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Emphatic no then lolI cant see why you keep posting dumb ass skewed articles and comments, no.
Supposedly now you dont believe it, but you keep posting about it lol.
Emphatic no then lolI cant see why you keep posting dumb ass skewed articles and comments, no.
Supposedly now you dont believe it, but you keep posting about it lol.
You definitely don't build around either guy. But if you need a plug in for a season or two, I'll take the guy with football IQ over the Harvard grad who thinks he's Aaron Rodgers.Tyrod doesn't take many chances and usually will either check the ball down or just run. He also has a hard time passing for over 200 yards a game. Both of these QB's have their drawbacks. Neither is a player you build your team around.
Interesting read, but seems pretty overstated. Yeah, if you can only run but not pass you'll lose a lot. But if you don't have a world-beater QB (how many times did that article use a Joe Montana, Drew Brees, or Tom Brady lead offense as its example?) good luck passing 50-60 times a game. Having seen what happened to the Ravens offense when Rice got hurt (and then went 100% douche) and Flacco started throwing 40 times a game, I've got to say I just can't agree with the term 'irrelevant'. Yes, the Ravens won their SB because Flacco had a historic yoff run, but Ray Rice saved their asses twice on that run, including creating a first down on 4th and 23 late in a game. People may point out that he was thrown the ball, but he caught it behind the LOS. Which leads to another point. From Walsh on until now, more and more short passes have lead to inflated passing % and numbers. Are we claiming that check downs to RBs who just came off the block aren't a hybrid of running and passing game? If you have a shitty RB, that's a huge chunk of your passing game that's going to be hampered.https://suuma.eu/the-running-game-is-largely-irrelevant-today-as-it-was-in-the-1980s/
I'm not saying I agree with the article, but it's worth a read.
Why? Dez still has a ton of talent and he could be with Godgers. I don't want him on GB, so, I say Witten can fuck off, too. Just for that. I like everything else about the guy.
Fitzpatrick's main problem is that he doesn't have the arm strength to make the throws he's attempting and that's why he throws so many picks. Guess he doesn't know his own limitations.You definitely don't build around either guy. But if you need a plug in for a season or two, I'll take the guy with football IQ over the Harvard grad who thinks he's Aaron Rodgers.
Most NFL teams jump at the opportunity for a player to take a prove it deal except in Dez's case. Is he really that big of a headache?
Interesting read, but seems pretty overstated. Yeah, if you can only run but not pass you'll lose a lot. But if you don't have a world-beater QB (how many times did that article use a Joe Montana, Drew Brees, or Tom Brady lead offense as its example?) good luck passing 50-60 times a game. Having seen what happened to the Ravens offense when Rice got hurt (and then went 100% douche) and Flacco started throwing 40 times a game, I've got to say I just can't agree with the term 'irrelevant'. Yes, the Ravens won their SB because Flacco had a historic yoff run, but Ray Rice saved their asses twice on that run, including creating a first down on 4th and 23 late in a game. People may point out that he was thrown the ball, but he caught it behind the LOS. Which leads to another point. From Walsh on until now, more and more short passes have lead to inflated passing % and numbers. Are we claiming that check downs to RBs who just came off the block aren't a hybrid of running and passing game? If you have a shitty RB, that's a huge chunk of your passing game that's going to be hampered.
Teams with strong running games can grind up the clock at the end. They can do far more in the passing game. Irrelevant isn't born out in that data. Just the well known fact that it's nearly impossible to win without a competent passing game (although the 2001 Ravens disagree, but that's a whole other matter and that defensive dominance can never be recreated under the current rules).
Well like I said, I think it's well understood that the passing game is more important. I just think 'irrelevant' (which that article explicitly says repeatedly) is a gigantic overstatement. And I repeat, I think the article also largely ignores the merging of the run/pass game from Walsh's time on. Acting like RBs catching the ball behind the LOS is 100% a pass play just doesn't work for me.I'm 100% in favor of running the ball / being a balanced offense. I'm more so pointing to the Eagles and I really like what they do, apparently they are the heaviest users of analytics in the league. They really just throw their draft capital at OL/DL/CB.
First 3 rounds the last 3 years
2018 - TE, CB, DE
2017 - DE, CB, CB
2016 - QB, OL
(2015 draft was also - WR, CB, ILB, CB, CB, DE)
Also the interesting note in the article - Browns were top 3 rush defense and top 12 rushing team, but won 0 games. If you had those stats for passing defense / passing attack you are a playoff team. So I do agree to an extent passing the ball is more important then rushing.
But his inability to find a 'prove-it deal' has nothing to do with him acting like the team exists to further his career, while he's been declining for years.Even if he's not as big as one protrayed, it's in everyones minds. Apparently, he would try to run all the WR stuff his way, and the coaches didn't have a voice. That shit get's out, and get's around.
Fair critic, I agreeWell like I said, I think it's well understood that the passing game is more important. I just think 'irrelevant' (which that article explicitly says repeatedly) is a gigantic overstatement. And I repeat, I think the article also largely ignores the merging of the run/pass game from Walsh's time on. Acting like RBs catching the ball behind the LOS is 100% a pass play just doesn't work for me.
But his inability to find a 'prove-it deal' has nothing to do with him acting like the team exists to further his career, while he's been declining for years.
Fair critic, I agree
Nah man, I meant he's a critic against the article but is being fair.Critique, you philistine.
So I do agree to an extent passing the ball is more important then rushing.
Yea, my argument was that finding rushing yards from RBs is much easier then filling other positions. I never claimed rushing isn't important. All stemmed from Giants taking Barkley at 2, shouldn't spend that much draft capital on a RB.
After a win:Most NFL teams jump at the opportunity for a player to take a prove it deal except in Dez's case. Is he really that big of a headache?
Is that a question?
You do know what a prove-it deal is....right? Let me pose a question to you... In a "prove-it" deal....what is your goal?