Daily Norseman
What caused this season to be toast already? I believe the injury Grinch is responsible. I’d like to believe that if JJ had started every game then the team would have 2 to 3 more wins by now. His mobility would have made a big difference in the games. I really hate watching playoffs with no rooting interest.
The only thing we have left is to see our young QB get more snaps. The team is going to need Justin Skule to play well if JJ is going to have a good chance. But heh, sometimes a teammate goes down and you have to adjust. The “you” could be KOC or JJ or the other linemen. When one player goes down it opens up an opportunity for another player to step up.
I think that JJ is trending in the right direction and the team really does not have many options to change course.
A very good article here that says “NFL quarterbacks do not take any semblance of final shape, on average, until 250-300 dropbacks”. It includes a lot of super nerd stats and a comparison to Jared Goff and Josh Allen to support the theory that by the Giants game we should be seeing the real version of JJ.
The Sneaky Reason to Be Excited about J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy is seeing the field better, and here’s what he says changed
J.J. McCarthy believes he’s starting to catch up to the speed of the NFL.
After accounting for six touchdowns in back-to-back wins over the Commanders and Cowboys, McCarthy has a renewed sense of confidence, largely because he’s getting more comfortable in head coach Kevin O’Connell’s offense. On Wednesday, he was asked if the game is slowing down for him.
“Yes, sir. Dramatically,” McCarthy answered.
“Obviously, the more reps you see, the live bullets, but like I talked about, the overall understanding of the offense, it slows everything down tremendously because you’re not using that extra thinking of, ‘The ball’s snapped, I have it in my hands, is he running that route?’ So it eliminates those split-second miscues and processing. That’s helped tremendously throughout the year.”
McCarthy watched film from the win over Dallas and came away pleased.
“Every play felt in sync. It felt on time,” he explained. “It didn’t feel like there was any indecisiveness, and when there was, and I couldn’t see over the line or something like that, I was dishing the ball out and just putting it in play. I feel like that growth was something that really stood out.”
He was also pleased with how he got rid of the ball quickly, or scrambled to the right spots, when the pocket collapsed and put him under pressure. What changed against the Cowboys, where he wasn’t sacked, after being sacked nine times in his previous two starts?
“Emphasizing where my outlets are, and checkdowns. Just knowing where to scramble,” McCarthy said. “It’s one thing to get...
