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Originally Posted by Oldcolt
Disagree about Campbell. He has speed and size. Nobody knows what his injury issues will be going forward. It isn't as if he were injured in college. It is a long shot but it is the only shot we have this year at improving our WR corps. I am hopeful he can provide some help.
Also think it is way to early to have a definite opinion on Wentz. Very little preseason, first year here, one wide receiver of note-I'd like to wait to see what he can do with a year in the system and some real NFL caliber WRs (assuming we get/develop one or two). So far he seems like a middling QB that is strong as a horse-may be a good fit for a run oriented team given time.
Anyone who thought Paye was going to be a stud pass rusher this year was kidding themselves. Rushing the passer is the most difficult thing in the NFL. Almost nobody can dominate coming out of college. It takes a year or two. No dominant pass rusher will ever make it to free agency, it is imperative to develop your own. We need to develop one of these dudes-I am optimistic that we will.
I was pissed at Frank for being slightly finesse the last few games. Apparently he was pissed at himself also because he went total smash mouth in this game. What is there to complain about CW? He did what we wanted, is not a stubborn self-absorbed man. You underestimate his ability to connect with players and get them not to just say screw the season, even when you are 1-5. That is special, keeping the locker room when you have shit the bed as many times as we did to start this year. He gets along wonderfully with Ballard and Wentz. I have no idea who would be a guaranteed improvement over him. We would be nuts to let him go.
I'm more excited about this team than I ever thought possible a few months ago. Things look good to me, on the correct path here.
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Fair question and I feel like I have answered it.
1- The post Okereke INT and the 3 straight passes- one of which SHOULD have been picked. Look, the only thing working in this game was the running game. Just got a huge TO and a chance to quite literally put the nail on the coffin, have all the mo' in the world- time to get behind that line and maul them into submission right? Nope, gonna throw it 3 times. And if I recall the sequence correctly, I think all three of those plays were straight up throws, not even RPO action- and if so, barring a Wentz audible, those are the plays we called. We got a FG at least but we damn near gave the ball right back to them.
2- The terrible INT late by Wentz. Yep, terrible pass- that's on him. But again, it was an RPO and he chose to pass it- which seems to essentially be EVERY RPO that's what he is choosing to do, and on this one in particular JT has daylight galore if he hands it off instead. As the final 67 yard run to pay dirt demonstrated- you can stack the box all you want against JT, he is capable of killing you for doing it, in fact, the stacking of the box may be the ideal time to run with him because if he gets through the line- it's 6. So all the "well it was the right decision" window dressing from Frank to justify the throws, is just that, BS. At some point, ehhhhh, you're the HC, so you may be pissed and chastise him for it in personnel settings but not vocalize it in public. When it happens OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER, then you are part of that decision making process.
And I AM a Wentz supporter, I think he is a good QB, and a guy these guys really want to play for because of how tough he is; I support him as QB of the next 5-8 years. That said, with the current WR group AND the current RB / line, passing on every RPO, just not the best pathway to winning and it needs to be changed.
12-19-2021, 01:35 PM
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