Billzgobowlin

And just to be perfectly clear I am not comparing Prescott to Peterman, that would be stupid because they are two different players with two different backgrounds. I am more comparing why the media thought it was a great idea to start a 4th round rookie for a playoff caliber team as opposed to a 5th round rookie for a downward spiraling playoff team.

Sorry I mean his first game as starter. I'm talking about rookies starting their first game

Oh no don't mistake it I think it makes a huge difference. We can't change our line though and offense is doomed to fail with any QB right now. Wonder how the game would have looked though with Glenn and Henderson?

But neither did Prescott..... Last week showed he couldn't handle the pass rush. I would like to give him a pass and more than likely he was told to sling the ball like he did but he should have taken sacks. Let's be clear though he only had two options with that pass rush though, get sacked or throw it and he obviously chose the wrong thing on multiple occasions.

This thread wasn't started to provide crazy assumptions but rather to elicit some thought about why it was taboo for a 5th round rookie to start and not a 4th rounder. And the Cowboys did have a former first round pick in Mark Sanchez on the team when they decided to go with Prescott.

His situation doesn't change the fact that he was still a rookie and if anything it would show that Peterman's play was because of his lack of talent on offense

That wasn't my intent to say he should be playing but somehow a 5th rounder being played is taboo because we were 5-4 and in the playoff hunt.

I was thinking about it this morning and with Sunday's game not withstanding why was the media so critical of Buffalo replacing Taylor but not the Cowboys replacing Romo. The Cowboys were a playoff team with Romo there and it wasn't like Prescott was a top pick (he was 4th as opposed to Peterman being a 5th). Got me also thinking if Peterman were in Dallas would he have done well with a decent O line. People are complaining that Prescott struggled because he was missing Tyron, well replace his whole line with ours. I think Peterman should be given time like Prescott to figure it out and if they don't make the playoffs it will be partial the team around him like defense and Oline and not just QB. Let's face it Taylor doesn't win in this league unless this defense plays better and the O line can figure out pass protection(it wasn't like Peterman was holding onto the ball too long).

Thanks for the info on him.

True but I feel better against this Chiefs team than the one facing the Pats the first week of the season

My apologies I was off by six games. Either way it will be the rest of the season or a decent part of next season.

I get that the Bills are struggling but I think the Chiefs and Bills are in the same boat, only difference is the Chiefs defense isn't awful, just mildly bad.

The team that scored 9 points against the Giants? They haven't exactly been lighting it up on offense

Until Marcel partakes again and gets lost for the year

I swear if we go back to Tyrod and don't at least try to replace Mills we will see the same thing again on Sunday. Let's not pretend that Peterman caused all the problems on Sunday.

Get your franchise QB and fill holes through the draft and FA with smart picks. All of this will be solved with consistency and quality at QB. Having said that we need to develop a cohesive O line.

Charles did look decent when he was here. My question is why are we not looking at upgrades at LB unless they aren't being announced. Marsh would be an interesting signing if we cut bait we one of our underperforming DEs

I know but bringing players have been hard. I think shipping out players was not based on ability but being part of a team mentality and work ethic

I don't agree with Boselli, there are literally 10 linemen more deserving than him

That would require someone to replace them...

This doesn't look as fast as Bosa was in there. This seems like a cherry pick too. Mills I know is bad but he was especially bad on Sunday. When you can only stand up and block your guy 50% of the time for less than 2 seconds there is a huge problem

Taylor has faced bad line play but not that bad. Peterman didn't even fully drop back and at least twice he had not just a hand but Bosa's whole body on Peterman. I think the O line is regressing and needs to replace our O line coach. Agreed but both Guards have taken a huge step back and Mills was serviceable last year now he is not good

Watching that literally makes me mad. Those two tackles were bad, get them out of there. I would love to see a game with Glenn and Henderson. I understand the options really aren't great with Glenn hurting and Henderson getting into game shape but anything is better than that. Leave a TE in to chip or something but it does show you exactly why 5 INTs are possible. Minus the first INT he literally had a DE in his face as soon as he dropped back. The reason he looked so good in practice is our OTs were going against are Defensive ends.

Loose discipline led to a lot of it

I think you have to let the GM build the team a little before you scrub the whole structure. If they truly are tearing this team down to the studs it will take time. I am not sure I agree with this philosophy but you at least got to see where it leads.