Mind Character

Absolute madness ... lol

It's crazy that one tweet from a guy saying "Hearing a guy will be on a team soon" spreads to every media outlet around the world in a few minutes and becomes a certainty in people's mind.

You can make a case for Chubb based on rushing stats, but I think until he contributes in the passing game as a serious impact force or his running production outpaces the field he's not there yet. He's a special player though. I think irrespective of the talent around them or their usage this season, the best RBs in the league based on RB play traits/ability are: 1.) Ezekiel Elliot 2.) Christian McCaffrey 3.) Dalvin Cook 4.) Le'Veon Bell 5.) Alvin Kamara 6.) Nick Chubb

Wait .. who is the source of all this? It could be much to do about nothing with Washington trying to create a competitive trade market for Trent Williams. Dorsey doesn't seem like the type to trade a 1st round pick for a 31+ guy who needs a contract, and I know DePodesta and the analytics side of the operation would be against this move. I'll believe it when I see it.

Kush has been consistently buttcheeks in the passing game as the line get's displaced from his spot back into Baker's lap. Inside players aren't supposed to be that weak against the bull rush. Kush has been really good at the run-blocking and getting seals as well as getting to the second level though indeed.

Baker has to get his eyes right. Ryan Lindley had one of the worst eyes and slow mental triggers when he played. Maybe he was coached right but couldn't translate it to the field, but he's not the guy that give me confidence as a coach (hope I'm wrong). Perfect example of how Baker's just not seeing things clearly and just locking on to stuff instead of recognizing stuff pre-snap and reading/seeing things clearly post-snap.

Hubbard and Kush have been more problematic than Greg Robinson imo. Kush routinely gets knocked back into Baker's lap and inside pressure hurts QBs and Baker more than when Robinson gets beat out wide. Would be interesting to walk out of the bye week with: LT Trent Williams; LG Joel Bitonio; C JC Tretter; RG Wyatt Teller; RT ?? Greg Robinson/Chris Hubbard

The question is can we get something good for lesser. A 1st round pick for maybe 2 years of play from an elite LT is enticing for sure, but it's costly. I'd wonder if we could instead part with a 3rd round pick or even a 2nd round pick for a lesser talent than WIlliams. I honestly don't know what's available right now. Add to it all we'd have to make Trent Williams the highest paid tackle in football at season's end while we'd still have a hole at RT and RG potentially if Teller can't get it done over there or Drew Forbes doesn't come back as the guy. I wouldn't hate the move but the reality is Trent Williams hasn't played football for almost a year. We'd have to trust a lot of sources and doctors. OLineman that sit out that long without being at team facilities aren't often in good shape at all.

I hear you. I agree. Grossi is a negative nancy. That's why I linked it b/c it's comedy to see him do his debbie downer routine constantly.

I don't see how it would be Njoku at all.

I'll pass on Trent Williams depending on the price 31 year will be 32 by season's end who needs a new contract and will cost at least a 1st round pick PLUS more. With health concerns maybe has about 4 years left of play max with 2 years left at a high level. The guy had brain and skull surgery and might not be cleared to even put on a helmet and make repeated helmet contact. If Trent Williams was healthy I might consider it, but the cost is likely to be too prohibitive. To be clear though, Trent Williams is the best Tackle in football when healthy. If doctors clear him, and he doesn't have future tumor concerns as have been rumored a first round pick for him would be a potential "just right" cost. It's risky. Oddly enough I think Greg Robinson has been our 3rd worse lineman with Chris Hubbard and Eric Kush holding that position most of the time.

Geesh man... get a grip lol... it's all good. A quick post referencing other's on the board when Corbett was taken or why a person didn't like his tape .. in the context of us all realizing as fans often miss ourselves and have no idea what we're talking about is not some deep "Negativity" ... "Loser's mentality." You're generalizing. No one is saying "Fire Dorsey," or "his picks are all trash." When a 2nd round top of the round pick gets traded a few years later without seeing the field it's okay and not "negativity" to say it was a miss and one would've liked other players on the board at the time. What is the appropriate message board forum response to such a move " We cut a guy taken at the top of round 2; GMs miss; All is well." Have a little lighthearted critique fun. It's not catastrophic.

Grossi is in his element in times like these lol

When they said they were going to start him out at LT/RT given his film, I knew we had a serious misevaluation on the guy. Zo HighSmith thought he was a Center from the beginning b/c of his slow feet. Eliot Wolf thought he could play Tackle. Will be interesting to see where the Rams try him out. It's another reminder lesson to myself; don't draft an OL even if they have nastiness and violent hands (as Corbett did) if they don't have good feet.

