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[quote=punch it in;1349021]No doubt our line needs to be better but No quarterback has a line that will allow him to stand in the pocket for that long. He absolutely, unequivocally, needs to throw the ball away when necessary. Overall I am happy with Sam, [B]but he has a serious problem with his internal clock.[/B][/quote]

Which has been a career long issue for him pre-NFL

I am not sure it can be "coached" out of him

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Was interested to see that, aside from the Buffalo game which was obviously awful, Howell has a 9:2 TD:INT ratio in the five other games. Most QBs when they are getting sacked /pressured as much as he is will, like Ridder did, throw it up for grabs. I often hear people say the QB should just take the sack and move on, and while it would be good for him to be getting rid of the ball, the sacks aren't shaking his composure as they would most young QBs

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Starting to seem like we've got something with Sam. How high his ceiling goes is the next question. He's certainly an upgrade over Heinicke, we know that.

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[quote=MTK;1349027]Starting to seem like we've got something with Sam. How high his ceiling goes is the next question. He's certainly an upgrade over Heinicke, we know that.[/quote]

I think Sam can go as high as he can speed up his internal clock. If he gets that fixed, the sky is the limit. I know the o-line is not great, but Howell was responsible for most of the sacks last night. IF he can just fix that!!

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[QUOTE=mredskins;1349025]Which has been a career long issue for him pre-NFL

I am not sure it can be "coached" out of him[/QUOTE]


Sure it can. Arm strength cannot be coached. Getting rid of the ball certainly can. Literally run drills in practice where the damn idea is to throw the ball away? [emoji2371]
He has to come to the realization that a loss of down is better than a loss of down + a loss of yardage. It is just a stubbornness thing.

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[quote=mredskins;1349025]Which has been a career long issue for him pre-NFL

I am not sure it can be "coached" out of him[/quote]

Maybe not, but surely a competant OC would recognise the problem and design a system and call plays in such a way as to minimise the issue

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We are under the assumption that EB isn't doing these things. I am not sure I buy in to that. I feel like perhaps someone in the media just needs to flat out ask them what are you doing in practice to limit deficiencies? It is not like you are giving away team secrets here.

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1349031]We are under the assumption that EB isn't doing these things. I am not sure I buy in to that. I feel like perhaps someone in the media just needs to flat out ask them what are you doing in practice to limit deficiencies? It is not like you are giving away team secrets here.[/quote]

True, but the play calling yesterday didn't seem to indicate it was.

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I think we've already seen some good progress from SH getting the ball out quicker. A lot of this will just come with experience. Sometimes guys just aren't open, and the OL fails him often too.

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I watched most of Sam's games at UNC being a fan of that team, and he has always held the ball too long, so it's just in him. He may get better with it, but he hasn't yet. He never had a "great" Oline at UNC either, but his first 2 seasons they ran the ball so well...he just had more time to throw because of that. His last season, they did not have a good run game, so it really exposed that from Sam and probably a big reason he dropped in the draft. His sack totals for his first 2 seasons were 36 and then 33, his last season was 47. I like Sam a lot, but I personally don't think his ceiling is that high...especially compared to say Drake Maye at UNC this year even.

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[quote=Redskins247;1349034]I watched most of Sam's games at UNC being a fan of that team, and he has always held the ball too long, so it's just in him. He may get better with it, but he hasn't yet. He never had a "great" Oline at UNC either, but his first 2 seasons they ran the ball so well...he just had more time to throw because of that. His last season, they did not have a good run game, so it really exposed that from Sam and probably a big reason he dropped in the draft. His sack totals for his first 2 seasons were 36 and then 33, his last season was 47. I like Sam a lot, but I personally don't think his ceiling is that high...especially compared to say Drake Maye at UNC this year even.[/quote]Maye is intriguing. He's big, fast, and can flat out throw. His Tar Heels are undefeated and scoring a lot of points. He has all the tools to be an excellent NFL starting qb.

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;1349014]Oh I agree with that, but deep down, I think we all know none of our RBs are your standard HR threat.[/quote]

This is why we should move on from AG…play Chris Rod more and look for better talent in the draft next year.

