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The Random Thought Thread

redrum52 said:
Fun fact for those who haven't been to a game live... the higher up the better. You see everything and have much better perspective. Closer you are harder to tell on certain plays and once they cross areas. Can make it difficult to tell whats going on at times.
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Yeah, up high you definitely see plays develop and get better angles of view. Have to say though there’s no other experience like sitting in the end zone close to the field when the action is at your end. Hearing the pads and helmets hit, seeing how huge and fast the guys really are, having the action develop that close, gotta do it at least once. When they’re not at your end you’re pretty much watching the Jumbotron though.
 
Tank said:
Yeah, up high you definitely see plays develop and get better angles of view. Have to say though there’s no other experience like sitting in the end zone close to the field when the action is at your end. Hearing the pads and helmets hit, seeing how huge and fast the guys really are, having the action develop that close, gotta do it at least once. When they’re not at your end you’re pretty much watching the Jumbotron though.
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Want to do endzone one time but have to pick a game I think will be high scoring. As you said my biggest concern is I'm missing probably 75% live cause of position.
 
Dom McRaven said:
Yo @Sizzle , I'm STILL waiting for an explanation on the "Go Chargers" in your banner.
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Maybe he just really likes chargers.
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redrum52 said:
Fun fact for those who haven't been to a game live... the higher up the better. You see everything and have much better perspective. Closer you are harder to tell on certain plays and once they cross areas. Can make it difficult to tell whats going on at times.
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YES! You watch the jumbo tron the whole game when you sit low, you watch it live from up high, no matter the field placement related to your seats
 
None of our injured players from last season are playing and now injurpies are mounting again. My frustration is very high!
 
What’s stopping us from using duvernay the way the eagles and titans have used aj brown? Yeah duvernay isn’t posterizing at the catch point, but that’s not entirely brown either, vast majority of his game is slants, posts, overs, and other crossers where he gets the ball with momentum and picks up YAC. Like I get that Lamar isn’t the best at this and we have missed some YAC because of it, but we also havent seen it a ton, he scored on an over route and got 2 strong endzone targets so maybe he’s gonna be getting some different usage this year
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
What’s stopping us from using duvernay the way the eagles and titans have used aj brown? Yeah duvernay isn’t posterizing at the catch point, but that’s not entirely brown either, vast majority of his game is slants, posts, overs, and other crossers where he gets the ball with momentum and picks up YAC. Like I get that Lamar isn’t the best at this and we have missed some YAC because of it, but we also havent seen it a ton, he scored on an over route and got 2 strong endzone targets so maybe he’s gonna be getting some different usage this year
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Greg Roman?
 
I don't think there's any reason at all that we can't use Duvernay in at least the same role/capacity as the Redskins use Curtis Samuel
 
Sizzle said:
I don't think there's any reason at all that we can't use Duvernay in at least the same role/capacity as the Redskins use Curtis Samuel
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I don't think they're all that comparable in play style. Samuel has some great change of direction skills, while Duvernay is stiff and limited in that way. I think Duvernay plays a lot more physical than most people think. He's just not your twitched up slot guy but can still provide value in different ways. Kind of a unicorn of sorts.
 
All QBs lost to their former team in week one....

Joe Flacco lost to us
Baker lost to the Browns
Russell lost to Seattle
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
What’s stopping us from using duvernay the way the eagles and titans have used aj brown? Yeah duvernay isn’t posterizing at the catch point, but that’s not entirely brown either, vast majority of his game is slants, posts, overs, and other crossers where he gets the ball with momentum and picks up YAC. Like I get that Lamar isn’t the best at this and we have missed some YAC because of it, but we also havent seen it a ton, he scored on an over route and got 2 strong endzone targets so maybe he’s gonna be getting some different usage this year
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that is basically what duvernay's route tree is - will have to check on the all-22 to confirm of course when ive got time later in the week to focus on duv

the difference is the YAC element - duvernay, as we've talked about a bunch, is a linear athlete, so much of YAC is about fluid transition mechanics and flexible athleticism/agility which is where duvernay is somewhat lacking

i think what we're gonna see (and what we got a taste of on Sunday) is a lot more vertical output from Duv
 
rossihunter2 said:
that is basically what duvernay's route tree is - will have to check on the all-22 to confirm of course when ive got time later in the week to focus on duv

the difference is the YAC element - duvernay, as we've talked about a bunch, is a linear athlete, so much of YAC is about fluid transition mechanics and flexible athleticism/agility which is where duvernay is somewhat lacking

i think what we're gonna see (and what we got a taste of on Sunday) is a lot more vertical output from Duv
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I guess what I should say is why tf aren’t we hitting duvernay in space more?
 
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