The line didn’t help but Mason doesn’t always move to the right spot to avoid the rush. It is the one thing that has held him back the most. While his pocket presence is better it is still his weakness. He may be a starter right now if he had the right pocket awareness but I doubt it ever clicks for him at this point beyond where he is.
Rudolph is a free agent after this season. Yesterday he looked as good as he is going to -- I would attempt to trade him for draft capital to a QB-weak team like the Jets or Carolina.
What are we paying Rodgers? 20-25 million. I bet Mason comes back for 5 million. Regardless, he definitely had the best command and reads of the three. He was getting harassed from the left side and he still got through his progressions. It’s going to be hard to trust either Howard or Allar to do that at this stage. Remember Mason didn’t have his top two receivers going against a starting defense. Howard and Allar at least had comparable players going against each other. If we could get decent draft capital I would be for it but that probably would entail an injury and us keeping him on the 53 man to at least start the season.
But if he was playing with scrubs and against scrubs then they cancel each other out…which means his performance had to be the real deal and not an anomaly.
That’s the point. All over the internet, that’s all you read. “Well he was playing against third and fourth stringers.” Anything to dismiss his performance, never admitting he was playing WITH the same level of talent.
Yeah I agree. Yeah its preseason and yeah he's playing against scrubs but on the other hand he had also didnt have what Mason had when he rolled out there and that was still an NFL game with guys on the other team clawing for a paycheck. And regardless of who he was playing against he had 3 TDs on 3 drives ......you can't ask for anything more. Even on 2 of his incompletions he put the ball in a spot his receiver coukd make a play and where the ball was safe from an INT and he got DPIs.....that long floater down the left where he got a DPI, I was thinking if Metcalf was there that might have been a TD. He led the receiver down the filed. The ball had touch and the receiver got held. If we constantly scheme things where Drew is given 1 on 1s he's going to be successful. I was encouraged. Its interesting though how 1 preseason game and everyone is slobbering on this board over Drew when they were bashing him up until yesterday.
Here's the difference......every time Kenny threw the ball i thought , we'll hes gonna have to suceed through film study and intelligence because the ball he threw did not have zip. Those outs across the field which are like 40 yard passes did not get there in a hurry and that's because he had to put more arch on the ball to get it there.
Very basic defense last night I agree. But that quick read into a blitz was the only blitz I saw and he quickly processed and threw to the correct receiver. I’m not willing to hand the backup role to either Howard or Allar. But I also think they shouldn’t get left on the practice squad to get stolen. Who cares about a third string OL that won’t ever suit up lol