Gase should have kept Landry, Watson takes too many sacks
Gase should have kept Landry instead of Tannehill
“This Dolphins team is dysfunctional; it’s a total disaster. Not all of that falls on Adam Gase, but I don’t think his message was received very well in that locker room. Jarvis Landry and him didn’t mix, so he shipped him off to Cleveland, and he’s torn apart the league – a top-5 receiver in the NFL, and he couldn’t find a way to make it work. He had a quarterback who’s been hurt a lot, Ryan Tannehill, and yet he decided to stick with him.”
Danny Kanell, on CBSN Monday QB
Jameis Winston has leadership questions
“I like the way Jameis Winston played when he came back after being benched for Ryan Fitzpatrick. He did play with a different kind of passion. But he’s still being questioned as a leader in that locker room. His leadership style seems to be wearing thin with a lot of these guys.”
Steve Beuerlein, on CBSN Monday QB
Watson sacked too often to win in playoffs
“I think Houston is a little bit suspect because Deshaun Watson takes a lot of sacks. He’s called a playmaker but I call him a sack-taker. You gotta get rid of the football. You’ve got the most-sacked quarterback in football going against the least-sacked quarterback in Andrew Luck. I’ll go with the least-sacked quarterback.”
Boomer Esiason, Showtime’s Inside the NFL, previewing playoff game between Indianapolis and Houston
Lincoln Riley not ready for NFL
“Lincoln Riley is a fine head coach, but the NFL conversation I don’t get. He has no experience in the NFL. He has potential to be that guy, but game-planning is different in the NFL. You gotta run more plays, give different looks. How did it work out for the college offensive geniuses Chip Kelly and Steve Spurrier? Spurrier thought he was going to tear the NFL apart, and the whole league was going, ‘Is this is all you got on your offense, these ten plays?’”
Chris Simms, on NBCS Pro Football Talk
LeBron James sounds like Trump
“Obviously LeBron is in every conversation of who is the greatest player of all time. But why he’s saying that, I don’t know. Maybe he thinks that sells. Maybe he’s taking the Donald Trump approach and trying to sell himself. I don’t know if anyone knows who’s the greatest of all time because the years are so different.”
Danny Ainge, Boston Celtics general manager
Embiid can improve on defense
“I’m seeing all teams attack Joel Embiid on pick-and-rolls. This big-time defensive player has got to guard at all levels.”
Chauncey Billups, ESPN’s The Jump
