It is cut day in the NFL as the rosters trim to 53. I won’t go into all of the teams, but I will talk about some that have me interested in learning more. The Jets traded Bridgewater in order to make space for the QB of the future. The USC product Sam Darnold has no future in my book. He’s a limited game manager who strongly leans to one side of the field for completions. Can he get better? Yes. Will he behind this line and this offense? No. He’s headed for Paxton Lynch land. More specifically, he is headed towards failure in slow motion.
Jets be damned. I’m a Giants fan first. After watching all of the pre-season work I have the answer to the Davis Webb question. No. That is not the guy up next. In fact, he just got cut. This means the Giants will be looking for a QB either through free agency or, more likely, through the draft process next year. They need someone to push the new kid for a roster spot just like the new kid pushed Webb off the roster.
Actually, Webb pushed himself. He was inaccurate in pre-season and while the new line isn’t as strong as we all would hope, they protected him long enough to deliver good throws. However, no good throws emerged. With any luck he will survive cuts and reemerge on the practice squad with the humility to play harder and earn his starting nod. What a storyline that would be.
The NFL is all stories and youth football tries to model itself in that vein. I say this because I just became aware of a secret meeting of coaches in the cadet ranks where my youngest plays. The idea of the meeting was to review film of a game against my son’s team and for the coaches to come together to find a way to stop their offense. They supposedly met for six hours with the top coaching staffs in the division working together to learn how to beat us. This is too much. This is hilarity. Hopefully it doesn’t work, because now we are in a sense the underdogs and that, my readers, is a story.
Some Thoughts:
- Youth football is barely noteworthy, but I am pleased to see my boys winning games. 2-0 and 1-0 respectively and they still have so much to learn. It is a happy Sunday when you win Saturday. Of course, they are kids so the losing only sticks for a hot second.