At this point in time Petty is the only reason to watch. The problem is he has very little talent around him. Lets hope the team rallies around him and he gets valuable reps that will show whether he can be the starter for this team. I don't think 4 games is a big enough sample size and Bowles is at fault for waiting so long.
good post but IMO, you're ignoring the elephant in the room though.....I'm real curious to see who gets singled out for not wanting to play. I'm hoping to see guys like SRichardson, Revis, Skrine and Gilchrist either inactive or their asses glued to the bench. As much as I like David Harris, he was completely invisible the entire game. There has to be something going on behind the scenes with this defense to be this ineffective with this much talent. People can argue all they want about the talent being overrated, but I honestly don't think that is the case, particularly with the DL. I didn't expect the offense to be the reason that we would be at least competitive this season. I expected the defense and was hoping for an improvement in STs to get us back to 10-6/9-7. Wow, was I dreaming! The STs have been very disappointing, but never did I expect the defense to be this dysfunctional. All I can guess is that the locker room is a mess, with no leadership or accountability. Guys like SRichardson, who should be playing his ass off for a contract, played like he was in Honolulu. Where is the veteran leader who cares enough to get in his face? I have been a fan since the late 60's and never can I remember a team that quit like this one. It's one thing to not have enough talent and suck, and quite another to not care or put forth the effort. Disgusting.
I disagree to a certain extent with this statement. Petty doesn't appear to be ready right now. As bad as I wanted him to be, I don't think he is and yesterdays game was a good example of it. TB and Gailey did know what they were talking about on this. Imagine how bad Hack must still be, wow. Petty can show improvement over the next four games and hopefully he does. Right now, he is mainly a one-two look QB that throws to one-two players at most. Accuracy issues and reads on defences. He does have a gun and looks damn good throwing it, I must admit. He's got a long way to go and hopefully he gets there.At this point in time Petty is the only reason to watch. The problem is he has very little talent around him. Lets hope the team rallies around him and he gets valuable reps that will show whether he can be the starter for this team. I don't think 4 games is a big enough sample size and Bowles is at fault for waiting so long.
All I want to see is some legitimate progress. Petty does not have to look like Tom Brady after 4 weeks but he will have to settle in and play some ball and start limiting the mistakes. The receivers are more than adequate for him to show progress.
Last night they had him slinging the ball with the score out of hand. After the first score they (coaches and Petty) should have settled in and taken what the defense was willing to give. That is where he needs to improve. Throwing deep into a prevent defense is not a great idea. The deep timing and accuracy will more then likely get better every week but the underneath outlet plays need to also increase. Let's hope he is the guy, not an ideal number of auditions, but if not we can move on and make plans.
Very little talent around him?
Brandon Marshall, Quincy Enunwa, ASJ, Matt Forte, Bilal Powell. That's all a lot of talent. And the O-line wasn't bad last night.
If Petty fails, it's because of Petty.
[*]It is a long shot for the team to do some of these moves, but to do all of them would take some big cojonas that I don't believe this team has ever had or ever will...
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Bowles is one funny dude..
He places Bryce in there when We're down by 25+ points.
Any way, You would think that Hack would be backing Petty as well in these 4 games, right?
I disagree to a certain extent with this statement. Petty doesn't appear to be ready right now. As bad as I wanted him to be, I don't think he is and yesterdays game was a good example of it. TB and Gailey did know what they were talking about on this. Imagine how bad Hack must still be, wow. Petty can show improvement over the next four games and hopefully he does. Right now, he is mainly a one-two look QB that throws to one-two players at most. Accuracy issues and reads on defences. He does have a gun and looks damn good throwing it, I must admit. He's got a long way to go and hopefully he gets there.
I think Petty will fair better than Fitz would have over the next 4 games. Not that, that's saying a lot. But the question is how much better. I think the prep time with the first team will be a huge help. His throws were off last night but that really felt like just being out of synch with the Wr's. Hopefully it is and the reps in practice corrects that. The kid has all the talent. And like a precious poster said. He doesn't have to be Tom Brady but he just needs to show he can manage a game. Control the huddle and not turn the ball over. And small steps each week beyond that is what we need to see. Either way at least after last night teams will know that can't sit on out routes and quick slants with Petty. The playbook will be wide open. So let's all put aside the divisive comments and get behind Petty. If he sucks after the 4 games we can go back to whatever Narrative we want but for now the sooner we find a QB the better. Let's all get behind this kid. No reason not to!!
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