Sounds as though you're assuming that Murray has to see the receiver open before he throws the ball, and is incapable of throwing with anticipation. Which, frankly and sadly, has mostly been true this season. But he did demonstrate that requisite ability of an NFL QB in the past.
Add others have said, it's easy to complete 70% when you seldom throw downfield... And Murray's downfield completion rate is horrible this season.
This is impossible, trickery, and the video must be edited. Defensive backs are in the area and picked those passes off because there's no way that even a competent QB could make those throws. Didn't you see the DBs lurking in the area????
Dave there’s no sense in it.. WR screens are a big part of the air raid system.. as is “rhythm” .. as is outpacing and exhausting a defense which sure you can do at a college level but not at the pro level (you do that by pounding the rock). I actually think at the pro level it makes it less exhausting for the defense as the routes are so predictable the DBs just literally sit on them and there isn’t this cushion you’d see by offenses threatening to throw down the field - esp with inability to do so w the non existent protection.
Let’s be honest lots of QBs throw 5 yarders then the talent turns them into more! It’s not like every QB is routinely throwing only 15 plus yard passes. Problem is our 5yrds usually just get tackled or fall down upon completion, we suck at YAC because our scheme sucks and guys are always sort of covered it seems.
And we don't have blockers in place. How many YAC did the Seahawks/Vikings etc get because they had BLOCKERS out front.
Agree 100%
It’s funny how you Kliff guys bring up Miami as Tua wasn’t doing none of those good things the last two years under bum Flores and whoever their coordinators were. Near bottom of NFL offense across the board. Tua even benched for Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jacoby Brissett.
Fyi, I'm not a Kliff guy. I'm in the camp to keep Kyler and get rid of Kliff.
I agree with what you see, but isn't that why he is paid $45m a year, to make an accurate throw in a tight window? If we only expect him to do the regular stuff that JAG Qb can do, why did we pay him a quarter billion $$?
I agree with you on the bold text, that will leave the safety to make a decision whether to stay high or come down, which is "eye on the key player's reaction": what Warner is talking about is how QB should make decisions.
Again this how much he gets paid garbage is not a good argument, QBs get paid slotted so to speak it’s not like they had any choice. Let him hold out or walk then what you look like the cheapest moron organization in the league as most believe and rightfully so he is the biggest talent in the whole damn team! It’s not your money and guys who get big bucks suck all the time it’s professional sports deal with it. People were talking MVP talk when he wasn’t surrounded by trash and was performing well, he didn’t just forget how to play football. Lots of things are creating this whole mess on offense, he is part of it but not the main issue. This team has lots of issues and Kyler should be way down on the list, he is your QB already signed him so need to fix other things that will make the team function period!
I agree with you that he is already paid so the only thing we can do going forward is to try everything in our power to help him play better, which includes getting better coaching and better players around him.
I agree, you have to take what the defense gives you. Do you think Kyler is taking what the defense gives him, or taking what the defense baits him?
Sounds good in theory but doesn’t really work that way. Bidwill didn’t want to be trashed in the media for being cheap with our franchise QB. Kliff is doubted by the league much more than Kyler. Now the other two extensions were freaking moronic no doubt!
Who decided to bring back the ancient IOL Pugh and Hudson? Who thought that was a good idea? Or re-signing oft-injured Conner, or bringing back the Barbarian, or signing Darrel Williams? Who built the WR room? Oh yeah--Keim did! This roster was not nearly as good as last year, and last year's wasn't good enough for a SB run.
Ah, so now it's not Checkdown Charlie's fault, it's the WRs, RBs, and TEs at fault. Because no way could it be KM's fault he's checking down all the time.
It's been pointed out by numerous people that the team had several years' control over KM. He literally had no choice in walking--he didn't have the power to do so. He could've tried to hold out, but that wouldn't have gone well for him. Kyler's poor play have more than undermined the idea that signing him to the big deal was a good decision.
