Coach Tuesday

He had a consensus first/early second round grade.

Part of the issue is the word "coaching" because it implies Xs and Os. I always stress on here - it's a team's overall Player Development Program, of which coaching is a part, but not the only part. There is so much that goes into teaching players how to become professionals and giving them the individual support they need in order to be great. Strength and conditioning, mechanics, other physical instruction and support are part of it - but sometimes it's even more wholistic than that. Helping them eliminate bad influences (friends and family members) who are interfering with their progress. Financial literacy. Teaching them to be good leaders and good colleagues. "Coaching" doesn't capture all of this stuff - and it varies wildly from organization to organization.

His interviews are definitely red flags - he comes across as an Adam Gates type (without the weird googly eye thing).

At the time he was considered a MASSIVE reach and the consensus view proved to be the correct one. If Beane had reached for a guard like that he would’ve fairly been skewered. Fine to hate on the Elam pick and the flawed process that led to it but at least he was a traits guy at a skill position - that’s where you want to be going with your first round picks and if you’re going to swing and miss, that’s where you want to be aiming. Not an interior o lineman with a consensus 3-4 round grade.

The issue with Goff has always been if the play breaks down he's toast - lacks the talent to improvise or overcome a bad play call or missed blocking assignment. That's not really a fair criticism - the same "criticism" can be lodged against many QBs, maybe less so in today's game where mobile passers are more prevalent. Tua is a really good comparison. Drew Brees - if he didn't have a clean inner pocket he struggled. Kirk Cousins isn't improvising. Lots of QBs need protection and good playcalling in order to perform at a high level. Josh is not one of those QBs.

Cole Strange?!?

I don’t know if I agree with your theory about QBs and coaches but I do think that Johnson’s QB is already on that roster. Either by poor performance or injury it’s just a matter of time before Bagent is starting (they just paid him a bunch of $$ for a non-veteran backup QB), and once he gets the job IMO he’s never letting go of it. That kid can play.

Gesundheit!

McDaniel shows linebackers all kinds of eye candy to suck them in or delay their drops, then Tua drops it in over their heads as they react late. Williams has been known to take the bait so hopefully his eye discipline has improved….

Josh used to play hero ball at MetLife, the Jets would always bait him into throwing into the teeth of their downfield coverage. Glad he avoided that trap on Sunday and just took what was there.

The same thing that is always going through my mind: pizza.

Im sure he did. I just expected a far more interesting offense accentuating his strengths than what they’re putting out there. And whatever they’re doing is so basic that the Bills knew exactly when to send corner blitzes, something you only do when you have a strong belief you know the play call based on the formation.

Cousins wouldn’t last five minutes behind that line. He’s completely immobile at this point.

I’m not sure that’s accurate or fair. They perhaps understandably want to see whether Fields is capable of running a normal NFL offense. Yesterday would suggest he isn’t. He was missing open receivers and bailing from muddy but playable pockets. Fields wasn’t giving them a chance yesterday. It doesn’t help that they have an even worse receiver situation than we do - they literally have only one good skill player on offense. Now they’ll have to pivot to a super creative option-based offense that features Fields’ running abilities if they want to stay competitive offensively. On defense, if you play man coverage that often you’d better be clean with your technique and yesterday they were either too grabby or ran into the wrong officiating crew. Either way I don’t think Glenn coached scared.

Yikes.

Not sure what Davis’s problem is - he never had great vision but he did have some burst last year and it seems to be gone. He is running in quicksand out there. Might be time to sub Gore in for a game or two and see if there’s more juice there.

Browning is legit.

And Mitch. That throw was an absolute dime over Sauce. To come in cold and make that pass - wow.

McCoy, FredEx, Marshawn????

He has always struck me as probably mentally ill. Steve Smith too for that matter - that’s a guy who attacked his own teammate with a folding chair during positional meetings.

OMG somebody said something!!

This would be a great week for Bosa to step up, if he’s healthy and comfortable as it appears. Early season is when I expect him to shine.

It would be like calling a fake punt Damar Hamlin running play in the playoffs…

Yeah if the defense is mostly healthy later in the season but still completely ineffectual then you've got a referendum situation. I cannot get too fired up about Week 1.

In Babich’s presser he was clearly not thrilled with how Bernard played, and said he was thinking too much instead of flowing downhill. FWIW.