I agree. What you're saying is the flip side of what I said. The only difference is in this particular case with Highsmith out the offense could have helped to lessen the pressure on the D. Anyway we'll never know. It's done.
They scored early because the defense was a revolving door, it’s not “simple” it’s a fact! When the majority of your payroll is spent on the defense, they had better not surrender 17 points on the first three drives to one of the worst offenses in the NFL. If you think otherwise, it’s you that is simple.
A big chunk... around 68 million of that payroll was on the sideline injured. It is simple.
Best answer.
Fields impressed me on some plays and made me scream on others. He has improved but particularly in the first half he was missing some open guys and or not taking what is there. I am totally on the fence right now between him and seeing a what a HEALTHY Wilson could do if not healthy I am totally comfortable staying with Fields. And I watched both of these in person not on TV. Again, he has improved but he still has a long way to go in refining his game. I don't blame fields for this loss our defense is too thin right now and they were gassed early.
I want more and I want to feel safe with him when the game is on the line. Not there yet BUT he did pull it together in the second half. I’m tipping my cap.
Missing some guys as in not seeing them or missing them as in throwing the ball missing them? He was 10 of 13 in the first have with a 9 plus yard avg per attempt.
Not throwing the ball away soon enough is the biggest problem I've seen with him so far.
And can they please defend/cover a slant pass play just once?!? Maybe they don't get to see enough in practice from our offense. Flucko hit them all day.
I'd like to add what I've noticed for a few years now...we still do not seem to scheme wide open receivers to the same degree I see in other NFL games. If you watch other games, there are WIDE open receivers on more than a few plays. I'm not saying it's every play, but there are some for every team, most definitely some for our opponents each week.
That is the product of not having a number 2. They brought in every scrub known to man and a WR that should be parked down by the river instead of lining up opposite Pickens. Austin has shown flashes of being an ok number 3. But the room is severely short on receivers that can constantly separate. Scheming scrubs open probably isn’t the easiest task.
Agreed! Also, when in Zone and the WR squats 5yards in front of you don't just sit there...CLOSE THE GAP!
How many times have we seen the RB slip out of the back field and we have no one near him for over 10 yards? They have our ILBer drop so far back into coverage.
not seeing better options quicker. he still has to learn to throw people open. He still waits for college open too often on shorter throws. deeper throws he is pretty good at it.
You and a few others keep saying this over and over. Do you have access to film? Besides just watching on TV?
I watched the last two games live in person. It is painfully obvious when you are there that he still misses things when you are seeing the whole field. I said he has improved, quite a bit but particularly early in the game both last week and this week he has been hesitant to throw the middle and outlet routes. I know those are not his strength but as much as we complained about check downs, he is missing some wide-open ones that would gain positive yardage. But he is also getting better.
And yes, I also have NFL+premium with the better game footage.
Well please share these extra angles and footage where Fields holds on to the ball too long....slow to process reads etc.....if you are able to that is. We are 3 and 1. Fields was leading us in an amazing come from behind win until Frazier snapped the ball early....we all saw the results.
Did you even read what I wrote? I it sure doesn't seem that way.
Yep. Read it. You have nfl premium or something. Show us some clips of Fields.......not being as good as Wilson. During every game you post the exact same thing. Show us some clips? Also...is NFL+premium give you different looks during the game when you make the exact claim weekly....or is it something you seem after the game? Curious is all. Seriously though. Show us some clips of your claims of Fields being subWilson. By the way....Wilson has shown nothing since he signed with us.
I have watched a bunch of games live......probably not as many as you or others....lets say Fields......so you are looking at Fields in the pocket....pressure coming....his first read....2nd read ...3rd read....pressure still coming....you see all of this live in person and come to the conclusion that Fields lacks everything? You know all of his reads? His progression on any given play? Even when Batch breaks it down he states he is only going on hypotheticals. And he has game film to look at. You ate watching live and figure it all out in a blink of an eye. Good for you. Maybe your buddy Tomlin should hire you on to the staff. Couldn't hurt anyways.
