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Really? I'm not sure that's even true. While he has a big arm, his deep ball accuracy was trash all year. It ultimately won't matter if he has the ability to make those throws if he doesn't actually complete them. There's some throws he can make on the run that a lot can't, but that's negated by the ones he doesn't make in the pocket, and I'm guessing that's what you meant by the second part of being too inconsistent. I agree he's improved and will get better, it's more the deer in the headlights look we saw against the best competition that I'm worried about. Sometimes that's different than improving. For many QB's, poise and composure in the biggest spots against the best things isn't ultimately teachable. I worry that we don't have a QB that's going to be at his best in chaos.

Haha that was definitely not his intention though. And even if it somehow was, a bad bounce ends the game.

Absolutely I would have. I will never blame a coach for going for the W. I’ve used this example before, but years ago when the Pats had blown a lead to the Colts and were up by 3 or 4 or something and were in their own side of the field with a couple minutes to go and Belichick went for it on 4th and 3...I would love a call like that even though it didn’t work out. He knew his D was gassed and gave the best player on his team a chance to close it out. Decisions like that don’t always work out, there’s no philosophy that always works. But I have an easier time dealing with a loss if I know we went for the W.

This. There just seem to be so many excuses for the guy. This was, again, not a good performance against a top team.

I’m open to hearing an opposing take

I don’t really buy into the moral victories here, this is not a great Patriots team. McD falls to 0-6 vs the Pats and this was the 2nd game this year that Josh couldn’t make the big plays to beat the Pats. Right now it looks like we’re a small-time team with a small-time QB and coach that can beat bad teams but can’t get the big W’s vs the good ones.

I don’t really get why people think the Ravens offense isn’t sustainable. Lamar can throw the ball, he’s not Tebow.

What was the playcall? ”roll out right and throw up a 50 yard lob”

This half will tell us a lot about who Josh is. Either a true franchise-level QB that can bounce back and rise to the occasion or a guy that’s a true deer in headlights when it matters.

Not a great sign that Josh has been a total deer in headlights in the two biggest games of the year.

But there ARE certain types of people that have an advantage. There's a reason why the workforce looks the way it does. Whether it's in sports or any business, why do you think the percentage of minorities and females in C-Suite/executive roles is still so low? It's almost crazy and incredibly dismissive based on cold hard facts to say certain people in society haven't been given an advantage. That's not to take away the hard work of white males, but the same hard work could have been put in by minorities and women that just haven't been shown the same opportunities. Even keeping it purely in sports...look at the way males have been coaching in the WNBA or other female sports, but no women have been hired as head coaches in any of the big pro leagues. Becky Hammon has been an assistant for Greg Popovich for years and has gotten all kinds of accolades...but nobody wants to be that first time that tries this "experiment" of having the first female coach. There are also a few high-ranking female executives in sports that have continuously gotten turned down for GM roles. Meanwhile we see the same recycled failed coaches and GM's that are males get hired over and over and over again. It took a while for minority males to even join that club. You or other people may not want to hear that there are people of advantage in this country and life, but it's simply not true.

I doubt a majority actually found the statement "offensive". But I understand the root of what could make this annoying more than anything for people of color. People have been trying to chip away at Lamar since Day 1 and still continue to try. Whether it was that he should switch to WR or RB or that he just wasn't an NFL player to now where they're trying to say he's purely just a product of a gimmick offense to little things like this about the football meshing with his skin color. He doesn't fit the conditioned perception of a franchise QB. The intelligent, confident, leadership-exuding white guy. That's just the truth. It's in the same vein of how every time we draft a mid-round white offensive lineman, he gets labeled as a "hard-working, blue collar, lunch pail" player or the way a white utility player so often gets called "gritty" or a "grinder". These are pre-concieved biases that 100% exist. So no, I don't think this guy is a racist and I wouldn't have suspended him. But I can totally understand when not only black people but any fan of Lamar would hear that and roll their eyes and say "here we go again", as they see another attempt at him being chipped away at, whether that was a direct intention or not.

A+. This might be the first time I've given him a better grade than you. Confident, decisive, and poised. I don't even know what the exact stats were and I don't care, that was a top quality QB'ed game.

Awful series, and I would’ve been shocked if BrickHausch made that.

Great drive! Horrible timeout before an extra point. But we definitely needed a drive like that. Josh looked good there, decisive and confident with throwing the ball.

While it should’ve been a penalty on a late hit...Josh is going to have throw the ball today. Can’t play this hold the ball game against them.

I don't understand the people who say those aren't real fans. Garrett is a horrific in-game coach. I would always want what's best for the team, and for them I agree, it's Garrett getting fired. I'm not afraid to say I didn't mind losing when coaches like Jauron and Gailey were here. I do agree that's easier said than done, because come kickoff time no matter what I said, I would at times be rooting for the Bills to win. But honestly, a couple of extra wins in a certain season could have set us back an extra couple of years. How is that the best outcome for the team?

I typically think you tend to grade Josh way too easily...but I agree with this one. Might've even gone B+. I don't care much about the INT, I care more about trying to make winning plays and how he comes back from throwing a pick. I'm hoping that what sounds like this shift into letting Josh be himself while also making improvements in his game is what's leading to this. What scared me the most about what I saw this season wasn't necessarily the regression on his deep ball or at times the inaccuracy on intermediate throws...it was the total deer in the headlights look against the Pats where it looked like the moment was too big for him and he didn't handle his poor start well. I like that he's come back from some low moments this season and hopefully revving up his game in this latter part of the year. I'd love to see that deep ball come back though and give us some more Robert Foster too!

I get that he’s a kicker...but that was still a garbage effort from Hausch on the tackle attempt

He hit one!!!

Hes an “any possession that ends with a kick is a good one” type of coach.

Also why don’t we have anything better drawn up for 3rd and 6 than a 20 yard 50/50 ball to John Brown?

Allen really can’t hit any throw that’s remotely tough. Pretty much guys that are clearly open in pockets.

I wish I had gone to schools that graded this easy

Love this board but gotta question my thread title being edited from Dick Jauron Jr to McDermott. Does that mean any thread created that compares a player or coach to another is automatically edited or it’s by chance on if a Mod agrees with it or not?