I appreciate that your breakdowns are educated and authentic. It’s clear you value football over hot takes or always being right. Revising your Jayden Daniels opinion is a great example. Tbh I didn’t think he was gonna be good this year either 😂
On the jags, how is Doug pederson still a head coach and unfortunately Trevor is slowly turning into Carson wentz with the confidence thing .doug and balke have to go
2:33:33 think you might find this interesting, but he might not. According to what Brady has said, he talked to O’Brien and he literally just ran the Clemson playbook because Watson was unable to pickup anything else. Might also explain why Flacco looked way better if the Browns suddenly had a QB that actually did understand an NFL playbook and offense
i also saw something that was saying that the browns coaches went to watson to say hey maybe we can lean into your legs a little more to get the offense going more, and he said he didn’t want to because he’s not a run first qb. i’m like dude what do you want like actually
When are teams going to start paying great coordinators as much as the head coaches on their teams? For instance, it would be absolutely insane for the Vikings to let Brian Flores go. Pay him anything he wants! Have some foresight Vikings.
Agree with many of ur Bears takes here. RB was not a need this offseason. Roschon + KH is a good backfield. The Swift signing was actively detrimental cuz we’re now stuck force feeding a worse RB bc he’s higher on the payroll. I think it’s right to point out that the Bears coulda got 4/5 firsts for Caleb but they instead got a 1 4th for Fields, who’s currently looking better, but the Caleb hate is way too much. He’s a young dude in his third game. We gotta give him time. We did not handle this offseason well. We neglected interior O-line, we picked a terrible OC…. we honestly just don’t deserve success. It’s nearly impossible to not be good with how many great assets we got in that one trade w Carolina, so we’ll be okay, but it’s in spite of our incompetence.
As someone who also had Maye over JD I wasn't thrilled about the pick at first, but he became my teams QB so I put my faith in him, and I couldn't be happier that I did. If I had to make that pick again, I would 10/10 take JD5. At the time even I thought you were way too harsh on the JD pick, but I love the humility in admitting you were wrong and giving him his flowers. One more Commanders draft pick you didn't like who looked really good: Brandon Coleman. Aside from letting up one sack, he kept Trey Hendrickson quiet all game. Still splitting reps with Cornelius Lucas since he got injured in the preseason, but they're upping his snap count, and he's looking better with each game. Not saying he's their LT of the future yet, he struggled vs the Giants, but the guy can play.
The Bengals coaching staff seems to be pretty good at adressing problems they encounter, but they weirdly don't seem to anticipate these problems, they have to walk into them and then try to find a solution.
Kevin O'Connell may well be the QB whisperer. How he can get Darnold off the scrap pile and have him playing at this level in the early part of the season is just bonkers.
I’m not sure about the two deep receivers scheme of the Jacksonville Jaguars. It may be making it harder for Trevor Lawrence to go through his progressions. I liked the mix of receivers he had in 2022. The mix was perfect to teach Lawrence to go through progressions. That seems to be a weakness for him.
crazy thing is that it was a fumble. ball came out before the whistle but because of the injury the refs knew they should’ve blown the whistle sooner and thus did not give the saints the ball. that entire sequence was on the refs.
I think the Trevor performance is fixed with a good coach. We can say he's almost for sure not top 5 but besides elite of the elite what QBs have done well with bad coaches? The only reason Pete looked decent was because he wasn't Urban Myer. But he really is one of the worst coaches in the league when it comes to making players play good solid football. I'm not a Trevor defender by any means but I feel this way with every qb who underperforms with bad coaching
Yeah he was bad in the last two games and even when the situation was fine. He just looks rushed and his accuracy is off from what it usually is. But you are totally right man, Doug has to go. And it's also clear he has ZERO trust in his O line which is why he is throwing to his first reads more than anyone in the league. But the way people just say he's ruined and was never good bc of two bad games against elite pass defenses with a bad offensive situation and clearly bad culture is insane.
