Sam Bradford, Philadelphia Eagle

[SD]

Bradford actually threw two beautiful deep passes to Austin who dropped them both. Ball placement was on the money. I like his lob touch but his timing and turf balls need to go. Again, dudes only played 3 games in an entirely new offense without playing much the past 3 seasons. He gets one season to show what he can do.

[smeags]

so far, even as bad as Bradford has played, to this point, he has a better comp% than sanchez had last year with a better team around him.


in other words, Bradford at his worst is still better than sanchez at his best.

but OMG we need sanchez in there.

[phattymatty]

i thought it was weird how some of you were so annoyed by his sleeves but i am now firmly on board. hard to take him seriously when he looks so ridiculous.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Is Chip The GM/Coach not calling deep routes because he isn't confident Bradford can get it there? I mean they're not even going with, as Sunny mentioned, the seam routes and intermediate crossing routes that are usually wide open (ala Ertz and the James Casey vs NYG play).

Agholor has speed to go deep. And Matthews is fast enough to go deep and he has the size to fight for a ball.

KKK is awful.

Huff, when healthy, has the speed.

But as a whole, I agree that the receiving group is less than ideal.

[smeags]

Agholor has speed to go deep. And Matthews is fast enough to go deep and he has the size to fight for a ball.

KKK is awful.

Huff, when healthy, has the speed.

But as a whole, I agree that the receiving group is less than ideal.

agholor isn't getting off the press coverage to get downfield. Matthews cant catch the ball.

[PhillyPhreak54]

They need to scheme Agholor free then...and Matthews has had some drops but that doesn't mean you stop throwing to him. Especially since he's your best WR

[SD]

Agholor needs some time to make adjustments. He's slowly finding ways to get open, now he needs to catch the ball. Not many college WRs can jump right in and play at an NFL pace. Matthews started off slow last season then had that two TD game and played well the rest of the way. I don't think Agholor will play at Matthews level last season but he'll contribute at some point...if for no other reason than all the WRs behind him are so bad.

[hunt]

aggy looks f'n lost out there.  he & bradford aren't even on the same book, nevermind the same page. 

yeah, yeah...rookie wr and stuff. 

[smeags]

They need to scheme Agholor free then...and Matthews has had some drops but that doesn't mean you stop throwing to him. Especially since he's your best WR

yeah cause scheme always trumps everything else.

bottom line is this, for various reasons the offense is not in sync yet, but to call for Bradford's benching this quick is not the answer.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Scheme doesn't trump everything else...but you can use it to your advantage. It takes the HC and OC to recognize it and use it to get the guys in open space though. Like SD said Matthews struggled last year and then the light clicked for him. I expect the same for Whoa Nelly.

I know they're not going to yank Bradford now and probably not at all this year. But I just don't think he can get it done based on what we have seen these three weeks.

[ice grillin you]

so far, even as bad as Bradford has played, to this point, he has a better comp% than sanchez had last year

actually he doesnt

Is Chip The GM/Coach not calling deep routes because he isn't confident Bradford can get it there?

what do you eman cant get it there?...he played at oklahoma for three years and for the rams...hes not some mystery player that no one has ever seen before...he obviously has a strong enough arm to go downfield and he certainly has a stronger arm than sanchez or foles

[smeags]

so far, even as bad as Bradford has played, to this point, he has a better comp% than sanchez had last year

actually he doesnt

you're right and I really need glasses when a 64 looks like 61 .... 

that said Bradford's 62% isn't as bad as I thought it would be and I don't see anyway in hell that sanchez would do better.

[ice grillin you]

i was kind of surprised that he was even in the 60's....but bad throws that are caught look good for you in the numbers but when watching the game stick in your head

that second half against the falcons (85%) seems so long ago....rest of the season (56%) seems more relevant at this time

[smeags]

No doubt Bradford needs to play better but no way you bench him, yet.

[phattymatty]

wait so is benching bradford the answer or what?