(09-20-2023, 10:38 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(09-20-2023, 08:12 AM)Mikey Wrote: I don't think it was a punishment. Strange was also limited, I think it was strategy to limit the snaps taken by the rooks. You don't want a costly mistake to bite you in the butt in a game where every drive likely matters.

I figure they'll both get their reps this weekend, heck if anything the light workload should mean they are fresher for an (on paper) easier opponent.

It's tough to watch positions of great need eschewed on draft day  - only to see a RB and TE taken early riding pine while the aforementioned positions get murdered by an opponent. 

Yes, I think they limited snaps for both players in an attempt to mitigate rookie errors (they both displayed them week one)

A rookie interior OL may have also struggled out there Sunday, but it stings to see those positions ignored over a RB that we apparently can't trust yet. It's the one skill position that is supposed to be able to contribute as a rookie more than any other. 

Secondarily - when you take a TE early and hype up his ability to in line block for months - he should be in to protect your QB who hit the turf WAY too many times on Sunday.

I'm still all in on this staff and this season - but they need to figure a few things out over the coming weeks or they'll be stuck behind the 8-ball while returning from a London trip tired and forlorn.

Who do you bench for him, Kirk? The plan was to use the 3rd WR instead of the 2nd TE. That makes sense since Kirk balled out, there just aren't enough positions on the field and that sometimes happens. Sure, they could've adjusted, but then the only guy who had a decent day would've been off the field. Maybe having Strange work on Jones would've helped the other guys, but you definitely give up Kirk if you do.

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