Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 17883039)

Cousins is smarter/higher football IQ than either Darnold/Purdy, but that's not surprising. Darnold has a better arm than the other two, Cousins has a better arm than Purdy, but my niece does too, so that's not saying that much.

Originally Posted by Pepe Silvia (Post 17883040)

I don't think I will ever get used to calling them the Commanders.

Originally Posted by dirk digler (Post 17883057)

I compare him to Cousins\Purdy..similar QB's like that in that you have to surround them with above -average\elite talent for them to be successful. Take that away then they suck kind of like Purdy did this year. We all lived this experience recently with Alex.

We definitely wouldn't be 15-1 with Darnold as our QB, probably more like 10-6 or worse.

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19 (Post 17883067)

So I’m just getting back into the thread and I’m sure someone has brought it up…. But Dan Campbell has to sit his guys tomorrow, yeah?

I know he won’t cause it would be the smart thing, but he should.

Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 17883017)

No, because Darnold is significantly more accurate downfield than Purdy. That's what you're missing.

Purdy's efficiency was completely supported by the fact that CMC is Marshall Fualk. A RB that can run the entire route tree, run option routes, hots, etc. And since he mostly lines up in the backfield or the slot, he's not coverable by any LB/S. So he's open immediately every single time, within 10 yds of the LoS.

Without CMC, Purdy had to try and force passes beyond the sticks, and every defense sat on the sticks this season when they figured out Purdy couldn't throw deeper with any consistency. Purdy is just a more durable version of Tua.


Darnold can throw accurately and with velocity much farther than Prudy, so he'd still be effective without JJ, just not quite as efficiently. But the plays would still be there, and Darnold could still make the throws.

Originally Posted by wazu (Post 17883072)

Literally just came here to pose the same question. That would be murderous for fantasy football.

Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 17883068)

Purdy is much more reliant on his surrounding talent than either Cousins or Darnold, imo. Darnold just needed good coaching, more than anything.

I mean, yeah, Darnold wouldn't have led KC to 15 Ws this season, but with Andy coaching him, manufacturing touches for Worthy, DHop, Travis and Hunt, he would've been able to do at least as well as Alex's 10 Ws/season, more than likely.