05-29-2021, 10:55 AM
When we benched Dalton it was on the bye week and I gave the coaches the benefit of the doubt that it was the opportune time to switch and give a rookie QB time to prepare for his first start. When I heard that it was on Dalton's birthday that he got benched I thought it was just unfortunate timing. But when we finally gave up on Finley and his worse than Dalton QB play and Dalton literally threw 1 touchdown and got the record I realized how clueless this coaching staff was.
Dalton was leading the league in pass attempts at the time of his benching and our rushing attack had to be about the worst in the league. Which was shocking because I believed we had the blueprint to run the ball with Mixon which I believe was evident when Mixon went from probably the worst RB in the first half of the season to the 2nd only behind Derrick Henry.
Also the last game before Dalton got benched was against the Rams ( which was also the 1st game Mixon actually was running well with the blocking ) But early in that game like the 1st series for the Rams Brandin Cooks left with a concussion. Leaving basically Cooper Kupp as the primary wr. Anybody who plays fantasy football or knows the stats that come with that knows that Goff targeted Kupp alot. As soon as Cooks leaves the game I said double Kupp and see if they can beat you. Instead we let Kupp have 220 yds and TD.
I know these are just a couple of examples but the list goes on with this coaching staff. So regardless if you think a player should just go with the flow when they get benched by these same inept coaches or not. I think when they do speak out it just points to they're competitive nature and the fact they do want to compete to win.
Dalton was leading the league in pass attempts at the time of his benching and our rushing attack had to be about the worst in the league. Which was shocking because I believed we had the blueprint to run the ball with Mixon which I believe was evident when Mixon went from probably the worst RB in the first half of the season to the 2nd only behind Derrick Henry.
Also the last game before Dalton got benched was against the Rams ( which was also the 1st game Mixon actually was running well with the blocking ) But early in that game like the 1st series for the Rams Brandin Cooks left with a concussion. Leaving basically Cooper Kupp as the primary wr. Anybody who plays fantasy football or knows the stats that come with that knows that Goff targeted Kupp alot. As soon as Cooks leaves the game I said double Kupp and see if they can beat you. Instead we let Kupp have 220 yds and TD.
I know these are just a couple of examples but the list goes on with this coaching staff. So regardless if you think a player should just go with the flow when they get benched by these same inept coaches or not. I think when they do speak out it just points to they're competitive nature and the fact they do want to compete to win.
