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Reid made it absolutely clear that Alex was the starter. Alex had led us to several double digit win seasons and was not going to lose his job due to an injury. Hell Alex doesn't lose his job even if Mahomes comes out and looks like he did in 2018 and we win the game. Tyrod Taylor is a 31 year old journeyman QB and has only had marginal success for 3 seasons. In those 3 seasons he averaged 2953 passing yards, 17 TDs, and went 22-20 in Buffalo. Tyrod has no future in LA and hasn't earned shit there. Im putting this in bold because its just completely insane to me: In the first game he has started and only the second game in which he's been in the league, Justin Herbert has tied Tyrod Taylor in games with 300+ passing yards Tyrod hasn't earned shit and should be riding the bench watching Herb the Perv. |
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Id be pissed if i were a Bolts fan.
Lynn sounds delusion. Some of these coaches are so risk averse its nuts. Tyrod Taylor is never go to win you anything. You should be putting a great deal of time and energy trying to coach up Herbert. quit wasting your time on inferior talent that has no upside.
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09-22-2020, 08:48 AM | #66 |
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As I said in the other thread Lynn is an average coach and he proved it when he didn't go for it on 4th. He was a good player but he won't be anything better than he is now coaching.
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09-22-2020, 08:54 AM | #67 |
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Look - I think he's wrong here. Herbert's clearly their future.
Buuuuuut - I think we've seen what Lynn thinks about his football team. He thinks this is a SB caliber defense w/ an offense that can grind out wins if his QB doesn't do anything to cut their throats. And he's probably right w/r/t the defense - that's a hell of a tough unit. So I think he's looking at the next 6 weeks or so and thinking "okay, I don't have a full install w/ Herbert because he doesn't quite know the playbook..." and that's a fair belief. Herbert DID screw the pooch on that 3rd down inside the 5. And Herbert DID make a back-breaking rookie mistake on that interception. I mean that was a truly awful decision. So Lynn's probably thinking that if he can pull off 4-2 w/ Taylor and his savage defense winning game 20-13 over the next 6 weeks, Herbert can come far enough along to maybe be able to add some nitrous to the offense down the stretch. He doesn't want Herbert's growing pains to cost him a win or two over this first half of the season, a win that could keep them out of the post-season. If he can use Herbert as a bullpen of sorts, where Taylor keeps them alive for 5 innings and then Herbert comes in more fully formed over the latter 1/3 - 1/2 of the season to take things to the next level, maybe he can take advantage of the expanded playoff field and do some damage. He's trying to get the best of both worlds, IMO. He's trying to ensure that they don't do anything to actively cost themselves a win or two that may cost them the playoffs while further coaching up/teaching Herbert so he can come in with a full playbook later on. The starter has to deal with weekly installs - it's a different role than the holistic learning of the offense that Herbert still needs to do, IMO. If he can let Taylor focus on weekly gameplanning while Herbert continues to focus his attention on a more 1,000 mile understanding of the system, it will make Herbert more prepared for the end-game in December(ish) when he may be able to make them playoff dangerous. I think Lynn understands how thin their margin for error here is so he's trying to walk it as best he can. It's not what I'd do because I don't have as much confidence in his team as he does. But he clearly thinks this team can win with its D and be a truly dangerous post-season squad. In the meantime, he doesn't want Herbert making those 2-3 major mistakes/gm that could cut their throat. Because lets face it - Herbert's 2nd half featured one good throw and 2 very significant, game-changing mistakes. And Herberts touchdowns were both on plays Taylor could've made. I understand his reasoning here even if it isn't what I'd have done.
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Great move Anthony Lynn!!!
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I mean...he was fine. But the throw he made in the 3rd quarter right past Mathieu (I think to Allen) on 3rd and 10 was the only throw where I thought "damn, that was a baller-ass throw right there..." Then he throws 2 incompletions and the drive stalls w/ a FG. And the very next drive he unquestionably ****ed up and that pick is what allowed the Chiefs to stay alive. If he just tucks that ball he probably runs it to the 20 and that's absolutely what Taylor would've done. I re-watched the game last night and really, Herbert was okay. I mostly just kept coming away from drive after drive surprised by how little life the Chiefs showed. I don't think Herbert did much to show that he's some led-pipe cinch to win more games than Taylor over the next several weeks. And ultimately I think he can still learn a lot in that period before you hand him the reigns down the stretch.
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Lynn and Desmond King are in a bit of a Twitter spat now.
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Yeah - Kings a pending UFA who's one year removed from a Pro Bowl.
Not terribly surprising that he's not pleased about not really being in the Chargers DB rotation. They should probably see if they can coax a 3rd out of someone. A 4th is more likely. I'd probably hold him if the best they can do is a 5. But he has value and if he's not playing, he'll be justifiably pissed off about the loss of earning potential and that could be a problem, especially for a team built around it's defense. Hell, I'd like to have him. Not sure I'd give up a 4 for a pending FA when we've already gotten through 2 of our 4 Breeland suspension games and he probably won't be up to speed in this D until around week 6-8. The Chargers should've probably made a move in the off-season.
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Cleveland made the qb change with tyrod and baker almost led them to an improbable playoff berth. They probably wish they could get those 2 gross weeks with tyrod back. |
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I actually agree with this move. Herbert didn’t have OTA’s, he didn’t have real practices and he never took a single snap under center at Oregon per Nantz on the broadcast.
I get it. He looked good. But most of that was our own goddamn doing. Hitchens blowing the RB assignment by almost 35 yards, Thornhill missing an easy INT. We also didn’t know he was playing so we had zero prep or knowledge about the kid. Truthfully the kid got lucky. They have to seriously dumb down the playbook for him bc he has very little experience or knowledge. If this was a normal year, then year I’d say do it, but he’s still very green mentally. I would try to stretch this out til about mid season. Give Herbert more time to learn the playbook.
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I wonder how much of this is driven by Anthony Lynn wanting to keep his job. Roll with tyrod, then get a late season surge when you're forced to roll with herbert. Then tell your front office you didn't make the playoffs but finished the season on a high note. We've seen this movie many times before. Many thought hue Jackson started tyrod over hue to save his job too.
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