Are you saying Darnold can't take a sack? Yes, he makes some bad decisions when he is trying to make something out of nothing, but if there is anything these past three weeks have taught us, it's that Sam Darnold is quite able to take a sack.
Go back and read what I wrote. I said that Darnold needs TO TAKE a sack or throw the ball away instead of flinging the ball stupidly and getting it picked, killing drives. Yesterdays throw at the goal line was beyond dumb. During his press conference, darnold said he was trying to throw the ball away. Bullshit.
You know its funny how everyone is ripping Sam for playing badly when we all recognize this OL is historically bad coupled with terrible schemes and PCing. Believe me I am not absolving him of any of the INTS or arsine plays but I'll ask all you experts to compare how he played 2018 last 4 games and the Dallas game. He has been sacked repeatedly since the NE game and/or hit just about every time he is back there.
Like any QB who gets "pummeled" he has lost confidence in the schemes, OL blocking and frankly is lacking confidence himself.
None of us envisioned a playoff team - well maybe some did - before the season but IMHO this team has totally regressed... how can you make a Todd B coached team look good? The answer is let AG coach the team. .
I believe and have believed that AG was a bad choice because of his W-L record and how his teams played using his schemes. Christ - sorry God - even the B-team announces today stated how the Miami team started well and slowing and inevitably became bad under his tutelage. If they do not fire him asap then I feel SAM may never recover.... just my 2cents.
Same arguments folks made to justify the performances of Sanchez, Geno and Fitz. It was always the OC, scheme, the gods were angry, etc. They were all INT machines and I hope darnold is not the next in that long, catastrophic line. For some reason, we keep drafting/signing QBs who get picked a lot and would rather throw an INT rather than taking a sack/throwing the ball away and punting.
If Darnold sucks then so does Bell. He's not doing anything either. Keep drafting and ruining QB's without fixing the rest of the offense a young QB needs to succeed.
Totally agree. I still don't understand what Bell is doing on this team. What, he didn't see that our O line, HC and most of our players were JAG-minuses? Easy answer is taking the money. But he could have gotten our deal with other teams. He belongs somewhere else.