Originally posted by jcs:
Originally posted by captveg:
Originally posted by Ensatsu:
I'm evaluating all of the players that they have picked. And I see guys like McKinnon out there missing out on blocking assignments. Makes me wonder why the heck we even gave him that contract.
Kyle didn't give this McKinnon that contract. This post-injury McKinnon isn't even *playing* on that contract.
The McKinnon he gave that contract to disappeared in the last week of preseason 2018. The only reason McKinnon is here and playing as much as he is is because he signed for the vet minimum this offseason and then Mostert, Coleman, Wilson and now Hasty all got injured.
Do you honestly think Kyle would be playing McKinnon as much as he has lately if Mostert and Coleman were healthy and available?
So you're saying he's stubbornly kept McKinnon 3 years too long.
I'm saying it was worth bringing back McKinnon post injury recovery for one year at the vet minimum as the 3rd-5th string RB to see if he had anything left to contribute. After the first few games it was pretty clear that he didn't have his quickness back, and that even Wilson had passed him on the depth chart, putting him at the 4th-5th string spot. If there had been a preseason they may have seen this then and he may not have even made the roster. As it is, if the other guys had stayed healthy and were playing then McKinnon by this point (Game 10) is probably a debate over being active on game day, at best.
That's the reality. Trying to argue this as "Kyle's whole 2020 season plan was relying on the McKinnon personnel decision!" is just bad spin. Same goes for all the other "these are the guys Kyle chose!" arguments. No, he did not choose to have Hyder get all of Bosa's reps. No, his plan was not to have Grasu be their starting C.
[ Edited by captveg on Nov 15, 2020 at 5:21 PM ]