ZagHawk":2ylr0v68 said:
I know it's early in the season (heck it hasn't even started), but I'm not seeing/feeling it. Training Camp lacked "energy". and PC's "always compete" mantra obviously no longer applied in preseason this year. The reason we were 8-0 in preseason was because he was "always competing". This year suddenly it's "glorified practice".
Are you kidding? One play goes the wrong way by a matter of inches (Pryor pick instead of TD) in a road game against a championship finalist team from last year, and you're ready to flush the whole thing down the toilet?
Then there's the other excellent chance to win the game, where Pryor's bad ball placement & pace resulted in a dropped sure TD pass.
So because one player, Terrelle Pryor is still learning how to throw receivers open with proper placement and touch, the whole training camp and preseason lack urgency and Pete's whole "always compete" program is suddenly in the toilet and the whole team lacks urgency? If they hadn't taken a flyer on Pryor (I'm a poet and didn't know it) and TJ or BJ had led Seattle's 3rd and 4th stringers to a win over Denver's 2nd stringers, would that suddenly validate Pete's entire program this year?
As other posters pointed out, one of Pete's goals in preseason is to put players in situations that show if and how they step up to a challenge, and where players need to grow. Winning meaningless preseason games is secondary.
Now Pryor has *two* potential game-deciding plays that didn't happen, and a loss, because of one area he needs to work on, ball placement/touch and throwing receivers open. Do you think this issue got his attention and he learned something he needs to focus on improving? Do you think the coaching staff will arrange some extra-extra opportunities for him to work on this specific skill? I sure do; it will get *massive* attention now, including from Pryor himself. And I bet we will see growth in Pryor's game there.
Pryor has been humbled as a man and an athlete for probably the first time in his life. Now he has to look inside and stop over-relying on athleticism and evolve as a thinking, skilled quarterback. Personally, I'm betting on Pryor doing the work and growing and being on the team this year. In future years, he could even wind up being our potential dynasty's Steve Young.
(Poster reaches out and grabs baby from bathwater before dirty water gets tossed out the 2nd story window.)