There are two posters in here who are miserable right now as their narrative looks like a flaming bag of crap.
CJ Stroud heard me and locked himself in that room spamming his old highlights (Watt mentioned this on the broadcast). Well done. Old CJ was back when he zipped a pass to Dalton between two defenders early in the 1st.
This stuff was all over his tape the first few weeks. He had incompetence from play calling, probably a lack of confidence with the new system, and poor playmaking execution which made it much worse than what it actually was. Guy is a stud. He just needs competence around him.
Im glad I saw that anticipation, accuracy, and confidence back. Great game...just dont come out of the bye flat.
Right. This week was much better tape than the first couple games and 3 quarters of the Titans game. Hope his confidence is high and keeps building
Even before Ravens game, CJ had a very sneaky career high completion percentage 67.5%. Above league average for once, instead of below it. All the other rate stats look similar to last season honestly, but that's showing that there's at SOME improvement in new scheme. A lot was made about CJ rookie season having very few INT's. But I don't think "safe secure ball control" is truly his style. He needs time in pocket to let deeper plays develop to put pressure on the D, then spread it around accurately. CJ developing into a quicker thrower is maybe a little tougher adjustment to make. But that seems to be coming around
I think his willingness to throw the check down these last 2 weeks has unlocked this offense. It boosts his completions, makes for shorter down to go distance, and protects against a poor OLine. He’s killing it.
He seems to be getting better at calling protections. Caley's play calling looks to be about the same. I'm hoping these last 2 games aren't a case of facing the worst team in the NFL and the Ravens JV team.
Seattle has a good team and will be desperate for a win. Should be a good game particularly playing in tthat loud Seahawks stadium. A real test.
Every QB would be successful with plenty of time to sit back and let routes develop. CJ needs to get rid of the ball quicker and make faster decisions on where to go with the ball when under pressure. He looked to be improving in this regard against the Titans. This week wasn't really a test of him getting rid of the ball quicker IMHO.
