My real concern is whether we really learned anything from Pickett being played most of this year. The year is winding down and I have not seen enough to judge much more than what I thought going into the year.
It is pretty much a given that Canada is a joke who is bringing the entire offense down and making everyone harder to judge.
Najee Harris does not blow as a running back. Not as badly as he has seemed to this year. But when your playbook has two pages in it and every team knows that the plays will 95 % of the time be within a couple of yards of scrimmage and move the entire team into the box it becomes a challenge for him and the entire team.
The same with Pickett. When most of your throws over five yards are on third and long the percentages will be challenging. That does not excuse the worst interception rate in the league completely. I get that rookies need to grow, teams who were patient with quarterbacks who had bad beginnings get paid off at times. But even when challenged you still want to see more than we have seen so far. It was more of a mixed bag than I had hoped.
Which leaves me completely baffled and feeling like the year to watch him was almost a waste. And wondering whether they should nab a top quarterback if they are there. I am no closer to an answer now than I was before KP's first game.
I think most people around here haven’t watched a rookie QB develop game to game since prob Roth.
Allen was a huge mixed bag, for instance.
KP started out playing hero ball and realized that wasn’t going to work.
Now when you watch the all22 you see him making smart decisions to throw the ball away.
That’s something I wanted to see and am pleased with.
I wanted to see him start hitting those downfield throws and he has had four on the money throws the last two weeks. Unfortunately Pickens dropped a perfectly placed dart, but KP did everything right on that.
He also had two perfect throws dropped by Muth and Harris that hurt them.
He’s building chemistry with his top two guys, which is important for now and next season.
He needs to anticipate better before his guys come out of their cuts, but that takes chemistry and a lot of experience to develop. That is another reason why this isn’t a wasted season at all.
I’d like to see the worm burners stop… he had 4-5 of them and those are strictly on KP.
Also put together and entire good game and not one half.
I’d also like to see him deliver a clutch drive at the end of the game and show he can make big plays in big moments and stay cool.
He should be able to show us some clutch drives by the end of the season and a little better anticipation on their intermediate timing routes, and I’ll be pleased.
Assuming he doesn’t resort back to hero ball.
