The game came down to the final play -- is this a sick joke? The Cards get a first down on that drive and the game is literally over. Instead Kyler brain farts -- he's a baseball player, he should be used to sliding in exactly this kind of situation -- and the game goes from being over to a nail-biter.
I mean the trajectory of the ball was seemingly to the only wr there to receive it and the face mask didn’t slow down the pass so how much could it have affected the throw? He can say it did, but I can’t discern how? Not in direction or timing, so . . . ?
Uh no. A QB who is thinking slides 100 outta 100 times there.
The Palmovers.
Yeah. Maybe it was the INT.
I agree that he's been lights-out this year, and (mostly) had an incredible day yesterday. If we get what we've gotten from him in the first 2 games the rest of the season, we're going to the playoffs and he has a shot at MVP. That doesn't mean I'm not going to be critical when he screws up big-time (the pick 6), because we should be critical of those plays. Like against Miami last year; it doesn't matter what you do in the rest of the game if one big play really costs your team the W (the fumble for a TD). Now, he didn't cost us, so great! And, as others have said, he put up incredible stats, so I don't think anybody's saying he put up a stinker or didn't have a great game, just that he had some bad mistakes. Both can be true.
I agree. Very good post. It’s no secret that I’m a huge K1 supporter. He’s been pretty much everything that I expected after I watched his every move at OU. My fear is that this team cannot win unless Murray is great. There’s no margin for error. Our OL is significantly overrated by too many on this board. Murray is running for his life way too much. It could be very well why he has occasional brain farts. Exhaustion affects you mentally just as much as it does physically. He may be able to overcome the burden of carrying this team at 24. But, will he be able to do it at 27 and beyond? This team needs to continue to rebuild this OL. DJ is a fine LT, but he’s not ever going to be great. Hudson is very good, but long in the tooth. Beachum is below average. The rest of that line is meh. We absolutely need to draft OL the next couple years.
I believe Kyler did something to his right quad and it effected that run and the sack that was on the next play. The fact he ran out of bounds on our last "drive" was simply kyler being kyler.
While I agree that we need to continue and invest in the OL, Kyler had a clean pocket plenty on Sunday and would not sit in it and make his reads. Couple that with him not climbing the pocket after his pass drops land him 12 yards from the LOS and he is kinda creating his own issues. Almost every OT in the NFL is going to have a tough time when a QB finishes his drop 12 yards behind the LOS. It creates terrible angles and opens the OT up to inside moves because he has to move his feet so fast to cut off the angle. As a QB, you have to do the little things to help your guys out because they are going against the freakiest athletes on the field.
I agree with this mostly, but he should not under any circumstances be allowed to forget that run out of bounds 3 yards short. It looked like he gave up on the play. I saw it on my own sideline yesterday. It was absolutely porridge-brained. I know its nitpicky, but its so basic it shouldn't even be something we are talking about because it should never happen.
Let’s not forget not running out of bounds when we needed to run clock. Totally boneheaded.
It seems like Kyler does this at least once a game. I don't know how many times last year he would run out of bounds and take a 4 yard loss instead of just throwing it away.
Why is it a fear? It’s the truth. Kyler must play very good to great for us to win. At least that’s the way it is with this roster.
