Let’s hear it! Give me your most unpopular opinions so far this season. I know this sub can be a hive mind echo chamber sometimes where people all arrive at certain assumptions and conclusions based on small sample sizes or bias’.
Here’s a few of my unpopular (to this sub) takes:
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RBs aren’t a “luxury” pick in the first round of the draft, you just have to accept that the pick won’t be as “long term” as other positions. Drafting guys like CMC, Travis ETN, Bijan, etc. aren’t “wastes” or “luxuries”. Those guys can really aid an offense, especially in the current era where we’re coming back around to ground attacks. The big issue is the second contract, but you’ll still have a stud weapon on the cheap for 4-5 years. More specially, I don’t see anything wrong with the Gibbs pick. People think he’s a bust or a waste bc he hasn’t been a 20-25 touch guy 6 games into his career… I think he can be a huge contributor for them for 4 seasons or so. If he helps them in big playoff games, then the pick is worth it, even if he’s not a guy who’s around for 6-10 seasons.
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A QBs ability to process info and remained poised is far more important than athletic ability. Everyone is looking for the shiny athlete like Josh Allen or Lamar, but honestly guys like Brock Purdy, Kirk, Goff, etc. are way more attainable and way safer. They can process info and deliver accurate passes. Obviously the gold standard is a freak athlete who’s an elite processor, but I think some teams try to find the athletes first then try to teach the mental aspect. While it’s true that you can’t teach athletic ability like Fields has, or the arm talent Wilson has, it’s not so easy to teach the mental component either.
What’re your guys’ hot takes and unpopular opinions?
I very much agree, a lot of people act like Reid and Alex Smith are big reasons Mahomes is as good as he is. But if you breakdown how he played in 2018, it matched up pretty closely to his college tape.
He was making a lot of the same type of decisions and had the same footwork and throwing mechanics. He did eventually get better footwork and smarter with his decision making, but he was basically the same exact player in 2018 as he was in college in 2016. He came right into the league and played like his college self to an MVP.
I will say that a better coach and org can help give a better opportunity to players to show their stuff, but at the end of the day these guys either have it or not. And at the end of the day, it was said once before by a former player under Reid. He doesn't like to try to "develop" players. He takes what strengths they have and does his best to help maximize them. And that's worked out pretty well for him.