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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish
Now, instead him falling on the sword, which he rightfully should, it's the lowest man on the totem pole Matt Ryan who is the scapegoat.
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Well, Reich also made this comment in his press conference:
"Another point that needs to be made crystal clear, and I told this to Matt: We did not hold up to our end of the bargain. You came here and we promised you a top run game and great protection and we haven’t delivered. And that really starts with me."
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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish
My guess is the Brady/Reich game plans will make Elhinger look like trash too. Remember they don't game plan in the pre-season, when Ehlinger looked his best.
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Ehlinger looked his best during the pre-season not because of no game plan but because he was playing against the opponent's third string defense in most situations. So not the starters, not the regular back-ups, but the third team.
However, I will say his pre-season performance was remarkable based on a couple of the beat writers' comments:
1) They stated that Ryan and Foles took nearly every 11 vs 11 snap in training camp (at least what the media witnessed) and that Ehlinger and Coan got most of their work through individual workouts and throwing / receiving drills with the WR's and TE's.
2) Ehlinger is in the middle of completely re-working his throwing mechanics / motion with the QB guru Tom House. It was supposed to be a two year process of changing his mechanics.