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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Alex Smith can run a little bit but he does not have speed to turn that run into a big chunk of yardage. I disagree that this will be a keep the QB in the pocket game.
Jones is got to step up this week. He needs to redeem himself and get back in our good graces.
He doesn't need to get back in my good graces. He's a good kid who made a stupid mistake which I can apply to myself and just about everyone I know.
No, he just needs to take better care of himself. That includes growing up, learning from his mistakes and becoming more responsible (which some adults never achieve) and perhaps seeking therapy.Jones needs to redeem himself and get back in our good graces.
I certainly hope Belichick doesn't do anything like that. The whole "you're punished for a series" thing is lame, and one of the few times BB doesn't seem to have the right approach. Like when he sat Welker after the foot references--it proved nothing, but seemed to take the wind out of the team's sails a bit.
Play him or don't, no half-measures.
Wrong. The moment I found out what was going on I didn't like it.We lost so sitting Welker for a while took the wind out of the teams sails. If we had won the argument would have been how it galvanized Welker and the team to play better.
Unfortunately no one that actually has to make those decisions in the real world has the benefit of your simplistic 20/20 view that is completely biased by the eventual outcome.
Not really. When he does run, it's almost alway on 3rd down and almost never outside the numbers. Alex can run, he just isn't a speed threat on the outside. Which would defeat the purpose of having Chandler play extra contain.Yes he is.
I'll take your word on him almost always running on 3rd down. But I've seen him take off a bunch and seems to have the giddy-up to do it. And 500 yards rushing (on far fewer attempts than, say, Wilson), good for what, about 4th among QBs, suggests to me he's a running threat.Not really. When he does run, it's almost alway on 3rd down and almost never outside the numbers. Alex can run, he just isn't a speed threat on the outside. Which would defeat the purpose of having Chandler play extra contain.
**** this good graces, namby pamby new age B.S. ...Jones is a football player. There's a football game Saturday. His JOB is to show up ready to play.If he can't go then there's an issue but this goddamned Pats fan moral majority bull needs to stop.
One knock on Chandler in terms of his play: before that sack in the Super Bowl last year, I can't remember another playoff game where he even had a sack. Hasn't really dominated in playoff games at all.
His problem is he seems to peak in late September/October, then runs out of gas come late in the year.
He's also gone 5/6 games without a sack, so if that leads you to believe that he's going to "dominate" on Sunday, you may be a bit of an optimist.
Of course, he's white, so maybe he just looks slow.
Alex Smith was 4th in QBs in rushing this season. Only Cam, Tyrod and Russel Wilson had more.Why would he be playing more contain than the norm? Alex Smith is not much of a rusher, and when he does scramble it's not usually outside the tackles.
I think BB will sit him for some time at the start of the game. It would be par for the course. Whether it will be a series or a quarter, I don't know.