Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
He was a Pro Bowler 3 years ago as an alternate. There are multiple other players from that Pro Bowl who aren't even on an NFL roster. Let's not pretend we have some guy who is clearly playing at a Pro Bowl level at our disposal at the moment. The variance around his ability at this stage is extremely high. Hence, the debate as to what Reid does here is pretty reasonable.
The debate WOULD be reasonable if the debaters were but as Meck said, people are dug in at this point and any news, no matter how ambiguous, just confirms their mindset. [Reply]
Neither choice should be a surprise or anything people bitch about before the game starts.
If they think there’s an upside to Hump that they have to explore, cool. I also firmly understand if they run it back with the same exact line that played really well against this pass rush not even a month ago.
Andy likes stability on that line and given that we’ve already seen this exact group handle what Houston presents…. You just can’t be mad if they go down that road again. [Reply]
Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19:
Neither choice should be a surprise or anything people bitch about before the game starts.
If they think there’s an upside to Hump that they have to explore, cool. I also firmly understand if they run it back with the same exact line that played really well against this pass rush not even a month ago.
Andy likes stability on that line and given that we’ve already seen this exact group handle what Houston presents…. You just can’t be mad if they go down that road again.
This.
Put the best players on the field. If that's DJ, great. If it's Thuney, great.
The real meat of the argument here is emotional. Lots of people are scared of starting DJ. What if he whiffs? What if Pat gets hurt? It's the same crap we've heard all year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
The debate WOULD be reasonable if the debaters were but as Meck said, people are dug in at this point and any news, no matter how ambiguous, just confirms their mindset.
Its interesting. I wouldn't have expected people to get entrenched in this sort of argument, it must hit at a core fundamental level of your brain whether you value risk mitigation vs higher potential. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz:
Its interesting. I wouldn't have expected people to get entrenched in this sort of argument, it must hit at a core fundamental level of your brain whether you value risk mitigation vs higher potential.
The real meat of the argument here is emotional. Lots of people are scared of starting DJ. What if he whiffs? What if Pat gets hurt? It's the same crap we've heard all year.
Are you okay if Morris starts at LT and Thuney at guard? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz:
Its interesting. I wouldn't have expected people to get entrenched in this sort of argument, it must hit at a core fundamental level of your brain whether you value risk mitigation vs higher potential.
Humans are a very flawed species. We're the most intelligent beings on Earth, and also we're complete morons. [Reply]
Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19:
Neither choice should be a surprise or anything people bitch about before the game starts.
If they think there’s an upside to Hump that they have to explore, cool. I also firmly understand if they run it back with the same exact line that played really well against this pass rush not even a month ago.
Andy likes stability on that line and given that we’ve already seen this exact group handle what Houston presents…. You just can’t be mad if they go down that road again.
My concern is that they're going to look back at the tape and see how vulnerable Caliendo was and just focus on him all game. And if they have Al Shaair in the backfield, it'll make it a little tougher to get the ball out quick.
For as much as people claim that guards aren't important in pass protection, 1) Houston was abusing the Chargers' guards all game last week, and 2) do people not realize that Chris Jones has earned a gold jacket largely by picking on weak guards (and centers)? [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
My concern is that they're going to look back at the tape and see how vulnerable Caliendo was and just focus on him all game. And if they have Al Shaair in the backfield, it'll make it a little tougher to get the ball out quick.
For as much as people claim that guards aren't important in pass protection, 1) Houston was abusing the Chargers' guards all game last week, and 2) do people not realize that Chris Jones has earned a gold jacket largely by picking on weak guards (and centers)?
That interior Chargers line gave up 4 sacks and multiple hurries. [Reply]
