Question; and maybe I’m missing something, but I am curious
I been seeing people saying Kenny played like shit vs the Packers, and I am not sure why? He was 14/23 with at least 3, probably 5, dropped passes that I can remember, including a TD.
Why are people acting like he played like shit? Is it just the low yardage no touchdown through the air thing? If so, I shall ignore the idiocy, but maybe I’m missing something blatant? Or people don’t remember how run first ball goes, when it works i guess?
***I do wanna be clear, I am not talking about the SEASON. I know he has had consistent issues on 3ish passes per game, in the first half especially, on routes that you shouldn’t have issues on. I am just talking about the Packers game right now***
- Canada schemes receivers to the sidelines
- For some reason people want to pretend that even the best QBs never miss a throw
- And the biggest factor: people only seem to remember the negative shit
As you noted, Kenny hasn’t had the most impressive season or career thusfar so this is not me trying to vindicate his performance and make him out to be better than he’s actually been. However, quite often this season after the opposing team’s QB makes a nice throw, you’ll see the dinguses come out of the woodwork to claim that “Kenny could never!!!1! Kenny’s never completed a throw like that!!” when in reality we’ve seen him make those exact sort of impressive throws quite a few times over his first two seasons.
He just lacks consistency in a big way, and it seems right now, he’s also lacking the confidence he came into the league with. His pocket presence and reading through his progressions also need a lot of improvement.
Let me put it this way. He started off hot and then cooled off. If the points had happened in reverse, people would be talking about 4th Quarter Kenny again.
To me it was mainly his decision making, his vision and his ability to read defences. I wouldn’t say he played horrible, but it definitely wasn’t impressive at all. He missed Washington a couple times when he could’ve just checked down for first down but instead tried to throw to DJ in tight coverage and nearly got picked off.
Dropped INT that was a very bad decision throw
Deciding pre snap to go to Jaylen Warren late in the game, with Diontae streaking open down the sidelines for an easy TD.
The lateral that was incorrectly ruled a forward pass.
On that last play alone, Kenny could have lost us the game. Now I know you said you are not talking about the season, but this has been Kenny all season. So the frustration is as much about those single plays as it is about him making those types of plays game in and game out.
Others can disagree with me if they want, but unless we start to see some consistent improvement in Kenny through the last 8 games, I’m 100% sure he is not the guy.
Yesterday wasn’t Kenny’s best game, and it’s not necessarily because of what you read in the stat line. He had some really poor reads, throwing into really tight coverage unnecessarily. He had one throw that should’ve been a pick, but the Packers player didn’t get both feet in bounds. He had the bad pass to Warren that was behind him, and probably could’ve been ruled a backwards pass for a Packers TD, which would’ve changed the game completely, when all he had to do was throw it in front of Warren. There was one play that he tried to force a pass on a short sideline route on 3rd down, that fell incomplete, but if he took a second to scan the field, he had both Johnson and Austin open behind their defenders and would’ve been walk in TDs. Now, I’m a Pickett fan. I believe he can be a very good QB in the league and needs more time and better coaching to be fully judged. But yesterday was not his best performance. Now again, Johnson did drop a deep ball that hit him right in his hands again, which didn’t help. But I think Kenny panics a little and tries to rush throws into coverage. Nothing that can’t be fixed with proper coaching.