Steelers/Redskins
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Strongly disagree with not running play action on 2nd down.
That's inaccurate. It's partly true, but you are making an overgeneralized statement here. Eli has been wildly inconsistent in terms of zip, velocity etc. If that pass on the sideline to Barth been short aimed, it would have been picked. There are plenty of other examples. Arm strength is there at times, other times it's not. I think it's more of a head issue more than an arm issue. Coaches that see him every day should know what the issue is. It's possible it's something we don't know.Leaving Yarnell out of it, if you’re seeing good arm strength and zip out of Eli, I’m not sure what kind of lenses you’re looking through. His out throws are marshmallows. There’s no zip on any of his throws. He’s constantly short arming intermediate throws and bouncing them at his receivers’ feet.
Pierre playin 12 yards off the receiver in a situation where Wash only needs a FG…why?
He was kicking into the wind.Can Boswell not put the ball in the end zone? If we're actually trying to do this, someone needs fired.
^^^This.^^^I don't know who I'm more pissed off at for the results of that fake punt. But I'm leaning toward the professional athlete who dropped a lollipop.
Not a bad catch either. That wasn’t a gimme.What a pass from Russ.
What a pass from Russ.
I don’t think anyone would argue with a straight face that Yarnell should be QB1. But just for some perspective, Yarnell came in cold and led the offense on exactly the same number of TD drives that Eli did, with far fewer snaps in the game and no first team practice reps. Eli was gifted a FG via a turnover (3 play drive for -4 yards before it was kicked) and led a modest 24 yard FG drive. The picks were the big difference, but Eli was just as capable of turning the ball over as Yarnell, most of his throws before he got hurt were way off target.1:45, 2TO, ball in + territory.
What a dumb throw. He’s shown he has very little route depth perception in this offense.
His first INT was a Go ball but problem was it was under thrown and into double coverage.
He protects the ball, we win. No doubt.
We’re all seeing why he wasn’t QB1 coming out of camp. Unfortunately he had to prove it in a L
You don’t have to convince me. I’m on record many times here saying if he played anywhere else (except maybe WVU) this wouldn’t be going on near as much.It’s just typical tribalism. I mean, if one wants to argue that he’s not worthy of the #32 pick, that’s fair. Poker compared him to Artie Burns, which is also fair because Artie was a #1 pick.
But he’s obviously way better than Burns objectively, as he’s often trusted to match up with the other teams best receiver. For guys to say he’s horrible, call him Toast, should be out of the league, etc…that’s just crazy talk.