What an awful decision. Absolutely unbelievably bad.
Now that I got that out of the way, we have our franchise QB. He stood in with no running game and Dupree abusing the line and made some unbelievable throws and plays.
He has balls and he has all the tools. I love this fucking kid.
But there were WAY more positives than negatives with him tonight.
Shit, Eli made bone-headed throws like that in Year 10.
Right now I'd like to see our OL play a little better so that Saquon can stop playing like the highest drafted 3rd down back ever.
It wasnt a decision.
He was trying to throw away and arm got hit. It hapens he is young
Why the fuck are we still talking about this. Jones is the goods. Get over your hate for DG
He's got the chance to be a very good QB for a long time if management gets their heads out of their ass
Let him keep playing.
But there were WAY more positives than negatives with him tonight.
Shit, Eli made bone-headed throws like that in Year 10.
Right now I'd like to see our OL play a little better so that Saquon can stop playing like the highest drafted 3rd down back ever.
He can do a million great things and loose the game from one mistake. The problem is that he makes the mistakes at the most critical times and therefore looses the game. Two interceptions at the most critical times. VERY BIG mistakes. It’s not a mistake that you can live with. What can we do with taking us down the field with 1000 completions? Again, there are mistakes at the worst times.
The throw on the deep ball to slayton was not lobbed, he threw that on a rope
I saw just as bad from Eli when he was in his first few years. Still remains to be seen whether Jones can clean it up, but im looking forward to seeing how he develops the rest of the year.
Garrett’s play calling was a breath of fresh air. Huge improvement from Mcadoo and Schurmer.
So that play is one on Garrett, but otherwise, both he and Garrett had pretty good games. Considering the OL still cannot keep the DL out of the backfield on running plays, I think Jones is coming along nicely.
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I don't think having your arm hit as you throw is a "mistake"
I like the gunslinger mentality, but even if we get 3 points there, we're still in the game.
Then Jones, who should have run OB left (losing 3-4 yards) or downed it by throwing at the ground or OB left, tried to throw it out of the endzone. With a great effort, Dupree got his fingers on it, and that was the ballgame.
I'm optimistic that he can correct it. His mastery of the offense is on par with Eli's at this point in his career and he is ahead on accuracy.
That being said, the OL played an absolutely terrible game from a run-block standpoint. Barkley is one of the best RBs in the game, and while the Pitt DLine is excellent, if a RB at Barkley's level finishes the game with negative yardage, that's inexcusable to me. Pitt has a great defense, but it's not the '85 Bears, either.
Jones has to throw that 2nd pick away, but at least he didn't fumble tonight. Seems like he's improved that aspect of his game, at least.
I like the gunslinger mentality, but even if we get 3 points there, we're still in the game.
Good post. And I agree.
See, you can type about football without calling everybody a moron. Keep it up.
He really stood in there nicely in some 3rd down throws.
And I think his arm looked like it has some more heat on it.
The interceptions are going to happen, he's played 13 games total to this point?
That's a veteran defensive team with little to no change from last year.
DJ played pretty well in a new system IMO.
He did get drilled a number of times and held onto the ball. That was a positive.
I think he simply wasn't aware that a defender was close enough to him to disrupt the throw. And if that is the case, that's gotta change.
Then Jones, who should have run OB left (losing 3-4 yards) or downed it by throwing at the ground or OB left, tried to throw it out of the endzone. With a great effort, Dupree got his fingers on it, and that was the ballgame.
Hell, even just taking the sack would have been a smart decision there.
Just a bad play from the start, including the play call and the execution from Jones.
Eli had a lot of those moments too.