@@BrysonConroy the length of the video doesn't really matter any more, it's all about retention. The optimal strategy would be to make a 20-30 minute video where you keep dangling the carrot on the stick to keep people from clicking away a la Mr Beast. But of course there is a certain point where you can tell you're being fed slop.
My personal assumption on Bryce is that Andy dalton game against the raiders helped his confidence in the players around him. Seemed like he didn’t trust his OL at all early in the season and his mentality about it carried over from the previous year when they were awful. So then seeing Dalton trust his OL and make plays especially the raiders game, it probably assured Bryce that he can sit in there strong and make his reads without getting blown up every play
Yeah and even with the whole confidence argument. Who’s to say that taking him out and having a good discussion with the coach about it can save his confidence more than it would damage his confidence. Who’s to say that sitting even for a few games in his second year behind a vet didn’t help his development. Also your point is really good as well
People are different. Some respond to one thing, some to another. Some have their confidence shaken easily, others don't. Baker looked finished in Carolina. He's clearly far from finished. Darnold took 6 years to not be terrible. Get people in the building that are good at working with people. Not just numbers people. You NEED "people" people. It's the only way to have a chance at accurately figuring out your players
Youre absolutely hitting the nail on the head. The fatal flaw of the “protect his confidence” argument isn’t that it overvalues confidence, but more about the fact that it misrepresents how confidence works entirely. Confidence is not only something that is hard to predict or control; confidence is also extremely volatile. It can be gained as quickly as it could be lost, and the people who use this argument don’t treat it that way. Although I think a quarterback losing confidence in his game forever isn’t unthinkable (though I believe it is less probable than most would assume), I don’t think such a quarterback is worth protecting. If failing to guard his confidence properly results in it being permanently damaged and in turn his game being forever poor, then what would you expect to happen to this same quarterback if he chokes an important game away later in his career? Is he gonna lose his ability to win on the biggest stage forever? The confidence talking point has always been weak and I’m glad this year kinda proved it.
Everyone forgets the Tua-Flores story. It's a huge one because you can sideline a QB's entire career by pairing them with a soul-destroying coach. Y'all thought Matt Eberflus *needed* to be fired? But why? Caleb & the Bears didn't immediately bounce back like the Saints did. But what's really suspicious about this is how you all think he's bad _now_ while he hasn't changed in over 2 years. & why isn't anyone even discussing how this affected Caleb? Or how it must have hampered Fields?
Another qb people talk about with confidence a lot is Mac Jones. People (especially pats fans) say his confidence is what made him end up being a bad player or that Belichick and the pats ruined him when in reality he’s a player that would need to be on a stacked and well-run team to be successful, and the pats weren’t and aren’t that. He can’t raise the floor of a team but he’s not like fully incompetent I don’t think and could probably keep things on schedule on a stacked offense like sf or whatever. He’s just not really an NFL level athlete in comparison to elite qbs. So I’m sure his confidence got shot in New England and that definitely doesn’t help but to say that’s the reason he was unsuccessful rather than his physical limitations doesn’t make sense.
I did have Maye as the second best QB during the draft but also did think he'd have the worst rookie year cause of his situation. he's actually been playing better than I thought he would considering his team is ass.
The bottom line with this topic is that QB is the most violatile and unpredictable position in all of pro sports to predict. We’ve seen so many QB resurrections lately like Geno/Baker/Darnold, and we’ve seen these highly touted QB talents struggle like TLaw/Caleb/Bryce and even stroud this year. We see guys like Dak and romo and Purdy be late round picks at the position and become franchise guys. Most regular fans can’t even comprehend how much QBs are in charge of or have to do/Know so any type of broad statements about QB development are just theories. If we knew how to actually develop QBs, fields wouldn’t bust. Trey lance wouldn’t. Josh Rosen wouldn’t. The QB position is one where even former players and coaches who know infinitely more knowledgeable than the causal fan can’t accurately predict the careers of QBs.
Unless they're a Peyton Manning level talent where they come into the league and it's clear they've got it even if there are mistakes, they should sit. It is nothing but beneficial.
