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It's completely understandable for you to see that it's totally realistic for that to happen. i mean, after all, like you said, it's only 2-3 catches a game right? However, it just doesn't happen. The things that make a guy miss those 2-3 completions are extremely hard to fix once they're in the pros. When we drafted him, I hated the pick because of it and did a ton of research comparing college completion percentages to pro career numbers. For franchise-type guys or even guys like Dalton and Tannehill etc they remain shockingly close their college numbers on average and RARELY see a jump of more than 3%. Favre and Moon did, but their numbers were in the 40s, and there's a couple other outliers. Overwhelmingly, though, guys don't go from mid to low 50's in college to 60's in the pros. It doesn't mean he can't or won't be successful. It just means it's highly unlikely his percentage goes above 60.

Were we having a different conversation that I wasn't aware of?

Congrats you've won a lifetime supply of 'atta boys! I think 58% is a also a realistic sign of strong progress. Unless he turns into a drastically different kind of player somehow, I expect him to be in the bottom 10 of the league throughout his career, and that's ok as long as he learns to hit on the plays that matter.

I'll bet you $100 he doesn't get 62% passing. I don't think he's ever thrown that in his life.

What? How did you get there, and who said that anyone voted? It was said earlier in the thread McDermott picked them. Age has nothing to do with it either.

Do they? Like 0-4 snaps a game? I would have replaced Edmunds.He could get it next year if he earns it and LorAx retires

As much as I wish DiMarco played somewhere else, it seems pretty dumb to make a longsnapper a captain.

with a young team like this, I dont think it's bad to slap it on Allen. Edmunds, and Dawkins as a way of asking them to step up.

Kinda shocked not to see Hyde here

If tonight's game is any indication of the reffing for the rest of the year, I think we'll see all time highs in ticky-tack BS being called. I expect at least 2 of these pass interference reviews to ruin otherwise great games.

They have a far better RB than we do, even receivers, and a better perceived QB right now. I don't think it's outrageous.

If special teams ends up being a large talking point for us this year, chances are good most of us are hitting the pumpkin patch on Sunday's come November.

I'll be positively floored if he breaks 750 yards and 6 TDs

You're gambling your pick when you do that. True, it's a lot cheaper, but you aren't getting a guy without flaws in the second round, and he might not even be starter material. When you trade a pick for vet, you know exactly what you're getting, for better or worse.

It seems like a lot of money for a guy that hasn't done much yet, but Taylor got a similar deal. If you're going to be the starter it's hard to accept less.

I think Gruden knows what he needs to work on, so he's been stashed on IR while they mess around with Kizer and Glennon to see who he wants to gamble on when Carr inevitably gets hurt/is benched.

I've got $1000 that says I know where you get your news.

I believe that's why there were reports a couple of years ago suggesting he wanted to trade Brady and Keep Garoppolo. H e wanted to do the Bledsoe -> Brady move again, and Kraft wouldn't let him. I really think it's going to bite them in the ass, because Belichick knows how hard it is to find a SB-calibre QB in this league.

Did he not?

It's certainly possible he makes some big plays for us. I guess I'm just of the philosophy that you use those roster spots with guys you think have the potential to be Top 50 guys someday.

The fact that he's on our roster is more of a sign of how thin our group is rather than how good he is.