Josh Rosen was the most recent victim of this syndrome. I never liked Rosen but it's clear he doesn't trust any of his OLs since Arizona, and he seems unconfortable and very afraid in every snap, even with a clean pocket. Few people talk about that but it's clearly important to point out: terrible OLs early can destroy a young QB career.
I like food David Carr was a good QB until he eventually got injured as a result of taking too many hits from a historically terrible line of the expansion Texans.
Great analysis. His 'happy feet' were really developed in college at USC, most people want to say he had a great O-Line with the Trojans but that is very far from the truth - he could never trust his linemen at SC and that's where he has had the opportunity to shine as an improviser / playmaker. That play style gives and it also takes, needs to cutdown on turnovers and hopefully Gase schemes up plays that can compensate for weak O-Line play. Keep it up!
Am soory but gase is just a bad coach, i mean when he was on the dolphins i remember one game against the colts it was a game winning drive vs the colts and he ran the ball on 3rd 10 and we got 3 yards then he punted it for some reason and we lost the game
@@pedroribas7925 Not just that but look at how he used Parker. He used him as a short route WR having him run crossing routes and bubble screens. In 2017 Parker had 57 catches for 670yds and 1TD. This last season even though Parker only caught 15 more passes this year compared to 2017 he still manged to almost have 2x as many yards with 1,202 and had 9TD. Just due to the fact that Flores knew Parker was a deep to medium route type of a WR an used him as one. Gase wasn't even smart enough to think ohh yea this big 6'3 WR might be a good redzone target which is why he only had 6TD his 3 yrs under Gase yet had 9TD in just one year under Flores.
Sam is what I call a natural who adapts, doesn’t complain. Just goes through walls and obstacles. He’s going to have success with the panthers finally. Just because he won’t be coached by an Adam Gase
As a Jets fan that title really scared me and I was thinking “what am I missing?”... and then I watched it and realized it’s everything I’ve been saying to my friends who sleep on Sam :)
Yea I've stopped talking about him to people. I'll let him do the talking within the next 2-3 years. I've spent my life watching mediocre QB play from my Jets. I know when we finally have a good one. Said this a thousand times. If we had Darnold during the Rex Ryan era we would have atleast 1 SB
Such a promising young quarter back Darnold is, and the Jets ruin him by not addressing the o line before his 2nd year and giving him a fraud head coach.
@@BenDover-fr1ye right? Rex was run out of NY unfairly I feel. After r back to back AFC title games we lost like 12 starters. No wonder we took the shit we did those last 2 years.
Someone should send this to Adam Gase. I have a feeling he hasn't noticed or thought of any of the things brought up here, much less made the correct adjustments to them.
Honestly have no clue how the hell he even got the Jets job much less was able to keep it for a 2nd year. As a Miami fan I know he's a shit coach. Honestly can't think of one thing he does well as a HC. He doesn't use his players correctly just look at Bell last season and how few touches he got. Or a better example is Parker which under Gase Parker was labeled a bust. Yet this last season he had the best year out of any WR in the AFC leading the conf in both TD and YDs. Gase had no clue how to use him as in 2017 Parker had 57 catches for 670yds and 1TD. Yet this last season he only had 15 more catches yet had almost 2x as many yds with 1,202 and had 9TD. Showing that Gase had him running short routes despite Parker being a deep ball WR and that Gase never used him in the redzone seeing how he only had 1TD. So he doesn't know how to use his players. He also doesn't develop his players well either. Look at Tannehill who other then in 2016 he regressed under Gase to the point that no Dolphins fans really besides me wanted him as the QB. As soon as he gets away from Gase Tannehill helps lead his team to the AFC Championship game.
It’s infuriating to watch Gase sabotage Sam’s development. Especially now that we appear to finally have a competent GM. I’m praying Gase can just stay out of his own way this season and Sam can take the next step. Or better yet, fire Gase and promote Williams or Boyer.
@@TheIncredibleOne628 Yea honestly though majority of the thanks has to fall on the jackass of a GM or Owner whoever it was that made the call that figured if Manning endorsed him that means he has to be a great HC. Despite the fact that those Denver teams had a nasty defense and that Manning was the true OC. Not to mention who the fuck cares what Manning says it's not like Gase was still an OC there was tape of him being a HC for 3 years in Miami. So that is all a GM should need to make a judgment on whether or not Gase should be hired. I he failed in Miami so why hire him. Sure I will give Gase some slack for the fact that Tannehill was injured for one full season so Miami was doomed that year regardless. But then the next season they started 3-0 only to go like 3-6 in the next 9 games. Gase also lost the looker room couldn't use players with talent correctly like Parker. Which thank fucking god he never got his wish to trade him as he was pleading with the GM to trade him for a 6th round pick. But are GM was already gonna fire Gase by that point and knew Flores loved Parker and wanted him for the rebuild.
1. Patrick Mahomes 2. Russell Wilson 3. Lamar Jackson 4. Drew Brees 5. Deshuan Watson 6. Aaron Rodgers 7. Carson Wentz 8. Mathew Stafford (Most underrated quarterback in the NFL) 9. Matt Ryan 10. Tom Brady 11. Kyler Murray (My favorite) :) (AND NO, DAK PRESCOTT IS NOT ON THIS LIST)
Your film analysis is consistently your best work. This content is a magnitude of order stronger than that of your competition. You have insane levels of insight and ability to create robust and compelling stories based on film. Lean into this competitive advantage (more film, less opinion) and good things are coming to you my man.
