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Two of them are obvious. Whoever the third voter is needs to identify himself and come clean.3 votes? Hmmm. Darnold, Bowles and Mike Maccagnan are patsfans members?
IMHO, decision-making is the most important element of success for a QB in the NFL, followed by accuracy, toughness (mental and physical), arm talent, and mobility, in that order. After this many years watching Brady, this is what has become most clear for me.
Thus in assessing Darnold, who I liked watching in college, my biggest question is about his decision-making and accuracy. His biggest issue last year in college was turning over the ball, both on INTs and fumbles, and the Pac 12 wasn’t all that strong as a conference last year. Now he is starting Game 1 with all the pressure that entails for even experienced QBs while simultaneously trying to correct his biggest flaw from last year. I think it’s a very tall order for him and was pretty surprised that Bowles didn’t wait until Darnold had a decent number of snaps through say 4 games backing up McCown (similar to how Parcells eased in Bledsoe behind Secules in Drew’s first year).
Two of them are obvious. Whoever the third voter is needs to identify himself and come clean.
You and Gumballs are the two obvious ones I was referring to, numbnuts.Fine, it was me.
I believe you're wrong about Bledsoe playing behind Secules. Drew started his rookie season No. 1. He was hurt for a few games mid-season and Secules played, but then Drew came back.IMHO, decision-making is the most important element of success for a QB in the NFL, followed by accuracy, toughness (mental and physical), arm talent, and mobility, in that order. After this many years watching Brady, this is what has become most clear for me.
Thus in assessing Darnold, who I liked watching in college, my biggest question is about his decision-making and accuracy. His biggest issue last year in college was turning over the ball, both on INTs and fumbles, and the Pac 12 wasn’t all that strong as a conference last year. Now he is starting Game 1 with all the pressure that entails for even experienced QBs while simultaneously trying to correct his biggest flaw from last year. I think it’s a very tall order for him and was pretty surprised that Bowles didn’t wait until Darnold had a decent number of snaps through say 4 games backing up McCown (similar to how Parcells eased in Bledsoe behind Secules in Drew’s first year).
I believe you're wrong about Bledsoe playing behind Secules. Drew started his rookie season No. 1. He was hurt for a few games mid-season and Secules played, but then Drew came back.
TommyD really seems to hate the Rats....I like that in a Pats fan.
Here's a glimpse into Darnold's future when Jete fan sours on him...
You and Gumballs are the two obvious ones I was referring to, numbnuts.
Makes you wonder how bad Hackenberg really is if he couldn’t even get a game over Petty after the season was shot. We already knew Petty didn’t have it, why not throw the other kid out there...?
I did not expect many here to be familiar with Darnold or how he has impressed in camp.
I don't think so, Bledsoe won the job in training camp and was atop the depth chart from day one. His superiority to Secules throwing the ball was obvious.I distinctly remember something about how Secules was the starter in the offseason but even Parcells' distaste for playing rookies could make a scenario where he was better a better option than Drew.