I grew up in the 80’s too and my old man was the first one to praise my play or told me I stunk up the joint. He was a straight shooter and didn’t sugarcoat anything. That’s why I’m such a good loser now. Kidding…. Kind of.
Kids definitely seem to work more at their individual sports now where back in the day we tended to play many more sports. I think the discussion was geared more towards being able to handle loss. Not who worked harder.
We completely wasted Ravian, i remember being beyond excited when we landed him and i thought he was gonna play a major factor for us for his 2 seasons, and then just being completely underwhelmed with how we used him. And i think it’s hard to say that we just didn’t have the TEs that coaches have to scheme to stop when we just don’t use them. The last time we used the TE was Ravian in 2017 then in 2018 we even ignored Ravian, i think this is more of a Dino problem than a problem with our talent at TE.
For sure, but that doesn’t change the fact that when he was on the field the production wasn’t the same, his YPC dropped by almost 3 full yards.
We won 10 games
He had some very strange personal fouls.
Yes, it was a great season. I’m sure Ravian only getting 16 touches is the sole reason for us winning 10 games, solid point.
I know what you’re saying, but less 15 yarders certainly helped too. Drive killers.
Gonna look at it both ways. We were still very productive offensively in 2018 and Ravian had some on and off the field issues. I had totally forgot that happened. I know it played a part.
I loved the Rav Dog
This. Elmore is our 4th TE
Didn’t he get a 15 yarder one game not even being on the field lol
Disagree. Wasn't he out with an Injury at least 3 games? Not benched. Out. Then recovering. I'm certain his injury has a 4-8 week recovery time. Technically, you might be able to play partially through it, but very sparingly.
I’m saying it didn’t seem to stop us from winning and scoring points. I’d like to throw more to the TE too. I think folks are overly dismissive of the reasons we didn’t the last two years (bad OL forced us to keep the TE in more to generate any hope of offense).
Yeah I looked up some old Nunes threads about him.
He had a coach or staff member assigned to him on the sideline because he was apt to fly off the handle at any time and fight with teammates, coaches, referees, the opposing team
Guess they should have followed him around Marshall Street too. Reason he didn’t play that well when he came back might be because he was eating through a straw for a few weeks. Football players jaws break just as easy as everyone else apparently.
he also could have played/practiced his way into a bigger role as well. Could be is role wasnt what he wanted because he couldnt make the plays not that the system let him down.
Do military guys typically judge people without knowing their circumstances?
Clearly they are both heading off to Bowling (The Grass is) Green(er).
