Originally posted by mayo49:
Originally posted by tankle104:
Originally posted by Bloodless:
I think it's becoming pretty clear now that they no longer think very highly of Trey's abilities. I have said this before but I think they were disappointed with what they got after he was drafted. During his first year, he looked terrible and like a complete project. They expected him to come into his second year improved but I think he might have even looked worse based on reports. People keep trying to say we do not know because he hasn't played but they have seen him in practice for over a year and a half. They are not going to keep paying a guy a bunch of money yearly who looks just awful, regardless of what they gave up to acquire him. I would probably keep him for another year and see if he shows improvement from the bench. But would not be surprised if they just ripped the bandaid off.
Exactly, it isn't just his lack of play, he is going into year thrrr and still a complete project. There isn't one piece of playing QB that any of us can say he's really good at. That's extremely concerning.
it's also very telling of how he's looked around the coaches for two years that they aren't in a rush to get him on the field.
i genuinely don't know why some think he's going to magically become amazing at playing qb because of physical tools? He couldn't even muster of his "amazing" physical talents to beat the lowly bears because of some rain. Of course the rain didn't stop fields, he managed to put up more than 10 on the best defense in the nfl.
he may be unknown but what is known is that he is a complete project after two years.
They just have been waiting so long, be it the injuries, slowing his development or Brock getting the call and them basically coming to the realization that it's just not in the cards for him, here anymore.
I think what Trey needs is to play a lot and it not really matter. He isn't going to get that here. We NEED and EXPECT to win. He needs a lot of just playing to figure it all out. It's hard enough to learn how to play QB in
this league but to do it while you mentally need to be good enough to compete for a chip, he's just too far from that. He first needs to figure out how to operate an offense efficiently. Then he needs to improve upon that.
i personally would guess that the fact he can't operate the offense efficiently, as a whole, in practice/camp/few games he's played - is a big reason why they're frustrated with him.
if you go back and dissect his three starts, the offense was super boom or bust, very clunky. He doesn't have the little things down. He needs to play a lot more to get that, especially since he's barely played football (relatively) in his life. To be handed a championship caliber roster and expected to operate a very complex offense after playing 30 games in your life (highschool varsity+college (FCS)+NFL) is ridiculous to me. I really don't know what the hell the team was thinking. I guess they thought he was further along, not sure why though. He needs to play on a mediocre team without super bowl aspirations for the next 2-3 years. Then you can find out what he really is.
the good news is that a team like the falcons or Texans can offer him that. He is also still really young. So what I'm saying is far fetched. He just needs a situation with no expectations to develop him. I still doubt he becomes a superstar, especially if they insist on running him a lot, but he can figure out how to play QB. By the time they build the roster around him, he should be like a dak caliber player.
[ Edited by tankle104 on Apr 19, 2023 at 3:23 PM ]
