This was/is a mistake....in the respect that Watkins should be the #1....and if he's (Woods) the number 1....gotta get in the endzone with all those targets.....and Watkins should be the 1a or 2....with the 2nd most targets....
You earn #1 status; you don't get gifted it. Woods earned it. He posted 9 catches for 142 yards. They went to Watkins twice at the end of the game with the game on the line, and Watkins didn't make the play. At some point, you need to stop valuing athletic ability over football ability. Watkins is a great talent, but he wasn't our top WR in 2017. I hope he becomes that in 2018, but Robert Woods won't give it up without a fight.
him.....made other QB's....others step up?? I leave that alone....don't agree. Marty did win....a little...never the BIG one.....Bruce is Bruce....great with Great QB's....Good with Good ones....garbage with garbage. Whisenhunt's done well??? Where?
Arizona with Kurt Warner and San Diego with Philip Rivers (Whisenhunt). Arians has done well with just about anything he's been given. Arizona won often enough even when Palmer was hurt. Marty won everywhere, and he didn't win "a little." He didn't win a SB, but he won with every team.
As for Belichick, I'm not sure what's debatable here. He went 11-5 with Matt Cassel and 3-1 with Garoppolo and Brissett. Once he got that system running in NE, he's been able to plug QBs in and do well. Obviously, Brady is in a league of his own, but they've done well enough without him.
I still remember a young Tom...vs a good Rams defense...hell, almost great....going down for the game winning fg....painful at the time....4th quarter heroics....he had IT then...pinpoint passes...downfield throws...in the clutch...tom had IT.
I remember Tom dinking and dunking his way to a FG and getting bailed out on what should have been an intentional grounding call. As I recall, he had less than 150 yards passing in that Super Bowl.
Marriota....and...wait for it...won there FIRST ever playoff game....hell, Blake almost won his first 3.....
The Jaguars won Bortles's first playoff game 10-3. Try again. Mariota is a year older than Goff. We'll see what Goff does next year. Guess who else won his first playoff game? Mark Sanchez. Guess who didn't? Peyton Manning. This is a bad argument.
Wait until Deshaun Watson plays in his first....
oh yeah, Dan Marino won his first playoff game too....so did....wait for it...
Pat Haden....LOLOLOL
We'll see what Watson does when he gets there. Dan Marino LOST his first playoff game, dude. He lost to the Seahawks and Dave Krieg.
I thought the plays...passing plays....were scouted out...and well defensed....it was stupid to run a screen in the first drive....almost got Gurley blown up......he was dropping passes....but his head was always looking up...like he was expecting to get hit....silly play calls....every single screen...
Dude, that screen play-call was brilliant. What are you talking about? The problem was that Saffold and Gurley ended up in the same spot. Goff tried to put it out in front, but Gurley couldn't get to it due to traffic. The Falcons had only one guy who could make the tackle there, Deion Jones, and the Rams had two guys to block him (Saffold and Sullivan). Sullivan actually got his hands on Jones. If that pass had been completed, Gurley might have housed it depending on the blocking from our receivers. If Watkins held his block, it would have been Gurley in the open-field versus only Atlanta's safety. At minimum, it would have been a 15-20 yard gain. Atlanta's only chance on that play was Jones beating Saffold and Sullivan or Dontari Poe running Gurley down.