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Message: [QUOTE="JLine, post: 3161468, member: 1683"] And I fell for the hype on both of them. I think I predicted 10 wins for each. Maybe even more for the Browns, and did so emphatically. Even suggested they could make the AFC championship game before going down, while setting them up for a run to win it all in 20-21. Oops. Baker just doesn’t look like he has the ability to adjust to defenses when they do a good job disguising what they are going to do. He needs his first or second read to be there, and quickly. Even saying second read is a stretch at times. Granted, his OLine sucks, so he doesn’t have much time anyway. Though he makes them look worse than they are at times by bailing the pocket prematurely, and hoping he can use his feet to make a play. He ain’t no Mahomes there. Unfortunately, I don’t see this changing much. It’s something that is hard to learn over time especially when using your feet to extend the play has worked so well all throughout your playing days. See Mariota, and Kaep as other examples of this. The NFL will give you a year or so before they take this away. As for Syracuse, I think DeVito has a similar problem, but his is fixable, especially if the OLine just improves their play. He isn’t so much looking to extend the play and leaving the pocket too early, as he is just running for his life to not get murdered. I still have all the faith in the world that he is the man for the job to lead us toward success in the future. If they can put the pieces needed around him then he’s the man to help us contend with the top squads in the ACC. Holding out hope that we make the changes necessary to compete. And that means having the right coaches in place as well. That could be the guys we have now, or maybe not. It’s on Dino to decide that. Some of his statements are troublesome. Even little comments on the radio show. Snide remarks about referees, and seems at times that he will refuse to be critical of his staff or himself. Putting it more on the players, or coming across like it’s something out of his control. I don’t know. It’s probably not a big deal, as coaches have big egos. But, you have to be critical of all parts of the game to correct what you can control. Anyway, let’s just put up 40, and beat BC. The O/U is 59, so the books expecting some points to be scored. [/QUOTE]

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