In all, I was shocked by very little of what happened in week one, but I did think Bryce Young would play better. He wasn't as bad as people think last season. His CPOE was only -1.4, which is quite bad but not as bad as rookies normally get. I hope he can turn it around, but this is becoming intimidating. I also thought a few other players would do a bit better than they did.
I think the story of week one was the lack of offence. As a fan of defensive football, this does not bother me, but out of 30 teams who have played so far, just 13 (Baltimore, KC, GB, BUF, ARI, MIN, NO, HOU, IND, TB, WAS, LAR, DET) had what I would call a good offensive game. This could be down to week one sloppiness, or it could be something more, and if that's the case it may upset some rule makers who have just tried to boost offence again. Perhaps the league ought to do something about all these unqualified rookie QBs running around. If JJ McCarthy had stayed healthy this figure would've been just 12 out of 30.
While I'm on the subject, shoutout to Jayden Daniels for not being completely awful. Still not ready as an NFL arm, but the legs were impressive enough to have him generate 0.21 EPA/Play as a player. This playstyle will not work when behind (like they were all game yesterday), but if the Commies can get some leads, it's possible that this can work.
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In all, I was shocked by very little of what happened in week one, but I did think Bryce Young would play better. He wasn't as bad as people think last season. His CPOE was only -1.4, which is quite bad but not as bad as rookies normally get. I hope he can turn it around, but this is becoming intimidating. I also thought a few other players would do a bit better than they did.
I think the story of week one was the lack of offence. As a fan of defensive football, this does not bother me, but out of 30 teams who have played so far, just 13 (Baltimore, KC, GB, BUF, ARI, MIN, NO, HOU, IND, TB, WAS, LAR, DET) had what I would call a good offensive game. This could be down to week one sloppiness, or it could be something more, and if that's the case it may upset some rule makers who have just tried to boost offence again. Perhaps the league ought to do something about all these unqualified rookie QBs running around. If JJ McCarthy had stayed healthy this figure would've been just 12 out of 30.
While I'm on the subject, shoutout to Jayden Daniels for not being completely awful. Still not ready as an NFL arm, but the legs were impressive enough to have him generate 0.21 EPA/Play as a player. This playstyle will not work when behind (like they were all game yesterday), but if the Commies can get some leads, it's possible that this can work.
I would add Philly there because even if their offense was a bit sloppy, we know they could do big things. Other than that, completely agree.