Curious, seems to me his record is 2-3 and Jacoby is 1-2
I don’t think they lost 3 games because of him
He had 3 dropped passes in Frisco any of which wins the game, the TN game is not on him, center and right guard screwed up on the play he got hurt
It is just an Arizona thing to hate on certain players
I'll go into depth. My main issue: Kyler will not deliver a throw if it means he has to take a hit. This results in:
1. Sitdown sacks, sitting down to avoid the hit.
2. Bailing out of the pocket before the route develops, usually to throw a checkdown or rush for 0-4 yards.
3. Early checkdowns.
All of these kill drives, his aversion to contact is ultimately at the heart of every subsequent complaint I have against Kyler. Jacoby has delivered several strikes where he has gotten hit right as the ball left his hands, usually for big gains. Kyler doesnt throw those passes, he has never thrown those passes at any point in his career. If there is interior pressure he flees.
Kyler's penchant for leaving the pocket/breaking the play also messes up the timing of our pass plays. It turns an NFL offense into backyard football. You will notice that often our WRs are turning around and waiting for the ball, instead of Kyler hitting them on the move. This severely limits potential for yards after the catch and makes its much easier for DBs to break up. This wasn't as much of an issue when he had prime Deandre Hopkins, a top 3 all time contested catch WR.
My biggest issue is Kyler's inability to throw with timing over the middle. I'm not sure there's a single reason for him not being able to do this consistently. Its probably a combination of his height blocking his vision and his pocketphobia messing up the timing. Either way he sucks at these throws. He usually throw them late, or straight to the linebacker. It wasn't as much of an issue against single high safety looks, which were popular in the 2010s-21. Back then Kliff ran a successful offense with Kyler rarely being asked to throw over the middle.
This brings us to his downfall. I think it's no coincidence that Kyler started performing terribly in 2022, the year that the majority of NFL defenses adopted two high safety looks. Timing routes over the middle are the easiest way to exploit two high safety looks. During his tenure Kliff had built a system that was perfect for Kyler's unique skillset, and had massive success in 2020-2021. But it had no answers for the new defensive meta in 2022. This is because the answers are throws Kyler struggles to make. Kyler's continued inability to make these throws has made our offense
unpleasant ever since. Almost every drive has looked difficult, and its because our OCs have been working one with hand tied behind their back. It's even worse now that we have MHJ, whose claim to fame in college was timing routes over the middle. Kyler has never come close to being the QB he was in 2021 or before, not because he has changed, but because defenses have changed.
We had hoped that he could learn to do the throws he struggled with in the past with Petzing. That maybe Kliffs offense had stymied his development by not properly challenging him. Nope, Kyler has not conquered his weaknesses, and now his fans are clamoring for an OC that will "adapt to his skillset". IMO the main way to adapt to Kyler's skillset in the modern NFL is to build a power run team and have Kyler throw as little as possible. This is what Canales is currently doing with Bryce Young. It sort of worked last year, this year the OL took a step back and our RBs got hurt.
My last issue, he has become a coward. In 2021 and before I used to think that Kyler's main issue was that he was always hunting for the big play, never taking the easy yards. He was always throwing a go ball on 3rd and 3 if he saw he had one on one coverage on the outside. Apparently someone in Kyler's life has pointed this out, because he has massively overcorrected. Since his ACL tear Kyler has become the biggest checkdown merchant in the NFL, second only to the Saints version of Derek Carr. So many stupid checkdown passes to the RBs for 0-3 yard gain. He threw 7 of them against the Titans, 5 against the Seahawks, 7 against the 49ers. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. You don't get that many drives in an NFL game, and these plays so inefficient.
Something I almost forgot, checking out of pass plays on 3rd and long. If you have the volume on wait for 3rd and 10+ you will hear Kyler scream "KILL KILL KILL" at the LOS at some point. This means he's changed the original play call. What do you think he's changed it to? RB draw up the middle. Its so cowardly.
