Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on December 15, 2023, 08:15:12 AMHe is definitely exhibiting poise and maturity. He's been impressive relative to expectations. Before anyone saw him play in the preseason, by looking at his college career and considering he was undrafted, I can't imagine anyone had any sort of expectations for him. If he ends up being a solid, dependable backup, that's a huge beat of expectations. Think of all the QBs in the league who are "solid backups" who had very good to great college careers.

I don't personally love the comparisons to Victor Cruz, because Cruz played for UMass, which is a football
school that is kind of off the grid and doesn't play good teams. DeVito played for two power five schools, so his track record is easier to analyze (ie he was up against respectable Big 10 and ACC competition throughout his career). Cruz was way more of an unknown.

I agree the Cruz comparison is shady.

But I don't agree with the backup thing. We saw unspectacular, but efficient QBs start in this league throughout history. I think he can belong to this category. DeVito is not spectacular, but if he continues with the consistency and efficiency, the kid is going to be a starter in this league, especially in a league where QBs drop like flies.

As of right now, as he continues to improve as a game-manager, he's getting the call. If it's not with us, it's going to be with another team. If Trent Dilfer started a lot of games in this league, I think DeVito can.

I tought his success were unsustainable. But........it was before I saw the breakdown of the Hodgins TD.

We all saw the great throw on the run, but how about :
  -going through his progression.
  -evading the rush.
  -and like i said, making a throw right on the money, where only hodgins could have his hands on it.

Now I think it's sustainable. He does what Daboll ask of his QB's, do not make dangerous (stupid) throws. As long as he trusts the coaching staff, the coaching staff will continue to trust him.

Last observation from the Packers game, he threw the ball away. Nothing was there, he threw it away. He plays like a mature QB.

Quote from: Ed Vette on October 24, 2023, 09:37:45 AMJones, Thomas, JMS, Neal, Jackson.

Thomas : Absolute priority. Whoever is taking the snaps under center, we need our monster left tackle to protect the blindside. And besides this, he is also very good at run blocking.

Jones : You can hate the guy but seriously, you seriously want Tommy under center if Tyrod injures himself ?

Schmitz-Jackson : Same, we are thin at Oline and CB.

Neal : Sorry bro, haven't proved yourself yet. I haven't given hope.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on October 22, 2023, 08:10:20 PMBased on the results on the field in 2023 by each QB, it doesn't seem like an outrageous question.

My take on this : Mental toughness.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Daniel Jones toolset. He's a fierce competitor but I think he lacks mental toughness to play the game through the rough and ugly games. I just can't imagine DJ pulling off a game like Eli did vs SF in the bloodbath playoff game. I think the coaches have to do something about it.

But, in Daniel Jones defense, had to play with multiple scores down. The defense was inexistant. Making the offense more unidimentional, not a great thing when you play with a pourous line.

The silver lining is, we have two potent QB's and our kids are getting more experience under their belt. Hyatt and Banks need to keep ramping up and things could get even better when our all-pro left tackle joins the party.

Quote from: MightyGiants on September 24, 2023, 08:23:12 AMI found this Twitter exchange between Pat Leonard and Dan Schien rather interesting, because Dan did an excellent breakdown on how the use of stats can be misleading at times.


https://x.com/PLeonardNYDN/status/1705612098452021630?s=20

Daboll : Ball Security
Shurmur/Judge : Try to stay in the pocket till you are smashed or heave it so a WR can make a play on it. This mentality lead to more yardage, but more fumbles and more INTs. Sorry mister Leonard, I prefer Daboll. Even if the start of the year is not what we were hoping.

This Oline needs AT back and more snaps so it could finally gel somehow. There's no way around in my view.