@ledgnr197gaming5 unfortunately knowing my Jags Baalke probably not gonna go anywhere until it's too late. It's unfortunate but it is what is - I do agree, Shad has to make some big boy decisions this time around
It already *was* back in '22. Then the play-calling changed. Immediately. Like McVay, Pederson disguises what he's doing by making most of his plays look identical pre-snap. The passing plays also feature receivers fanning out similarly to all other plays. It took me One Play to realize they weren't doing this anymore in '23. So I have no idea _why_ this is but the Jags are more broken & demoralized than the Eagles were last season.
I don’t understand why the bears don’t want have the balls to fire Matt Eberflus and Shane Waldron the Mccaskeys are cheap. On Caleb Williams interception the first one he threw late on an out route. The second one was a good throw on a tight window on a drop. Edit 1: On the Caleb Williams fumble Why the fuck does Shane Waldron ask Cole Kmet to block Laitu Latu. Edit 2: For the people saying Justin Fields would be better than Caleb Williams in Chicago you’re wrong. Shane Waldron offense is a lot of 7 step drop backs and reading out the defense which Justin Fields can’t do. Edit 3: Going through the film Caleb has to improve his downfield accuracy and clean up the turnovers. Edit 4: Don’t know why Shane Waldron Isn’t utilizing DJ Moore unless it’s a bubble screen. Edit 5: I really wanted the bears to hire Arthur Smith, Kliff Kingsbury, or Zac Robinson for OC instead of 🗑️ Shane Waldron
because Bears lol and Young is a historically bad player. so of course wimpy Williams is gonna look good compared to him. all he does is pout his bottom lip and think he is smarter than everyone. think he something special when all he is is sh*t
Crosby was hobbling around the field all day. Should’ve probably been pulled, he’s dealing with a bad high ankle sprain and was moving at like 30%, we don’t have a backup edge rusher though. Had an okay game against the chargers, and an amazing game vs the ravens.
I don’t know how the Ravens defense is getting a pass from so many people for being this bad. I’ve never seen a roster more purpose built to finish games that just CANNOT. EDIT: Also, is no one else baffled how Sirianni is still a HC with these 4th down decisions? The Eagles can’t convert 4th and shorts, stop trying and just take your FGs.
the thing that really hurt arizona in their game was that they were already starting their backup RT kelvin beachum because jonah williams got a potentially season ending injury week 1, but beachum got hurt in the game against the rams (i think) so they had to go to the third string guy, then THAT guy got hurt too. the next guy went out there doomed to get absolutely cooked by aidan hutchinson
Enjoy all your content but as a long term Panthers fan ive always been skeptical of your Sean McDermott takes after seeing he carried Rivera for years down here. Hes definitely a top 5 defensive coach if not top 3 and hes a great leader of the locker room up there.
B Flo didn't blitz much in week 1 vs the Giants...because he didn't need to. They've basically been able to shut everything down early in the 4th quarter and run out the clock in every game so far. Most analysts overlooked that Flores had to cook with Donatell's left over ingredients last season, but got to do his own grocery shopping for his own recipes this season. Remember that this group, with 8-10 new players, has only had 3 games together and should get better through the season.
I mean I don’t know what Lou anarumo is really meant to do when literally only Trey Hendrickson is getting pressure and the bengals were without both starting DTs. Kris Jenkins was playing with a single hand and Zack Carter and jay tufele suck.
Im pretty sure the antonio pierce quote about business decisions was him calling out jack jones without him saying his name. thats what most people seem to think based on his lack of effort tackling in the game
This is the 3rd year in a row we have seen a highly drafted QB who was ruined by bad circumstances exceeded expectations in a good system. Will this trend of late breakouts keep happening
I think worth noting on the ravens game is the development of Zach Orr as a DC needs to come along quickly if they want to be legit. The game plans the last couple weeks have been great, but its like he doesn't know how to adjust on the fly as the other team starts making changes. Something to watch for moving forward.
