Hi All - longtime lurker on these message boards, finally decided to join on the fun here!
As an observer, I’ve noticed this board has your typical trolls, typical die hard but always negative fans and then the optimistic folks! Count me in the optimistic group. Here are just a few of my team observations...
1 - this team was historically bad just before the 2019 draft. Reason why the Cards were selecting #1. The roster has been baron the past 2 years. Drafting aside from Kyler as been atrocious.
2 - This isn’t some Mahomes or Lamar situation where Kyler was walking into a ready made team. Heck, not even a Drew Lock situation w a ready made defense and significant offensive pieces in play. In 2019, you had Kyler and maybe 3-5 quality starters in total out of the 22.
3 - Kingsbury might be the worse coach in the NFL. Not only awful in situational coaching but also playcalling. Still trying to figure out what he’s doing have Hopkins on one side of the field running the same or similar 8 yards or less route 99% of the snaps. If you watched Kyler in college accuracy and deep ball accuracy were some of his + traits.
4 - Forget PFF, as a Colts fan first seeing Luck get obliterated.. this offensive line was worse. Kylers legs saved it from being in my opinion the worse in the NFL.
5 - weapons outside of Hopkins? Forget. Kirk is a 4th at best, Isabella won’t be on a roster in a few years. Fitz, we all love him but he was 37? No speed or separation. Excited to see AJ and Rondale. I actually liked Arnold, he was a work in progress, too many drops but smooth. Would be awesome to get Hayden Hurst. Conner is an upgrade over Drake for sure. Take away the Dallas garbage yards he accumulated and he was more than awful last year.
6 - can you name a team in the NFL that upgraded more starting positions this year? I am counting Chandler Jones as well as Simmons.
As an observer, I’ve noticed this board has your typical trolls, typical die hard but always negative fans and then the optimistic folks! Count me in the optimistic group. Here are just a few of my team observations...
1 - this team was historically bad just before the 2019 draft. Reason why the Cards were selecting #1. The roster has been baron the past 2 years. Drafting aside from Kyler as been atrocious.
2 - This isn’t some Mahomes or Lamar situation where Kyler was walking into a ready made team. Heck, not even a Drew Lock situation w a ready made defense and significant offensive pieces in play. In 2019, you had Kyler and maybe 3-5 quality starters in total out of the 22.
3 - Kingsbury might be the worse coach in the NFL. Not only awful in situational coaching but also playcalling. Still trying to figure out what he’s doing have Hopkins on one side of the field running the same or similar 8 yards or less route 99% of the snaps. If you watched Kyler in college accuracy and deep ball accuracy were some of his + traits.
4 - Forget PFF, as a Colts fan first seeing Luck get obliterated.. this offensive line was worse. Kylers legs saved it from being in my opinion the worse in the NFL.
5 - weapons outside of Hopkins? Forget. Kirk is a 4th at best, Isabella won’t be on a roster in a few years. Fitz, we all love him but he was 37? No speed or separation. Excited to see AJ and Rondale. I actually liked Arnold, he was a work in progress, too many drops but smooth. Would be awesome to get Hayden Hurst. Conner is an upgrade over Drake for sure. Take away the Dallas garbage yards he accumulated and he was more than awful last year.
6 - can you name a team in the NFL that upgraded more starting positions this year? I am counting Chandler Jones as well as Simmons.