Talking with coworkers, B Rob is great and has a place on the team, but we need faster with play making ability RB. Not satisfied with that room on the team.

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[quote=Chico23231;1349039]This is why we should move on from AG…play Chris Rod more and look for better talent in the draft next year.

Talking with coworkers, B Rob is great and has a place on the team, but we need faster with play making ability RB. Not satisfied with that room on the team.[/quote]

Chris Rodriguez, he’s tough and plows through people, want to see more of him playing.

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[quote=rocnrik;1348972]B Rob doesn’t look right to me …. Almost like no quick burst and kinda runs up to the line and that’s it … Chris looked a lot better to my eyes …[/quote]

Didn't he have that 12 yard TD carry blowing up the Falcon who tries to tackle him on 1 yardline?

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Gotta be honest, that was weirdly embarrassing... You know Ron knows it's his last season as a HC, with the great speeches he gave in rocky seasons, this ones comes out has wordy and uninspired, this locker room is apathetic.

[url]https://www.commanders.com/video/victory-speech-that-was-a-family-win[/url]

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I kind of find it hard to care about a post game speech that much. It seemed fine to me and run of the mill coach speak.

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One thing I liked that JDR did yesterday was play more 4-3 D. That’s why Hudson was more involved, it was effective against the run. We’ll need it next against Barkley.

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BRob just seems to me like a bruising work horse back that will wear down opposing defenses IF….IF he is allowed to get going. You cannot spread out 10-15 carries over the course of a game and expect a bruiser to ever get going. Gibson clearly isn’t that guy. Plus he has got that fumble thingy. However I think he is dangerous in the screen game. C-Rod I haven’t seen enough of. I would love to see BRob get 20-25 carries a game and let him wear opposing Defenses down. He will definitely break a couple. A better line obviously wouldn’t hurt either.

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;1349049]One thing I liked that JDR did yesterday was play more 4-3 D. That’s why Hudson was more involved, it was effective against the run. We’ll need it next against Barkley.[/quote]

Yeah me too. Also, Hudson immediately made some plays one way or other (solo tackle or team tackle). It made me wonder why isn't Hudson starting in the first place...

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[quote=MTK;1349033]I think we've already seen some good progress from SH getting the ball out quicker. A lot of this will just come with experience. Sometimes guys just aren't open, and the OL fails him often too.[/quote]

That is true, and he did get sacked 5 times this past game but 2 of those came on the final drive of the first half where he was trying to make a play, he will get better at that because he doesnt wanna keep getting hit.

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;1349062]That is true, and he did get sacked 5 times this past game but 2 of those came on the final drive of the first half where he was trying to make a play, he will get better at that because he doesnt wanna keep getting hit.[/quote]

OR maybe he does want to keep getting hit. Maybe he’s into that. You don’t know him

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[QUOTE=BaltimoreSkins;1349067]OR maybe he does want to keep getting hit. Maybe he’s into that. You don’t know him[/QUOTE]


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[quote=SFREDSKIN;1349049]One thing I liked that JDR did yesterday was play more 4-3 D. That’s why Hudson was more involved, it was effective against the run. We’ll need it next against Barkley.[/quote]

Also played a lot of 5 men front, which is technically a return to a 3-4 D. Was quite effective, and there's nothing wrong to getting more of your best players on the field.

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[quote=MTK;1349048]I kind of find it hard to care about a post game speech that much. It seemed fine to me and run of the mill coach speak.[/quote]

Doesn't matter one bit in itself. I do think it tells something about the locker room state. Not making a huge deal out of it, just thought it was telling of a coach knowing he's on the way out.

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[quote=GridIron26;1349052]Yeah me too. Also, Hudson immediately made some plays one way or other (solo tackle or team tackle). It made me wonder why isn't Hudson starting in the first place...[/quote]

Because this coaching staff does not like to admit their mistakes. I suspect he'll become starter mid to late season when they can make it look like he's improved, rather than admit he would have been the better option week 1.

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[url]https://youtu.be/uXokHyiqjZ4?si=NSZiFvmJUCO33pDG[/url]

Daron Payne was miked up last week. I love watching the videos of them being mic'd up, really gives us an inside glimpse of what's going on on the field.