I know people dont care about the Titans but i wish you gave more than a 2 minute stat sheet summary. It doesnt have to be positive but i expect a similar effort of analysis put in that other teams get.
the jj trade stuff is so silly. Darnold has looked like this throughout all of camp and they still believe in jj. Why? cause why pay darnold top tier qb money when you have a rookie scale contract to continue to build the team with. They let kirk walk to get cheaper cause this was the plan all along.
Exactly, the thing that is allowing us so much success on defense is the cap space to bring in free agents. Paying Darnold a big contract is going to limit our cap and put us into the same situation we were with Kirk.
Little disagreement, do you really think Geno had been playing worse than darnold for the first 3 games? Cause I'd argue if geno continues at his level for the rest of the season he's top 5 and they've probably won the division.
As a Vikes fan, I hope Geno plays a little bit better than he has and beats the Lions this week. The Seahawks and Steelers look to be playing quite solid and winning football, but they might need to find another gear as they start playing better teams. I don't know if I agree about Geno playing better than Darnold - but most people have strong priors on Darnold so I can't blame you needing another 2 or 3 games to appreciate the difference.
The Vikings beat reporters have said that its hard to overstate how much they are in love with McCarthy. KOC spends an hour every week one on one with JJ, separate from the normal QB meetings to help continue his development while sidelined with injury. You compare the Trey Lance/Purdy situation with JJ, but the difference is Lance was horrible. If JJ looks almost as good or better than Darnold in practice (which by the way, happened multiple times during training camp) no way they pay darnold 45m if they think they can get almost as good play out of JJ with the upside of improvement.
Yeah but Darnold also has upside too. End of the day, you can’t tell me that they’re going to let Darnold walk if they have a great year and then hope a guy who hasn’t taken a regular season NFL snap is good. We’ll see how this all shakes out but you can’t let Darnold walk after a great year.
I wouldn't oversimplify this. It's a very complex decision, and is exactly in Kwesi's wheelhouse. Remember that Kwesi signed Zadarius for $4m when everyone thought he had already signed for the Ravens, traded for Hockenson when no one knew he was available, and drafted McCarthy and Turner when everyone thought he would have to give up both 2024 1sts and maybe their 2025 1st just to get McCarthy. Firstly, at only 27 Darnold also has the "upside of improvement". Don't also forget that Shanahan implied that Darnold and Purdy were in a legit competition for QB1. Darnold looked better last week. KOC was nearly in tears after week 2 when he was describing how happy he was that Sam was finally getting some respect. Secondly, ownership of Sam's contract makes him an asset, and it's not that important how much it is, as long as it's in the normal QB window. If Sam plays up to his contract, he makes playoffs and NFCCGs then he's worth every penny. Thirdly, if Sam just shows solid above average QB play, and is on a reasonable contract then he still remains very tradeable. The Broncos traded 2 firsts, 2 seconds, a 5th and 3 players for Wilson, who was older and declining, and not playing anything like Sam. If they signed him for $45m - he could be worth a 1st and 2nd and a player, AND remember the team trading for him pays all the non-guaranteed and relevant base salary. And they are just a couple of options.
The whole conversation is a nightmare. In my football circles I get clowned on for saying that Jalen Hurts is better than Derek Carr and Justin Fields!!! I just want him to play well enough to win us games, which he has been despite Nick's attempts to screw everything up. Some people can just never accept average
@@jacksonklark6119 Yes he is without Deebo Samuel and George Kittle and Mccafrey it showed Purdy is better. Hurts is without AJ Brown had more help around him and played worse
@@jacksonklark6119 It's extremely close. I would give Purdy the edge at the moment, but with better support Jalen can return to '22 form and pass him up. Overall I would consider them to be in the same tier
Hurts has looked awful, very cumbersome running, and if he is not a dual threat, he is incredibly overpaid as a passing QB. If they didn't have Saquon, they could be coming last in that division.
Jayden is just slightly better touch slightly less shakey as a runner. Version of lamar. Now the lamar disrespect is ridiculous. Hes out played Patrick mahomes season wide 3 of his 5 healthy seasons.
