NASCAR puts fans in the huddle, Jameis can’t stop the turnovers

NASCAR is out in front of in-stadium fan experience

“When would an offensive coordinator ever jump into a quarterback’s ear in the middle of a play?  Well, that’s what’s happening with crew chiefs to  drivers.   Everybody can listen.  But the fan experience?  There’s nothing better, because those drivers, in the heat of battle, they forget everyone’s listening.  It makes the sport great to watch from the stands.”

Steve LeTarte, NBC NASCAR analyst 

 

Jameis Winston can’t stop the turnovers

“This is becoming a broken record.  He tells us how he can’t turn the ball over and then has two picks and a fumble.  Then he follows the game by teling us he can’t turn the ball over.  Maybe some day he will listen to himself, but you get the feeling that day is never going to come.”

Tom Jones, Tampa Times

 

Andy Dalton is still not ready for prime time

“The prime-time woes continue  . . . interceptions that you can’t justify from a veteran quarterback . . . his inabililty to make plays to get them jump-started.   It seems like it comes so difficult for Andy Dalton in these big games, and it really is a head-scratcher.  I can’t figure it out.”

Steve Beuerlein, NBCS Monday QB  

 

Mitchell Trubisky is a robot, not an artist

“He has this perfectionism in him.  He wants to be perfect as a quarterback, make every read.  When you’re like that you become robotic.  So much of quarterbacking is art; it’s not science.  He was trying to be the ultimate scientist.  He has so much capability to be an artist.  I think as he gets more free and loses a little of his perfectionism, there’s a huge upside for Mitch Trubisky.”

Steve Young, ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption

 

Fournette won’t be a factor the rest of the season

“I think Carlos Hyde is not just injury insurance on Leonard Fournette, it’s Leonard Fournette insurance.  The Jaguars really don’t know what they have in Fournette, healthy or otherwise.  I don’t know how much Fournette is going to give them down the stretch of this season.  I don’t think he’s going to come back and be a dominant runner.”

Peter King, NBCS Pro Football Talk

 

Eli Manning is not as good as his stats

“The wide receivers can play, but the O-line can’t block anybody.  The running backs are running great, but the quarterback can’t hit anyone.  Yes he’s putting up a ton of numbers.  But numbers lie because he is not efficient and can’t do the basic things.”

Steve Smith, retired All-Pro receiver, on Showtime’s Inside the NFL  

 

Brock Osweiler left mixed impressions in Houston

“He had all the look.  He’s a tall handsome guy, he says all the right things at the podium.  He acts like a professional.  That only goes so far when you start missing wide-open receivers like he did with the Houston Texans. . . He got under the skin of a lot of people in that organization.  Jadeveon Clowney said he couldn’t wait to hit Brock Osweiler.”

Chris Simms, Pro Football Talk

 

Machado’s character issues are insignificant

“I’m very, very bullish on long-term stock on Manny Machado.  If owners or front offices try to judge his character by the handful of things that he’s done, that’s a huge mistake.  Whoever signs him will win big  Real big.”

Alex Rodriguez, Fox/ESPN baseball analyst