NFL - Offseason, Draft & 2018/19 Season
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Steelers going to win but since when are blatant picks not called?
With a Bye and then Bell back? Nah im alright.
You assume he's gonna walk back into the team.. I do have Bell as a cuff though.
Conner should have had 3 tonight. That was a TD.
Somehow Kupp's returned to the field!
Lol.. Same in another league. My opponent had gotskowski. I scoffed when he got him in round 11. Well and truly bit me on the arse.
What a fucking win for the Cowboys - 40-7.
Dak finally ran ... wooo hooo.
Dak finally ran ... wooo hooo.
Its like you are a ringer.
Great job pal
Finally we let him run and got Beasley involved. Weird how much of a difference it is for that team to be home or away.
Big game against the Redskins this weekend.
Need to destroy the Redskins ... both teams have good lines - and that will decide who wins.
http://www.espn.com/blog/oakland-ra...erek-carr-supposed-to-thrive-under-jon-gruden
But wasn't Gruden hired with the intention of "fixing" Carr? Were they not supposed to make beautiful music together as Gruden finally had a franchise-type quarterback in his prime?
Yeah, about that ...
Carr, with eight interceptions and two lost fumbles, leads the NFL with 10 giveaways, and the Raiders are bottom feeders at 1-5 heading into their bye week.
In Gruden's dink-and-dunk version of the West Coast offense, Carr is getting rid of the ball faster than any NFL quarterback at 2.41 seconds, per ESPN Stats & Information.
Sure, Carr has had the reputation of being a guy that relishes taking deep shots, but he won't be compared to the Mad Bomber Daryle Lamonica anytime soon.
Consider: While Carr's average pass has never traveled that far downfield (7.4 yards for his NFL career), he has been ultraconservative under Gruden. Because among QBs with at least 100 passes this season, his pass on average is traveling an NFL-low 5.73 yards downfield. The NFL average passing distance among quarterbacks with that many attempts this season is 7.9 yards, with Carr's average the only one under 6 yards.
And :
The past two seasons, NFL Next Gen Stats has Carr as the league's worst quarterback when it comes to forcing the ball into tight windows, as in an NFL-high 13 interceptions when throwing a pass to a receiver who has 1 yard or less of separation as the pass arrives. The New York Giants' Eli Manning is second with nine INTs in those situations.
More from NFL Next Gen Stats: Among 34 quarterbacks with at least 50 tight-window attempts since the start of 2017, Carr's 28 percent completion rate on those passes is the third-worst in the NFL.
But wasn't Gruden hired with the intention of "fixing" Carr? Were they not supposed to make beautiful music together as Gruden finally had a franchise-type quarterback in his prime?
Yeah, about that ...
Carr, with eight interceptions and two lost fumbles, leads the NFL with 10 giveaways, and the Raiders are bottom feeders at 1-5 heading into their bye week.
In Gruden's dink-and-dunk version of the West Coast offense, Carr is getting rid of the ball faster than any NFL quarterback at 2.41 seconds, per ESPN Stats & Information.
Sure, Carr has had the reputation of being a guy that relishes taking deep shots, but he won't be compared to the Mad Bomber Daryle Lamonica anytime soon.
Consider: While Carr's average pass has never traveled that far downfield (7.4 yards for his NFL career), he has been ultraconservative under Gruden. Because among QBs with at least 100 passes this season, his pass on average is traveling an NFL-low 5.73 yards downfield. The NFL average passing distance among quarterbacks with that many attempts this season is 7.9 yards, with Carr's average the only one under 6 yards.
And :
The past two seasons, NFL Next Gen Stats has Carr as the league's worst quarterback when it comes to forcing the ball into tight windows, as in an NFL-high 13 interceptions when throwing a pass to a receiver who has 1 yard or less of separation as the pass arrives. The New York Giants' Eli Manning is second with nine INTs in those situations.
More from NFL Next Gen Stats: Among 34 quarterbacks with at least 50 tight-window attempts since the start of 2017, Carr's 28 percent completion rate on those passes is the third-worst in the NFL.
Gruden didnt handle this very well, to say the least:
Gruden on former starting CB Rashaan Melvin, who was unhappy with PT in London: "I heard there was a Twitter report out there. Melvin's on his seventh team, I think. He's had different techniques. Maybe he's confused. I don't know. I'll talk to him. But he's got to play better."
Gruden on former starting CB Rashaan Melvin, who was unhappy with PT in London: "I heard there was a Twitter report out there. Melvin's on his seventh team, I think. He's had different techniques. Maybe he's confused. I don't know. I'll talk to him. But he's got to play better."
It's interesting hearing the talk show folks about him.
Basically, bar a super bowl run with Tony Dungy's team, he's won 2 playoff games in 16 years (6 years as a coach, 10 years at ESPN). So he's been out of the game a LOOOONG time and he's trying to rebuild a team in his image, with what he wants.
My guess is they have two good picks next year and one is a QB after they trade Derek Carr for a 2nd/3rd.
But he's an old school coach with no track record in building teams.
Everything he's done with the Raiders so far suggests he hasn't learned much in his decade out. In fairness though he did manage to turn the Bears defence into one of the top three in the league.
And he said the following this week:
So they're trying and they're 1-5. Two years ago they were 12-4. Last season they were a 6-10 team. They're trending downwards.
I've heard it suggested on one podcast already that cutting Carr after the season would only cost the Raiders 7.5m, that might look enticing if he doesn't improve dramatically - so you'd have to wonder what kind of trade market exists for him.
The Giants, Bills and Broncos might need a QB but there aren't many others that look like they could need one soon.
Everything he's done with the Raiders so far suggests he hasn't learned much in his decade out. In fairness though he did manage to turn the Bears defence into one of the top three in the league.
And he said the following this week:
So they're trying and they're 1-5. Two years ago they were 12-4. Last season they were a 6-10 team. They're trending downwards.
I've heard it suggested on one podcast already that cutting Carr after the season would only cost the Raiders 7.5m, that might look enticing if he doesn't improve dramatically - so you'd have to wonder what kind of trade market exists for him.
The Giants, Bills and Broncos might need a QB but there aren't many others that look like they could need one soon.