I’d say more like Kyler what with the slot fades and layered throws, especially considering he’s in Kliff’s system. Also, if you think Lamar is better than or even comparable to Mahomes you’re just being silly. Bait used to be believable.
Yeah don’t get why soo many people almost rush to compare everyone to Lamar or say they’re better versions of Lamar. No one is even close as a rusher , I’ll admit Lamar lacks consistent touch on deep throws though. It’s an actual flaw No idea why you mentioned Mahomes tho 😭
So pumped to hear a Coller podcast may be coming down the line! You guys always had great discussion and topics, I've been missing Hot Routez this year!
I love how people conpletely ignore all of Trevor's good performances over the last 2 years and now say he's a solidified bust bc of two bad games in a horrible situation. Like yes he looks rushed as shit amd inaccurate these last few games but that doesn't give people the right to say he's ruined and was only ever as good as Daniel Jones. I think with a new OC and Oine that he trusts, he'll get back to form.
As a British dolphins fan, i whole heartedly stay for your analysis and breakdown of all the games, every week whether its on here or on Spotify, truely enjoyable to listen to every week, and the off season vids are also incredible aswell, keep it up. Think I originally found you through your madden roster and rebiulds many moons ago, like 7 or 8 years, 😊
I agree that a Darnold extension is about 4 weeks away, unless they just decide to just tag him. If they extend him a couple of years all the options open up. JJs only 21. He can sit one or two years without any drama. They could start Darnold next year and flip to JJ McCarthy if Darnold cools off, and even trade Sam at the deadline. They could trade Sam for a 2nd and Jeffrey Simmons. Right now they have probably locked in the 97th pick in the 2026 draft even if Darnold walked in FA.
Jalen Carter is a fantastic player but to be fair he was playing against the backup interior O line for most of the game. the saints playbook was extremely limited once their O line got hurt and shuffled around. they only called relatively simple plays for a lot of the game because anytime they tried to shake things up they had linemen straight up running into each other.
Jalen Carter is a fantastic player but to be fair he was playing against the backup interior O line for most of the game. the saints playbook was extremely limited once their O line got hurt and shuffled around. they only called relatively simple plays for a lot of the game because anytime they tried to shake things up they had linemen straight up running into each other.
Darnold needs a SuperBowl to be extended in Minnesota. Darnold 35 a year or JJ 7 a year?? Tag and Trade Darnold for Dexter Lawrence, get a high end Guard and Corner via FA and let JJ cook with his 1st Round Center. KOC can win with any QB and a goood Roster
If darnold continues to play well they probably extend him on a 3 year deal with a out after year 2 and Jordan love Mccarthy or else trade him no guarantee Mccarthy is the guy but they wouldn't give him away either
Flo so elite . He's doing this with the vikings defense imagine the shit he would do with some superstars on defense like the chiefs or steelers. Hope he gets another chance as a hc just needs to be a qb he wants instead of forcing a qb on him like Miami did that's really where the issues in Miami started but if he stays a DC wouldn't hate it as a vikings fan as long as they keep him
As a Steelers fan I agree that the result of the play being an interception was unfortunate but in my opinion (and I am not even mad at him for that) he makes the wrong read on that play and additionally he throws it on the inside of Patterson instead of the outside shoulder where either Patterson gets it or nobody and that just makes room for what ended up happening. 1:59:25
I’m going to disagree with your take on Allgier and Bijan. Against Eagles Bijan had a downhill run on 4th down and gut stuffed by CGJ. This week Allgeier got a zone run on 3 and 1 out of shotgun and got stuffed. Call me crazy but wouldn’t it make sense to switch it to where Bijan is running the shotgun inside zone and Allgeier running the downhill dive play from under center?
It's not that I believe in JJ after one preseason game. I believe in Kevin O'Connell after he made Kirk Cousins have his best year and a half of his career, and made Sam Darnold have the best year of his career in this hypothetical. I trust that Kevin O'Connell will make JJ work. Also there is a difference in the Brock Purdy and Sam Darnold situation. You have to pay Sam Darnold 45 million a year minimum. That is two high end starters you could add in free agency( a corner, defensive tackle, right guard). You could probably tag and trade Sam for a high second rounder. Though if Sam leads this team to at least the NFC championship then you are probably right in the fact that the Vikings would be forced to pay him. This could be more of an Alex Smith situation even if Sam is younger. But we don't know because we don't know how the Vikings truly feel about JJ.