I don't know that "we" should _worry about_ this. But it *is* an issue for the players themselves & since you brought it up, I want to point out clues everyone seems to be ignoring about a QB we've watched this happen to but everyone seem determined to ignore: Justin Fields. There's a clip showing him going to shake Eberflus' hand on the sideline after a TD & 'Flus starred at him like it was 1930 & Fields had _crossed_ a *line* before walking coldly away leaving Fields hanging there. & he did this on camera in front of the whole team. This was the equivalent of pantsing him *in front of the team.* & when _was_ this? It had to be before* Fields called out his own coaches publicly & that was after week 6 of '22. & taking the step of airing out the team's woes like that is a huge one. So that didn't come from nowhere. But how is it all of _us act_ as if after either *ONE* of these incidents, we think Eberflus just allowed the play-calling to go uninterfered with & see if Fields was any good? Not only this, Fields *called out the coaches. How did the Bears **_react?_* 1) They changed their plays for the next 4 weeks. 2) Then they returned to calling the plays from _before_ those 4 weeks, not built upon those 4 weeks. They averaged 31 ppg for those weeks then returned to plays they _knew_ produced under 20. Imagine being the QB on a team *knowing* your own coaches are intentionally calling plays they know don't work? For nearly two full years? & now he's on a team whose OC calls plays designed to limit him because he's sure Fields is incompetent *based on those plays.* Something to maybe look at - since you brought it up.
Matt didn't even let this go 10 minutes, doing it for the love of the game
Pretty sure the monetization is at 9 minutes now
im pretty sure you should stay quiet
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@@BrysonConroy the length of the video doesn't really matter any more, it's all about retention. The optimal strategy would be to make a 20-30 minute video where you keep dangling the carrot on the stick to keep people from clicking away a la Mr Beast. But of course there is a certain point where you can tell you're being fed slop.
This is easily a top 3 video on this UA-cam channel
My personal assumption on Bryce is that Andy dalton game against the raiders helped his confidence in the players around him. Seemed like he didn’t trust his OL at all early in the season and his mentality about it carried over from the previous year when they were awful.
So then seeing Dalton trust his OL and make plays especially the raiders game, it probably assured Bryce that he can sit in there strong and make his reads without getting blown up every play
I don’t hate that at all
Yeah and even with the whole confidence argument. Who’s to say that taking him out and having a good discussion with the coach about it can save his confidence more than it would damage his confidence. Who’s to say that sitting even for a few games in his second year behind a vet didn’t help his development. Also your point is really good as well
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Damn, every video so far is easily a top 5 video. This guy in on a LEGENDARY run
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People are different. Some respond to one thing, some to another. Some have their confidence shaken easily, others don't. Baker looked finished in Carolina. He's clearly far from finished. Darnold took 6 years to not be terrible. Get people in the building that are good at working with people. Not just numbers people. You NEED "people" people. It's the only way to have a chance at accurately figuring out your players
Couldn’t agree with you more, W Take 🫡
If your confidence hinges on somebody else's approval, then you never had any confidence in the first place.
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Youre absolutely hitting the nail on the head. The fatal flaw of the “protect his confidence” argument isn’t that it overvalues confidence, but more about the fact that it misrepresents how confidence works entirely. Confidence is not only something that is hard to predict or control; confidence is also extremely volatile. It can be gained as quickly as it could be lost, and the people who use this argument don’t treat it that way.
Although I think a quarterback losing confidence in his game forever isn’t unthinkable (though I believe it is less probable than most would assume), I don’t think such a quarterback is worth protecting. If failing to guard his confidence properly results in it being permanently damaged and in turn his game being forever poor, then what would you expect to happen to this same quarterback if he chokes an important game away later in his career? Is he gonna lose his ability to win on the biggest stage forever?
The confidence talking point has always been weak and I’m glad this year kinda proved it.
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What another amazing video Matthew Sponhour! I’m gonna enjoy watching this with a La Croix and a Cowtales!