Undisclosed pick b/c we're embarrassed that we got a bag of doritos for the first pick in the 2nd round. Braden Smith and James Daniels were far better interior OL prospects and both have turned out to be in the pros. Darius Leonard, DJ Chark, Courtland Sutton, James Daniels, Harold Landry, Dallas Goedert, Donte Jackson, and so on. There were a lot of guys on the board a lot of us thought we should pick instead. Turns out in this case, a lot of us were right even though a lot of times we're wrong.

People can crap on Marcus Peters all they want but he wasn't a scheme fit for the Rams, but he's a perfect one for the ravens. He and Marlon Humphrey's together can change the complexion of their defense and what they can do with their safeties. He's not the player that he once was but it's a really strong mid-season move by a team hoping to stay out in front in the divisional race.

I can confirm that the compensation is an undisclosed bag of half eaten potato chips with a conditional 6-pack of luke warm Capri-Sun juices if Corbett actually plays the rest of the season.

As you know in QB scouting analysis, there is a distinction between "pinpoint accurate" and "generally accurate." It's a distortion of what I've said or the intentions behind what I've said if one assumes that just because I critiqued the Callaway throw as not even being "generally accurate" that I expect every ball to be pin-point or even perfect. I'm well aware of the factors influencing ball placement. Baker imo was neither pinpoint accurate nor generally accurate on that particular throw based on all the various factors I've since explained. The differing points don't need to be belabored anymore. As agreement and disagreement points have been clearly specified by us all. I've made the point repeatedly that the main issue with Baker this year is decision-making, pre/post-snap reading of defenses, and mechanics more so than accuracy. But I'd disagree in with the statement that accuracy hasn't been an issue for Baker; it's just in my mind not the key or main issue(s). Beyond just decision making issues, Baker has regressed some with what he's doing with his eyes post-snap. What Baker has been doing with his eyes has been one of the things that a couple of us discussed in the offseason as the next step for a QB. Ken Zampese was all about eye manipulation keys as a central part of the QB progression reading process. That is, if a QB is going 1 to 2 to 3 in their progression reading that play has an independent eye key component that is graded as a coaching point for how a QB can best use his eyes to open up passing lanes and not cue the defense as to where one wants to go. Zampese also talked about reading pace as a key fundamental. Young QB immediately stare at their reads when a Tom Brady or Phillip Rivers will first look toward the manipulation key or middle field stare in Brady's case often before coming back to directly looking at a progression read. To be fair, I don't know what Ryan Lindley coaches in this regard but something is not translating to Baker taking the proper steps and advances.

Nope.

"almost perfect" lol .. Nope.. not doin it..

Indeed, that's another thing that sideline TV angle missed which is why the endzone views are king. The ball was out already and it was going nowhere near the gaping space out in front of Callaway that even a lob could have. 13 yard throw doesn't require a QB to step up into the pocket to make that throw out. Accuracy is aided by being able to step into a throw if that's what you meant. To that he was into it enough to get the ball where it was supposed to go. Interesting to think what's easier.. to throw that ball to any of the margin of error spots it's supposed to go out in front or on Callaway or for Callaway to make that catch. I'm done with it. Differing People just don't see it the same. It is what it is.

@buno67 Man.... I really don't feel like clipping and editing an All-22 clip. Just do me a favor if you have time and watch that play from the endzone view on gamepass. Without us looking at the same evidence there's really no way for me to explain how different things look from a different angle. I doubt given how certain you seem to be regarding your opinion that the core of your opinion will change but I am telling you man that TV angle totally distorts not only the catchability of that pass but also the nature of the throw's quality. Depth of field, ball location, speed of route, speed of the ball all of that stuff is more clearly taken in by the senses with the endzone view. For example, TV angle makes it seem like the ball couldn't have really gone anywhere else and Baker through it right to him. Endzone angle shows a huge space out in front of Callaway with no defenders threatening to hit him etc etc. This isn't as good and isolated/clear as the endzone coaches film but just as a dirty example that takes me 10 seconds to link watch a TV endzone view from 3:02 to 3:07. You can pause it along the way but the quality of the video isn't as good as the all-22. At this point, I don't care to debate about a TV sideline angle. From the endzone All-22 what I said is what I think is clearly observed: the ball is low and far behind Callaway with the first point of contact act his lower thigh knee area and not his chest. Because he's scrunching down to get lower from a dead sprint his chest lower b/c his waist is ent. If you're standing still a ball behind you is just that and easier to adjust to; a ball behind you. When you're running at speed in one direction and you have to kill your momentum by having your legs go dead knees headed toward the ground and twisting your torso to get your arms back behind you the ball is what it was; behind Callaway. In final summary, when viewed at real time speed from the endzone view given where Callaway was, where the ball should've and easily could've been placed.. it is a tough tough catch and a lot tougher than the TV angle makes it seem. Callaway has to make that catch is paid millions of dollars to make far more spectacular catches. BUT that is a bad ball and not "sort of bad a little" (Look at the space in front of Callaway a regular off throw still has him walk catch walking in standing up). So, it's on Baker as well. That is all.

