McCarthy's Debut

[comet52]

which is why IMO he and the starting OL should get at least 1 series in this last preseason game,  to much time between now and the start of the season,  give them one last live session with some clear things to work on in the limited reps.

It's really no longer necessary with the advent of joint practices.  He gets way more live reps there than he'd get in any preseason game along with the benefit that he doesn't have to take hits that could cause injury.  

Preseason is now mainly a place for 2nd and 3rd string guys to get live reps and bolster their case to make the team.

[pattersaur]

I don't necessarily agree with you on this.  
Just because he was familiar with that type of offense in Michigan does not translate to the NFL.  I think KOC may have tweaked the offense, but more to the point, he and Kwesi have tweaked his supporting cast on OL and backfield.  
We'll see soon enough.

I expect dink and dunk to start off the season. The Broncos brought Bo Nix along pretty slowly last year before really opening things up after the first half of the season. It seemed to work very well for his development. Not all QBs are the same and maybe being sidelined for a year means McCarthy doesn't need training wheels, but my guess is that KO will have them installed anyways.

[JimmyinSD]

It's really no longer necessary with the advent of joint practices.  He gets way more live reps there than he'd get in any preseason game along with the benefit that he doesn't have to take hits that could cause injury.  

Preseason is now mainly a place for 2nd and 3rd string guys to get live reps and bolster their case to make the team.

are they having joint practices again this week?  I only heard about them prior to last weeks game.

[comet52]

are they having joint practices again this week?  I only heard about them prior to last weeks game.

No just last week.  The Pats did two weeks of joint practices, first with Washington.