam from himself. Cam always had a physical battering ram style that from his rookie year caused people to be worried about his career longevity. Honestly that is the main thing that made Cam so special. The problem is all of his major strengths (giant arm, not crazy fast but pretty fast for a qb but very big) were the ones that fade the fastest and his weaknesses (timing, touch, sometimes accuracy) were what you have to live on later in your career. I think it was evident from his first season on that there was a chance that he wasn't going to be potentially great for long.

I wonder how much more of an affect there is to home field advantage early in the season. So much bigger crowds and noise compared to what they are used to. With all the restrictions last year this is a lot of the players first times experiencing a crowd like this.

I'm not sure how much of any of this is on Howell so far...

Maybe not but I wouldnt say its impossible. I feel like decision making is a trait that's a lot different than the others you mentioned. I feel like decision making can be helped by scheme and even just the way the quarterback makes their roads. Starting by simplifying the decisions you're asking the qb to make and building from there.

Some qbs definitely improve at the pro level.

I would take that every off season.

Exactly, I understand the worry about the idea of a qb controversy but Rhule could have stomped that out pretty quick by firmly stating that Darnold is the qb. Minshew would have been a much better option over PJ or Grier.

If Darnold turns out to be a good young qb then it was great value. You cant tell value immediately.

It's crazy they got him for a conditional 6th. He would have been a good backup option.

Yea in the first clip Brown is 4 yards closer to the LoS than the next closest olineman by the end of the 3 second clip.

The sad part of that clip is the rest of the oline collapsed so much they weren't even in the frame anymore.

Yea I was expecting a lot more of the trouble to come from the edge, not straight up the middle in Darnold's face.

All the people saying he just needs more practice, I'm not sure. I feel like he regressed over the 3 games with the third being way more cringey and awkward. Maybe he can though. I'm just not so sure this "tell it like it is" style is as great as some seem to. I'm all for being honest about the play that is ran but sometimes his takes were just wrong and he would just continue with making things personal.

The happy feet he showed and commented on werent happy feet though. That's actually how a qb is supposed to keep their feet moving and bouncing. That was correct footwork for a qb in the pocket. I'm not sure if Smith just doesnt know that somehow or he already knew he was going to talk about happy feet with darnold and just chose a bad time.

Did you watch the game last night? If you did then you saw something totally different than I did. Almost every negative play had pressure right up the middle of the line almost instantly. That's not coddling. You want any qb to have a pocket to be able to step up in.

No because if hes bad then he probably wont play in two games which mean we gave up nothing. Also if he participates in the next practice then he has already contributed more than Perryman ever did in his time here. There isnt much negative about any of these moves so far.

I think they factor in more than just their stats. I believe it is based on how well they run each route and if they "win" that route. I could be mistaken though because I dont think theyve ever made their grading process that open but I believe there is more to it than just grading plays where they are thrown to. Regardless pff is just a tool. It's not a be all end all. It's one tool to evaluate performances. It's still more of a positive to be graded well than badly I'd say.

I dont really blame him at all neccesarily but it also seems like Darnold is at least average then there is a pretty solid chance we are a potential playoff team so I'm not sure what that says about Stafford's mindset. Maybe he just looked at our offensive line, then it definitely makes sense.

If Haskins looks like Mahomes against the starters I would say that's much more of a negative for our defense than anything to do with Darnold, but its preseason regardless so it wouldnt nesscesarily correlate regardless. I also think it's funny you mention that since going by your PJ posts you would be the one posting it if anyone did.