Great point on Lance. He was a tough evaluation given so little playing time in college. When it came to QB DNA, he had all the physical attributes you could ask for, but as you said he didn't operate within the 49ers system.
Still not 100 percent sure Canada okay,'d it. His reaction remains odd.
Objective vs subjective. Howell is on pace to break the NFL single season sack record with nearly 100 and 29 already. Broderick Jones has started his career off second all time with his pff rating at LT. I don't know how you can say we don't have weapons with Pickens, A-Rob, CA3, Heyward, Freiermuth, DJ, Warren.
2022 was not a good QB year and 2023 besides Stroud wasn't either. Stroud was my only QB rated as a first round pick the last two seasons.
Well, Jimmy G and Trey Lance definitely couldn't do what he has done. People make every excuse in the book for why Pickett isn't doing well and then make every excuse in the book why Purdy is. I will tell you this. I read an article that some inside the Steelers organization wanted Purdy in 2022 in the 6th round. If the Steelers drafted Purdy over Chris Oladokun and Purdy got a start in this offense he would do light years better than Pickett. His accuracy is elite, his pocket presence is of a veteran, and his escapability while keeping his eyes down field, and disseminate information quickly is very Drew Brees-esque.
Trey refused to play in the system? So he just said, "No, Kyle! I refuse to run your offense!" Or more likely he tried to run the offense, and read the defense, and find the soft spots in the zone, and identify the single coverages and just couldn't do it as effectively as Purdy.
It was an audible. Apparently, they put it in during practice in anticipation of using it during the game. At least that's what it sounded like KP said. KP called the audible for the play and the protection on the play. Canaduh may not have expected him to do it but he used the audible and executed it to perfection. There should be more of it moving forward especially with DJ coming back and opening things up a bit more. DJ will be back in a game or two to get 8 to 10 targets per game and GP will still get his targets but more from the big play side of things.
Canada is really nothing worse or better than Haley or Fichtner. All love the short plays. Everyone had their useless infatuation with a certain play. Canada and his jet sweep, Fichtner and his bubble screen, and Haley and his midget back wheel route. The real difference has been execution. Ben in 2018 was 36 and still pretty spry. In 2019 he messed up his arm and was never the same. He was probably 75% of the QB he was in his prime. That was still good enough to put up decent numbers but he wasn't ever going to lead the NFL in passing yards again. An elite QB can put a team on their back. I would not consider Purdy elite as of now but who knows in 2 years where he is rated. He could be the next Drew Brees. A guy like Mahomes or Allen can take a team and just carry them and that has been proven. What did Reid do before Mahomes? He was a very good coach but now people are calling him the best ever. Well, he was good with a good QB like McNabb. He is elite with an elite QB like Mahomes. Look at Belicheat. He was the greatest coach in history when he had Brady. Brady leaves and turns the bucs into a super bowl winner and Belicheat just got beat like a redheaded step child in back to back weeks.
Stats again do not tell the whole story. Being on pace to set a sack record could happen for alot of reasons. The QB could be holding the ball too long, WR are not open, The QB is indecisive, the Oline is bad etc etc. By just looking at sacks you not determine what oline is better. Pickett does not take many sacks because he throws 5yrd passes and gets rid of the bank quick. If Pickett held onto the ball longer you would see more sacks.
Stats can be manipulated to support opinions. As the one poster loves to do and try to pass it off as factual.
Or a head coach XO capable but yes I agree completely.
I agree with everything but the weapons part. We have Pickens who is a beast, Robinson is a solid vet, CAIII a burner, and Warren underneath. We have a giant TE we don't use, and Muth was barely used. Then we have one of the best route runners in DJ when he gets back. There is no excuse for coaches to not find ways to use these guys other than a shaky Oline which should also be correctable.
They don't but they are something you cannot be subjective on. Kenny Pickett gets the ball out from snap to throw in 2.5 second. Same as Howell. Watching each player my opinion is Howell is keeping his eyes down field looking for the bigger play and not calling the right protection pre-snap. I think Kenny doesn't look down field long enough and gets happy feet but I feel he calls protections actually better than Howell and with that extra experience I am glad he is. But what I do see is Kenny still missing open guys. Accuracy is better this last game so that is a very good and positive sign but there's guys open for Kenny. Here's a good breakdown of film vs the Ravens which is actually a better game for Kenny than a few. As you will see Kenny really had a hard time reading zone. And that is one of the biggest problems QBs have. The problem is I can get that from Trey Lance. Dude started less than 20 college football games. Kenny played in 52. Brock played in 48 college football games and it shows. Sean Clifford played in 51 and I bet you he can read a zone defense. When we drafted Pickett we expected a high floor. And I think that is why Colbert drafted him. He thought he won't need a lot of time develop. But if you look at Purdy, Pickett, and Clifford they all have similar college TD/INT ratios but the one HUGE difference is that Purdy and Clifford were consistent from year to year. Pickett had 42 TDs his senior year. I believe Colbert thought that was a sign Pickett had really put it together and was going to breakout. But in reality that was a very down ACC year and Pickett threw a lot of balls to Jordan Addison.
Yeah the HC is a given at this point. Stop hiring your incompetent pals as return favors.
It's impossible to assess what weapons we actually have when the gameplan is drawn up with crayons. Tragic comedy when you run Najee up the middle into an 8-man front, not using the middle of the field but throwing 20 yard passes to the sideline for a 5-yard gain. Receivers that are never wide open unlike all of our opponents, and then if they do catch a pass they are tackled immediately. You won't convince me that this is not at least 80% scheme rather than lack of individual talent.
Again. Watch the film. There are points left out of the field where Canada draws up a good play vs the defense and Kenny has a clean pocket and either misses the player being open or just misses the throw.
Using this logic, it was Ben's fault, it was Mitch's fault and now it's Kenny's fault.
Nevermind 5 people could watch the same film and come away with 5 different opinions. We aren't privy to what initial play is called, if a WR runs a timing route ****** up, and the limited time to throw factor gets factored in as well. Really odd for someone to think Kenny can excel at learning on the job with handicaps and lack of being coached up.
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A 32 year old Ben Roethlisberger throws for 4,500 yards and 30+ tds in his offense. A 38 year old Roethlisberger throws for 3,800 and 25 tds. Now remember there's 17 games not just 16 anymore.