Adam Gase adjusted after Le’Veon Bell and Sam Darnold went to him and explained how he could make them better. That tells you all you need to know about Gase as a head coach smh
Facts Sam had to talk to Gase after the Jags game that he wasn’t comfortable with the plays. I remember the news about that. Honestly Adam Gase is a garbage head coach.
10:57 "Sam's footwork needs to improve" Footwork is a byproduct of line protection. When and IF the Jets line up some people who can actually block for him, his footwork will "magically" improve.
That is true but there are many plays where he still throws off his right foot even without pressure. That is a developed bad habit that must be addressed through intensive QB training
Mekhi is a good start but interior needs work and Right Tackle is needed, Liam Eichneberg from Norte Dame is nice and Walker Little from Stanford is good as well
I think most of darnolds issues last year were a combination of our horrendous o-line and his problems coming out of college where he had a Superman complex and try to force the ball where he should probably just go down
This might be a stretch, but hear me out. I see Sam Darnold as a baby Pat Mahomes, who was thrown into the worst situation possible instead of the best. I think Mahomes is a more talented quarterback in a lot of ways, but they both have eerily similar strengths and weaknesses. They're both tremendously physically gifted, are really athletic on their feet, have strong arms, can get out of the pocket and make throws on the run, and have that gunslinger mentality of always trying to make some big plays for their teams. They both can be criticized for having bad footwork under pressure, at times making poor reads, and sometimes that gunslinger trait can bite them in the ass. I draw this comparison to bring up a question. What happens if Pat Mahomes is drafted by the Jets and Sam Darnold is drafted by the Chiefs? Is Mahomes the talented quarterback who is, "seeing ghosts," every time he drops back to throw? Is Darnold the 5000 yard, 50 touchdown, MVP level, super bowl winning quarterback that Mahomes is with Andy Reid and the legion of zoom alongside him? Personally I think the answer is somewhere in the middle, but I'd love to hear some other thoughts about this. I think it's a really interesting topic to think about
When he gets behind a line he trusts, he wil stop expecting to get rocked. Just look what happened when Falk and Trevor were behind center. NOTHING. Tervor got killed.
As a dolphins fan I’m both relieved and worried by this video. Obviously I feel bad for Sam, but it’s nice knowing the jets are wasting potential winning seasons after picking up our ex head coach. Then again, now I know Sam against all of this is still performing and we got a serious threat in the division for years to come
I think the WFT should take a chance with him. The Turner offense is well-suited to Darnolds strengths. While our OLine struggled this year due to five starters being out at one point it’s still more stable than the situation in NY.
I'm a Bears fan, so I haven't seen a ton of Jets games. I'm sending this to every person who claims Trubisky doesn't get protection. Darnold looks like he's playing with no O line in front of him.
Jets fan here: His footwork is atrocious and it doesn’t seem to be getting better looking at his work outs on IG. But damn it he’s our QB so I’m gonna root that he puts it together.
If you watched him at USC, it was the same way. I don’t blame him, though. If you don’t have an O-line through college and pros, you start to become jumpy in his footwork, consistently and is constantly running for his life. Darnold has a long way to come, but the ceiling is high.
Give him a stacked o line and championship team and he can get you a Super Bowl. But he’s not a guy whos gonna win a game by himself like deshaun Watson
Sam's got a fresh start in Carolina and I think he will do well. Absolutely terrible coaching in NY hope if they draft Zach they don't do this to him..thought my Lions were terrible but damn...
I'd like to see you analyze coaches by division - on their game planning. To me it would be interesting to see good/bad coaching and if they really do put their teams and players in position to win. We always hear "so and so is a great coach" or "so and so is a bad coach", but for an average fan, it's not highlighted why. The section you have on Adam Gase was revealing to me. Much better than the "weird eyes" pictures when I think of him as a bad coach.
I remember subbing and watching your videos about a little over a year ago. its crazy how big your channel has become since then, and i think it’s because of great videos like this one. cheers to you man
J Thomas No doubt haha it’s ugly but unique. The only reason I asked is because he promised a Phil Rivers breakdown back with the Brady one and hasn’t done it
Finally someone who sees what Sam has been working with other than jets fans. Unlike lamar,baker,Allen, Watson and Mahomes, Sam has not had much help.love your content dude.👌
J Foster Jets OL had a 31st pass blocking grade and the 2nd worst run game in the league. Adam Gase was not that much better than Kitchens. Darnold had the worst OL by far. At least the Browns have players like Bitonio and Tretter who are pretty good.
This is your best video! You really did your research here and had great film to make your points. You are more talented at deconstructing football than most on ESPN, man.
The line he said which became a meme. "I'm seeing ghosts!" tells you alot about how last year went for Darnold. He doesn't have time to focus and find exactly where his receivers are and ends up throwing blind into the direction he thinking is open. He is beginning to hesitate more and this is bad sign of his mental condition taking a hit. A player can't grow if they don't have confidence.
At 3:30 the reason is so bad is you practice how you play. In practice, only some practice in that Jets camp so naturally, the block was also "slow" or late in this instance. The actual crossing route was miss-timed which further points to some guys going 100% and some going 80% in practice making it impossible to sync these plays in-game.
This is why I believe drafting a QB 1st round when you don't have a good team from a college team that is GREAT is always a mistake. These QBs from great team never learn how to play with a bad offensive line and bad WRs. QBs from great college teams are WAY overrated and over priced.
