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11 minutes ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

I’m confused by this.  Who is the main culprit if it’s not EB and why aren’t we going to like it? 

He put that game mostly on Howell.  Don't ask me why, but he did.  My guess is that these local sports guys want access to the team and don't want to say anything that might upset the coaches.  It could be why Logan Paulsen went from saying Howell's ceiling was a high end backup to randomly saying he could be a top half of the league starter in less than 48 hours.

He was calling the wrong protections until the 4th quarter.  Glimmer of hope that he started to ID the blitzes.

19 hours ago, BatteredFanSyndrome said:

He’s been in the bag for EB in a big way - ties to Andy and he’s an old school screamer and yeller.  I fully expect him to continue to point fingers at everyone but EB until all these guys get fired.

Mitchell isn't the only one with an EB agenda...

7 minutes ago, BatteredFanSyndrome said:

that Sam isn’t calling the proper protections, not seeing the field, etc.

This could very well be the case on a lot of those sacks.

1 minute ago, KDawg said:

For the duress, Howell looks good numbers wise. The sacks are the biggest issue we need to fix.

His turnovers are concerning, but they are more correctable than the sack issue.

Haskins (RIP) through first 7 games compared to Howell.  Also went and looked up the numbers for Cousins, Griffin, and Jason Campbell through their first 7 starts.  Cousins had 9 sacks.  Griffin had 15.  Jason Campbell had 7.

He's 1000% trying to use the "look we got a young promising QB here" to save his job.  It's totally unfair to Howell too.  Also, everyone is in agreement that the line sucks.  But couldn't some of these sacks which are attributed to the line be the QB calling the wrong protection?  We saw it with our eyes in 2015 when Cousins was named the starter over Griffin...the line magically got better.  

6 minutes ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

I do wonder what it was before yesterday.  Going 1-14 on third downs will ruin your stats for 7 games.  
 

I think they were kindof about the same as last year going into the game.  
 

But I could be wrong, doing that from memory.  

33.8% before yesterday's game.

Just now, Koolblue13 said:

It's also clear that the players are not behind EB.

What is this in reference to?

JP Finlay just said his blame percentage for yesterday's terrible offense:

-40% on Howell

-30% on O-line

-15% on Rivera

-15% on Bieniemy

The far left column is the 3rd down conversion rate for this season.  Far right is 3rd down conversion rate from 2022.  

4 minutes ago, D’Pablo said:

Seriously, why isn't Ron, who is somehow still employed, not getting on his hands and knees begging Matsko to come back?

Because his assistant head coach wants nothing to do with him.

That seems more reasonable of a ranking than 13th overall.  

Just now, BatteredFanSyndrome said:

Dude is from a military family, high paid and a team leader.  I didn’t expect him to say anything less, after a night to marinate on his locker room comments.  
 

I could tell by the way he was answering the questions that he acknowledges he’s not going anywhere and there’s too many weeks left of the season to publicly fold.

 

It’s easy for us to acknowledge the reality, not so much for guys who have to beat their bodies up 10 more times.

I don't think the players on defense have an issue with Del Rio.  I've heard multiple times that they love him.  I'm not so sure with Rivera, however.

I don't agree with his declarative "he ain't the guy", but these numbers are brutal.

Allen just said he still believes in Rivera & Del Rio.

Spiderman pointing at himself meme

1 minute ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

Better? Maybe.  I’m not sure.  His offense never sniffed 25 points.  Ever.  At least we’ve hit 30 twice this year.  If Turner got to 30, it probably took 3 years.  

What?  They scored 25+ points 12 times in three years under Turner.  Once Wince was injured, Turner' offense averaged 20.9 points per game.  This offense is averaging 20 points per game.  

2 minutes ago, Professor_Nutter_Butter said:

Well, EB can go straight to hell.

Close to 80% of the fans who voted in a poll posted by 106.7 on Twitter voted for him over Bill Belicheck to be the next head coach.

Just now, Professor_Nutter_Butter said:

Apologies if it's been asked already, but why's Chris Rodriguez being highlighted more over the other running backs?

Apparently that is EB's guy.  

https://www.si.com/nfl/commanders/news/washington-commanders-looked-specific-rb-chris-rodriguez-jr-ron-rivera-eric-bieniemy-antonio-gibson

I just keep telling myself that Snyder is gone and that the full blown reboot does not start until all of his hires are removed from their positions.  This season is meaningless to me; outside of seeing how Howell plays.  

I'm not confident in Brissett leading this team to anything meaningful, but there is a slight part of me that is curious if the sacks would go down or up with him under center.  I also strongly feel that it is unfair to judge or grade Howell (other than the sack problem, o-line sucking noted) because his coordinator is not doing him any favors.  It just makes no sense to me to wait for a half to call a rollout pass (which resulted in their first 3rd down conversion of the game).  

This one being in New Jersey scares me.  Taylor and Jones are better than Ridder.  Both the Falcons and Giants have good defenses that can stop the run.  Whatever their sack total is for the year will be matched on Sunday.  

Giants - 20

Commies - 17

Alex Smith's QBR in 2018 was 46.9.  Case Keenum's QBR in 2019 was 45.6.  Haskins's QBR in 2020 was 24.8, and Smith's that year was 28.2.  Heinicke in 2021 was 45.8.  Wince in 2022 was 34.4 and Heinicke was 46.5.  Howell is currently 20th in the league this year at 46.8.  IMO, very impressive considering he's only started 7 games.  It does appear that he is on track to be the best QB this team has had since Kirk (for reference, Cousins had the following QBR in 2015: 67.8, 2016: 66.5, 2017: 56.2).  

22 hours ago, KDawg said:

Some of his throws in the second half were awful? Which ones?

The two that were thrown behind McLaurin and the one on third down with about 2 minutes left to go.  Over threw McLaurin and stopped the clock.  He and the offense looked off in the second half.