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08-30-2019, 08:08 AM | #301 | |
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And then you look up what he actually did in that game and as it turned out it was 2 sacks, 3 hits and something like 5 pressures. The only thing that kept Smith alive was that we just went fast on every play, doubled Watt and booted smith when we got a chance. It was a master-class from Reid on not letting a clearly overmatched player not butt-**** you. I say that because....IN WHAT ****ING WORLD DID ERVIN KEEP AARON DONALD "IN CHECK"?!?!?!?! Dude had 2 sacks, 2 hits, 2 ****ing forced fumbles and spent the majority of the evening in our backfield except for the times that simple misdirection had him guessing and then giving up. The only thing that ever slowed Aaron Donald in that game was (again) Andy Reid and then on occasion Aaron Donald himself. Cameron Erving kept Aaron Donald in check....yes, I have truly heard everything. Lord.
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Andy can sent him in there, tell him to do absolutely nothing catastrophic, and have him dink and dunk for 4 quarters. I guess. It's Alex Smith without the sizzle (such as it is). But why keep him as a developmental prospect? His upside is, what, Nathan Peterman? There's nothing to develop. You can keep him on this team for 10 years and he'll still be the same noodle-armed, gunshy popgun artist he is now. So if you're sticking Moore on the roster as a veteran stopgap and keeping a young QB to develop as a cheaper backup - why the hell don't you work with the guy that has tools you can actually develop? Litton got ****ed hard in this competition. If Shurmer 'wins' then Litton was never actually in the running.
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08-30-2019, 08:12 AM | #303 |
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Shurmer looked like a rookie learning a complicated system who seems smart enough to see and take what the defense gives him. Litton looks like a guy with a big arm, limited mobility and not much of a grasp of what defenses are doing. I doubt either one has NFL starter in their future. So I go with the one who's probably going to help prep the starter the most. Didn't see anything this preseason that made me question their order on the roster.
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08-30-2019, 08:16 AM | #305 |
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I wonder who Veach is on the phone with trying to get right now.
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08-30-2019, 08:17 AM | #306 |
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McKenzie had a false start and looked confused out there in the 2nd half. Idk I just don’t think he should be on the roster.
That lost spot should be for Jimmy Murray or an external candidate. Andy got Reiter and Wylie last year, and Witzmann wasn’t a bad backup the year before that. I think we might see another guy like that brought in
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08-30-2019, 08:17 AM | #307 |
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If it's Shurmur vs. Litton, it's Shumur all the way. Litton has just gone backward the last 2 games. Pringle and DAT make the team only for ST. Heaven help us if we have to rely on either as a WR.
One player that stood out to me was Attaochu. He seemed to be everywhere last night. I'm not saying he's a starter, but someone that should e in the mix. I thought Allegretti looked promising at C, too. I think he needs to bulk a little and improve his technique, but he looked better at G than Murray. Plug and play if you want to be an OL on Andy's team. |
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And bought some of it. But then the pads went on and you realized 'oh wait...THAT'S why they got him in the 3rd....' Yeah, backflips and videos of you as a runningback in high school don't mean a lot when you're now, at best, on an even athletic footing with most of the dudes you're playing against. And it isn't even like moving from D1 to the pros, when everyone you play everyday got better and you really haven't. No, it's effectively like switching sports going from the FCS to the NFL. I still like the pick and think there's something to work with there, but probably not much for a long while. He can't just bitchslap guys anymore; the 3rd stringers he's playing in pre-season games are SIGNIFICANTLY better than the FCS competition he was knocking around. And that says nothing of the real players.
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With Saunders they are putting him in the A gap consistently where he's getting doubled right away, when he's more of a gap shooting penetrator. You'd like to think they are having him do this to just make him a better player in general and that the coaching staff isn't a bunch of mouth breathers that doesn't understand that playing the A gap isn't exactly what he's best suited for.
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Last night he got worn down and frankly it was always gonna be a developmental thing. I’d think maybe by mid to end of the year they’ll start expecting something from him. He’s probably not gonna be a big anchor run stopper but I don’t think that’s what he was drafted for. |
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Did you EVER say that about Alex Smith? Because that's who this guy is...if he becomes twice as good as he is now. He doesn't scan the field, he gets panicky, pats the ball and throws it to the nearest dude in front of him. Litton, meanwhile, is actually scanning. No, he doesn't have much mobility outside of the pocket but he did a nice job of moving behind the line several times to find space to throw. Shurmer doesn't take what the defense gives him - he just takes the first dump off he can find. He rarely sets his feet and the games looks significantly fast to him than it does to Litton. Yes, he will bust off a scramble here and there, but that's because his eyes drop WAY too fast. I don't know how we can have escaped the reign of Alex, see Shurmer and fall into the same trap. This is the extremely watered down version of the same guy. Shurmer would neuter the playmakers on this team. Watkins might see an uptick but Hill would be significantly diminished and the defenses would crash on Kelce. Litton would turn the ball over more but he'd also force teams to honor every spot on the field.
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08-30-2019, 08:24 AM | #313 |
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Litton has had a whole year in the system and development so I don’t think they’ll keep him around
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08-30-2019, 08:25 AM | #314 |
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A real question is, is Henne going to IR, is he going to IR to possibly return, is he being given a settlement?
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