So deshaun watson is overrated? Peyton manning was overrated from a great tenneseee team? Joe burrow is immediately a bust? I see what you are trying to say but make a generalization to say it's always a mistake is kind of ignorant.
That's why i think Daniel Jones had a relatively successful rookie year. Duke was a disaster... What I don't understand is how he has so much composure even after getting hit billions of times. 😂😂Like the guy isn't jittery at all it seems like he's almost oblivious to it and that led to fumbles. Get ready for him to take a huge step up and dominate
You make no sense the colts were horrible when they picked Andrew Luck first overall and he literally made them a playoff team his rookie year horrible offensive line too
Very good critique. Interesting thing is no gave this kind of grace and leeway to Luke Falk who also got thrown into hot mess that was the Jets. His first start was against New England, the G.O.A.T. coach, the G.O.A.T. QB, the top rated defense in the league at the time, possibly one of the best in their dynasty, and playing them in Foxborough, historically the most impossible stadium for a visiting team to win in, HIS FIRST START. And he still did better fresh from the practice squad in his New England game than Darnold did in his. To put in Boomer Esiason's words in his CBS Sports HQ review on Oct. 22 2019, "Luke Falk looks like Jonny Unitas compared to that (Sam Dardold's) performance last night (against New England)." In the 10 quarters Falk played he was sacked 19 times. Yet his over all numbers except for touchdowns, like yards per completion, completion percent, are very comparable to Darnold's. Few cut him any slack though. Instead Gace, spotting a Scape goat opportunity, promptly cuts him after only playing 10 quarters. Falk was the better QB, but was completely pulverized and marginalized by simply horrible coaching. In college, just 2 years before, Falk beat both Darnold and Josh Rosen, the two number one QB draft picks of his class less than a year before. And that's playing for the comparetively small market Washington State. In fact Falk finished his college career the #8 NCAA BCS Quarterback of all time. The guy was a legend, but was under drafted. Someone please find this guy (Falk) and and develope him. Anybody but the Jets please, while Gace is there.
OK. Good report. Lousy O line, lousy receiving, lousy blocking (see number 1), lousy coaching. No coaching adjustments (see number 3). The Patriots' QB Brady would have been knocked coo coo in the first half, imo. Hang in there, Sam.
The good thing about bad footwork is, you can work on that. And the natural being able to throw off a bad foot in a time where you need to can be valuable
Wow....watching this, darnold is REALLY freaking good to even do what he did. Mccagnan was REALLY awful beyond what I even thought to put together that oLine/WR core. Hopefully Joe Douglas nailed this off-season
Getting a solid run game will do wonders for darnold, get this guy some play action opportunities and he will hit some game changing plays, hes good improviser and really good on the run, i really want darnold running more tho, his rookie season he was scrambling a lot more and i think that would set up easier downs
To be fair, the pats game all they did was 0 blitz, not just a regular cover 0. It’s considerably harder to deal with. I probably didn’t do too good of a job explaining, but Brett Kollman had a great video about it
It's sad that Adam Gase can keep getting head coaching jobs despite being terrible in every way imaginable but Eric Bienemy can't get a HC job to save his life
when you're expecting to get hit on a 3 step drop, you have a problem. Keep your feet moving because odds are you are going to after scramble. I really believe the new GM, who just took out all the trash on the O line and brought it suitable players will save his career. He just turned 23 and it going into his third season. If you watch all the games you know he as all the skill in the world. Just get the offense some chemistry. He even had better stats in 2019, then 2018. 2019 there were 11 different O line combos. That's insane. How can a QB build trust. They hired the right guy in Joe Douglas who gets it starts with the O line or nothing will work. Becton Lewis Mcgovern Van Roten Fant. Plus the run game will open up and things will start to settle. You are right. Sam is full of resilience and when he starts to trust his line, he will just play ball.
Joe Douglas! We know you have personal considerations for Adam Gase but you will have to make tough decisions next season and we know you will do the right ones for the NEW YORK JETS!!
Zac, we miss your film analysis. I'd trade some of your consistency with the podcasts, for some QB analysis from names such as Trevor Lawrence, Brock Purdy, the rookie class, what made CJ Stroud so great, why Bryce Young had one of the worst seasons imaginable, and what we could expect from Russell Wilson. Just some ideas. Wishing you a fantastic day.
Hey Zac, it's weird to ask this on a video posted a day ago, but I wanted to ask if you ever plan on doing film on the backups that took over but didn't get significant playing time? People like Matt Moore or Jeff Driskel? Reason I'm really asking this is because I wanted to know what was up with a couple players; David Blough and Luke Falk. Falk performed poorly and was cut, Blough started out well but didn't do that great later on, and is still on the team while Driskel is not. Why was that?
You're great at finding the flaws in established qb's, but how about shinning a light on a little known backup that would be able if given an opportunity. Any chance you can make the case that a Garrett Gilbert, David Fales, Tim Boyle, Tyler Bray, or Ryan Griffin could be a diamond in the ruff?
