titansfan

Yeah im not ready to give up on him. He has talent and while I do think he was overdrafted for where we got, I do believe he has longterm starting ability. I think a new coaching staff, assuming its the right hire, will do wonders for him. Whoever the coach is must bring a culture of accountability

I think thats partly why Simmons feels it necessary to call out the offense, specifically Latham. No one else is doing and Cam doesnt yet have the pedigree where he should be. I think a lot of what Simmons is doing is telling the offense "no, we're not going to let the rookie take the blame off of you for everything"

This is correct which is why I dont understand the repulsive reaction to the idea of needing to win a couple of games for the sake of developing who's here. While its very possible because we actually have the worst talent in the league, it's not necessary for us to lose out

I think the unexpected part of the 2024 draft class is the apparent lack of attention to good football character. Latham, Sweat, and Brownlee all came in with a level of entitlement and lacked accountability. Maybe it was an organizational culture issue. But the person responsible is not here anymore

He actually insinuated Ward's fault and it was an issue of the cadence and not practicing with the cadence. And yes of course, as you'd expect from a leader, Ward took up for him and said it was his fault for penalties.

Simmons clearly isnt a fan of Latham's habits and the way Latham basically implied that it was Ward's fault for his 4 false starts, Im not either.

It really seems like JC Latham is a bit of a problem. Simmons has been going at his approach to the game all season and Arden Key alluded to some young player behaviors that seems to be aimed at Latham

You still see it as a moral concept which tells me I should stop responding because you dont get it.

Its not about feeling good. Ward and the young guys have to learn how to win. You dont just show up and it happens. Winning cultures and programs win because they have an understanding of situational football understood across the team. They learn the importance of seconds it takes to execute a play, they learn how to fade the extra two yards on a route to ensure they get out of bounds, and they learn about each other and who is able to make certain plays when needed most. You guys do not understand the game if yiu think that losing out is a great thing. Yes I'd like the 1st pick because of the talent it could parlay but I also know we have the key to turning all this around on the team right now, and he and the young guys cannot get accustomed to losing and need to experience the grind it takes to win. Anything else is a true loser mentality-- and this fanbase is starting to adopt it by thinking any win is a bad thing. Pathetic

And this is why I cant get behind Sam Darnold. Situation has to be perfect for him to look good.

He's the type that leaves this season knowing that it literally cant get any worse and hes going to gain confidence because of knowing that endured

Ironically... Darnold is having one those "reveal the mask and oh its actually Sam Darnold" type of games right now.

Free agent WRs: Alec Pierce - Projected 4 year $88 million contract George Pickens - Projected 4 year $100 million Romeo Doubs - 3 year $50 million contract coming off a projected 63 rec, 800yd, 7td year. Those are your top options in free agency. Good talent but nothing stellar. And (as the two previous offseasons taught us) you have to overpay in free agency. I dont think of those receivers outside of maybe Pickens is beyond the level of Ridley. In the draft: Jordyn Tyson: Will go somewhere between 8-15. Carnell Tate: Will go somewhere between 8-20. Makai Lemon: Will go somewhere between 10-25. Where we are drafting and with our needs as they are, I cant see us using our first pick on a receiver. ---- At worst, I think Ridley is on our roster through until at least June when we know fully what we have on the roster.

Hey man its fine, im not emotional about it and im not a Ridley fan. Im just thinking about the longterm roster, and today I saw a team that didn't have any talent on the field when Ridley and Dike got hurt and when Ayomanor got banged up. We can't remove everyone-- we have to identify who gets to stay. Consider the source sure but lets think too.

Hes such a hard case to figure out. I have no idea if its a good idea to keep moving forward with him as the franchise QB or if you need to think of contingencies. And I say this as a Young fan.. he's the most inconsistent QB in the league