Hey all, Commanders fan here. I was wondering what the unbiased opinion on Sam Howell is looking right now. Obviously as Washington fan, I’m definitely looking at Sam through rose tinted goggles, more specifically, a QB with a crazy high ceiling with any woes being attributed to growing pains. However I know this is definitely a biased view and even a little naive. I was hoping to get a greater understanding on what the the NFL fanbase as a whole is feeling on him, perhaps to temper my own expectations. Thanks y’all

  • similar222@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The guy in my dynasty league who has him loves him. And he is 9th in QB points, so that makes sense. But 21 ppg for the Commanders doesn’t seem very reassuring that he has long term job security. And Washington is deep for weapons with McLaurin, Thomas, Dotson, Samuel, Crowder, Brown, and some RBs that are good receivers out of the backfield.

  • PaPawMustard@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I like that he stands tall and throws downfield/over the middle with confidence - you watch other young guys who look like they’re scared to death to do anything except checkdown.

    Too often guys are obsessed with limiting turnovers/taking sacks and it ends up shackling the offense.

    Obviously the sacks need to be corrected, but give me a guy that’ll at least take risks any day of the week.

  • JoeyBird9@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Big fan this is his first year starting and he looks already very solid

    Washington fans should be excited

  • _User_Profile@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    He’s an incredibly valuable asset. His cap hit is $1,075,400 next year. You’re getting him for probably $25M-$35M less than market value, and you can buy some really good pieces to put a good team on the field with that. He’s the guy in Washington for sure.

    Thought exercise: would you trade him to the Jets next year for Aaron Rodgers?

  • sonfoa@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m a UNC fan so I suffer a somewhat similar bias, but I was scratching my head as to how he fell that low.

    He’s definitely flashed franchise QB traits. He just needs to not take so many sacks.

  • Philyeagles710@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I like him. He needs a better coach. I think he could be a better version of Mark Sanchez that led the Jets to 2 straight AFC championship games.