Is Mcadoo developing Darnold??

[WOW!!]

Simple question..

Didn’t remember nor cared about Sam in NY.. But this is the most competent and confidence wise the best I’ve seen of Sam.. 

It also could be the beard Thoe..

[CmC2k]

Darnold is playing well enough that whatever QB we take in the 1st round won't feel pressured to have to come in and start from day 1. 

[Catsfan69]

1 minute ago, CmC2k said:

Darnold is playing well enough that whatever QB we take in the 1st round won't feel pressured to have to come in and start from day 1. 

Whatever QB we draft might not ever play if he keeps this up.

[chbright]

3 minutes ago, WOW!! said:

Simple question..

Didn’t remember nor cared about Sam in NY.. But this is the most competent and confidence wise the best I’ve seen of Sam.. 

It also could be the beard Thoe..

Sam and his beard like Sampson and his hair hmmmm.

Or just not a really rough schedule for Sam so far and Sam has been a game manager 

Sam has not really been tested or pushed it yet. And mcadoodoo hasn't really let him sling it when we can't run, so it is not like Sam nor McAdoo have some trust to air it out when we really need to.

We also saw a guy you could play with to start last year in Sam. Then we all saw how things went once CMC went down and he had pressure up the middle all game. Also they figure out what to do to get Sam off. We haven't reach that film level yet. If I were other DCs, I would make McAdoodoo have to air it out with Sam and not get beat by the run. 

It's not like Sam went nuclear under mcdoodoo. Mcdoodoo  is poo as OC, and I wouldn't be thrilled with him as QB coach. Not like we saw anything from 3 other QBS this year. And if somehow he only gets thru to Sam, not worth keeping the pair at this rate. 

[frankw]

Most huddlers here could have handed the ball off today with historic rushing numbers. McAdoo should and will be replaced in the offseason.

[FugginPoo]

How old is Darnold now?

[LinvilleGorge]

No. He's running an offense that basically heavily de-emphasizes the QB position. 43 runs vs. 22 passes. Darnold has thrown less than 25 pass attempts in each of his starts in the post-Rhule era. He's doing a good job managing the game with what he's asked to do but the game plan revolves around asking him to do little.

[MillionDollarCam]

It’s cliche but it’s amazing what an extra second and half can do for a QB that may not process the game as quick as other QB’s.

I don’t think there’s ever been a question about Darnold’s talent and ability to make every throw, it’s always been upstairs.

Obviously you’d like to have a QB that isn’t totally reliant on an all-star OL but Darnold is doing his job well over the past few weeks.

[mav1234]

18 minutes ago, WOW!! said:

Simple question..

Didn’t remember nor cared about Sam in NY.. But this is the most competent and confidence wise the best I’ve seen of Sam.. 

It also could be the beard Thoe..

Probably his best game as a pro, or at least since his rookie year. He looked very different this game, both taking good scrambles but also finding deep targets. It is possible McAdoo is developing him, but he's ALWAYS been streaky.  Even compared to his good games last year, he was much better this game, but remember that didn't last last year either.  he'll need to be able to do this when our rushing game doesn't spot him 7.

Edited December 25, 2022 by mav1234

[CashNewton22]

1 minute ago, Catsfan69 said:

Whatever QB we draft might not ever play if he keeps this up.

Let’s reel it in a bit here mate

[MillionDollarCam]

1 minute ago, FugginPoo said:

How old is Darnold now?

Still half a year younger than Burrow, Darnold’s 25.

[MillionDollarCam]

3 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

No. He's running an offense that basically heavily de-emphasizes the QB position. 43 runs vs. 22 passes. Darnold has thrown less than 25 pass attempts in each of his starts in the post-Rhule era. He's doing a good job managing the game with what he's asked to do but the game plan revolves around asking him to do little.

Think that has to do more with Wilks than Darnold. I don’t expect Wilks to change his coaching philosophy for any QB not named Mahomes, Allen, or Burrow.

[kungfoodude]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

No. He's running an offense that basically heavily de-emphasizes the QB position. 43 runs vs. 22 passes. Darnold has thrown less than 25 pass attempts in each of his starts in the post-Rhule era. He's doing a good job managing the game with what he's asked to do but the game plan revolves around asking him to do little.

Yeah and he is a lower end game manager, at that.

Definitely has performed better than I thought he would but that bar was already subterranean.

[SmokinwithWilly]

I think this is also the first time in his career he hasn't had to worry about being leveled every play. Even last year on the plays he wasn't under pressure, you could tell he expected to get drilled.