Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Agreed. He was all over the place. But his entire college and pro career has been about accuracy, and a really high level of accuracy. So I wonder if what happened last week was an outlier performance. Everyone has them. I guess we'll see tonight.
My theory, which is based mostly on just my gut, is that he had a little of the 'first game of the season' jitters, combined with not being entirely comfortable with the new scheme, the third one he's had to learn in three years, plus just pressing too hard. He wants to have a big performance; to hit a homerun, on every play. He needs to just take what the defense gives him and be patient. Sooner or later the defense will give him a chance to make a big downfield play. I think he's trying to manufacture something that isn't there.
I think that's a pretty good theory on your part. Maybe he will settle down with more time in the new scheme. It helps that none of the other teams on their schedule this year have such an explosive offense like the Ravens. There's bound to be more pressure on the QB when you feel like your defense has no chance to stop the other team from scoring.
Of course, these things are very fragile. If he has another couple of terrible games, this thing could really avalanche out of control and he won't be able to recover from it. [Reply]
Bengals have the better QB by far but it’s his first “road” game and this is exactly the type of game the Browns win and people act like they’ve figured it out before they promptly lose 6 in a row. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
Bengals have the better QB by far but it’s his first “road” game and this is exactly the type of game the Browns win and people act like they’ve figured it out before they promptly lose 6 in a row.
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
I have a teaser so Browns pick em and under 49.5
So if I were you guys, I’d bet Bengals 38-20
Heh, entirely possible. This is one of those games that I usually take a hard pass on because literally everything about it a coinflip. Maybe one or both teams get hot offensively. Maybe both defenses actually look good. Maybe we see an absolute circus with pick-6s, safeties, fumble returns, guys running the ball into the wrong endzone. These games are as likely to go 3-0 as they are to go 37-40 in OT.
But on paper, and if I had to bet the game, I'd bet the under every time. [Reply]