Week 5 positives thread

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If you're still feeling the heat of this loss and want to rile up any inflammatory remarks, there's a vent thread for that

I know this loss stings but let's look on some positives:

Gurley has shown some flashes that he's capable of playing like his 2017/18 self. Looks like we're definitely saving him for late into the season when our playbook is gonna look more dynamic. He's also made some great key blocks in pass protection.

Goff has mostly made some big boy throws and for the most part shown he's capable of being a lethal passer under a relatively clean pocket. That slide to the left under pressure in the final minutes of the 4th to avoid a sack was phenomenal to witness, would've been perfect had he made that made the read to throw to an open Higbee; hope to see more movement inside the pocket as he continues his growth.

Biggest positive for the night to me is the use of 12-personnel sets; it looks like it's still working out a few wrinkles but Everett aside from a missed crucial catch on the 2nd to last offensive drive looked excellent tonight. I look forward to seeing him settle more into this offense and will add a lot of dynamism to our playbook, especially if he gets the blocking assignments down. Higbee has shown why he got a paid, his familiarity with the offense adds value beyond his blocking and receiving skills.

Lastly, it's only week 5; great teams losing early in the season have time to learn from their mistakes as they head into the postseason. McVay has the mentality to adapt when things aren't working as shown with the adjustments above. Let's beat the Whiners next Sunday and put this game aside!

Also, gonna stick to #81's nickname as Mt. Everett from now on, this dude is YAC porn

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Tough loss....but I've been waiting for us to use our TEs like this, and finally we see how explosive they can be for us... Everett really had a break out game... we have 2 really solid TEs and if we use them, we can go a long way..

we played tough from the end of the 2nd quarter on....

still feel really positive about this team..

Reeder played pretty well...he played a lot...and for an undrafted guy who finished at Delaware..he's got plenty of upside..


but I would love to see Natrez Patrick get some run at ILB for us...to me his skill set just adds something we dont' have with Hager and Reeder.... and even Travin Howard too..

but overall...really disappointed we didn't pull it off, but we showed some good signs in this game
 
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Positives:

1) Goff looked like a very capable QB. Not sure the OL or receivers helped him as best as they could. How many passes did the Hawks drop anyone?

2) The D line came out fire for the first three series. After that not so much. Keep up that mindset.

3) That's all I have. Should have been a W. No excuses.
 
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Maybe true if he doesn't flub a 3rd and 10 perfect pass into a late game Interception.
Hero to goat in 1 play .
 
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yrba1 said:
If you're still feeling the heat of this loss and want to rile up any inflammatory remarks, there's a vent thread for that

I know this loss stings but let's look on some positives:

Gurley has shown some flashes that he's capable of playing like his 2017/18 self. Looks like we're definitely saving him for late into the season when our playbook is gonna look more dynamic. He's also made some great key blocks in pass protection.

Goff has mostly made some big boy throws and for the most part shown he's capable of being a lethal passer under a relatively clean pocket. That slide to the left under pressure in the final minutes of the 4th to avoid a sack was phenomenal to witness, would've been perfect had he made that made the read to throw to an open Higbee; hope to see more movement inside the pocket as he continues his growth.

Biggest positive for the night to me is the use of 12-personnel sets; it looks like it's still working out a few wrinkles but Everett aside from a missed crucial catch on the 2nd to last offensive drive looked excellent tonight. I look forward to seeing him settle more into this offense and will add a lot of dynamism to our playbook, especially if he gets the blocking assignments down. Higbee has shown why he got a paid, his familiarity with the offense adds value beyond his blocking and receiving skills.

Lastly, it's only week 5; great teams losing early in the season have time to learn from their mistakes as they head into the postseason. McVay has the mentality to adapt when things aren't working as shown with the adjustments above. Let's beat the Whiners next Sunday and put this game aside!

Also, gonna stick to #81's nickname as Mt. Everett from now on, this dude is YAC porn

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OMG you did it! MT. Everett everyone! Bow down at it's mighty glory........(Ignore the drop for INT for a sec and stand in awe!) Love me some Everett...minus one play!

That 12 personnel set was the bee's knees. The LB's looked like a cub scout in the Sahara! Gurley had room and Goff had time. McVay make this a TREND!

That pocket movement was so epic by JG. I didn't even mind the miss read!
 
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Im not a fan of the thinking "we're saving players/plays for late in the season". There is no guarantee we even have a chance late in the season if we keep losing.

But to some positives... Everett should have been paid instead of Higbee. Everett has arrived and proved he Will make you pay if you dont double team him to take him down.

Our run D might not have looked good defending the run, but we were basically defending 2 runners., wilson and carson or penny, on every down. Wilson was running for his life on 98% of his drop backs, unfortunately the right side was wide open many times, leaving him room. The dude is an abomination at QB and no other QB, besides Mahomes, can do what he does. Not even close.

We played man better and Robey was back to his old self rather than in tampa where he got his ass handed to him.

I really REALLY fucking hate losing to schotty amd the shecocks, but hiw we played tonight, 4 days removed from that shit show in LA is impressive.
 
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McVay actually used 12 personnel to get the run game going. We need to abandon our outside zone running against the 6 man fronts, this was an overdue adjustment.

Goff made some big throws late and it should have been enough to win. And he also didn't fumble today which we haven't seen in forever so like the improvement.

Cooper Kupp is one of the best WRs in the NFL. 100catches for 1,300 and 10TDs incoming.

I thought the o line played better today, not good but better.

Everett needs to get 7-10 targets a game, he makes too much of an impact not touch the ball more.
 
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Gonna get Rapp back, our defense is a lot better with him in there although I have to say Reeder played damn well for a big dude might be something to him. He had good coverage on that one pass, just an insane throw by the QB.

Call me crazy but I like this team to make a run still. Just would be nice if we could get LONG to push Peters out at CB. Adding some consistency in zone would be nice with the handoffs and whatnot, way too much space tonight at times not to mention the blown coverage on the long TD (could have been either Peters or JJ, suspect JJ but who knows).

Just a few adjustments/improvements and this team could really be something.
 
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Understandable, but considering he got more looks in these last 2 games than he has in almost 2 seasons prior, I'll give him a pass. Kupp has missed quite a few key drops, but i dont think anyone is going to question his hands.
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Oh I'm giving him a pass too. Everett is one of my favorites. Love Mt. Everett. But we are all gonna focus on the drop INT that nearly was the reason we lost rather that the drop on 1st down by kupp that simply made it 2nd down. That's all i'm saying. Everett has a future in Horns
 
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Oh I'm giving him a pass too. Everett is one of my favorites. Love Mt. Everett. But we are all gonna focus on the drop INT that nearly was the reason we lost rather that the drop on 1st down by kupp that simply made it 2nd down. That's all i'm saying. Everett has a future in Horns
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No im talking about Kupp missing a beautiful pass in the endzone that absolutely cost us the game in 2017 against the hawks. Kupp's rookie year was filled with amazing catches, but he dropped quite a few 3rd downs and td passes as well.
 
The second half of the game really made me feel more comfortable than I've felt thus far this season. Tough loss, but I very much liked what I saw in that second half, much better. If we can build off that second half next week, I like our chances going forward much more.
 
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No im talking about Kupp missing a beautiful pass in the endzone that absolutely cost us the game in 2017 against the hawks. Kupp's ROOKIE year was filled with amazing catches, but he dropped quite a few 3rd downs and td passes as well.
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Rookie year sounds like a reason for forgiveness and hope to me. It's year 3 for Everett. Thats why I compared it to the 1st down drop instead. Because another incredible talent in year 3 also dropped a pass on that play.
 
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