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?
Mine is about penalties. I don’t think you should throw a flag on something that doesn’t effect the play. So that DPI in the browns-colts game, the holding in the rams-bengals and the chiefs-eagles Super Bowl, the OPI in the Vikings-9ers, etc.
The game should be focused on the play between the players and flags should only be for egregious violations and should be dictated by the game. Moments like the helmet catch don’t happen if they just throw offsetting flags for holding and DPI. And I think we are losing moments like that to penalties and moments like that are important
This got debated after the SB but I've always been of the mindset that you don't change how you call penalties late in the game. If the refs have been letting small stuff go all game between DBs and WRs, they shouldn't all the sudden start calling it all in the 4th. They set the precedent for what they will and won't call in that game. If they don't want that stuff happening late in the game, flag them early to set the tone on what will be allowed.
Which is as valid as anything, especially in holding calls. But like the back and forth commies-eagles game last year was decided by a penalty and there was no way to call that penalty at all in the game prior to that point. It was a drawn penalty and another point in a worrying pattern of reliance on penalties over play.
My point, though probably not properly communicated, is that I believe penalties need a change in philosophy for the health of the game. In my opinion, there should be a higher standard for assigning penalties for non-safety issues.