I like the fact that KM seems to be not turnover prone but playing conservative like he has leads to more FGs and less TDs do far.You go for the TD and take more shots toward the end zone you are likely to have more mistakes/turnovers.Sort of no risk/no biscuit.KK might be keeping KM playing conservative as several have suggested and maybe KM won't be a real risk taker till next season.
Rosen was put in two impossible situations, no arguing that part at all. That being said, KM has speed & can scramble, he can make something out of nothing. He does make rookie mistakes, frustrates me when he just falls to the ground but I don't want him taking the hits Cam Newton has taken. Rosen can't scramble like that & can't make the same throws KM can. KM doesn't fumble & he can move the chains with QB runs. I see you have doubts but just sit back & watch him get better & better. I'm sure you'll be pleased with his progress eventually.
This board talks about KM imo because they can see what we have with him, even on a 3-7-1 team. You think Lamar Jackson or Russell Wilson would have a much better record with our defense? I highly doubt it, maybe a game or two at the very best. With KM as our QB & being a rookie, he's put us in position to win more games, only to be let down by our defense once again. We're a handful of plays away in about 4-5 games from having 7-8 wins right now. There's things KM can do better, any QB for that matter, but he's a rookie & keeps getting better every week & that's all we can ask right now, considering how bad this defense is. People on this board are gushing because they see the talent of our QB & the future looks bright, we couldn't gush about anything last season. With as close as we've been in most games this season, we sign the right pieces in the offseason, we may just have a shot for the postseason next yr? We just have to sit back & see who all we sign & draft.
He's on pace 20 TD passes. Which is decent, really good for a rookie QB.
We are not "awful". Last year we were historically bad on offense and are actually pretty good on that end this year. The defense is worse than last year and that is why our record isn't significantly better. That is mostly on the shoulders of Kiem and VJ as the talent sucks, but VJ doesn't exactly appear to be getting the players to outperform the talent level either.
As I've stated before, defense was his problem at TT, he got the recruits on defense that LSU, Texas, Oklahoma, Baylor & any other big football school in & around Texas didn't want. His offenses were always near the top in college football, defenses couldn't stop anyone hardly ever. SK hires him, realizing this so he says "I'm gonna hire you a big name DC" he does & KK still has the same problem, his defense still sucks. We're scoring points, KK knows how to call plays. That being said, imagine him at TT scoring 45/game with an Alabama or Clemson defense? He's averaging around 24/game with us, now imagine us with the Patriots or Ravens defense? My whole point is that defense is what's keeping him from winning games, in college & now. If & when we build him a defense (hopefully next season?) Then you will see the wins imo.
We hired a head coach to do half of his job. That's why it's a problem.
Very few head coaches in today's NFL manage both sides of the ball. Yes Kliff is the main leader of the team, but we have a defensive coordinator who's job it is to manage the defensive side of the ball. Almost every head coach in the NFL defers to a coordinator to handle at least one side of the field.
I get your point but KK isn't experienced enough yet in the NFL to be telling a DC that's experienced, how to do his job, that will come eventually. When we add more talent on the defensive side of the ball next yr, if that doesn't pan out.........? VJ will be out of a job. KK played at TT with the DL coach of the 49ers, Chris......? Can't remember his last name but he may be a possible replacement if VJ doesn't work out next yr? The defensive scheme the 49ers run is doing pretty darn good this yr btw. The understanding this yr was to get KK a big name DC, then let him worry about the defense & let KK worry about calling the plays to score points. I'm pretty sure next season & beyond KK will have more input on the defense. Back to KM. Imo, he is a franchise QB, these last 5 games will show you more proof of that I have no doubt. Have faith man.
Not even half of the head coaches in the NFL even call their own plays. That's managing both sides of the ball. Arians doesn't even do it anymore.
Maybe in a smaller industry, I guess, but I work in Fortune 500s and every CEO I've ever worked with is pretty freaking adept at all aspects of the business, at least from a top level. The board members of our company would readily oust our CEO if they wanted insight into the direction of marketing efforts and he just said "I don't really know, the CMO takes care of all of that."
I would agree with you, but you have to delegate to both sides, and be able to take ownership of and provide solutions for things that might not be your level of expertise. As the boss, you are still accountable, especially if one area is dragging everything down across the organization or your subset of it.
He's culpable in that he shouldn't have been hired in the first place with his lack of experience and myopic focus on offense.
You would’ve hired McCarthy huh
I certainly wouldn't have been up in arms about it. We've discussed this in other threads, but while I wouldn't have been a huge fan of a retread, I would have at least liked someone with some NFL experience. I didn't like Caldwell as an option, and Gase would have been a tough pill to swallow, but Dan Campbell, Eric Bienemy, and McCarthy would have been decent. That's just with guys we expressed interest in.
Eh..Baylor is one of the best teams in the country this year and they won just 1 game a couple of years ago. Tech had just as much or more talent.
I disagree with you a lot, but also get your perspective.
How do we know Dan Campbell isn’t just a product of the offensive genius of Sean Payton or HOFer Drew Brees? Same with Eric Bienemy with Andy Reid & Patrick Mahomes? I think it’s obvious to the consensus now that McCarthy was a product of Rodgers. The fact that he was only able to lead a team with one of the best talents to ever play the QB position to just one SB with it being in spite of him is just....sad. Yea, you’re probably going to say “well that’s still 1 more SB than our franchise history” but we also never had one of the greatest talents to ever play QB(until now, ha).
