Put in Mullins

[IDVikingfan]

I've seen enough.  Put in Mullins, couldn't be worse than Darnold and most likely better.  JMO.

I was hoping the team would rebound from last week's debacle...   Maybe next year.

[StickierBuns]

I guarantee you Mullins would have performed better, but that switch was never going to be made. Watching Darnold refuse to throw check down passes that were there and open and take stupid sacks was beyond infuriating. Not sure what some expect KOC to do when he's calling the play to help Darnold and Darnold won't f-ing do it.

[JimmyinSD]

I guarantee you Mullins would have performed better, but that switch was never going to be made. Watching Darnold refuse to throw check down passes that were there and open and take stupid sacks was beyond infuriating. Not sure what some expect KOC to do when he's calling the play to help Darnold and Darnold won't f-ing do it.

This right here.... KOC had an option and he refused to do what needed to be done.  It was apparent very early that SD was toast,  KOC should have  made that move at half time at the latest.  Personally I would have warmed up Mullins in the first quarter.

[StickierBuns]

This right here.... KOC had an option and he refused to do what needed to be done.  It was apparent very early that SD was toast,  KOC should have  made that move at half time at the latest.  Personally I would have warmed up Mullins in the first quarter.

lol, yeah don't agree with that at all. They weren't going to beat the Rams with Mullens. Just because I said he would have played better, doesn't mean he should have been put in for Darnold. That wasn't my point. 4 TDs and 4 INTs get you net zero and that's Mullens.

[comet52]

When it's clear you can't win with Darnold you make the move. It should have been made no later than the start of the third quarter.

It doesn't matter that you "can't win with Mullens" because while that's likely but not 100% certain, what is certain is that the guys on offense start to sag mentally and the QB change kinda becomes the only hope in a hopeless situation.

The bottom line then is you have to question what a coach is thinking when he won't even *try* something to win in a do or die game. His stubbornness and lack of adaptability in game day situations continues to boggle the mind. Or at least my mind.

[JimmyinSD]

lol, yeah don't agree with that at all. They weren't going to beat the Rams with Mullens. Just because I said he would have played better, doesn't mean he should have been put in for Darnold. That wasn't my point. 4 TDs and 4 INTs get you net zero and that's Mullens.

Maybe,  but worse case scenario is still a loss,  it was very apparent early that it was another week of bad Sam, so honestly at that point what did you have to lose.  Maybe Mullins was a spark that would have lifted the team,  but we'll never know.

[pattersaur]

Sam more than earned the right to go down with the ship this season. That said and as insane as it is, I would not have been shocked if KO made the switch at half. I was ready for anything really. College teams have made similar moves in bigger games.

Oh well. Maybe KO thought that raising our odds of winning from 5% with Sam to 10% w Mullens wasn't worth burying Darnold's career over? Who knows.

[Norse]

I think the longer he kept Darnold in the more he hurt his chances for decent money next year.
Last year when Mullens played the receivers had better stats than they did with Cousins. But downfall was Mullens picks.

[MaroonBells]

What was frustrating was watching Darnold hold the ball for 3 beats before either taking a sack or throwing the ball. Then watching Stafford, with the same amount of pressure, throw it on the 2nd beat almost without fail.

The IOL is a problem, we all know that, but KOC putting all the blame on them is just covering for his QB. Watch the sack fumble at 4:00. Three beats, sacked, fumble, TD. At 5:00, three beats, sacked. Then watch the following Rams drive, especially the TD. Stafford is getting just as much pressure on that TD pass, even more, but he releases the ball on the 2nd beat. That's the difference. Game in a nutshell.

[JimmyinSD]

What was frustrating was watching Darnold hold the ball for 3 beats before either taking a sack or throwing the ball. Then watching Stafford, with the same amount of pressure, throw it on the 2nd beat almost without fail.

The IOL is a problem, we all know that, but KOC putting all the blame on them is just covering for his QB. Watch the sack fumble at 4:00. Three beats, sacked, fumble, TD. At 5:00, three beats, sacked. Then watch the following Rams drive, especially the TD. Stafford is getting just as much pressure on that TD pass, even more, but he releases the ball on the 2nd beat. That's the difference. Game in a nutshell.

I bang the OL replacement drum more often than I likely should,  but last night was hardly an OL issue,  sure they could have done better,  but SD was shell shocked early and IMO  it led to them looking worse than they actually are.  The first sack that ONeil gave up he was bull rushed with the defender having a fist full of his face mask/helmet,  and most of the others were simply Sam having no awareness of WTF he was doing.   I think there was one that Risner gave up that was pretty bad on him,  but many of the others IMO were SD, which is why he shouldnt have been left in IMO,  there is ineffective, and there is simply overmatched and psyched out,  SD was the later the last 2 weeks.