All's fair. I said it in a different thread. All the pressure falls back down on the tinhorns and Stroud to repeat. Best of luck to them with the exception of winning the division and winning against us. I think Stroud had a rookie season that will be very noteworthy for years to come. I think it's a testament to, not only his abilities, but, his overall leadership and he's a strong extension of his head coach, DeMeco and his offensive coordinator, Bobby.

His style of play, overall output and production was akin to what I remember seeing out of RGIII during his rookie season, sans the running ability, Stroud's more of a pocket passer that buys time Vs. relying on any mobility beyond moving the pocket or RPO type of action in their offense, however, some of the overall concepts, schemes and play designs are exactly what was ran out of Shanahan's playbook at Washington and it's been passed down onto Slowik and now Stroud.

It's a good offense. Always has been really. Funny enough, it's similar to the success the tinhorns had years ago with Schaub and Co. Nearly identical offense for the most part in practice and principles. This was with Shanahan there I believe and Kubiak at that time. My concern would be his style of play though. That running around stuff is cute here and there but trying to make a living out of that doesn't always bode well.

I think Baltimore gave everybody the blueprint on how to attack them and I think the expectations going into year two, as a spectator outside looking in? Might want to dial it back just a little bit.

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