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naija

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  1. he kinda stepped into a couple of sacks today by holding on too long
  2. he does still call almost all the plays, but has come out and said he allows Kubiak to do so as well.
  3. Shanahan has an OC. So do McVay, Ben Johnson, Andy Reid. you can make arguments in each case how much each OC does, but it is telling that each understand the need to be the HC, and not get stuck on the pride of being a brilliant play caller and somehow know how to embed their DNA into the team so much that they can have it called by someone else, or even just have someone to converse with during the game and pay attention, not stuck in the minutiae of relaying the next play
  4. Agree with this, though elite players continue to think the other player is the problem, not the offensive guru. I think having QB #1 recruit drafted in the late, late rounds, and failing to develop one of the most famous QBs as the consecutive coach/playercaller would begin to stick, but who knows.
  5. It's a bit or mental derangement with him. He will post how everyone is a pussy and stupid, claim Texas will beat X team. Then after a loss, try to shame anyone who expresses concern about the team, rinse and repeat. If you don't seal your lips to the pipe and inhale all the burnt orange smoke available, you're an infidel. Anyways, to the topic at hand, I think the OU game tells the story. A bit of a cop-out, but if Arch can just improve on more than a few things, the team comes out understanding that they are underdogs now and the butt of many jokes, and plays with some spine, it's doable. The 1st quarter will tell the tale of that one. I have less faith in the coaches
  6. he says it, but nothing about him exudes that. compare with another person thought of as an offensive genius, who really shows it in Shanahan.
  7. His uncles played at the same HS. Was the competition better then? I don't think you can just narrow it like that. Do I think his rating was warranted? No. But I don't think he is a 2-star/3-star as quoted above. Low 4-star is about accurate.
  8. There are people who can learn multiple things at in a compressed time-frame (multi-processing is a mirage though), my feeling is that Arch might not be one of those. What I mean, is that behind a decent OL, he might have just had to focus on timing, going through his reads and so on. But now you add to that, getting a better sense of a broken pocket, sliding to avoid the rush, learning when to throw away and when to take a sack, and when the sack is lethal.. etc. It might be a bit much for him. Again my only hope is that this an immersive type learning year for him.
  9. There is no way Arch is a 2-star or 3-star QB who got boosted to 5-star simply because of his name. All the premier programs didn't want him just because of his name. Sometimes 5-stars don't make it. It happens. His story isn't done yet. And I'm a critic
  10. Dak Prescott is getting run on The Athletic for MVP.... I'm not sure what the attempted point to be made was in bringing him up in this thread.
  11. It's not happening, and it shouldn't happen.
  12. this is where I'm at. strangely, I think he had some areas of improvement today. you just have to hope he keeps improving on the situational awareness side, because the change people want isn't coming. can only hope this is the true growth year
  13. what I'm really tired of is feeling like our coach lacks the nads and viciousness other coaches do. somehow we always seem to hire that guy
  14. "All our goals are still in front of us ..." - prepare yourselves.
  15. team that scores next wins. going for it wasn't some big, bad decision. can argue about getting the ball out of Stafford's hands, but both Shanahan and McVay are big on being able to run the ball. I can see why he would call that
  16. didn't mind going for it.
  17. game
  18. that dude should not come back out but its the NFL, so they will shoot him up with painkillers and roll him out if the chance presents itself
  19. damn.
  20. every year, it's an injury story with that team. next year, Shanahan might really want to reconsider his approach to camp
  21. yes. There was an Athletic article about this. #1 vs #2 play callers in an informal ranking of defensive coordinators
  22. that's like the 3rd time they haven't been on the same page
  23. at the very least, they should get to FG range
  24. call an outside toss
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