They need a lot more things to go perfectly right than ever before under McD. It may work out but the preseason hasn’t gone well. If they’re truly resetting this year the key is to do it in a way that preserves Allen’s physical and mental health. Won’t be easy.
They left themselves absolutely zero room for error. I hoped they’d at least make it relatively deep into the season before the depth was tested but … so Billsy.
This is correct. He may have secured at least a backup/special teams role for himself but if he’s actually going to see the field as a LB he will need to learn his drops ASAP - not an easy feat in this defense. It took Bernard a season and two offseasons before he was comfortable in the passing game.
Last night he was just locking onto his practice mate Q Morris regardless of what the defense was doing and regardless of whether Q was open. He was predetermining his throw before the play happened - like Nathan Peterman used to do. That tells me he no longer trusts his own ability to process the action in real time which means he is toast. They also need to take the “L” there and need to make a move there ASAP.
There is something to this. They seem to draft “high floor, lower ceiling” players outside of Round 1 which could be seen as insecurity about their own ability to coach players up.
He also has this weird habit of drifting toward contact to orient himself on the field, which strikes me as a basketball-derived trait. He’s a power forward at receiver. If he puts it all together - watch out.