Remember when Kwesi traded for the Texans 1st rounder so he could have flexibility and options going into the draft. I'd suggest he'll extend Darnold somewhere around the bye, or after the Lions game, if things keep progressing like this. Why, because it gives Kwesi options. Darnold would become both a hedge against JJs development, or a trade asset, or both and a going concern. Remember Kwesi has the Wall Street trading background - this situation is right in his wheelhouse.
I think you were for sure underrating this upcoming qb class during the JJ McCarthey talk. Milroe, Ewers, Shedeur are for sure top 20 picks given how the last few drafts have gone. A lot of people really like Beck, i think Dart is a sleeper. I know the season is early but theres crazy talent at qb
@@fullyinflatedfootballpodca2373 I did listen...your assessment was wrong. The entire hook of THIS video is that you were wrong. You're talking out of both sides of your mouth dude.
Why does everything have to be so polarizing? Can I not admit that I should have been higher on him without defending myself to this idea that I thought he was total trash?
@@fullyinflatedfootballpodca2373 when you have to say stuff like, “this thing I thought he’d be bad at was actually his strength,” you whiffed dude. You ranked him dead last in the passing game and called it a D pick by the commanders at #2. That’s absolutely writing off a guy who everyone considered to be a consensus top 3 pick.
@narddog2151 bro give it a rest he's on board now. Jayden is doing things most thought he wouldn't and Marcus already admitted he was wrong so chill out lmao
Sam darnold had a crazy stat line 180 yards but 4 tds he's been exactly what they need it's been scary tho been a few plays a game where it looks to be a sure turnover kinda scared eventually those end up turnovers tanking his confidence
@@UZI-hb3cu The point is that nearly every QB, especially when under pressure, makes a couple of bad decisions in every game. Sam isn't any different from anyone else so why single him out, especially when in the last two big time games he had fewer brain explosions than the QBs he just beat the shit out of?
@@UZI-hb3cu That's my point dude. Why would it? Every QB does it. He's done it plenty of times before. That's all way in the past. It's just fan paranoia stuck in the past like he was a 21 year old playing still playing in a crap Jets team. It just tells me that he hasn't really watched Darnold play for about 4 years. Here's an example - Panthers on the road playing the Cowboys. The Cowboys go up early about 28 - 14. Sam in catch up mode throws back to back INTs. He just knuckles down, keeps firing and the final score ends up 42-36. He's not like that. He never was. The comment just shows the dude has no idea what he's talking about.
Prime Russ is what will get Russell Wilson almost assuredly to the hall of fame. JD has been incredible so far, but let’s not jump ahead yet. Just enjoy the moment!
The Broncos have looked good all 3 weeks but instead of getting credit the opposing team offense we’re discredited instead. They caused Geno to throw an interception by taking his legs out from under him, but all that was said about it was that Geno threw a bad pick. They caused that Steelers offense to look uncomfortable and for fields to use his legs more and all that was said is that the Steelers offense didn’t look good.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are the epitome of a high floor low ceiling football team. People always project we’ll finish last in the division, but Mike Tomlin could lead a team of high school players to a 9-8 season.
Get it through your skull TFG, we are NOT going to overpay for a QB again. JJ McCarthy is the future because he is on a cost controlled contract to allow us to get free agents for our defense. Get this through your head. We are not Cousins'ing ourselves again. Darnold is the QB right now because he only costs 10 million a year.
Dude, it is much more complicated than that. The goal is not to get cheaper at QB - the goal is to win Super Bowls. Having a cheap QB is one way that lets you spend more on your roster to try and win a SB. Having a talented QB is another way of winning a SB. The Chiefs have been paying $35m and $37m a year for their QB for the last 3 years and have won 3 of the last 5. Remember the goal is to win SBs, not to have a QB on a rookie contract.
