oldmanfan

Just looked at it again. Ball hit him inside the right hash on the 41. He dropped it on the 42 and tripped just outside the left hash on the 43. When a play takes you from the right hash to the left hash within two yards that is what geometryteachers refer to as horizontal vs. vertical as in a post pattern. And the bucket would be the hands of the receiver. Which, to reiterate, were hit. And to reiterate further he dropped.

You want 5 starting caliber CBs, correct? Now ignoring the idea that drafting such quality means you'd spend a ton of capital on one position vs strengthen other areas, what happens when one gets hurt? With your plan you would not even have anyone on the roster familiar with the schemes that could fill in. Your plan is actually the antithesis of what you want to highlight.

Actually he's angling across the field, the ball is thrown right in front of him in stride and he dropped it. You don't know what you're looking at. He was not going straight downfield.

I expect that will be the first post-season decision. No more Crossman.

Screen to Murphy to help them get a TD in the first drive. But of course you don't remember that. I also just went back and looked at the play to Clay. He is coming across the field. You don't throw over the shoulder on that pattern, you put it in front of him so he can catch in stride. Which is where the pass was. At waist level, not anywhere near below. And he dropped it. Then Clay held his hands to his head as if to say how could I have dropped that ball? You continue to express yourself as some some expert on QB play when the reality is, let's just say, not.

It was not below his waist. You are full of it and making things up to fit your agenda. Everyone here recognizes it.

Yep. And he hit him right in the hands. And he dropped the ball. Like he almost put the ball through Zay's chest. And he dropped the ball. I have no problem saying Allen needs to continue developing. Why do you not understand his teammates have a responsibility to do their jobs?

I didn't look the exact number up because I don't need to do so to find your idea silly. Let's say they have your 5 guys. One gets hurt. As happened with the team this year. Then what? They have to fill in either from the practice squad or others practice squads. Your model does not take injury into account, nor does it take into account reactive measures by the opposition like running the ball. And so on.

I get it now. Receivers should never have to adjust even a tiny bit to catch the ball, right? When the ball hits you in the hands at your waist it's partly on the QB? Come on, that's just laughable. And yes Allen is still a work in progress.

Mods, repetitive and an agenda. Against the TOS right?

Nope. Hit the ground, and the ground popped the ball out. No way it was a fumble. Should have won that game. But your best player got burned one time and it cost them.

Did we have 10 opening day? Yes if I recall correctly. Did some get hurt or do a stupid retirement? Yes. Did they have to then bring more in? Yes. Yiur oosition is ridiculous. To meet your plan you would have to have a third of your active roster be DBs. That cannot happen and fill every other position adequately. And you criticize others for not being able to plan?

Clay is disappointing. I hope he is not on the roster next year. And Allen does need to work on some of the touch throws. Why though some choose to only focus on negatives is mind boggling. He has some skills that are rare.

He was pretty clearly down.

Confirmation bias on your part. He missed a couple and made a couple. It's an area he can improve upon. He also has skills that are hard to find elsewhere. But it's more fun to focus on the negative isn't it?

Your words were that if they plan at all they've planned poorly for the last 15 years. You lumped folks together, not me. Your fixation on DBs is amusing. You do realize that DBs make up the highest percentage of players on an active roster? I think today we had 10 active perhaps? Let's say you make it a dozen. Where do you subtract the other two? Go with one TE? Two RBs? Hope no one gets hurt elsewhere? It is like the QB situation this year. You get multiple injuries at a spot you then have to fill in. As long as roster spots are finite that is how it works.

Another guy that lumps 15 years onto a HC and GM that have been here two years. Between this stuff and the completion percentage meaning everything crowd it makes me wonder how many folks here flunked math in grade school.

Yep

Oh you need to see it now? Well excuse them for not meeting your needs. Your presumption that they don't plan is kind of silly.

I note again the crap about accuracy based on completion percentage. He was 18/36 or 50%. He had at least four throwaways and had at least 2-3 where he hit guys right in the numbers and they dropped the ball. So let's take 6 away. Now it's 18/30 or the magic 60%. He missed a couple throws. I don't recall seeing him miss by yards as was stated in the OP. Coulplr short dump offs he has to throw better. The pick across the field was a typical dumb rookie mistake.

Which they are doing.

Crap. Pure unadulterated crap.

It would be lovely to have 4 quality CBs all the time. But to do that you'd have to have maybe 8 on the roster so that when injuries invariably happen you have another "quality" guy to step in. And there simply isn't enough room on a roster to do that. You'd have to not have LB backups, or cut back on line depth to a dangerous level. Injuries happen. As attrition occurs through the year teams have to go find guys to plug in. The only solution would be to have an expanded active roster.

When are you going to get it through your head that this is a new organization with a new owner, new front office and new HC? Saying stuff about Peters et al said that has any bearing on what goes on now is just ridiculous.

Such a pathetic post