I truly think Sam is the future and needs a chance. I felt bad for it looks like a high school oline sometimes. He can make incredible plays If he has the time. Hopefully with an upgraded line this yeah he can prove something
Thank you for the video! I'm a huge USC fan and it's painful to watch Sam Darnold getting killed, has virtually no support as far as talent, on that Jets team. I hope Sam does end up somewhere else and succeed, while everyone criticizing him will be critical of Trevor Lawrence at this very time next season, because I don't think Lawrence would play any better with this coach and these "skill" players around him either. Sam had more talent on his team at USC than with the Jets. I would bet $ Alabama would beat the jets no doubt. I would wish Sam goes to the Cowboys if they were to move him.
footwork was pretty much the main criticism of Lamar Jackson from his rookie season. The story out of Baltimore is he spent the offseason working on it and turned from a below average qb that could run like no other, to pretty much a superstar. If Lamar could fix it, I'm sure Darnold can too.
As a Bills fan, I'm actually a fan of Darnold. He's got everything a QB needs, he just needs to know where to put the puzzle pieces. As of right now, his floor is comparable to Matt Casell, but in another year or two, he'll be a respectable, smart, football player.
Adam gase is a fraud of a head coach
But man he's the best conman in all of sports
Him and Fitzmagic
Landowners Revenge Fitzmagic is good but only in contract years
Sam McMasters for like 3 games
Sam Bradford tho-
Nicolas Batum is the best conman in all of sports
All of that jumpiness reminds me of David Carr when he made it to the Panthers.. Not being able to trust the O-Line will ruin a good young Qb...
exactly what happened to mariota
@@tylerboyles4504 na they all just cheeks including sam
Trubisky
Josh Rosen was the most recent victim of this syndrome. I never liked Rosen but it's clear he doesn't trust any of his OLs since Arizona, and he seems unconfortable and very afraid in every snap, even with a clean pocket. Few people talk about that but it's clearly important to point out: terrible OLs early can destroy a young QB career.
I like food David Carr was a good QB until he eventually got injured as a result of taking too many hits from a historically terrible line of the expansion Texans.
This gives me ptsd of my high school quarterback days. When your running back is being tackled as you hand him the ball...
i laughed to hard at this
This is facts 😂😂
Lol
Yeah now imagine that with some 300+ lineman coming at you.. Darnold doesn’t stand a chance if the line doesn’t play well
That was me lol couldn't even take the ball properly before I was swarmed by the D-line🤦♂️🤦♂️
Great analysis. His 'happy feet' were really developed in college at USC, most people want to say he had a great O-Line with the Trojans but that is very far from the truth - he could never trust his linemen at SC and that's where he has had the opportunity to shine as an improviser / playmaker. That play style gives and it also takes, needs to cutdown on turnovers and hopefully Gase schemes up plays that can compensate for weak O-Line play. Keep it up!
Am soory but gase is just a bad coach, i mean when he was on the dolphins i remember one game against the colts it was a game winning drive vs the colts and he ran the ball on 3rd 10 and we got 3 yards then he punted it for some reason and we lost the game
@@pedroribas7925 Not just that but look at how he used Parker. He used him as a short route WR having him run crossing routes and bubble screens. In 2017 Parker had 57 catches for 670yds and 1TD. This last season even though Parker only caught 15 more passes this year compared to 2017 he still manged to almost have 2x as many yards with 1,202 and had 9TD. Just due to the fact that Flores knew Parker was a deep to medium route type of a WR an used him as one. Gase wasn't even smart enough to think ohh yea this big 6'3 WR might be a good redzone target which is why he only had 6TD his 3 yrs under Gase yet had 9TD in just one year under Flores.
Sam is what I call a natural who adapts, doesn’t complain. Just goes through walls and obstacles. He’s going to have success with the panthers finally. Just because he won’t be coached by an Adam Gase
I could analyze Sam faster. The dude sucks.
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@@kstrazz3552 Or how thicc and trunky he is.
Thicc trunky coastal kid. He needs to be divorced from the jets and enter his mogul phase.
@@infiniteimprovement he's a silicon valley kid
Isaac Rowaiye lmao
Isaac Rowaiye I have been waiting for cowherd to admit he was wrong on Darnold. He kept comparing him to andrew luck.
As a Jets fan that title really scared me and I was thinking “what am I missing?”... and then I watched it and realized it’s everything I’ve been saying to my friends who sleep on Sam :)
Yea I've stopped talking about him to people. I'll let him do the talking within the next 2-3 years. I've spent my life watching mediocre QB play from my Jets. I know when we finally have a good one.
Said this a thousand times. If we had Darnold during the Rex Ryan era we would have atleast 1 SB
Such a promising young quarter back Darnold is, and the Jets ruin him by not addressing the o line before his 2nd year and giving him a fraud head coach.
@@TheIncredibleOne628 tbh if u had anyone but sanchize u would've😂
Mr. Platinum true we had a crazy good o line and a scary defense
@@BenDover-fr1ye right? Rex was run out of NY unfairly I feel. After r back to back AFC title games we lost like 12 starters. No wonder we took the shit we did those last 2 years.
Someone should send this to Adam Gase. I have a feeling he hasn't noticed or thought of any of the things brought up here, much less made the correct adjustments to them.
