Donald behind this Oline...

[Jmac]

Would he be better behind this Oline? Baker seems to bail out and not step up to throw. Maybe he is trying to get better throwing lanes due to his height. I know they say he has approximately 1.5 seconds to throw before the pocket collapses, which is two blinks of an eye. What's the forum's opinion on this? I'm not suggesting that they throw Darnold in, just want some feedback on what we have seen the last two weeks.

 

[CRA]

We have a half decade of football that shows Sam Darnold is at his worst when he has time.   

Time gives Sam more time to think and it always goes predictably bad in the end.   He doesn’t see and read a field well.  His throws are consistently late.  
 

 

[Jmac]

So if Donald can't handle it and Baker can't read the field after a few years in the game... then we are fugged this season.

Edited September 19, 2022 by Jmac

[Shocker]

[AlphabetsEnd]

I thought Mayfield looked bad on the live watch. 

But Go rewatch the game. Every drive is killed by fumbles, penalties, or drops (or a combination). QB play is not the issue. 

Mayfield needs more time to get chemistry, but who wouldn't, but the offense played way better than I thought on re-view, in spite of predictable play calling. 

(One caveat- I've not seen the All22, which would help). 

 

 

[mrcompletely11]

32 minutes ago, Jmac said:

Would he be better behind this Oline? Baker seems to bail out and not step up to throw. Maybe he is trying to get better throwing lanes due to his height. I know they say he has approximately 1.5 seconds to throw before the pocket collapses, which is two blinks of an eye. What's the forum's opinion on this? I'm not suggesting that they throw Darnold in, just want some feedback on what we have seen the last two weeks.

 

who?

[OneBadCat]

No but Cam would probably be great behind this line.

[Jon Snow]

No. Instead of batted balls it would be picks. It's a no win situation. 

[Waldo]

Wasn't he worse with time in the pocket? No, just a different mess and lots more turnovers.

Darnold is not a playable QB.

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, Waldo said:

 

Darnold is not a playable QB.

rhule says "hold my beer"

[SammyFranchise]

Rhule will have no choice but to put in Sam eventually. Baker is not going to move the ball and Sam is making 18 Million. You're not going to sit 18 million when your starting QB is playing like trash

Edited September 19, 2022 by SammyFranchise

[Waldo]

1 minute ago, mrcompletely11 said:

rhule says "hold my beer"

[PNW_PantherMan]

7 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Duh! That’s the main reason I didn’t want Mayfield. Just like in 2020 when I was fine with riding Grier to 0-16, I would have been fine with letting Corral sink or swim. If he was the answer we’d see the flashes and if not, we’d be in great position to draft a better rookie.

The Browns were willing to trade multiple 1sts and commit hundreds of millions of dollars to a sex offender that hasn't played in a year, and is going to miss the better part of this season.  Just so they could attempt to upgrade from Baker Mayfield.

That says a lot about him as a QB imo.

[Jon Snow]

N9 but if Baker starts throwing picks I would wager you will see Sam out there. You know it's coming.