Wash PS game

[BengalsRocker]

(08-16-2019, 11:10 AM)PhilHos Wrote: Yep. I love the fact that Finley has clearly won the backup QB job but the same people calling for him to start or get a chance with the 1s are the same ones that would crucify Dalton for dinking-and-dunking, for throwing well short of the first down marker on 3rd and long like Finley was doing last night.

I don't want to poo poo Finley's performance, but SOME people need to calm down and recognize reality.

He does well with pocket presence but we've seen that before with other young QBs that have come and gone here.

It's a lot more natural when you haven't played years behind a line that isn't trustworthy and at times has been downright scary.

In the 1st Pre-season game Dalton looked more calm and his footwork was less jumpy.

This PS game he looked skittish to me. 

A lot of Finley's passes where dink & dunk check down types that will drive up your completion percentage.

That's pretty much the norm in a PS vanilla ran offense gameplan.

For years I've been posting that Dalton needed more check down stuff in regular season.

Plays that put the RB available in the middle of the field just beyond the LOS.

A few yards gained instead of incompletions or negative yardage situations.

No, I don't want Dalton dinking & dunking all game but it would be nice to give him some outlet passes.

Not just some stuff like waiting for Gio to get to the sidelines on screen passes which always look the same no matter who the OC is(which we've seen time and time again).

The one negative thing I haven't seen mentioned is how Finley was staring down WRs.

In real game situations against 1st teamers that could result in picks instead of positive plays.

I hope Finley certainly gets the nod over Driskel and can step up if need be in the future.