(08-16-2024, 07:16 PM)Eric1 Wrote:

(08-16-2024, 07:05 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: One could argue McCarthy had the best game of all the rookies last week.  If he continued to look that good he probably would have started week 1 and he was in a great spot for a rookie to start with those weapons and a very good oline.

Very possible. I was just looking at it with the thought in mind of giving Darnold every chance to fail. If he stinks it up for 3 or 4 weeks it's a no question decision to put the new kid in and ride out the season no matter what. People will be ok if he has some stinkers because they already seen Darnold is no good.

You start the new kid right away and he struggles, you're then going to have people wondering/asking to see if Darnold would give them a better chance at winning. At that point though you can't pull the rookie, you're pretty much forced to ride it out with him.

(08-16-2024, 07:06 PM)Jag149 Wrote: Mac is good. How good no way to tell. He was thrust into an impossible situation. His head coach was exposed after Brady left town as a sub 500 coach. He played in a town that had become as entitled as Alabama fans are each year in college.  Now after considering our stellar offensive line it is nice to have him on our roster. His arm is stronger than CJ's but is not as strong as TL's. He will make a good backup this year, we may need him. A team looking for him this year will need to do better than a 4th.

He went to a team that had a top 5 rushing attack and a top 5 defense lol. They won 10 games and made the playoffs. I'd hardly call that an impossible situation he was thrust into.

Mac Jones made the pro bowl his first year in New England, when Josh McDaniels was the OC.  But when McDaniels left, Belichick took Matt Patricia, who had never coached offense his entire life, and made him the offensive coordinator.  Then Belichick took Joe Judge, the special teams coach, and made him the quarterback coach.  

That is malpractice on a grand scale.

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