These days highlights are all cut for TikTok, super zoomed in on the subject with little to no surrounding context. I’m glad I’m not the only one who appreciates that context

Consistency definitely the biggest concern. There are legit SportsCenter highlights in here. The kid can do it, he just intersperses it with a whole bunch of meh and a bit too much yuck.

The deficit isn't an unwillingness to spend.

Lmao let’s spend to build around him as if he doesn’t have a very much above average skill group with 2 really solid backs and an improving line. He ain’t it. I watched this video to try and convince myself that he is and it still didn’t work 😂😂😂

@@dylancook5487 Per ESPN Analytics, DJ and Pickens are both top-10 receivers in this league when you divorce their performance from QB play/scheme. Just based on getting open, and catching ability, they are both elite. Per, well, anyone you might happen to ask, Najee and Jaylen are a top-five RB unit (I’d argue they’re top-one) and Freiermuth is criminally under-rated as a big-body slot. Then you have role players like Darnell, Connor, ARob and Calvin… any way you slice it that’s a fantastic group of weapons.

Well it’s Diontae’s highlights+George’s highlights+Pat’s highlights+that one Calvin Austin highlight.

One of the lower-difficulty type of throws. Dependent on your guy adjusting before the defender.

People want to run their mouths about Harvin and Cole being inconsistent, then turn around and say “but Kenny’s really good in the fourth quarter!” So he’s good SOMETIMES, what’s another name for that…?

​@@Steely_Cam faccs buddy

Oh great another Mason Cole hater.

@@Steely_Cam he just got cut so what u think now 🤣🤣

There's no "thinking" about it; he can be good and he has shown flashes of good, verging on very good, almost tempting me to pull out the g-word (great). Consistency is the issue. He appears uncomfortable in the pocket and the OL have told us it's a lot easier to block for a guy (Mason) when you know where he's going to be. Kenny came off the bench for Trubisky last year because Mitch was playing too safe. The narrative was "with TJ down we can no longer rely on our D to win games, so we have to go out there and sling it, for better or worse." That's who Kenny was last preseason. Somehow they've crossed like ships in the night; now Mitch is the gunslinger and Kenny is the Steady Eddie? Both those guys were confused about what the team wanted from them which resulted in neither playing to their strengths. Ultimately what lost Matt Canada his job was the "inability to be himself" as Tomlin said. Right now Kenny doesn't know who he is. He saw himself as a starter (he refused to play second fiddle in Seattle, don't believe anyone who says different) and he saw himself as a man who was above criticism from a female reporter. He hasn't earned anything in this league, not a starting spot and for sure not the holier-than-thou attitude.

Good question!

@@Steely_Cam Great answer!

Just look at some of the throws against Cleveland !!! Now he has a oc that knows how to scheme guys open and a way better offensive line than what he had !!! I can’t wait to see him prove ppl wrong

Look what Arthur Smith did for Tannehill. He was considered washed up when he left Miami

The thing Rudy has figured out that Mr. "You Can't Learn Anything From the Sideline" hasn't? The pocket is a much safer place to be for a QB than on the run.

@@Steely_Cam Are you even watching your own video. He is getting SMASHED in the pocket, not out on the run. He was the most pressured (54% of pass plays) and most hit QB in the entire NFL. The only thing "Rudy" figured out was it's nice to play two of the bottom four defenses in the league followed by the ravens practice squad. He was pressured at 15% average per game. The O line didn't magically learn to block better because of Mason, they just played shitty competition in his games. For reference Kenny Pickett has had exactly 2 games his entire career where his pressured rate was 16% or below. Guess what game was one of them, that shitty Bengals team he played and put up identical numbers that Mason did. He's not responsible for shit o line play, that's plain stupid.

@@snagginbirdies1006 you have confidence, I’ll give you that. Sure, the level of competition didn’t hurt. The OL magically got better because the guy they were protecting stayed where tf he’s supposed to be. Here’s another stat for you: Pickett was pressured on only 52.1% of scrambles, per SportsInfoSolutions. That’s the lowest number in the NFL. Only Bryce Young and Derek Carr have a lower QBR from outside the pocket than Pickett.

@@Steely_Cam That is flat wrong. The O line is supposed to maintain a pocket on a pass play. Period. How could that really matter? They have their backs to the guy, block your guy, simple. He had the most free runners in the NFL. The O line was and is trash, they looked better because of the community college level competition when Mason played. As far as pressured on scrambles, I guess you are trying to make the argument he bails too early. And I agree he has happy feet and looks uncomfortable a lot. But I think you'd be very hard pressed to find any QB that is the most hit QB, most pressured QB, and has the most free runners coming that wouldn't get happy feet. Dude just watch your own video, these are his highlight throws and he is regularly getting absolutely hammered. Now add in all the times he literally isn't given enough time to make a throw and he's getting smashed. He doesn't trust his O line, I don't blame him, I wouldn't either. Neither would you bud

@@snagginbirdies1006 Exactly. They have their backs to the guy. The defense is facing the QB; they will always be able to react and re-track before the OL knows what’s happening. When the target point (the spot the QB is standing) moves you no longer have to go through the OL, you can simply go around. P.S. I won’t remind you again to watch your tone.

He’ll never be a great NFL qb. “Good” is still on the table, at least “good enough” given tremendous rushing/defensive support, as he should have in 2024. If that doesn’t make him look competent…he’s staring down the barrel of a backup gig in Arizona.

If he can't succeed simply managing games with all those weapons, two top-10 RB's behind him and the best defensive support in the league...writing is on the wall.

@@Steely_Cam I agree, man. I’m almost to the point where he just is who he is because he doesn’t do anything to where you are like “yeah, we can build on that.” Ben’s wasn’t an elite QB early in his career, but he showed signs of living up to the potential of being that in the future. Again, I hope I’m wrong but Pickett played like an undrafted free agent four out of his five years at Pitt. Love your work, man!! Keep it up.

@@jakemercer1337 and even his one good year in college…they beat one ranked opponent (WF), who also benefitted from a soft ACC schedule. I’d have very serious qualms going anywhere near a guy who DIDN’T play B1G or SEC ball in the first round.

@@Steely_Cam he had an excellent fifth year at Pitt, not taking that away from him at all. He was a Heisman finalist and won the Unitas Golden Arm award. Even then though, I didn’t see anything where he was an unquestioned franchise QB. I want him to succeed because I’m a fan of the team, but I’m skeptical if he will. Again, I hope I’m wrong.

He’s the worst TD thrower in NFL history. I know people want to lay that at 🇨🇦’s feet but - and I know you know this - they were still calling his plays in Cincy, and in Seattle, and in Baltimore. When the players bought in it actually works.

You talking junk in the trunk?

@@Steely_Cam no he’s a solid 220 but most of that is not muscle and he get injured easily

Unfortunately the Lord and Savior Omar just handcuffed us to a choice between another Dan Moore year, and another Kendrick Green (or an analogously low-rent option) year.