NFL Thursday Night Preseason Games Thread

[Alexander]

Im more worried about heinecke than fitztragic if we are being honest

Same level of mediocre.

Younger. Weaker arm. Not nearly the amount of swag.

 

[BourbonBalz]

I am not quite I understand your perspective.

I don't see much about Fitzpatrick being all that around here.

But then again, maybe I am not looking for it.

There have been numerous posters over the past few months that have talked about Fitz like he’s the boogeyman. I think they’re in the minority, but there have been quite a few.

 

[Alexander]

There have been numerous posters over the past few months that have talked about Fitz like he’s the boogeyman. I think they’re in the minority, but there have been quite a few.

I guess I need to pay more attention to the lunatic fringe then.

 

[BourbonBalz]

I guess I need to pay more attention to the lunatic fringe then.

Or maybe I pay them too much attention.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

4.6 MEASLY yards/attempt on 19 passes.

Way to let ‘er rip, young gun!

Didn't see any of Mac Jones' play. Hilarious that some posters are touting him as great and then you post his weak stats. Must be a thin line between great and garbage

 

[Nav22]

I guess I need to pay more attention to the lunatic fringe then.

Consider yourself lucky.

 

[OldJarhead]

Has jones thrown past 3 yards yet?

He threw a really nice deep pass early that the receiver dropped in the end zone. Hit the guy right in the hands with a defender all over him, would have been a good catch, but ........

 

[WillieBeamen]

Didn't see any of Mac Jones' play. Hilarious that some posters are touting him as great and then you post his weak stats. Must be a thin line between great and garbage

You Dak stans are pitiful


Typical though. Looking at the box score instead of analyzing what’s actually going on…

His head coach didnt challenge an incompletion, a WR dropped a nice pass from him in the end-zone, and he showed excellent accuracy throughout.


Keep box-score watching though

 

[Rockport]

Same level of mediocre.

Younger. Weaker arm. Not nearly the amount of swag.

You’ve been wrong for years now. Why would we pay attention to you now? …… We don’t.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

You Dak stans are pitiful


Typical though. Looking at the box score instead of analyzing what’s actually going on…

His head coach didnt challenge an incompletion, a WR dropped a nice pass from him in the end-zone, and he showed excellent accuracy throughout.


Keep box-score watching though

What is a Dak stan?

Just like last Thursday, posters here said player x was garbage and other posters were saying just the opposite. Quite hilarious. Some people watch the game differently.

 

[Eanwen]

What is a Dak stan?

Just like last Thursday, posters here said player x was garbage and other posters were saying just the opposite. Quite hilarious. Some people watch the game differently.

Here's Mr. Accurate's every pass:

 

[Sarge]

Im having to watch WFT they need to change their name back to the Commanders

It’s ridiculous they had to change it but I can assure you, it ain’t coming back.

 

[Starforever]

You Dak stans are pitiful


Typical though. Looking at the box score instead of analyzing what’s actually going on…

His head coach didnt challenge an incompletion, a WR dropped a nice pass from him in the end-zone, and he showed excellent accuracy throughout.


Keep box-score watching though

What does any of this have to do with Dak? You and others, have Dak in your mouths, no matter the topic. Jones looked like a rookie getting his first taste of NFL football; nothing more, nothing less.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Here's Mr. Accurate's every pass:

Not bad for his first action. I saw some good and a little bad.

 

[Creeper]

Wow, that Watkins guy on the Eagles has some serious speed. Flacco dumps it off and he runs away from the defense for 78 yard TD.

He ran a 4.35 at the combine before the 2020 draft. Legit speedster. I wanted the Cowboys to pick him on day 3.

 

[blueblood70]

Hurts 3/7 for 54 yards
Gilbert 9/13 for 104 yards

But yeah....they are looking ok. Washington is looking ok too.

the fans in here try to use any and every moment to trash our own team,..

last i looked Steelers stepped all over the eagles..

 

[blueblood70]

Same with Parsons

he wont compliment his own team, just tears it own while getting on his knees for WFT..

 

[tyke1doe]

Where are you streaming that game from?

I was in Washington D.C., so I was getting it straight from television, Channel 4, the NBC affiliate.

 

[tyke1doe]

87 yards on 19 attempts is garbage.

Now’s the time for rookies to sling it and learn what they can and can’t get away with. Instead, Mac Jones played scared and without a hint of aggression.

In the short-passing game?

Now is the time for rookies to sling it? According to whom? Not Bill Belichick.
Slinging it causes turnovers. He'd be on the bench if he were slinging it and turning the ball over.

This was a preseason game. Mac is playing with scrubs, who also aren't going to break many tackles.
What a coach likely wants to see from a quarterback is his poise in the pocket, can he go through his progressions and can he get the ball out of his hands quickly.

I watched the game. For a rookie, Mac Jones looked pretty good. Of course, that is highly skewed based on the level of players he had to face as well as guys on his own offense who might not be there when the season starts, as well as the fact he's not going up against complicated defensive schemes.

But ... if the Patriots are looking for encouraging signs, Mac's first outing was a good one.

Evaluate preseason games for what they're worth.

 

[WillieBeamen]

What is a Dak stan?

Just like last Thursday, posters here said player x was garbage and other posters were saying just the opposite. Quite hilarious. Some people watch the game differently.

Stan: an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity.


Dak “stans” make it a habit to run to the box score to defend him, instead of actually analyzing what happened in the game. Instead of actually watching Mac Jones and taking in to consideration the fact that he was playing with 2nd and 3rd stringers, it was his first action, he made some impressive throws, new england typically runs a short-passing attack, you decided to look at the his end-numbers to tell the story.

shameful