He probably won't watch it because it's critical of him
Honestly have no clue how the hell he even got the Jets job much less was able to keep it for a 2nd year. As a Miami fan I know he's a shit coach. Honestly can't think of one thing he does well as a HC. He doesn't use his players correctly just look at Bell last season and how few touches he got. Or a better example is Parker which under Gase Parker was labeled a bust. Yet this last season he had the best year out of any WR in the AFC leading the conf in both TD and YDs. Gase had no clue how to use him as in 2017 Parker had 57 catches for 670yds and 1TD. Yet this last season he only had 15 more catches yet had almost 2x as many yds with 1,202 and had 9TD. Showing that Gase had him running short routes despite Parker being a deep ball WR and that Gase never used him in the redzone seeing how he only had 1TD. So he doesn't know how to use his players. He also doesn't develop his players well either. Look at Tannehill who other then in 2016 he regressed under Gase to the point that no Dolphins fans really besides me wanted him as the QB. As soon as he gets away from Gase Tannehill helps lead his team to the AFC Championship game.
It’s infuriating to watch Gase sabotage Sam’s development. Especially now that we appear to finally have a competent GM. I’m praying Gase can just stay out of his own way this season and Sam can take the next step. Or better yet, fire Gase and promote Williams or Boyer.
@@wisewolftony we have Peyton Manning to thank for that one. He endorsed Gase because Gase was a great assistant OC to Peyton Manning
@@TheIncredibleOne628 Yea honestly though majority of the thanks has to fall on the jackass of a GM or Owner whoever it was that made the call that figured if Manning endorsed him that means he has to be a great HC. Despite the fact that those Denver teams had a nasty defense and that Manning was the true OC. Not to mention who the fuck cares what Manning says it's not like Gase was still an OC there was tape of him being a HC for 3 years in Miami. So that is all a GM should need to make a judgment on whether or not Gase should be hired. I he failed in Miami so why hire him. Sure I will give Gase some slack for the fact that Tannehill was injured for one full season so Miami was doomed that year regardless. But then the next season they started 3-0 only to go like 3-6 in the next 9 games. Gase also lost the looker room couldn't use players with talent correctly like Parker. Which thank fucking god he never got his wish to trade him as he was pleading with the GM to trade him for a 6th round pick. But are GM was already gonna fire Gase by that point and knew Flores loved Parker and wanted him for the rebuild.
Getting better and better at analysis Zac! 👏🏻
He’s the best
Always been the best at analyzing footage.
@@JamesBond77 ruclips.net/video/treVY9dOtSg/видео.html ya welcome
If you aren't blitzing the jets, you haven't been watching film
ole Brett is fantastic as well
As a Colts fan this was hard to watch. Luck had the same o line issues most of his career.
a bad o line is the reason he retired. the colts never gave him help until it was too late
The colts have best o line in the NFL what are you talking about
Jonathan Louw
We gave luck 1 year with a good o line and great things happened. Ryan Grigson/Jim Irsay ruined his career sadly.
@@66rbr66 now they do. before quentin nelson they had nothing
Jonathan Louw yikes u are 10
You should rank all 31 starting qbs (except Burrow, he is a rookie) where they stand today
As a Chiefs fan I agree for undisclosed reasons.
Spankin DaBagel You’d be disappointed to see Wilson at #1
Why not rank burrow too
1. Patrick Mahomes
2. Russell Wilson
3. Lamar Jackson
4. Drew Brees
5. Deshuan Watson
6. Aaron Rodgers
7. Carson Wentz
8. Mathew Stafford (Most underrated quarterback in the NFL)
9. Matt Ryan
10. Tom Brady
11. Kyler Murray (My favorite) :)
(AND NO, DAK PRESCOTT IS NOT ON THIS LIST)
Alexander Jiang Mat Stafford is the sixth best quarterback in the nfl
Your film analysis is consistently your best work. This content is a magnitude of order stronger than that of your competition. You have insane levels of insight and ability to create robust and compelling stories based on film. Lean into this competitive advantage (more film, less opinion) and good things are coming to you my man.
I agree...his analyses are good, opinion vids are terrible
Adam Gase adjusted after Le’Veon Bell and Sam Darnold went to him and explained how he could make them better. That tells you all you need to know about Gase as a head coach smh
Facts Sam had to talk to Gase after the Jags game that he wasn’t comfortable with the plays. I remember the news about that. Honestly Adam Gase is a garbage head coach.
@@legendarydn3804 7 - 9 is bad ? What you are watching ?
@@michaelwinkler5840 Above .500 is good, below .500 is fifty shades of crap.
@@hvymettle you must See the whole Story. Many injuries, New coaches New System and a very younger qb
I’m sure Darnold has a lot more to prove. The Allen/Darnold rivalry will be a treat to watch.
Not if the jets don't get much better
Not if Allen doesn't get better
Steve Love Allen is already getting better
@@blackthorn4612 so is Darnold
@@Stevelove24 better as in the arse whuppin the Bills put on the Jets this past Sunday? Allen was very good and Darnold sucked balls as usual.
Adam " my eyes are a mm. apart" Gase shouldn't be in the NFL. Period.
He’s not in the NFL. He’s on the Jets.
10:57 "Sam's footwork needs to improve"
Footwork is a byproduct of line protection. When and IF the Jets line up some people who can actually block for him, his footwork will "magically" improve.
That is true but there are many plays where he still throws off his right foot even without pressure. That is a developed bad habit that must be addressed through intensive QB training
Mekhi is a good start but interior needs work and Right Tackle is needed, Liam Eichneberg from Norte Dame is nice and Walker Little from Stanford is good as well
Good to hear someone mention footwork! His new QB coach said he believes in working QBs from the feet up!
As a Jets fan I just really hope we don’t ruin this kid. Seems like we are doing :(
I think most of darnolds issues last year were a combination of our horrendous o-line and his problems coming out of college where he had a Superman complex and try to force the ball where he should probably just go down
you have seen the draft and freeagents ?
