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Has anyone noticed how much our offense and Sam have declined since the coaches were talking about getting Anderson more involved in the offense a few weeks ago?

Robby just isn't good any more. That ball dropped in and hit him in both of his hands. Hes dropped a few like that lately.

Hes soft af. Fade route or nothing. Hes not going to fight on a route.

If they were blitzing to get pressure sure but they're not blitzing.

Definitely, especially considering the last 2 weeks dbs from the opposing team have specifically mentioned knowing the upcoming routes. He didnt mention that though. I think college was just easier and didnt take as much work and hes still got to learn that the NFL is a totally different thing. Hes still in college mode.

Remember how after the Darnold interview the other day we were saying, well no matter how you feel about him he takes the blame and doesnt make excuses for himself, well this is the opposite of that.

Not including the really lazy route that Robby ran which hung Sam out to dry even more on a route he throws before Robby begins his "come back". If Robby ran the route he was supposed to, much less put a little effort in at the very worst he would have been in position to knock the ball down.

The only play I specifically remember that you mentioned enough to comment on was the miss to Robby Anderson. Where he was pressured and running forward in the pocket and flicked it 52 yards. Yes he was a yard short, yes he was under pressure and on the run at the time.

Scheming players wide open? The last 2 weeks dbs from the other team have said they knew the exact routes that were coming on the plays they got their interceptions on...

Exactly. Darnold definitely has to play better but the biggest grade you can give him is an incomplete. Any qb that you put back there that is getting pressured on literally 50% of their drop backs and most of those being from the interior in their face, is going to struggle. We have no idea what we have in Darnold or any qb we plug back there until that is fixed.

He was pressured on literally 50% of his dropbacks. You cant gauge anything about his play from that. If he is getting pressured on literally half of his dropbacks then he is going to feel pressure and push on every drop back. 50% pressure rate and right up the middle most of the time is going to ruin any qb.

In the initial post I said I believe in our coaching staff. I just dont like this specific mindset they may seem to have.

He is getting pressured on 43% of his dropbacks. We have no idea what any qb is behind that oline.

Hes showing emotion after the QB passed it to him on a route he quit on. He should have showed that emotion on the play and it might have worked out a bit better for us.

Yea that was after the awful route he ran and Darnold threw it to him before he made his "break" without realizing that apparently Anderson decided to not break at all but instead jog towards the sideline. I have no idea how he threw a temper tantrum instantly after he totally hung qb out to dry after he forced the ball to him.

He played a pretty bad game. He missed some throws. The interior oline allowed pressure in his face almost instantly. At one point Daley completely whiffed on his man from the guard position without there being a stunt on anything lol. Darnold definitely needs to play better but its hard to grade him much more than incomplete with the current interior of our line. On a positive note I would say Christensen looked at the worst serviceable and sometimes better than that for his first start. So that's a positive. The interior is our problem. That's a QBs nightmare.

I'm talking about his lazy routes and quitting on plays specifically. I know half of the people here are going to default to blaming the qb. Effort doesnt matter who the qb is. Effort is what Anderson isnt showing.

He didnt have much to say but one thing that stood out to me is he mentioned how we just try to make one more play than the opponent. I know he didnt really mean that literally but when he says it that's really what it feels like watching the game sometimes, especially this one. It seemed like we had the game fully in control and could have tried to step on their throats but instead we just focus on trying to make one more play than the opponent. I do believe in our coaching staff (besides maybe Brady) and I like the direction we are headed. That just stuck out to me.

If that was the case then why would he want an extension?

I definitely dont think it's all on him. I think hes fairly far down the list of problems. I just dont like much that I've seen out of him this season.

I dont think he forgot how to play. I think he got a new contract and got lazy. It's not an uncommon thing with some players.

That was a comeback route that last offensive snap that got picked. Did you see his "comeback" route that he ran? The only person he can blame on that play is himself. He clearly checked out.

Arm strength isnt one of Darnold's problems. Running lazy routes and giving up on plays plays a big part in that.

Has he taken his new contract and checked out? He is invisible most games, he had a touch catch on a crucial third that he dropped. He just ran a lazy route, didnt even try to make a play on the ball and then threw a temper tantrum. I've never seen a wr throw a temper tantrum because the qb tried to throw them the ball.