Three Things We Actually Learned From Week 1 Of The NFL Preseason
The first week of the NFL Preseason is in the books, and as expected, it fucking sucked. I'm still going to watch every snap because it's football but the product is absolute dog shit. However, it does give us a little inside scoop on what to expect from some rookie Quarterbacks, and other position group battles heading into the regular season.
1. Anthony Richardson Is Going To Give Us A Fair Share Of Highlights And Lowlights
As a Florida fan, I saw this coming. Anthony Richardson is going to be terrible this year, but I believe he can be a top 10 QB in 2-3 years. It's not a talent issue for Richardson it's his consistency, especially his accuracy. Every time he dropped back to pass I could feel my asshole get tighter and tighter. It was either a 60 yard absolute dime or he was sailing a 5 yard slant 15 yards over his wide receivers head. Ironically, he did both in his first preseason start.
Being inaccurate isn't something you can fix overnight. It's going to take some time. But once it clicks watch out because this kid has every tool in his arsenal. I'm not going to write off AR15 just yet. Give him 2-3 years and if he can't throw a 5 yard slant by then, then by all means, feel free to write him off.
2. Pray For Bryce Young
I'm a HUGE Bryce Young guy. I think he can be one of the best QB's in the league. But he has no chance in hell if his offensive line plays like this every week. To be fair, the Jets have one of the best defensive lines in the league, but they got fucking manhandled. There was some light in the darkness though. Just like in college, regardless of how good or bad his protection was, Bryce looked calm and collected. Hopefully he can remain that calm over the course of the season, but there's only so many hits a 5'10 205 pound QB can take in the NFL.
3. The Dolphins are FUCKED if they lose any more starters.
It's just the preseason so I'm trying not to overreact but what I saw on Friday Night was fucking embarrassing. Our back up offensive line is the biggest piece of dog shit I've seen. I'd rather have Frank The Tank out there. No one can block. If any of our starting 5 guys outside of Liam Eichentrash get hurt, we're fucked.
In addition to the absolute piece of shit performance from the o-line, our back up QB's were just as bad. If you look at the box score you'll see the Dolphins dominated Atlanta in every single category except for one, turnovers. We had 4 turnovers, Atlanta had none, that's how you lose a game 19-3. Mike White, and Skylar Thompson both played like shit.
I'm not trying to sound like an asshole here, I just love this fucking team and they need to be held to a higher standard. The backup quarterback play was putrid. Last year we had a revolving door at QB. I think we had 5 games where the QB who started that game didn't finish it, which is one of the reason why we started 8-3 and finished 9-8. If Tua doesn't play all 17 games I might call up my boys and play a friendly game of Russian roulette. I can't take another 9-8 season where we squeak into the playoffs and lose. I won't stand for it anymore. This is our year.