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[wco81]

Quote: Originally Posted by LowerWolf

Kap has a lot of talent, but he's never going to be a proficient QB from the pocket. That's just not his game. And trying to force him to be a Rodgers or a Brady just isn't going to work. He nearly won a Super Bowl when the 49ers played to his strengths. You see where he's at now that they're not doing that. And even if you buy that you have to have a pocket QB, sabotaging Kap to go to Blaine Gabbert is about as smart as sabotaging Harbaugh to go to Tomsula.

I don't advocate drafting a QB if they get a top 5 pick. If the BPA when they pick is a stud pass rusher or tackle, that might be better for the team, which has a lot of needs.

I do agree that Kap could be effective in the right situations but what bothered me about the last game was that he gave up early on plays and seemed too cautious -- maybe he was coached that way for this game.

Just looked like he had no heart whatsoever.

Even when he almost won the SB, it bothered me that he was inconsistent in the first halves of the NFC Championship game at Atlanta and the Superbowl, where the team fell behind big because he couldn't move the ball at the start of those games.

But obviously the big plays allowed him to bring the team back into those games.

I have to think that he's just not a student of the game, that he doesn't do the preparation to know the keys of each team he faces.

He also doesn't have the pocket presence, which seems to be something you either have or don't, not something that can be coached up.

In the short term, the team has no alternatives. I'd be okay with drafting a QB after the first round. They drafted QBs very late and those players have not stuck around on the roster, so they're going to have to use a higher pick.

I see what's happening to Luck right now and I just don't think putting all your eggs in one basket, even in this QB-friendly league, is a good idea.

Sure the QB is the most important position but are any of the QB prospects likely to be very good from day 1? I think there are DEs and a T who are more likely to be very good as rookies than there may be QBs.

[rdnk]

Mallett is done. To be fair, Bill O'Brien really screwed up the QB situation in Houston. I don't see how O'Brien can come into next year with Hoyer as their starter, thus he pretty much has to take a QB in the first two rounds.

[SPTO]

Quote: Originally Posted by rdnk

Mallett is done. To be fair, Bill O'Brien really screwed up the QB situation in Houston. I don't see how O'Brien can come into next year with Hoyer as their starter, thus he pretty much has to take a QB in the first two rounds.

Could it be possible that O'Brien might not even come back next year? His tenure has been an unmitigated failure so far and they're just wasting the career of JJ Watt.

[wco81]

This is his second year isn't it?

He was 8-8 last year?

[SPTO]

Quote: Originally Posted by wco81

This is his second year isn't it? He was 8-8 last year?

Yeah but I get the feeling that he's underachieving. I know Matrix who's a big fan of the Texans hates O'Brien's guts. (then again he hates almost everything j/k bro)

[ggsimmonds]

Quote: Originally Posted by SPTO

Yeah but I get the feeling that he's underachieving. I know Matrix who's a big fan of the Texans hates O'Brien's guts. (then again he hates almost everything j/k bro)

I don't think he has underachieved. The Texans don't exactly have a talented team.

He should get one more year.

[ProfessaPackMan]

But why has the Defense regressed?

[ProfessaPackMan]

Per PFT.com:

DeAngelo Williams has been fined by the league for wearing "We will find a cure" on his eye black and a Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon on his eye black this month.

Also, Steelers CB William Gay was fined $5800 for wearing purple shoes, which is the color for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. His mother was a victim of Domestic Violence when she was killed by his Stepfather when he was 7 years old.