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Post by FLCardinalFan on Aug 8, 2024 18:49:51 GMT -7
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Post by Dry Heat on Aug 8, 2024 23:04:24 GMT -7
No Kyler. Meanwhile, our Game 1 opponent the Bills will be playing Josh Allen and their starters in their first pre-season game. PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- The wait to see quarterback Josh Allen play with the revamped Buffalo Bills offense will be short. Coach Sean McDermott announced on Thursday that Allen and the first team will play about a quarter on Saturday against the Chicago Bears (1 p.m. ET). "It's really, to me, it's getting them ramped up and ready to go for the season," McDermott said. "It's an important step, hard to simulate the speed of the game and so getting that in preseason is important, going through warmups and the energy that comes with playing a game in front of fans, and being able to manage that. So, there's a lot of reasons for it, like I said, it's just another step." |
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Post by End Zone on Aug 9, 2024 5:33:48 GMT -7
Fans know the HC strategy of sitting the veterans and testing the first-year contract guys. Sometimes, that strategy works, and sometimes, that strategy fails miserably. Above, we see another strategy--putting the vets in a game for 1-2 series to give them a feel for real football action again. The risk of injury is always present on the field, whether veterans and other new players sit or play; playing the game exposes guys more than controlled practice--so the rumor goes.
Murray will show up ready to play game 1. I have no doubt about it. But, ready and able ain't the same.
I am concerned about a QB who played his last snap in January, thinking he can take off 9 months and resume playing at a high level the next September.
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Post by Dry Heat on Aug 9, 2024 9:21:42 GMT -7
Fans know the HC strategy of sitting the veterans and testing the first-year contract guys. Sometimes, that strategy works, and sometimes, that strategy fails miserably. Above, we see another strategy--putting the vets in a game for 1-2 series to give them a feel for real football action again. The risk of injury is always present on the field, whether veterans and other new players sit or play; playing the game exposes guys more than controlled practice--so the rumor goes. Murray will show up ready to play game 1. I have no doubt about it. But, ready and able ain't the same. I am concerned about a QB who played his last snap in January, thinking he can take off 9 months and resume playing at a high level the next September. I agree. He was demonstrably not ready for Mahomes and company after sitting out pre-season for his first time ever in 2022. He even admitted he wasn’t ready if I recall correctly, and it was one of the first indicators to me he was beginning to question Kingsbury. |
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Post by CardCore on Aug 9, 2024 9:35:39 GMT -7
Fans know the HC strategy of sitting the veterans and testing the first-year contract guys. Sometimes, that strategy works, and sometimes, that strategy fails miserably. Above, we see another strategy--putting the vets in a game for 1-2 series to give them a feel for real football action again. The risk of injury is always present on the field, whether veterans and other new players sit or play; playing the game exposes guys more than controlled practice--so the rumor goes. Murray will show up ready to play game 1. I have no doubt about it. But, ready and able ain't the same. I am concerned about a QB who played his last snap in January, thinking he can take off 9 months and resume playing at a high level the next September. I agree. He was demonstrably not ready for Mahomes and company after sitting out pre-season for his first time ever in 2022. He even admitted he wasn’t ready if I recall correctly, and it was one of the first indicators to me he was beginning to question Kingsbury. Then if we follow the logic, he should be beginning to question JG... |
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Post by Dry Heat on Aug 9, 2024 11:12:43 GMT -7
I agree. He was demonstrably not ready for Mahomes and company after sitting out pre-season for his first time ever in 2022. He even admitted he wasn’t ready if I recall correctly, and it was one of the first indicators to me he was beginning to question Kingsbury. Then if we follow the logic, he should be beginning to question JG... AZ Republic after that loss: “Kingsbury suggested the Cardinals need to practice better for the results to be there on game day, indicating he either wasn’t happy with what he saw during the week or casting blame on certain unnamed individuals. Quarterback Kyler Murray, though, wasn’t buying that, which is sure to raise some eyebrows around the organization. “I can’t speak for everyone,” said Murray, who completed 22 of 34 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns with no picks. “It felt like the week was good. Obviously, none of that matters. Nothing that happens during the week matters if you don’t execute on Sundays. So, everybody says what they want to say about the week, mentality and all that (expletive). It doesn’t matter. “You come out there on Sunday and get your ass beat, that’s what happens. … You’ve got to execute. That’s all it comes down. Make plays, make plays and teams lose who don’t make plays. That’s what it comes down to.”” |
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Post by Dry Heat on Aug 9, 2024 11:17:38 GMT -7
More from that Game 1 loss:
“Following such a lopsided, blowout loss, many questions need to be answered. If Kliff was so confident that Kyler and the starters didn't need preseason reps, why did they look so unprepared and lack any sense of urgency? Why did the Cardinals entire 2022 draft class only play five snaps?”
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Post by End Zone on Aug 9, 2024 16:30:23 GMT -7
More from that Game 1 loss: “Following such a lopsided, blowout loss, many questions need to be answered. If Kliff was so confident that Kyler and the starters didn't need preseason reps, why did they look so unprepared and lack any sense of urgency? Why did the Cardinals entire 2022 draft class only play five snaps?”I assume that great question is based on a fact. A fact that I didn't know, and fact that makes zero sense, which is why you most likely posed the great quesion. Small details like these matter in the NFL. Small things can be huge things later. It's like when a fighter pilot takes off from the carrier and asks himself, who packed my parachute last night? The onus is on the pilot to get that detail right, not on the parachute packer to coddle the person who's life depends on a safety device. A parachute is a silly example. But sitting the draft class except for five snaps is lunacy. How will those rookies learn to get their stuff together and trust? |
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Post by Boomer on Aug 9, 2024 16:51:28 GMT -7
I agree. He was demonstrably not ready for Mahomes and company after sitting out pre-season for his first time ever in 2022. He even admitted he wasn’t ready if I recall correctly, and it was one of the first indicators to me he was beginning to question Kingsbury. Then if we follow the logic, he should be beginning to question JG... Kingsbury never had his team ready to play. Our inability to score on our first few drives was borderline legendary. He was routinely and consistently out coached. I’m thinking JG isn’t going to prep the same way. I’m not ready to compare KK to JG at this point in time because what I’ve seen so far has been really favorable and we will find out game one if his decision to sit the starters was a good one. |
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Post by CardCore on Aug 10, 2024 8:20:46 GMT -7
Then if we follow the logic, he should be beginning to question JG... Kingsbury never had his team ready to play. Our inability to score on our first few drives was borderline legendary. He was routinely and consistently out coached. I’m thinking JG isn’t going to prep the same way. I’m not ready to compare KK to JG at this point in time because what I’ve seen so far has been really favorable and we will find out game one if his decision to sit the starters was a good one. Noticing they made a similar decision one time is light years from "comparing them" as coaches. |
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Post by MT Diesel on Aug 10, 2024 13:32:45 GMT -7
No Kyler. Meanwhile, our Game 1 opponent the Bills will be playing Josh Allen and their starters in their first pre-season game. PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- The wait to see quarterback Josh Allen play with the revamped Buffalo Bills offense will be short. Coach Sean McDermott announced on Thursday that Allen and the first team will play about a quarter on Saturday against the Chicago Bears (1 p.m. ET). "It's really, to me, it's getting them ramped up and ready to go for the season," McDermott said. "It's an important step, hard to simulate the speed of the game and so getting that in preseason is important, going through warmups and the energy that comes with playing a game in front of fans, and being able to manage that. So, there's a lot of reasons for it, like I said, it's just another step." After watching...it is understandable why McDermott wanted to take a step with the starters...it was more of a stumble. |
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