Analysis Week 15 Post-game AMA: The Backup Show (2 Viewers)

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Rattler - showed his poise and potential. I do feel a healthy Carr gives us our best chance to win but from what you know right now (draft excluded), what would be your thinking moving into 2025 offseason. One more year of tutelage or move into the future?

Miller - what's your take on why he was overlooked under DA? Late to meetings? Bad attitude? He runs with violence and can keep AK around longer if he keeps playing like this.

Secondary - outside of Alonte, who is your pick to be the lead voice in the secondary With Lattimore in DC and Mathieu getting closer to the finish line?
 
DarkBuddha said:
Rattler - showed his poise and potential. I do feel a healthy Carr gives us our best chance to win but from what you know right now (draft excluded), what would be your thinking moving into 2025 offseason. One more year of tutelage or move into the future?

Miller - what's your take on why he was overlooked under DA? Late to meetings? Bad attitude? He runs with violence and can keep AK around longer if he keeps playing like this.

Secondary - outside of Alonte, who is your pick to be the lead voice in the secondary With Lattimore in DC and Mathieu getting closer to the finish line?
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I think you gotta keep Carr around unless you really just wanna clear the cap. The efficiency gap between him and Rattler is still massive. Not saying Rattler won't be improved next year, but at the very least you need to have some insurance - and Carr is a starter-caliber insurance policy, even if you are opening up the competition.

With Miller I think his biggest issue is/was health, to be honest. I've loved him since he was in college and he can be a perfect compliment to Kamara and give us that two-headed monster we haven't had since Ingram or Murray.

With the DBs I've really liked Will Harris's play. He's performed beyond my expectations for the most part. And Adebo is still in the building for now - this was a down year by his standards, but all of his other seasons have been pretty stellar. So some of it will come down to what they decide to do with him (he is in a contract year IIRC).
 
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How do you think the decision to start Haener was made?

They've seen them both all year in practice, seen Rattler start a few games, seen Haener a little bit in real games

You'd have to think they saw something to give Jake the nod

Was it simply we started Rattler before now it's Haener's turn?

Or if, they did see enough of Haener to legit name him the starter but did the pressure of the start get to Haener?
 
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What’s up with the OL? The starters are finally playing, but the QBs are still running for their lives, and the RBs aren’t finding much running space.
 
SWJJ said:
Do you agree with the decision to go for 2 at the end?
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Yeah, I do. In this situation where you're more or less playing for pride, why not roll the dice and take some risks? What do you have to lose? It also gives Rattler and the other guys a chance to make a play and maybe spark something positive that carries over beyond this one game.
 
Optimus Prime said:
How do you think the decision to start Haener was made?

They've seen them both all year in practice, seen Rattler start a few games, seen Haener a little bit in real games

You'd have to think they saw something to give Jake the nod

Was it simply we started Rattler before now it's Haener's turn?

Or if, they did see enough of Haener to legit name him the starter did the pressure of the start get to Haener?
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I'm sure it was that they were running pretty even and by all accounts Haener has looked solid in practice. I think I mentioned in the last AMA that I was slightly in favor of giving the start to Haener. Rattler got the start when Carr went down earlier in the season and struggled quite a bit (he's a rookie, it's understandable). I was of the feeling that Haener has been kind of overlooked to this point and there was no harm in starting him.

While I wasn't surprised to see Rattler come off the bench and outperform Haener, the way he did it was not what I expected. The entire first half, Haener's pocket presence was completely out of wack. He looked like a guy who had worked with one of those million-dollar QB gurus and gone against cones and broomsticks and swiss balls but had very little natural instinct for how to navigate pressure. On a number of plays, it seemed like he would get off his spot based purely on time (like there was a literal alarm clock in his head) and he'd climb right up into a sack. Or instead of stepping or sliding just a little to change the rush angle and help out his blockers, he'd sprint up or left or right and he really just engineered a lot of goofy sacks during that first half.

By contrast, Rattler looked very natural and aware (though not perfect) in the pocket--and the times where maybe he was a little off he still got rid of the ball quickly and with intention. Maybe it can all be chalked up to first-start jitters with Haener and the relative low-pressure ease of coming off the bench for Rattler. But the side-by-side comparison definitely showcased the most contrast I've seen between them this year.
 
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AARPSaint said:
What’s up with the OL? The starters are finally playing, but the QBs are still running for their lives, and the RBs aren’t finding much running space.
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If you're talking about the first half I'm putting that way more on Haener than the OL. As far as the running game - Miller found pretty good purchase, and a lot of the anemic ground attack in the first half can probably be attribute to Haener not getting the passing game in sync.
 
maddog said:
I feel like this years QB draft class is weak. Can you compare Rattler to this years class?
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Ah it's hard to place him exactly, but no matter which class you're comparing him to he does have some very NFL-quality arm talent, poise, and athleticism. The weird thing about this past draft was there were 6 QBs taken in the first round and then 0 in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. That's unprecedented. IIRC Rattler was the 7th taken. I think this year he'd be in the top 5 and probably go in the 2nd or 3rd round.
 
SWJJ said:
Do you agree with the decision to go for 2 at the end?
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I'd like to hear Dan's thoughts on this too, but I like it.

I hear the arguments regarding momentum we had, having outscored Wash 19-6 in the 2nd half, with Rattler sparking, etc... as justification to kick the extra point and take it to OT. I hear those arguments...I acknowledge the validity of those arguments. But I think those arguments are the very reason to go for the 2 point conversion and take the win right then and there. When your boot is on your opponents throat as time expires....you go for the kill shot. JMO...
 
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TCUDan said:
Yeah, I do. In this situation where you're more or less playing for pride, why not roll the dice and take some risks? What do you have to lose? It also gives Rattler and the other guys a chance to make a play and maybe spark something positive that carries over beyond this one game.
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Hindsight is 20/20 and all, but what did you think of the play call for the 2-point conversion?


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