Wondering what yall think about this? I'm a Kyler guy I definitely feel he could have played better and won us 2 more games possibly, but there were different aspects that helped them lose. Penalties were always the big theme in the losses to end the year, the other was inconsistencies on the field by the players.
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Not gonna say Gannon is or isn’t a Kyler guy but what else is he gonna say that he lost us games and wish we could trade him like even if he felt that he couldint say that he’s your starting QB
Gannon and most HCs will never put the blame on a player, especially the starting QB. There are only so many Arians out there where you will get a legit response.
“wHy cAn’T kYLeR WiN” with one of the worst rosters in the league against a top 5 most difficult schedule in the league?
Average fan – It’s obviously because he’s not good enough!
We were the most injured team in the NFL by that final game. Our biggest problem was guys being available. Some of those games go very differently with a healthy pass rush. Add to that having healthy guards and tackles that make gaps for your receivers and backs, and we’re talking about playing Minnesota this week. Kyler ain’t the problem, there’s room for improvement, but now they have an entire season of info to work with to make him better. Y’all need to chill.
Murray makes mistakes, but he should be able to. Even the best QBs do. You hope that your roster is good enough that a mistake isn’t game changing. And the worse your roster is, the more mistakes the QB will make.
What’s Gannon supposed to say? “Yeah, K1 stunk it up”?
Of course the coach is going to publicly back his player, as he should.
“Good quarterbacks are on good teams. We have to do everything that we can to support him and put a good team around him, then he has to play to his level consistently, which I know he can do.”
Throwing the ball to the other team on crucial downs was a bit of a problem this year, but generally, I don’t think his performance is the problem either. However, whenever he visually throws up his hands and rolls his eyes in disgust after a botched hand-off, catch, block, etc. then that’s a problem. His teammates see his disgust and don’t appreciate being treated that way in front of millions of fans in the stadium and TV. He could do better at his leadership in other ways than just his performance.
I love Kyler but when it comes to the offensive woes it’s 50/50 with him and Petzing. Granted I think a much taller qb with better pocket presence could do much better in Petzing system, and to Petzings problems he doesn’t really seem to adjust to his players rather then forcing the players to play a limited role in order to maintain his scheme.
Kyler has weaknesses, just like all QBs do. It’s the job of the coaching and front office staff to put in place the other 25 odd guys that can shield those weaknesses. We’ve seen what Kyler is capable of when the rest of the offense ticks. It just ticks very inconsistently.
I’m reminds me of Josh Allen – it felt like year after year there was a “Is Josh Allen actually good?” narrative. The Bills sorted out the rest of the roster and I don’t hear much of that anymore.
And I look at Brock Purdy and I see the opposite trend. Last year, a team who hid his weaknesses and he was a superstar, this year…not so much.
I think the bigger question has been “Is he the solution?”
It feels like we’re in Cousins/Dalton/Carr territory where Kyler is good but never hits the heights to make that big push for playoff football.
I believe he’ll show up next year and the offense will finally get things ready but its a big year for him coming.
6 years no playoff wins. That’s a problem
JG looks like he’s in a hostage video whenever he praises Kyler.
The Kyler discussions are insufferable at this point.
Reality is this, Kyler is a league average QB. Build a strong roster around him and we will win games, if its a weaker roster he isn’t going to carry us to anything.
The team isn’t going to move off Kyler this offseason when we have 80m in cap and need to overhaul the defence. We will use the cap and beef up the team and come the end of next season if Kyler malfunctions in the 2nd half of the season where we need him to step up, we will likely move off him then.
But its very possible and likely that with the added help we will be able to close out enough games.
But the discussions are insufferable because everyone is so determined to make a definitive stance. Kyler doesn’t suck, but he also isn’t some amazing top 10 QB I feel like we have seen enough evidence of that at this point. He’s way too inconsistent for that. So lets fill out this roster and see once and for all if we can win playoff games with him.
Oh in that case i feel all better now
JG throwing Monti under the bus? Not a good thing to do either.
“Hes our Quarterback right now”
His on field skill-set is average – but his leadership skills are way below average. He’ll never be better than a 11-6 guy and that would be on a very talented team.
I’m not saying I agree or disagree, but by saying the team around Kyler isn’t good enough, doesn’t that demoralize the other 52 guys on the roster? Why protect Kyler’s ego and throw everyone else under the bus? That can’t be good for the locker room, right?