bigdog10

This defense is fun to watch. Sam looks composed in the pocket. Great to see.

Yuck.

We really just punted from the 35 in today’s nfl?

My biggest complaint is that they’ve neutered the defenses through the rule changes. I don’t mind high flying offenses, but I think they should have to earn it without benefiting from defensive holding every four snaps.

Both of these teams are gonna give us problems.

Putting Moore or CMC back there in a regular season game is the type of thing that gets coaches fired.

This game goes as CMC goes. If he can get loose, we win this one pretty comfortably. If the Jets bottle him up, we’re gonna lose.

We struggled to protect him against backups. Any team with a pass rush is going to be a problem.

Buckle up boys. This is gonna be a rough ride on offense. We’re gonna need CMC to be otherworldly at all times. Any team with a good middle linebacker is going to work us over. in other words, we’re not touching Tampa this year.

Joe Brady clams up in the red zone. It’s now a trend.

Figured you all would enjoy this. Titans linebackers describing their first ride on the CMC experience. Just a warning, has some language so nsfw.

Madden is absolute garba.....

Darnold needs to get comfortable with the fact that he’s going to be uncomfortable behind whatever line we trot out this season. Even if our oline is at its best, it’s maybe a middle of the pack offensive line.

The offensive line is a major concern but Joe Brady can mask that in three series by calling short pass plays, bubble screens, RB screens, etc in a preseason game without getting Darnold hit Him getting reps in a red jersey is completely different than him making decisions on the fly against dudes that are trying to get to him

I get the rationale the staff is using in that he’s getting all his snaps against the other teams ones in the joint practices, however there is something to be said for sitting back there in a semi-real game knowing you could get hit. I figured he would play about three series last night. Having him in there for only one drive that started on the 35 yard line and ended in a four and out at r goal line, just confirms my thinking that Rhule is in way over his head.

Defense is going to be fun to watch this year. Offense is going to have some moments but is going to be very inconsistent. Joey Slye is a huge liability. our back up QB situation and oline situation is among the bottom five in the league.

Luvu looks like a keeper. Like his energy.

Put the ball in Darnolds hands at least on one of those downs. SMH.

3-6 for 37 yards. Sacked once. Two series. Two punts.

If PJ is better than Darnold, we are picking in the top three in next years draft.

WSOC feed is trash. Can’t watch it.

Little off topic but Surtain just had a pick six. Great instincts on that throw.

He’s gonna be a flag magnet.

Real question is what does this say about Rhule and Snows ability to evaluate talent. It was evident in the first quarter of the season last year he was a liability, but he continued to play. I’ll chalk it up to inexperience and Covid but they can’t make the same mistakes this year. Specifically if it is talent on the offensive line.

Signing Darnold and passing up on fields had the potential to be the first dominoes in the sequence that gets Rhule fired after year three. I hope Sam succeeds. I just have zero confidence in it.