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Originally Posted by dirk digler
Oh I remember well lol and I was ready to move on from him asap. But he is still light years ahead of Tyrod as a QB IMVHO.
Listen I am ok with SD being content with ending up being 7-9, 8-8 this year. One less team to worry about.
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I think they're absolutely content w/ being 7-9 to 9-7. What I don't understand (and what Lynn cannot just accept) is the idea that Herbert could get them to 11-5 and if he goes 5-11, who gives a shit?
And I think he's correct in saying that Herbert doesn't raise their ceiling beyond 9-7 while he could easily lower their floor.
As htismaq noted - we saw what an impact Mahomes made and it's colored our perception of things. Bottom line is that it just doesn't work that way.
Lynn's living in a very sober reality (that the best his team can hope for is a puncher's chance) and he's trying to operate within it. He understands what he's working with here, IMO, and can't afford the fan's take of "hey, maybe Herbert will be Mahomes". Hell, how's it even fair to compare him to Burrows, who just had arguably the greatest season by a college quarterback in NCAA
history.
He understands that the only way to get that ceiling raised is for Herbert to have a truly monumental impact on the offense. The guy I saw last Sunday can't do that. Maybe in 6 weeks he'll be able to do something more than that and in the meantime, Taylor won't do any less than what Herbert did Sunday, IMO.
He's taking hell for being passive here but in a lot of ways I think this is actually an aggressive move. He's NOT willing to just give up games early in the season he thinks he can win with a steady hand at QB and is hoping that Herbert shows development in practice that will allow him to stay afloat with Taylor and then use Herbert in a more aggressive manner later in the season.