McCarthy needs a decent game today for obvious reasons

[MaroonBells]

Decent game, definitely progress. Got rid of the ball quicker than other games. No INTs. A much needed outing for him AND the team. Nice to see, now he needs to build on it incrementally. I'd like to see some consistency develop as its just one game. Hopefully KOC has learned and tweaked something in his mentorship so JJ isn't overthinking constantly. Let him get a better grasp of a simplified offense, then expand incrementally.

I remember watching Phillip Rivers in the Senior Bowl. To this day, the most impressive Senior Bowl performance I've ever seen. I thought if they could fix his Luis Tiant-like delivery, he could be one of the greats. To their credit, they left it alone. 

I think shelving JJ's mechanics until the offseason was a good move. JJ's best days are ahead of him. Almost forgotten in the shut out was the fact that the defense held Jayden Daniels to 78 yards passing through nearly 3 quarters.

[SurfnRide]

I remember watching Phillip Rivers in the Senior Bowl. To this day, the most impressive Senior Bowl performance I've ever seen. I thought if they could fix his Luis Tiant-like delivery, he could be one of the greats. To their credit, they left it alone. 

I think shelving JJ's mechanics until the offseason was a good move. JJ's best days are ahead of him. Almost forgotten in the shut out was the fact that the defense held Jayden Daniels to 78 yards passing through nearly 3 quarters.

Daniels has been out for 3 games with a bum elbow and they rushed him back and reinjured it.  That was not prime Daniels.

[pattersaur]

JJM had a better game today.  Still has issues hitting the target in some scenarios, staring guys down, lacks pocket awareness.  I don't know if he has a high NFL ceiling but he can make plays at times.

But they went to a 34-23 run pass ratio which made a huge difference.  I think someone in the front office read KOC the riot act after that Seattle game--he was unusually contrite at the midweek presser and lo and behold, after 66 games in the NFL he figured out basic football with a young, inexperienced qb at the helm.  Beat a defense that is atrocious--it helps to play some weaklings when you are down.  Called successful runs on 3rd and 4th and short, like a fucking miracle or something. 

Kevin O'Genius may finally learn that running the ball, running clock and keeping your D off the field keeps them fresh when it counts and able to bury the opponents, shutting them out in fact.  Maybe he'll learn, we'll see.  I think the inner Kevin is dying to pull out the triple reverse tight end option on 3rd and one and show the world how briliant he is (never mind the failure) but for now he quelled his inner idiot and won the game.  Imagine if he'd done that since week 1, we might still be relevant instead of playing out the string in a lost season.

It's the Commanders but I thought McCarthy's pocket awareness yesterday was pretty good. He's done much better lately at not taking sacks.

[supafreak84]

Something Judd said on the podcast post-game yesterday was he was up in the press box and focusing on Jefferson when the Vikings had the ball. Stated there were several times where Jefferson beat his man and or was one on one and McCarthy didn't throw him the ball. Stated he went to his first read a majority of the time (which isn't surprising with his recent struggles) but that by NFL standards, Jefferson was about as open as it gets and McCarthy is going to have to see it and hit it to beat better football teams. It was baby steps yesterday and we'll see if it's something he can build on at Dallas