Murray to Sit
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GeorgiaCard88
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As much as I want Murray to get reps with his receivers and get in sync- a veteran of that many years should not need the pre-season to catch up to game speed anymore or get comfortable with the playbook.
Hate to say it, but especially in light of the McCarthy injury- sitting him is likely the right choice
Hate to say it, but especially in light of the McCarthy injury- sitting him is likely the right choice
If Murray were to play and be lost for the year ASFN might become a ghost town.
kerouac9
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Bruh people are STILL posting in the Tune Time thread.
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vibraslap
Joe Burrow has better running ability than Murray. Riiight.
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Which NFL quarterbacks have the strongest arm, greatest accuracy and best rushing ability? Dan Orlovsky stacked the 10 best in seven skill areas.www.espn.com
Murray #9 in one category
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vibraslap
They should be, he’s going to be the #2!
BulldogCard
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Hey you're the big expert on everything...I'm sure you will be right. You can grow old in confidence knowing you are the source on Cardinals and how their practicing habits make them Championship pedigree material. And if Murray finally gets into rhythm by week 4, then we will know you were the big expert.
Andy Reid disagrees with you
And last week they lost, according to their depth chart, their #1 WR for 6-8 weeks. And Mahomes is absolutely build different. The guy came back in record time after a Knee Patella Dislocation.
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What about the other 25 other coaches that play their starters
Kyler could just as easily go out for the year week 1
Did you read what I wrote? MOHOMES IS BUILT DIFFERENTLY! BETTER?
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Sean McVay never plays his starters in the preseason.
He won a SB.
I can play that game too.
He won a SB.
I can play that game too.
Yes, there is always risk in every play. Risk mitigation is key. The guy played 7 games last year and you want him to play 20 this year with a history of injuries? That elevates that risk.
And I think most every fan in NFL would trade their QB for Mahomes.
Chiefs won 3 of the last 5
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The Kansas City Chiefs won against the San Francisco 49ers, 25 to 22, in Super Bowl LVIII on February 11.
DVontel
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You should know better than to take BullheadCard seriously, lol.
I guess I could say the same thing about you
That's Mahomes being Mahomes.Chiefs won 3 of the last 5
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0 Super Bowls in 18 season without Mahomes.
3 Super Bowls in 6 season with Mahomes
That's true
But I am a firm believer in playing the starters so they aren't rusty
So all this sitting for our team when they haven't done anything to deserve it is nuts to me
How many playoff games have we won the last few years?
And yet we are so good we skip opportunities to get game speed reps?
All those Super bowl wins and Mahomes as good as he is gets his reps in PS
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Why are we arguing over stupid $hit. Gannon made the decision to not play Murray in PS. That’s it. End of story. If it doesn’t pan out, then eventually he’ll get fired. I don’t give a rat’s a$$ what Mahomes or other teams do.
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He could, but at least he’d be playing for something
What is the gain here? I find the idea insane that running out for eight snaps of vanilla offense three weeks before the actual season begins is going to have any measurable impact on his success… other than the impact it would have if he took a hit and got injured.
James Connor hasn’t seen the field either, nor has Wilson, as they shouldn’t. IMO, no starters should play at all in the preseason, and playing guys with an injury history is just flat out stupid.
schutd
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Probably be roundly dismissed for this, but for years....and years........ and...... years. Andy Reid was a talented, lovable doofus, who could coach the regular season, but couldn't win when it mattered, in the playoffs.
It went on for seasons, until he was kind of run out on a rail in PHI. Then he struggled with the same in KC, until.... he got that QB dude, and was paired with Taylors guy. Now he can do no wrong. He is the pillar of how things must be done to win the big one. This board was evenly split when we were rumored suitors of his talents upon exiting PHI. "He makes bizarre game time decisions!" was his calling card. "Cost his team the win!"
Others felt differently.
Point being, every season all coaches but one are ultimately losers. Until they aren't. And no one knows what combination of things it was that got them over the top. But the boards light up with conjecture. I'd love to see someone do the deep dive into winning percentages for coaches who play and those that sit their starters for preseason. To me, the bemoaning of the relatively new approach of sitting the entirety of the preseason reeks of serious old man vibes.
I wont do the work, because I watch football to be entertained, and I read this board to be entertained (Its very entertaining, Ill tell you that!). I don't care enough to actually do that work. But I just thought Id point out, in my own inconsequential way, that everybody has a different approach to how to summit mount Lombardi. But its very frustrating to read and re read the lamentations of our way being different that the most recent mountaineer to reach the pinnacle, when for most of his career, he didn't have the Sherpa to get him there, and was roundly dismissed as not being able to do it on his own. Now, his way is the only way to get there?
Laughable.
