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I have no idea how they get another season out of this.  Or if I will watch.

The story and technique was questionable at best at times, but I thought they did a very good job with the character arc of her partner.

 

I've posted in this thread during the 1st season, I thought the character aspects were done well, even excellently at times.  The pacing they never figured out though and as a result it dragged and lacked tension a lot of the time.

 

Was more referring to the fact that S2 wrapped up the original plot of the show, and it seemed like a logical point to wrap it up.  Curious to see what they do with another season

I have no idea how they get another season out of this.  Or if I will watch.

Does this race mean that Shady will be caught from behind by defensive linemen this year too?

 

Hard to find fault with this draft.

I think expecting Barkley to win the job is a bit much, this is Vicks team this year, but there's zero risk in selecting him in the fourth.

Really don't see any guarantee that Vick is even on the team let alone declaring it his year. I honestly believe foles wins the job in camp and they cut vick with no further need for him.

I agree with this assessment.  Drafting Barkley tells me that in Chip Kelly's NFL offense mobility is a non-issue.  If you eliminate that aspect of it, you eliminate a big advantage that Vick has over the other guys (the other big one being experience.)  

 

Also, if you go through OTA's/training camp/pre-season with an offense and blocking schemes designed to suit Vick and he goes down in week 3, there a lot of revisions and re/un-learning that has to take place to suit Foles strengths.  Now, iff you do the same for Foles and he goes down in week 3, there are no adjustments to be made for Barkley to step in and be successful.

 

Vick is gone, IMHO.

Agree that this is the most likely outcome.  Anything can happen, but I think Foles and Barkley would have to look significantly worse than Vick through camp for him to be on the field Week 1.  Vick's athleticism has now faded to the point he has to win the job as a passer and I don't think he has it in him.

 

Aside from the relative merits of the players involved, going with Vick also has a "win now" feel at least to the casual observer, which probably would raise expectations for the team above where they should be.

 

This year is about laying the foundation of Kelly's approach across the team and finding out whether Foles can be an above average starting QB, which is still unknown.  They need to know before the next offseason whether they need to be in the trade market or looking to move up in the draft (hopefully we won't be sitting in the Top 5 again) to find our future QB.  Barkley's in play as well but I think the odds are probably against him.

Thoughts on the Chip Kelly Offense
 
I said in my post draft comment that I was very happy to see the Matt Barkley pick, not because I have a strong opinion that he will be a great NFL QB, but because it offers some proof that mobility isn't a priority when it comes to that position.  That's great, because I think the running QB in the NFL is fool's gold.  There's a shortage of QBs who can effectively operate a passing offense, it's a small subset of those (maybe 5?) that would be considered a weapon running the ball.  To build a scheme around that kind of QB is like building a defense that only works with Brian Dawkins at S or Reggie White at DE.  The 46 was that kind of scheme.  It worked but required awesome talent.  Well, any scheme works with awesome talent.  If you do actually have that kind of awesome talent at QB, why risk the guy's health with designed runs?  I was beyond stunned to see the way the Redskins hung RGIII out to dry in that final game, I couldn't believe what I was watching.  This point is one of the bigger differences between what you can get away with in college (where your other QBs are probably just as talented, only less experienced) and the NFL.
 
The thing is, there will be read option in this offense, I'm certain of it.  Probably a lot of it.  But the "option" part doesn't have to be a QB run, there's a lot of other ways to skin that cat.  The option component I think will be covered in multiple ways like a handoff to a 2nd back, a slot WR/RB running a reverse or a jet sweep, or what I think will be the most common use of the read/option, the  run/pass choice especially to the TEs/H-backs.  If the D (or a specific player on D) attacks vs. the run the QB can pull the handoff and make the throw.
 
All NFL offenses have constraint (or counter) plays designed to prevent the defense from aggressively over compensating for the plays the offense runs best but they have to be called (or audibled into), but the beauty of the read/option system is that the constraint option can be executed anytime based on how the defense reacts on that play.
 
Can't wait to see how this is going to look.