We could send Saleh a copy of the Peter Principle, which plays out so often in NFL coaching promotions. You know, where they are great at DC then fail at the overall job. The early game had the camera on Jack del Rio and the announcers were hyping a bid for him to go be HC somewhere. Talk about deja vu.
Ahem, as for Mullens and yer little dialogue with Mikey.
I thought he had made a step up and become confident two games ago. Thing is, he still has made some accurate, ultra-quick passes with success. He has a very fast release, almost like Rivers but not quite as weird looking, just watch the videos. But he has also had overthrows or anticipated poorly, resulting in picks or incompletions.
He is not the only thing wrong yesterday but he seems to be moving in the Jay Cutler mode of overall bad luck and lack of confidence causing young receivers to drop or tip what they do get. He doesn’t have the leadership of Jimmy, who we saw play some games once upon a time. He will probably have a few good games now that its meaningless. Losing Deebo early on spoiled what they really needed even though there were still some good exchanges with receivers. I didn’t understand underplaying Juschek last night unless it was Shanahan’s plan to use calculated misdirection or something.
So, no, I don’t think they should cut Jimmy to give Mullens his job. They should probably go shopping and Jimmy, Mullens and CJ should be on the block for the right price. Jimmy will likely never be healthy here anyway. And I stick to the memory of him just not getting it done either in the end. Mullens had one very good drive yesterday. That’s what I saw a few weeks ago. It’s just not enough.
Sad way to end a season yesterday. They are just spoilers now, most likely.
BTW, did you notice the amount of slipping and injuries yesterday? It reminded me of that first set of games in NY. Both teams lost guys yesterday.