12:17 "he is the future of the jets"
That comment didn't age well
The sad part is Zack Wilson is also a bust
Jets blew it Lamar Jackson was the way to go.
Thank you for giving me break from everything. Just finding my way back too you six months later.
a Sam Darnold film analysis was the video we wanted. And needed. Thank you Zac 🙏
This might be a stretch, but hear me out. I see Sam Darnold as a baby Pat Mahomes, who was thrown into the worst situation possible instead of the best. I think Mahomes is a more talented quarterback in a lot of ways, but they both have eerily similar strengths and weaknesses. They're both tremendously physically gifted, are really athletic on their feet, have strong arms, can get out of the pocket and make throws on the run, and have that gunslinger mentality of always trying to make some big plays for their teams. They both can be criticized for having bad footwork under pressure, at times making poor reads, and sometimes that gunslinger trait can bite them in the ass. I draw this comparison to bring up a question. What happens if Pat Mahomes is drafted by the Jets and Sam Darnold is drafted by the Chiefs? Is Mahomes the talented quarterback who is, "seeing ghosts," every time he drops back to throw? Is Darnold the 5000 yard, 50 touchdown, MVP level, super bowl winning quarterback that Mahomes is with Andy Reid and the legion of zoom alongside him? Personally I think the answer is somewhere in the middle, but I'd love to hear some other thoughts about this. I think it's a really interesting topic to think about
When he gets behind a line he trusts, he wil stop expecting to get rocked. Just look what happened when Falk and Trevor were behind center. NOTHING. Tervor got killed.
Do a Daniel Jones video next
Yesssss
Lol all New York but also a spurs fan?
Rebel With A Cause I mean it’s better than being a Knicks fan lol
@@rebelwithacause5307 why would he want to be a Knicks fan? And the Nets dont even feel like NY and probably never will
@@rebelwithacause5307 I grew up in SA but my family is from NY and since SA doesn't have a baseball or football team I root for Giants & Mets.
As a dolphins fan I’m both relieved and worried by this video. Obviously I feel bad for Sam, but it’s nice knowing the jets are wasting potential winning seasons after picking up our ex head coach. Then again, now I know Sam against all of this is still performing and we got a serious threat in the division for years to come
That dude wasn't open in the back back of the endzone during that Pat's game
I think the WFT should take a chance with him. The Turner offense is well-suited to Darnolds strengths. While our OLine struggled this year due to five starters being out at one point it’s still more stable than the situation in NY.
This is great! Hey Zac, a Derek Carr film analysis would be great!
This is terrifying, Sam Darnold has some legit talent, but imagine him on an actual team? He would be great
Hope so! 👍🏼
Appreciate your videos! Thanks for the content🙏🏿💯
This is such a great review. I'm so happy the Jets got like 40 offensive linemen in this offseason, even more now.
Funny, that when I ask my friend (huge Jets fan) whats wrong with the Jets. Every point you made he said the exact same thing.
Welcome to the Panthers!
I still believe in Sam 🙏 mims is a great selection for them, hopefully he becomes a #1 option
An updated analysis in the offseason would be awesome pending the decision to keep or trade darnold
I really like this video. We need more people who take there time breaking down plays.
I'm a Bears fan, so I haven't seen a ton of Jets games. I'm sending this to every person who claims Trubisky doesn't get protection. Darnold looks like he's playing with no O line in front of him.
Jets fan here: His footwork is atrocious and it doesn’t seem to be getting better looking at his work outs on IG. But damn it he’s our QB so I’m gonna root that he puts it together.
Jets QBs have never been above avarage
EstParum Broadway Joe?
Footwork flys out the window when you running for your life
If you watched him at USC, it was the same way. I don’t blame him, though. If you don’t have an O-line through college and pros, you start to become jumpy in his footwork, consistently and is constantly running for his life. Darnold has a long way to come, but the ceiling is high.
Give him a stacked o line and championship team and he can get you a Super Bowl. But he’s not a guy whos gonna win a game by himself like deshaun Watson
Sam's got a fresh start in Carolina and I think he will do well. Absolutely terrible coaching in NY hope if they draft Zach they don't do this to him..thought my Lions were terrible but damn...
Zach was just as BAD! Boy the Jets sure can pick them. We need the best not the worst. Jets need better scouts.
I'd like to see you analyze coaches by division - on their game planning. To me it would be interesting to see good/bad coaching and if they really do put their teams and players in position to win. We always hear "so and so is a great coach" or "so and so is a bad coach", but for an average fan, it's not highlighted why. The section you have on Adam Gase was revealing to me. Much better than the "weird eyes" pictures when I think of him as a bad coach.
Someone let him know that he has those hacker comments of “wanna be friends” in some of his vids. Also don’t reply to those.
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@Elias Onzalez I don’t know the specifics there’s vids about it if you’re really curious
@Elias Onzalez Basically stealing the account.
Imagine how desperate for friends the poor bastards who clicked on the link were....
I remember subbing and watching your videos about a little over a year ago. its crazy how big your channel has become since then, and i think it’s because of great videos like this one. cheers to you man
As a Carolina fan I cannot wait to see him take the field for the Panthers.
