WFT vs Bolts Pre Game Discussion

[Boltjolt]

Don't take it personal my friend,but I see how your chargers will lose..The 39 year old journeyman will out play herbert who hasn't played at all in preseason I believe..
The WFT run game featuring Gibson will run for over 100, yrds which will create play action for the journeyman to work his magic..
Logan Thomas our TE will expose your LB'S,watchout for this dude he is on the rise...
I guarantee ya Terry McClaurin will get deep on your secondary atleast twice if not more..
We have alot of speed on offense even with Curtis Samuel being out,your secondary will struggle to keep up..
My DEFENSE...enough said!!!

:chuckle: Well you are the ultimate optomist. I guess we will see you after the game but i doubt you will want to come by.

Not sure what defense you think WA are facing but It sure isnt the Cowboys defense of last year or the Raiders. You are going to be disapointed.

[sonorajim]

Just curious, if the Bolts will dominate, why is the line WFT by 1?

WFT DL vs LAC OL.
Exp HC vs newbie.
Lots if folks think the stats or lack of tell the tale.

Interesting note: Staley took LAR's 2019 #17 D points allowed to #1 in one season.

[CRed]

Glad you came on this board I can relax alittle...lol

I am excited for the season to begin, and this game seems like it's going to be a dogfight and great tell for the rest of the season.

[Velo]

Just curious, if the Bolts will dominate, why is the line WFT by 1?

The Chiefs were 3.5 favorites to beat the Bucs in the Super Bowl. That should answer your question.

[Velo]

I like the note of the offense now freed of Anthony Lynn, because that is essentially the same rationale as the WFT offense freed by the anvil of last in the league QB play last year. I disagree about Thomas, but agree with your statement that he got targeted more because of lack of receiving options last year. Like your OL we entirely revamped our receiving corps, but unlike an OL there is not a group gel time for WR's. Our receiving corps of McLauren, Brown, and Sims is going to stretch the field more, opening the mid range for both Thomas and Gibson.

It really all comes down to Fitzpatrick - if he plays turnover free, we will win. If he can't get it together we won't.

Either way, I expect a helluva game

You revamped your WR corps with whom? The only notable player I can see is Curtis Samuel and he is on IR.

[Boltjolt]

I have been your typical internet ghost reading your board all week, and I have to say I love how excited you all are for your team. I couldn't let Redskins1 stand alone though, so let me add a second WFT voice here. Can't wait for the game, and to see how both teams show up. Love the early matchup for these two teams. I see big things for both teams. A few quick notes on why my WFT will win tomorrow and why they could lose:

The obvious - Our Dline will dominate your Oline. I'm not talking about Sweat/Chase at the ends, you will see a guy Matt Ionnaidis tomorrow, who will be huge. He was our best DL guy before he got injured, and he is a monster. The rotation of Allen/Payne/Settle/Ionnaidis will prove too much for your line so early in the season.

The shocking - the QB on the field with the better completion percentage last year is Fitzpatrick (68.1 to 65.1) the QB on the field who was better under pressure last year per nextgenstats(see link) - Fitzpatrick.

The tried and true - Coaching experience. Between Rivera and Jack Del Rio, our team's coaching staff has more experience at calling games then your whole staff combined

The reasons we can lose -
Fitzpatrick's INTs . No doubt if Fitztragic shows up, the burden will be on our defense not only to stop Herbert and his strength, but keep our team from imploding.
Our rookie St. Juste can't handle Mike Williams. He looks the role, but Mike Williams can make him look like a rookie.
Derwin James - He can really make Fitzpatrick look bad. If he does that, we will struggle.

Once more, Good luck to your team this year and hope we see a good, clean, injury free game.

You must be showing passing stats from all 16 games as a team last year because Herberts completion % was 66.6, not 65.1. Herbert also out did him in yards and every other catagory if you want to use stats.....which would include passes over 20 and 40 yards

Tyrod Taylor played in our first game and had a mediocre day so that brings the stats down a bit. Not to mention Hebert i believe was 1st in passing under pressure. Irregardless, as a rookie Hebert was lights out with no preseason games and hardly a TC to practice and learn while Fitz had one of his better seasons as a 18 year vet.

Not to mention Fitz didnt play every game as they sat him for Tua. It will come down to the LOS and if we get pressure on Fitz often i think he will look like his mediocre self of yester years. But its a team game and i just think our team is better than yours.

[CRed]

WFT DL vs LAC OL.
Exp HC vs newbie.
Lots if folks think the stats or lack of tell the tale.

Interesting note: Staley took LAR's 2019 #17 D points allowed to #1 in one season.

Interesting note: Rivera/Del Rio took WFT 2019 #27 D points allowed to #4 in one season

I think the lack of experience in coaching, and lack of real play time with the new schemes will tell the tale.

But again, think it will be a great matchup

[equivocation]

People who didn't watch the Chargers last year have no idea just how bad the coaching was.

The Chargers were a top 3 team in obvious passing situations like 3rd and long. The problem is they had a lot of 3rd and longs, which brings down passing efficiency stats.

The Chargers had the second highest run % on 2nd and short (after Baltimore), which is the most efficient passing situation. Because Anthony Lynn thought we were a "top 10 running team" despite being 30st in ypc and 6th in rushing fumbles.

[sonorajim]

Interesting note: Rivera/Del Rio took WFT 2019 #27 D points allowed to #4 in one season

I think the lack of experience in coaching, and lack of real play time with the new schemes will tell the tale.

But again, think it will be a great matchup

WFT '19 435, '20 329 Good job!
LAR '19 364, '20 296. Fewer pts change. It's hard not to like 296 - 18.5 ppg though.
Hopefully we'll manage under 18 ppg is '21. This is a seriously talented, well coached D overall.

[CRed]

You revamped your WR corps with whom? The only notable player I can see is Curtis Samuel and he is on IR.

Primarily Dyami Brown and Adam Humphries, but only McLauren and Sims are returning from last year. The main difference though is instead of having qb's who don't know how to throw the ball more than 10 yds, we have a qb who has shown over the last three years the ability to throw it deep consistently. The difference should be night and day.

[sonorajim]

Primarily Dyami Brown and Adam Humphries, but only McLauren and Sims are returning from last year. The main difference though is instead of having qb's who don't know how to throw the ball more than 10 yds, we have a qb who has shown over the last three years the ability to throw it deep consistently. The difference should be night and day.

Fitz is an upgrade over WTF last year.

[Guest]

That coaching change wasn't because Fitz was playing poorly or that the Dolphins weren't winning.

Fitz can be very good. He's a 1.5 grade jump over WFT's QBs last season, IMO.

I disagree. The Dolphins were in the playoff race last year and made the change because they believed that Tagovailoa gave them the best chance to win. In Fitzpatrick's defense, there were dissenters, but that was the basis of the decision. No team sacrifices a potential playoff berth to get reps for a rookie QB just for the future.

I also disagree about Fitzpatrick being a huge upgrade over what WFT had last year. I think that is he represents a small upgrade over a one-legged Alex Smith.