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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    Williams offense produces one td in two games, defense makes it hold up for one win Fields offense produces one td in two games, even better defense makes it hold up for two wins Obvious conclusion: coaching was holding Fields back? Mayfield was always solid. The browns talked themselves into solid not being good enough
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    The same pff grades that say Lucas Patrick is amazing are saying our line is ok
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    I think next week's game will tell us a lot. My initial read is that Sunday was an ouroboros of suck for the offense where multiple issues fed off each other to create a situation where Houston's talented pass rush could fire at will. The best way to improve the pass protection is don't constantly be facing 3rd and 10+ while trailing in the second half, especially to a defense as good as Houston's. I don't think that is going to repeat itself every week, and I expect most weeks to look more like week 1 in terms of 2 sacks on 33 dropbacks. If we do see a repeat against the Colts, my expectations will drop considerably
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    I think his reads could definitely be better. He's missing some nfl open situations and settling for check downs. But agreed, it's above the curve for his second nfl start.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    There were absolutely insanely bad Peyton Manning takes his rookie year, including that the Colts shouldn't have bothered taking him until they fixed their offensive line. He had a sub-50 qb rating through three games
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    Not yet because rookie but he truly has looked like butt
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    The Vikings had Kevin O'Connell last season too, when they were 22nd in points per game
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    The Red Rocket is in. I repeat, the Red Rocket is in.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    Yeah, watching the film breakdown 1) The pass protection is better than people think when they're reacting to the game live. But it's getting blown up badly a few times a game at inopportune times. 2) Williams is sometimes just not seeing chances to throw the ball down the field. He's either taking checkdowns or sacks because he's not confident enough to throw to leverage in close one-on-one situations. 3) When he does see chances to throw the ball deep, he's missing every. goddamn. throw. There are big, game-winning plays to be made there, multiple times per game. If you can't hit them, you can't be a good QB in the NFL. 4) Most of the pressure in the second half was due to him being completely unable to punish blitzes.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm only halfway through but he's quite complementary of the OL and playcalling. The money quote is 24:55: "These are the ones that when you hit them, and you make them pay for heating you up, they stop heating you up."
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    We did scheme up some blitz beaters. Some of them worked. Some of them we tried to bait them and they did a remarkable job of sniffing them out. Some of them Williams executed poorly.
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    Just rewatching the highlights where the pressure breaks down the offense, my first impression is that it's a mix of blame. I'll place 1/3rd of the blame on the interior line not because of their pass pro, but the run game was so awful it put them in long must-pass downs way too often. 1/3rd on the tackles. Most of the pressure was coming from the outside this week. Darnell Wright looked particularly bad and got beat cleanly a bunch. 1/3rd on williams. He's just got to get rid of the football on some of those. There were quite a few plays where he knew the blitz was coming and he needed to hit his back foot and throw and he hitched or hopped.
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm gonna need to see some film breakdowns before I decide how much blame i assign to each part of the offense. Yes, the blitz was getting home every single play, but that could have a lot of causes. Could be the offensive line betting beat physically. Could be the offensive line scheme not picking them up correctly. Could be non-OL blockers failing. Could be the receivers not running correct hots. Could be the OC not calling plays that include hots. Could be the qb not identifying the hot and getting rid of the ball.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    Imagine raging about passing attempts this hard and failing to notice the stat wasn't passing yards. I did see the play where Fields ran towards pressure and only had the space to make the throw because of the hold. He hasn't played well at all. He's led an offense that has produced one touchdown in two games. The only reason people like you are fooled into thinking he's played well is 1) the Steelers defense is insanely good and can make it hold up and 2) the announcers in that game were determined to gas both qbs up
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    What's funny is he looked ok in the pocket tonight, but every time he does his cool scramble thing, he biffs the throw
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    I think Bears fans are going to be livid all week, which i think is undue given the result relative to expectations. The Texans are the best team on our schedule for at least the first half of the season, arguably for all of it. We're going to go through all the normal screaming to fire everyone and how everything is awful, and in a month or two we will be at or over .500. The defense was a lot better than I expected. They held a very good offense to one touchdown and under 20 points. The offense? Well, i thought the offensive line was overcriticized week 1 but this week they'll deserve it. And there was still too much sloppiness in basic play execution. But all of that could have been overcome with good QB play, which we didn't get. Williams looked better than week 1, which is something. But he still looked like crap. The Bears win that game if he makes a few big boy throws, and he had plenty of chances to do that and just kept failing.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    Pretty sure they did run no-huddle for at least part of the game
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    The players are the ones on the field, operating.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    He had fine pockets consistently in the first game. Less so tonight.
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    I will 100% defend the decision on both INTs. The throws were wrong.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    Well tbf, the receiver was open. Williams just made yet another bad throw.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    I wish we'd call them if we do. Instead of waiting until it's 3rd and 14 because you tried two run plays that went for a combined -4
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    The difference in this game is QB play. Stroud is effortlessly flipping balls to perfect locations and anything over 10 yards for Williams you're just kinda hoping the ball isn't awful
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    This is a less bad challenge than the previous bad challenge but it is a bad challenge.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    The playcalling is fine. The playesr are getting beat by the other team's players
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