When is the Phil Rivers breakdown coming? 😫
J Thomas one of the most accurate passers in NFL history though, and a gunslinger 🤷🏻♂️
J Thomas No doubt haha it’s ugly but unique. The only reason I asked is because he promised a Phil Rivers breakdown back with the Brady one and hasn’t done it
It's really bad when you are being chased before you get to a three step drop.
Finally someone who sees what Sam has been working with other than jets fans. Unlike lamar,baker,Allen, Watson and Mahomes, Sam has not had much help.love your content dude.👌
J Foster Jets OL had a 31st pass blocking grade and the 2nd worst run game in the league. Adam Gase was not that much better than Kitchens. Darnold had the worst OL by far. At least the Browns have players like Bitonio and Tretter who are pretty good.
J Foster look at his receivers
There's only a select few qbs who can succeed somewhat like darnold did this year..Mahomes, Russell, Rodgers and Watson.
This is your best video! You really did your research here and had great film to make your points. You are more talented at deconstructing football than most on ESPN, man.
The line he said which became a meme. "I'm seeing ghosts!" tells you alot about how last year went for Darnold. He doesn't have time to focus and find exactly where his receivers are and ends up throwing blind into the direction he thinking is open. He is beginning to hesitate more and this is bad sign of his mental condition taking a hit. A player can't grow if they don't have confidence.
Thank you Joe Douglas for actually addressing the o-line this offseason.
But remember everything is the quarterback's fault
But remember everything that goes right for the team is because of the quarterback
As a Browns fan your description of Gase made me think of Freddie Kitchens.
The key to any team is the offensive line... OL gives the QB time to throw and also keeps the opposing defense on the field while your defense rests..
At 3:30 the reason is so bad is you practice how you play. In practice, only some practice in that Jets camp so naturally, the block was also "slow" or late in this instance. The actual crossing route was miss-timed which further points to some guys going 100% and some going 80% in practice making it impossible to sync these plays in-game.
You need to do a film analysis on Dalton, because his game completely crashed and burned in 2019.
Film analysis are zachs bread and butter. I wish he did them more, loved the video zach! Would also love a video of Brady’s first season as a bucc
Doesn't help Darnold's cause that he has to play the Patriots and Bills defenses for 4 games each season
except last year only faced them each once...
He's isn't healthy enough to play them...
Seems like Sam Darnold choose to play Madden on hardest difficult.
This is why I believe drafting a QB 1st round when you don't have a good team from a college team that is GREAT is always a mistake. These QBs from great team never learn how to play with a bad offensive line and bad WRs. QBs from great college teams are WAY overrated and over priced.
So deshaun watson is overrated? Peyton manning was overrated from a great tenneseee team? Joe burrow is immediately a bust? I see what you are trying to say but make a generalization to say it's always a mistake is kind of ignorant.
Mohit Garg we haven’t even seen burrow play in the nfl no one knows if he’ll be good or not
That's why i think Daniel Jones had a relatively successful rookie year. Duke was a disaster... What I don't understand is how he has so much composure even after getting hit billions of times. 😂😂Like the guy isn't jittery at all it seems like he's almost oblivious to it and that led to fumbles. Get ready for him to take a huge step up and dominate
@@johnnorman6981 He is going to be a real problem for the rest of the league.
You make no sense the colts were horrible when they picked Andrew Luck first overall and he literally made them a playoff team his rookie year horrible offensive line too
Very good critique. Interesting thing is no gave this kind of grace and leeway to Luke Falk who also got thrown into hot mess that was the Jets. His first start was against New England, the G.O.A.T. coach, the G.O.A.T. QB, the top rated defense in the league at the time, possibly one of the best in their dynasty, and playing them in Foxborough, historically the most impossible stadium for a visiting team to win in, HIS FIRST START. And he still did better fresh from the practice squad in his New England game than Darnold did in his. To put in Boomer Esiason's words in his CBS Sports HQ review on Oct. 22 2019, "Luke Falk looks like Jonny Unitas compared to that (Sam Dardold's) performance last night (against New England)." In the 10 quarters Falk played he was sacked 19 times. Yet his over all numbers except for touchdowns, like yards per completion, completion percent, are very comparable to Darnold's. Few cut him any slack though. Instead Gace, spotting a Scape goat opportunity, promptly cuts him after only playing 10 quarters. Falk was the better QB, but was completely pulverized and marginalized by simply horrible coaching. In college, just 2 years before, Falk beat both Darnold and Josh Rosen, the two number one QB draft picks of his class less than a year before. And that's playing for the comparetively small market Washington State. In fact Falk finished his college career the #8 NCAA BCS Quarterback of all time. The guy was a legend, but was under drafted. Someone please find this guy (Falk) and and develope him. Anybody but the Jets please, while Gace is there.
Been waiting for this video since last year, thanks Zac!
OK. Good report.
Lousy O line, lousy receiving, lousy blocking (see number 1), lousy coaching. No coaching adjustments (see number 3). The Patriots' QB Brady would have been knocked coo coo in the first half, imo. Hang in there, Sam.
The good thing about bad footwork is, you can work on that. And the natural being able to throw off a bad foot in a time where you need to can be valuable
Wow....watching this, darnold is REALLY freaking good to even do what he did. Mccagnan was REALLY awful beyond what I even thought to put together that oLine/WR core. Hopefully Joe Douglas nailed this off-season
Getting a solid run game will do wonders for darnold, get this guy some play action opportunities and he will hit some game changing plays, hes good improviser and really good on the run, i really want darnold running more tho, his rookie season he was scrambling a lot more and i think that would set up easier downs
To be fair, the pats game all they did was 0 blitz, not just a regular cover 0. It’s considerably harder to deal with. I probably didn’t do too good of a job explaining, but Brett Kollman had a great video about it
Usually plays that are drawn on the white board that are “designed to work “ don’t work entirely in game
nice analysis! could you fix the top left corner blackout -- it feels off lol
As a Panthers fan, This video makes me slightly more optimistic.
