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There are drills to help with that. Brady did a gazillion pocket presence drills. Some of those drills require the QB to find receivers under pressure.
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You cant just pull Jones that easy.It's pretty simple. Bill sees both players in practice every day. Obviously, he and the coaches know more than we do. They draw up the plays. They know what's supposed to happen and see the film with what he does.
I mean, honestly, if Mac was screwing up as royally and missing guys - Sunday aside - as often as so many people like to believe he is, do you honestly believe he'd still be in there? Not a chance. He'd be on the bench, especially if he's telling off Patricia on television and then blowing reads left and right.
Coaches in the NFL, Patricia and Judge included, get fired every day when a player doesn't do what they're asked. If that was happening, Mac would have been yanked a long time ago. They're not taking the fall for him and they'd start Zappe in a second if that was the case, I can absolutely promise you that.
That aside, my response was in regard to the claim that there's a "Mac crew" that is just ignoring his mistakes and that we somehow won't change our minds. I simply pointed out that most of us on this supposed "Mac crew" are letting the kid - who is a second-year player - try and work out the kinks and improve. You can't just kick a second-year player to the curb without letting him deal with adversity. Or at least historically, that's been a bad move unless the player has truly shown he can't do it. Same thing with the team in general. Stuff happens. We see it every year.
Yes, I've already broken down the numbers, posted them, and pointed out that it's the worst game of his career. That can't continue. I've mentioned this multiple times.
Zappe's under contract for three more years after this. They're not in any rush to make a decision because they've got plenty of time there. They have three games left, and I'm sure by then, we'll have a sense of how they'll approach things heading into next year. I'm just patient enough to let it play out.
If Mac finishes poorly, Zappe's going to have the same opportunity to get stronger this offseason that Mac had and it could set up an interesting camp. But I'm not going to give up on the kid unless he reaches a point where there's no longer anything positive on film to think he can do the job.
But this is what we're up against. We had an elite QB. We don't have that now. I've had to lower my own expectations, and it is what it is. So we're going to have to try and win with a guy who can make some throws and not turn it over. It sucks, but that's what we have and that's what we're in for unless our own Mahomes or Josh Allen drops into our laps. But you and I could age 10 years before that happens again.
Yeah, but you can't have it both ways, and you and I both know that people have used that argument against us for decades, and it's just ridiculous. You play who is on the schedule. And people always discredit the quality wins against all the lower-level teams we've beaten. It's an annoyingly bad argument.
That was a different situation. Drew was an almost 10-year veteran with an established resume, albeit we all knew his shortcomings but up until that point, no one else had proven to be a better alternative. He also had a massive contract, which complicated that situation and his relationship with the owner is what made that one such a tense decision. Mac's a second-year player and the coaching staff had already seen three quality outings and two quality starts from a first-year player behind him. If Mac was messing up as badly as people said he was, they absolutely would have sat him down.
Go look at the scores of the 2 Jets, Jax and Cleveland games last season.
Again, we don't know the context behind the plays. And I pointed out a week ago on the intentional grounding penalty that the stills don't tell the whole story, and we've gotten insight on that from Mac and the coaches. His eyes go where the play tells him to go and where it's designed. And if you're facing one direction, turning back and squaring up in the complete other direction isn't as easy as turning and throwing, especially given the distance and the time. Mac was hit at 2.26 on that play. The tackles were on the ground at 1.25. It is what it is.
Good teams are supposed to beat up on bad teams. That's what happened last year. Look at the scores in several of those games. They went over 40 points three times and hit 50+ twice.
LOL, 100% agree, and you're not going to get any argument from me. I'm referring to the media pundits who discredit our wins based on who they beat along the way.
Why? If he's missing reads and throwing the ball to the wrong people week in and week out, do you honestly believe Belichick would leave him in there just be cause he's a first-round pick? Belichick hates error-repeaters and he hates losing. If he's doing it now and hasn't stopped doing it, he'd absolutely be on the bench.
True. But good teams are supposed to beat up on bad teams. They did that last year.
You're talking about one play. I'm talking about overall. His eyes go where the play tells him to go.
Dont agree.
I'd agree with you if this was week 6. It's Week 16. There's too much at stake and truthfully, if he was screwing up that royally every single week, not only would the coaching staff have an issue with him, his teammates would as well.
