So who's the new whipping boy?
Evans struggled a shit ton his rookie season as well. It wasn't until McVay gave him help by having Higbee and Mundt help him block that our oline started to look a little better.Evans regressed horribly since his rookie year. That has to be, at least in part, on the coaching staff IMO. He was a pretty high draft pick with decent college pedigree. He is young and healthy. Not every player can hack it in the NFL, and not every draft pick hits, but players/prospects like that should not be getting significantly worse every year. Not if your coaches are doing their jobs. But that is what happened here and it will forever be somewhat of a curious case IMO. I think a lot of it was just his confidence being so beaten down vs. earlier in his career. So much of any pro sport is mental. Again, I blame coaching for that, at least in part, by continuing to trot Evans out there to get beaten like a mule when better options were clearly available (at times, not always due to injuries). He should have pulled out of the lineup, his game worked on, and a reset attempted.
I wish him well in his next stop, if there is one. His NFL career might be over. But if he was wise with his money, he should now be set for life! The man has earned millions and I do not think the problem was ever effort, so thanks for your services but it is definitely time to move on. Perhaps he can latch on as a depth or practice squad player somewhere else and, with the right coaching staff and time to work on his game and rebuild his confidence, can carve out a continued career as a depth journeyman. Who knows.
Re that opened the door for durant.I despise Kendrick ever since seeing his totally weak effort to tackle Travis Kelce, letting Kelce score a TD for Kansas City. Kendrick literally turned his back and just bounced off Kelce. Should have benched him instantly for that.
He might do well in a simpler offense
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The Rams activated OL Chandler Brewer, who was in the practice window, activated TE Jared Pinkney from the practice squad and waived OL Bobby Evans.
Those are teaching moments. I thought I had that game recorded. So didn’t see it.I despise Kendrick ever since seeing his totally weak effort to tackle Travis Kelce, letting Kelce score a TD for Kansas City. Kendrick literally turned his back and just bounced off Kelce. Should have benched him instantly for that.
Kendrick was a STARTING CB as a 6th rd pick. Once again REALLY?
Kendrick is a Marcus Peters type of player. He's only interested in splash plays and the rest don't interest him. I'd cut the arrogant kid. But he's Morris' buddy so he plays ahead of legit talents like Durant and Rochell. Aren't you guys seeing it? He played Lewis even though he had Hoecht whom he really didn't know as a player. WTF? That's Raheem's job to know. Guys don't produce but he plays them anyway? It's strictly favoritism at the expense of the team. It fits right in with Raheem's notion that good enough is good enough. IMO if you want a championship team then good enough isn't good enough. This will never be a top defense with Morris at DC no matter how many HOF players are on the roster. With AD, Wagner and Ramsey this defense should be a top 5 unit. WTF is wrong with McVay?
Sean expounds upon Raheem being so smart yet it doesn't show in his coaching. That's why Brown will get his HC job before Raheem gets another. You don't think other FO looking at candidates don't see what a lackadaisical unit Morris puts on the field? His so called philosophy is supposed to prevent explosive plays but it doesn't. No more than a prevent is only effective in the final seconds. If an offense has more than one play remaining it's better to simply play a Tampa two with a DB in the midrange zone than Morris' prevent.
The worst part is that Morris has shown he can tighten down when he wants to. But instead on 3rd and long the majority of the DBs are behind the sticks!! WTF??!! Allowing the reception uncontested and rallying to make the tackle might work if the receiver has more than 3 or 4 yards to the line to gain, after the reception. But if your CBs are 10 yards off the LOS you are conceding the first down.
Break down Morris' scheme and most times it makes no sense. The problem with the D is the DC not the players.
Why did it take so long?
He never used those long arms to his advantage. He seemed lost on the inside.