Go look at every Super Bowl since the Patriots vs Falcons. There has not been a single Super Bowl that didnt include a rookie scale contract QB, a cheap QB or a GOAT QB. Players like Cousins and Darnold on fat contracts significantly lower your chances of winning a Super Bowl. The reason our defense is so good this year is not just because of Brian Flores, its because we saved money at QB and were able to fill out the defense with solid contributors. Theres 0 major holes on our defense now other than maybe the interior D-Line. That is because of cheap QB play.
@@PurpleandGold615 I'm sorry, but your argument is completely flawed, oversimplified, and confuses outcomes with causality, from start to finish. The Vikings with JJ $4m and Darnold $10m and Mullens $2m and Kirk $28.5m are paying about $44m for their QB play for this season - that is NOT cheap. The Vikes salary cap hit for the QB position this season is about 10m more than the salary cap hit the Chiefs paid for Mahomes this season $37m. The cap hit for Cousins, if he stayed, was projected to be lower than the $28.5m dead cap hit Kwesi took for cutting him this season. KWESI HAS NOT SAVED MONEY AT QB THIS YEAR SO THAT CANNOT BE THE REASON THAT KWESI WAS ABLE TO SPEND MORE ON FREE AGENCY THIS SEASON. The main reasons that Kwesi had more money in FA this year were that: 1. Kwesi moved on from expensive existing contracts for aging players over the previous two seasons including cutting Cook, Kendricks, Thielen, trading Zadarius before his deal went up, agreeing a salary cut with Harrison Smith 2. Strategically Kwesi focussed drafting on the highest cost positions including QB, WR, CB, Edge and OT, and focussed on the cheaper positions LB, RB, IOL, IDL, Safety in Free Agency 3. Kwesi's avoided signing marquee players at premium prices in FA and focussed on underrated productive players at very team friendly prices like - Harrison Phillips, Josh Oliver, Blake Brandel, Aaron Jones, Murphy, with only a few short term bargain deals for older or questionable players at key positions - like Gilmore, Griffin, Jihad Ward, Davenport, Zadarius. 4. Kwesi targets high value or productive players at discounted prices and the clever that way Kwesi structures contracts - Greenard cost Kwesi $6m AVG $3.5m, Cashman $3m The savings at QB will occur in the 2025 salary cap, when the savings from Hunter and Davenport will also occur. That is why everyone is excited about what Kwesi could do in FA in 2025. No one is arguing that there aren't advantages in roster construction if you have key players or players at key positions on rookie contracts - but to say you need a QB on a rookie scale is ridiculous. Only 3 or 4 SBs in the last 20 years have been won by a team with a QB on their rookie contract - Mahomes 1st SB in 2019, Russell Wilson in 2013, Big Ben in 2005, Eli Manning in 2007. So results say a team is 4 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO WIN A SB if their starting QB is not still on a rookie deal. And let's take the other side of that argument. Last season - the Texans, Jags, Titans, Colts, Bears, Packers, Raiders, Chargers, Washington, Panthers, Falcons, Eagles, 49ers, and Bengals had starting QBs that were still on their rookie contracts and didn't win the SB. Why not? Having a rookie QB was supposed to increase your chances of a SB and yet we have here 14 teams, many of which have had rookies for multiple years - resulting in about 50 qualifying opportunities over the last 3 or 4 years and zero SBs. Finally, the notion of having star players on rookie contracts helping GMs build a stronger roster applies to several of the most expensive positions including WR, and OT where having star players like Jefferson, Chase, CD Lamb on rookie contracts also helps teams stay competitive and able to spend more money on supporting positions. So please, just back off a little. Having a cheaper QB is a thing, but it is not the only thing, and the Vikes don't have a cheap QB this season, so it is not the reason they have a better and deeper roster. There are other much more relevant reasons for that mainly to do with Kwesi's strategy and team building philosophy. Skol!