I hear that point, but I'm not sure anything can break Watson's will and mental toughness especially since O'Brien's hardheadedness and the atrocious OLine his first 2 seasons tried and failed.

I believe that if Baker takes a leap regarding his offseason work on his understanding, mechanics, and chemistry with playmakers he's going to be a good one. But man oh man while it makes sense why we passed on Wentz and Goff to get the draft capital money ball going that second year trading the 12th pick (DeShaun Watson) for the 25th pick (Jabrill Peppers) and a future first (Denzel Ward) was one trade too many. I remember our debates that year. It was Trubisky for most at the top with some in the Kizer camp and most believing Mahomes could be the best but it was too risky. But what of DeShaun? I had him has the #1 QB for a West-Coast pick and stick offense. I was wrong. He's not system bound. He had inaccuracies and bad picks but the intangibles and ability to raise his play when everything is on the line was the gem we should've never overlooked. Ultimately, Darnold's ability to elevate his play when the chips were down and in big game moments spoke of a magical career trajectory to me but what Watson did in college was overlooked and attributed to his playmakers and the program/system. Separating player from scheme and player from surrounding talent is one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn when scouting players. Certain things travel. Big game/moment poise travels no matter what system. Relentless work habits and an obsession to outwork one's peers and ones best version of their self travels and is an enduring trait. Pin-point accuracy late in games; elevating one's play in high leverage moments despite playing poorly earlier in the game is an enduring trait. Mental toughness; playing through a torn acl and waiting to have surgery until after the following game is an enduring and predictive trait of future outcomes. Now, when you mix those enduring successful person traits with Athleticism and Magnetic Leadership and High Character you have a special leader-person-athlete. Who knows what Mahomes, Watson, Baker, and Wentz have in store for the rest of their careers. But man oh man... Elite Intangibles + Athleticism + Good to Great Throwing Ability when it Matters most == Something you can Never Ever Pass On or Bet Against. Valuing the potential of Kizer and over-valuing the surrounding talent and lack of "Big time throw ability for our style of offense" of DeShaun Watson was an absolutely terrible evaluation. DeShaun Watson was the perfect QB for all systems and it's one thing to have missed on Mahomes b/c the KC traded up for him, but literally trading the pick that became DeShaun was a terrible miss. Myles Garrett and DeShaun Watson would've been nice (although the talent surrounding Watson year 1 would've been tragic).

Freddie is falling into the same trap that Hue did press conference wise. I don't understand how Coaches haven't learned from the Belichick coaching playbook of literally saying nothing or minimally saying anything in press conference. Who cares about correcting the record or letting the media in on things. Today, Freddie volunteered that a WR ran a route that's not a part of their playbook. He did so when Terry Pluto essentially asked what's the difference between last year and this year if you're are the same play-caller. The media pounced on that little nugget and tried to get Freddie to elaborate on who the WR was; whether the WR did the route their way on purpose or out of ill-will; whether that WR should play instead of Higgins; if it says something about his control of the team etc etc... Freddie then gets defensive and now the media has a story that can be distorted and twisted into a player-coach conflict story for click-bait. Monken did the same when he came out and said the Callaway pick "was Catastrophic and changed the entire game." Even if you think that you don't come out and say that as a coach b/c the media will run with it and it sends the wrong message to the team as if the game was lost then or that there are some things that happen in a game that are so Catastrophic that it's not even worth fighting the rest of the game b/c that one thing sealed the team's fate. Time and time again coaches never learn. Say nothing at press conferences and coach the team. Perception in the media will change when the team starts winning. Let's hope Freddie doesn't go the way of Hue in press conferences as the pressure ratchets up. Now, what Freddie has going for him that Hue didn't is that it's likely the pressure is release and the air is cleared in a few weeks with a win. Hue's press conferences were great from the perspective of a HC not creating issues in year 1. He wore down and lost it mid-way through the 2nd year.