Stopping Herbert in 2021

[BayAreaBoltz]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this - and I was almost going to start a thread on it - but what about...crowd noise? Herbert had the luxury of playing his rookie year with no one in the stands, so there was absolutely no distractions due to crowds revving up the volume. I wonder what it will be like for him in, say, Kansas City, when the crowd is going crazy and Herbie can't hear - or communicate - a thing. Is he used to that kind of noise? Does anyone else think this could be a potential problem?

LITERALLY been meaning to post this same thought. And I wholly agree. The knee jerk reaction is to say, "Herbie's used to crowd noise playing in college stadiums". Okay. But he wasn't playing against NFL defenses. And he wasn't learning Lombardi's system. I saw Rivers struggle to get play changes at the line while under duress of the crowd noise. And Hebert basically had a pass on that all year. He was a stud, no doubt. But I cannot imagine it's equal difficulty now that he's stepping onto enemy fields, full of hostile and loud fans.

Something to watch for.

[Bolt Dude]

LITERALLY been meaning to post this same thought. And I wholly agree. The knee jerk reaction is to say, "Herbie's used to crowd noise playing in college stadiums". Okay. But he wasn't playing against NFL defenses. And he wasn't learning Lombardi's system. I saw Rivers struggle to get play changes at the line while under duress of the crowd noise. And Hebert basically had a pass on that all year. He was a stud, no doubt. But I cannot imagine it's equal difficulty now that he's stepping onto enemy fields, full of hostile and loud fans.

Something to watch for.

Imagine how Tua’s gonna play with crowd noise.
He struggled in silence.

[like54ninjas]

LITERALLY been meaning to post this same thought. And I wholly agree. The knee jerk reaction is to say, "Herbie's used to crowd noise playing in college stadiums". Okay. But he wasn't playing against NFL defenses. And he wasn't learning Lombardi's system. I saw Rivers struggle to get play changes at the line while under duress of the crowd noise. And Hebert basically had a pass on that all year. He was a stud, no doubt. But I cannot imagine it's equal difficulty now that he's stepping onto enemy fields, full of hostile and loud fans.

Something to watch for.

JH10 has been as cool as 5he other side of the pillow in NFL action.
I just don’t see crowd noise as a major factor. He’ll use hand signals, silent counts, and call multiple plays in the huddle with hand and/or short verbiage signals.

[Bolt Dude]

JH10 has been as cool as 5he other side of the pillow in NFL action.
I just don’t see crowd noise as a major factor. He’ll use hand signals, silent counts, and call multiple plays in the huddle with hand and/or short verbiage signals.

Hope he can win some hard counts for free plays
and run a few randomized no-huddle possessions.

[sonorajim]

JH10 has been as cool as 5he other side of the pillow in NFL action.
I just don’t see crowd noise as a major factor. He’ll use hand signals, silent counts, and call multiple plays in the huddle with hand and/or short verbiage signals.

Rivers was juiced with excitement, always, Just sometimes more than others. Herbert is more of a cool head. Should help.

[dmac_bolt]

Rivers was juiced with excitement, always, Just sometimes more than others. Herbert is more of a cool head. Should help.

You mean he was a Spaz?

[Bolt Dude]

You mean he was a Spaz?

Let’s just say his veins weren’t exactly flowing with ice water. More like scalding Tabasco.

[AK47]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this - and I was almost going to start a thread on it - but what about...crowd noise? Herbert had the luxury of playing his rookie year with no one in the stands, so there was absolutely no distractions due to crowds revving up the volume. I wonder what it will be like for him in, say, Kansas City, when the crowd is going crazy and Herbie can't hear - or communicate - a thing. Is he used to that kind of noise? Does anyone else think this could be a potential problem?

How about this though.......not sure if just me but the first couple games were quiet but then certain stadiums started pumping loud artificial crowd noise by midseason. Then the last few weeks when they allowed some fans to attend + that artificial noise made games seem really loud on TV.

[Panamamike]

How about this though.......not sure if just me but the first couple games were quiet but then certain stadiums started pumping loud artificial crowd noise by midseason. Then the last few weeks when they allowed some fans to attend + that artificial noise made games seem really loud on TV.

I mentioned this actually a few pages back with a link to an article regarding the use of artificial noise and how it was deployed.

[dmac_bolt]

How about Fuck Fan Noise. Herbert can Handle.

[Bearded14YourPleasure]

I think it says a lot when the biggest threat to your QB is loud noises.

[chargeroo]

This is an excellent point. I think all last year’s rookie QBs enjoyed the advantage of learning NFL game speed w/o the issue of crowd noise. A silent stadium brings an element of practice to real games. However, for Herbert it balanced out with not having all the prep reps leading up to the season.

Seems like Herbert played well in the Rose Bowl against Wisconsin. That’s probably been the loudest game of his career so far.

Autsin Stadium, home for the Ducks, is very loud. He's played with loud crowd noise his entire four years in Eugene.