When Sam darnold said he was seeing ghosts, he must have meant his crappy teammates, who didn't really exist
Manscape is the Fleece Johnson of RUclips
I’m watching this and I’m like “damn the jets suck”. Then I remembered I’m a cowboys fan :(
1:26 Jets had 7 on the line. Jaguars had 4. Still broke the line within 2 seconds
I've been scratching my head a little wondering why they didn't give Demaryius one more year but this video clears that up lol
0:58 The best thing Sam Darnold can do is leave the NFL.
I hope we see some improvement all around this season.
It's sad that Adam Gase can keep getting head coaching jobs despite being terrible in every way imaginable but Eric Bienemy can't get a HC job to save his life
A very thoughtful analysis made simple with facts and concise examples. Good shit bro
Are you still doing that Stafford review you planned to do after the season?
Rewatching this as a Washington fan wondering if he’d be a good fit in dc
Same here, but a Pats fan. I’d like to see what Belichick could do with his natural ability
Some team needs to hire you bro ... real talk ... you got tremendous talent
when you're expecting to get hit on a 3 step drop, you have a problem. Keep your feet moving because odds are you are going to after scramble. I really believe the new GM, who just took out all the trash on the O line and brought it suitable players will save his career. He just turned 23 and it going into his third season. If you watch all the games you know he as all the skill in the world. Just get the offense some chemistry. He even had better stats in 2019, then 2018. 2019 there were 11 different O line combos. That's insane. How can a QB build trust. They hired the right guy in Joe Douglas who gets it starts with the O line or nothing will work. Becton Lewis Mcgovern Van Roten Fant. Plus the run game will open up and things will start to settle. You are right. Sam is full of resilience and when he starts to trust his line, he will just play ball.
Great to see your getting sponsors to pay of your hard work!
Joe Douglas! We know you have personal considerations for Adam Gase but you will have to make tough decisions next season and we know you will do the right ones for the NEW YORK JETS!!
Zac, we miss your film analysis. I'd trade some of your consistency with the podcasts, for some QB analysis from names such as Trevor Lawrence, Brock Purdy, the rookie class, what made CJ Stroud so great, why Bryce Young had one of the worst seasons imaginable, and what we could expect from Russell Wilson. Just some ideas. Wishing you a fantastic day.
This is how you kill a quarterback's career. See: David Carr
Hey Zac, it's weird to ask this on a video posted a day ago, but I wanted to ask if you ever plan on doing film on the backups that took over but didn't get significant playing time? People like Matt Moore or Jeff Driskel? Reason I'm really asking this is because I wanted to know what was up with a couple players; David Blough and Luke Falk. Falk performed poorly and was cut, Blough started out well but didn't do that great later on, and is still on the team while Driskel is not. Why was that?
You're great at finding the flaws in established qb's, but how about shinning a light on a little known backup that would be able if given an opportunity.
Any chance you can make the case that a Garrett Gilbert, David Fales, Tim Boyle, Tyler Bray, or Ryan Griffin could be a diamond in the ruff?
Waiting for the next episode patiently 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Glad they took a beast in Becton and then added Mims to throw to.
This was amazing! Please do a video on Aaron Rodgers and tell us where you rank him in today’s qbs.
Love the QB analysis definately your wheel house
Great video, great analysis!!
I truly think Sam is the future and needs a chance. I felt bad for it looks like a high school oline sometimes. He can make incredible plays If he has the time. Hopefully with an upgraded line this yeah he can prove something
A huge reason why the Jets stayed in games was their defense. The Gregg Williams defense was great last year.
I wonder if he can do in depth film analysis on other positions like rb or wr. That would be interesting
Completely agreed with this analysis. Excellent job as always, sir!
Thank you for the video! I'm a huge USC fan and it's painful to watch Sam Darnold getting killed, has virtually no support as far as talent, on that Jets team. I hope Sam does end up somewhere else and succeed, while everyone criticizing him will be critical of Trevor Lawrence at this very time next season, because I don't think Lawrence would play any better with this coach and these "skill" players around him either. Sam had more talent on his team at USC than with the Jets. I would bet $ Alabama would beat the jets no doubt. I would wish Sam goes to the Cowboys if they were to move him.
Lev Bell is a great receiving rb he should be used as a dump off option often
And remember, for several games he was recovering from Mono too. That stuff lingers, messes with your brain.
footwork was pretty much the main criticism of Lamar Jackson from his rookie season. The story out of Baltimore is he spent the offseason working on it and turned from a below average qb that could run like no other, to pretty much a superstar. If Lamar could fix it, I'm sure Darnold can too.
The team is way better with him than they are without him. If the OL improves, I think his feet will improve.
5:51 in what universe is that WR open ? Lol
As a Bills fan, I'm actually a fan of Darnold.
He's got everything a QB needs, he just needs to know where to put the puzzle pieces. As of right now, his floor is comparable to Matt Casell, but in another year or two, he'll be a respectable, smart, football player.