** The official Riley’s First Rodeo vs 8 seconds of success Gameday thread**

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by Spike

Great throw by Riley and Pittman drops it again.

It hit him in the hands but I’ll give him a pass on that. Would have been a really tough catch.

OUTSTANDING throw though. Great throw by Leonard. Showed really good touch.

[Lov2fish]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Tons and tons of talk about DJ and PR serving as leaders and mentors for RL.

We NEVER heard of any of this shit for AR.

What exactly was the purpose of drafting at 4 one of the rawest players of all time, and seemingly NOT doing this for him?

He had Flacco and Minshew. He also just wasn't good, nor does he understand defensive schemes. He is just not good at football.

So far Leonard looks like he belongs. I get madder and madder the more the game goes on. Would we have won any of those games? I don't know, but Riley would have definitely offered up more in the playbook with his ability to run.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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Rooting for your team to be a spoiler totally sucks ...... but they are wearing those royal blue-and-white uniforms, and it's an official game that counts in the standings, so I am watching and I am rooting.

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[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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The kid looks like he's responding, even after the fumble and the dropped ball on what would have been a 1st down ...... I don't know how well this game will wind up being for him when the final gun sounds, but he certainly doesn't look like he's frazzled by the failures (both his own failures, and his teammates' failures.)

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The kid is 8-for-13 with 2 TD's, 0 INT's, and a passer rating of 135.6 ...... if not for the imbecilic referees in the first Jaguars game when he came in for an injured Daniel Jones, he would have 3 TD's and 0 INT's for the season.

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[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by Lov2fish

He had Flacco and Minshew. He also just wasn't good, nor does he understand defensive schemes. He is just not good at football.

So far Leonard looks like he belongs. I get madder and madder the more the game goes on. Would we have won any of those games? I don't know, but Riley would have definitely offered up more in the playbook with his ability to run.

I’m 100 percent with you here. The more Leonard shows, the less defensible the decision to sign Rivers looks.

I’m already pissed off about it. It’s really inexcusable.

We could have had a 4 game sample to really see what we have in Leonard and Steichen pissed it away on 44 year old Rivers. It’s almost a fireable offense in my mind.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Lov2fish

He had Flacco and Minshew. He also just wasn't good, nor does he understand defensive schemes. He is just not good at football.

So far Leonard looks like he belongs. I get madder and madder the more the game goes on. Would we have won any of those games? I don't know, but Riley would have definitely offered up more in the playbook with his ability to run.

You also wonder of Flacco and Minshew offered mentorship and he rejected it- which you can certainly find yourself putting stock in given some of the things which have permeated the messaging around him.

I'm with you, this just pisses me off. The offense actually looks pretty similar to what it did with DJ minus the gaping runs by JT. Nice moving of the pocket, isolating one side of the field, letting him run a little with it, etc... Why the fuck we didn't stick with the offensive concepts- which had been so successful, I will never understand.

[HoosierinFL]

Hilariously I forgot to turn on the game. I was just in time to see the FG to end the half.

Unfortunately I was right a few weeks ago when I said we would lose out.

Whether it’s players or staff, this has been a disturbing trend over the past few seasons.

[albany ed]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Tons and tons of talk about DJ and PR serving as leaders and mentors for RL.

We NEVER heard of any of this shit for AR.

What exactly was the purpose of drafting at 4 one of the rawest players of all time, and seemingly NOT doing this for him?

Neither of those guys were on the team in ARs first year. The big mistake with AR was starting him right away. He never should have been handed the keys, he barely had a learners permit. I don't know who made the ultimate decision to start him right away, but if he's not already dead, he should be fired.

[YDFL Commish]

Do it Riley...Just do it!

[Colts And Orioles]

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The Texans may have the best defense in the NFL, but they haven't had to play against the likes of Riley Leonard yet. )

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