(11-13-2023, 11:16 AM)Jag149 Wrote:

(11-13-2023, 10:23 AM)Jaguar Warrior Wrote: Trevor has to get more trust in receivers. That toss from Purdy to Kittle is the type of trust Trevor needs in Engram. Toss it up, let your guys make plays, expect them to run their routes appropriately.

I can understand some of the takes by posters.  They probably watched it on TV.  Unless you were there and not inebriated it is very hard to appreciate how thoroughly our OL was beaten all day.   Imagine this. You receive the snap and as you are gripping the ball a rusher is coming free and headed towards you. So the task is while avoiding the oncoming rusher survey the field and make your reads throwing to the proper receiver. Halfway through this a second rusher comes free from the other side.  Tough duty.

I thought about what the hell was going on all game. Then it dawned on me. It appeared to be a very hungry proud team with something to prove on a 3 game losing streak to be playing a team on a 5 game winning streak that felt good about themselves. Hopefully, this performance will make our team a bit hungrier for the next 2 critical games.

This. Trevor is capable of elevating the rest of the guys from say average to good. If you have a turnstile ain't nobody gonna manage to elevate that lineman.

There were so many plays where the pressure/penetration was immediate.

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(11-13-2023, 11:35 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(11-13-2023, 11:22 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: Except that's not what you said.

And Brady didn't start "elevating" bad Oline play in year 3. In year 3 as a starter, Brady had 23 TD passes and 12 interceptions.

You can be concerned. We all are to a certain extent. But what I'm not gonna do is compare Trevor in year 3 to the 2 best QBs of all time.

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https://twitter.com/_John_Shipley/status...65209?s=20

Doug's offense has always been a short and mid passing offense, but I can't help but think better line play would allow for more play/pass to get that average stat up. On the wide shot there the deep routes they do call just don't have time to develop because he's getting hit by the time they run out to the 15 yard mark. It's either throw it short or take the sack.

@you forgot the option of just huck it and pray someone gets under it. Unfortunately, sometimes that's the DB.@

I'm still very confident that Trevor could dissect a defense if the line could at least provide resistance to an oncoming rush. But we've been tinkering and testing all kinds of lineups up front, I imagine it's a dang challenge to have any faith in the inconsistency or to know what actually works when we keep going from one failed experiment to the next.

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