Jonathan Rand needs to just say no

by bigbearomaha on Dec 20, 2007 10:37 AM CST

I just read his article on Croyle and whether he is a success or not.

His biggest criticisms are on Croyle's decision making abilities and behavior on the field.

Last time I checked, Croyle makes no play decisions on the filed. He does what he is told. They ( the OC and Herm ) decide what he will do, not Croyle. Which, if the play is a success, well then he looks ok and the coaches are gods for the playcalling, but it leaves Croyle without playcalling and decision making experience.

If the play fails, well, Herm says it's the players fault for not playing up to snuff. Never mind that it was the wrong play to send in for the situation and Croyle takes the fall for something that shouldn't have happened. NOw, if Croyle fumbles or falters then of course, it is his fault. or if the receivers drop it, don't run routes correctly, etc, etc... it is part their fault for not doing what they are paid to do and performing as expected. again, provided the play was the correct play to send in in the first place and Croyle still gains no experience on decision making on the field.

If you want to find out how well a QB thinks on his feet in a game, you have to let him off the leash.

Herm has made it obvious, he isn't ready to do that, so any assessments of Croyles abilities are incomplete until he starts doing so.

The kid has demonstrated a calm demeanor,, seems to be pretty unshakable from the video footage I've seen. What he needs is experience.

It is way to soon to be talking stud or dud on Croyle it is only fair to give him at least one full season if not two to see how he builds himself up.

Plus, it never hurts to give him some help on the field.

Big Bear

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i largely agree

to me, it is obvious brodie has the arm to succeed in the NFL. his decision making will take some time to develop, and as you mentioned, he is simply not being allowed to process that side of the game under the leadership of solari and qb coach dick curl. in an improvement over the preseason, brodie croyle has not proven in his playing time recently that he either deserves or does not deserve the shot at a full season as starter. we are stuck in wait and see mode, while we attempt to rebuild an offensive line.

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything (65949) on Dec 20, 2007 5:40 PM CST reply actions

Croyle

Alot of the problem now is that with no O-line, they're stuck doing quick 2 and 3 step drops where the play is designed to go to one receiver and he doesn't have to go through the reads.

The times he has had to go through the progression, I thought he did pretty well for the most part. There were a few times where he double clutched a bit, but most of the time he has been decisive and gotten it out.

He has shown some good judgment on knowing when a play is a bust and just getting rid of it too. I can think of a play against the Raiders that was meant to be a screen but the RB got taken out so Croyle threw it out of bounds instead of forcing it to his guy or just holding it and getting sacked. Then the play last week where TG was the only receiver and was covered by 4 guys. Croyle looked for 2 seconds then threw it out the end zone.

Even the interceptions last weekk weren't so much bad judgment as the defensive guys making a good play.

I'm encouraged more by Croyle every week. I can't wait to see him when his receivers can catch the ball and his line can block for him.

Pretty much the only thing that is keeping him a question mark in peoples mind I think is that the team hasn't won yet with him as the QB. But afterall, that's what the QBs main job is. Win the game.

by DJ @ Arrowhead Pride on Dec 20, 2007 8:21 PM CST reply actions