Matt Masterclass on this amazing saturday
Looking forward to this channel growing❤
bro pls keep posting…your unbiased, informative takes about football are really refreshing and interesting
Another Matt masterclass
Masterclass by Matt part 1 billion
Sam Darnold an example of how confidence can effect a qb and that it can be fixed
Sam darnold (and Kirk) are more examples of how much an elite team (elite wrs and line) can carry a average or slightly above average qb.
Everyone forgets the Tua-Flores story. It's a huge one because you can sideline a QB's entire career by pairing them with a soul-destroying coach.
Y'all thought Matt Eberflus *needed* to be fired? But why? Caleb & the Bears didn't immediately bounce back like the Saints did. But what's really suspicious about this is how you all think he's bad _now_ while he hasn't changed in over 2 years.
& why isn't anyone even discussing how this affected Caleb?
Or how it must have hampered Fields?
Goat sponhour will be surviving the tik tok ban
Another qb people talk about with confidence a lot is Mac Jones. People (especially pats fans) say his confidence is what made him end up being a bad player or that Belichick and the pats ruined him when in reality he’s a player that would need to be on a stacked and well-run team to be successful, and the pats weren’t and aren’t that. He can’t raise the floor of a team but he’s not like fully incompetent I don’t think and could probably keep things on schedule on a stacked offense like sf or whatever. He’s just not really an NFL level athlete in comparison to elite qbs. So I’m sure his confidence got shot in New England and that definitely doesn’t help but to say that’s the reason he was unsuccessful rather than his physical limitations doesn’t make sense.
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anthony richardson could be another example of that to
I did have Maye as the second best QB during the draft but also did think he'd have the worst rookie year cause of his situation. he's actually been playing better than I thought he would considering his team is ass.
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can you give us 23 more seconds matt
he just does it for the love of the game
I’d love to hear about what you think the panthers should do with their very high draft pick or what an ideal off season would look like for them
Abdul Carter or Travis hunter depending on where it falls
matt tik tok cooked my attention span, I need some editing and film in the background. Good vid tho
The bottom line with this topic is that QB is the most violatile and unpredictable position in all of pro sports to predict. We’ve seen so many QB resurrections lately like Geno/Baker/Darnold, and we’ve seen these highly touted QB talents struggle like TLaw/Caleb/Bryce and even stroud this year. We see guys like Dak and romo and Purdy be late round picks at the position and become franchise guys. Most regular fans can’t even comprehend how much QBs are in charge of or have to do/Know so any type of broad statements about QB development are just theories. If we knew how to actually develop QBs, fields wouldn’t bust. Trey lance wouldn’t. Josh Rosen wouldn’t. The QB position is one where even former players and coaches who know infinitely more knowledgeable than the causal fan can’t accurately predict the careers of QBs.
Can anyone else also not get the audio and video to sync up?
Is the sound off for anyone else? Been like that for all three videos now
Unless they're a Peyton Manning level talent where they come into the league and it's clear they've got it even if there are mistakes, they should sit. It is nothing but beneficial.
I don't know that "we" should _worry about_ this. But it *is* an issue for the players themselves & since you brought it up, I want to point out clues everyone seems to be ignoring about a QB we've watched this happen to but everyone seem determined to ignore: Justin Fields.
There's a clip showing him going to shake Eberflus' hand on the sideline after a TD & 'Flus starred at him like it was 1930 & Fields had _crossed_ a *line* before walking coldly away leaving Fields hanging there. & he did this on camera in front of the whole team.
This was the equivalent of pantsing him *in front of the team.* & when _was_ this?
It had to be before* Fields called out his own coaches publicly & that was after week 6 of '22. & taking the step of airing out the team's woes like that is a huge one. So that didn't come from nowhere. But how is it all of _us act_ as if after either *ONE* of these incidents, we think Eberflus just allowed the play-calling to go uninterfered with & see if Fields was any good?
Not only this, Fields *called out the coaches. How did the Bears **_react?_*
1) They changed their plays for the next 4 weeks. 2) Then they returned to calling the plays from _before_ those 4 weeks, not built upon those 4 weeks.
They averaged 31 ppg for those weeks then returned to plays they _knew_ produced under 20. Imagine being the QB on a team *knowing* your own coaches are intentionally calling plays they know don't work? For nearly two full years? & now he's on a team whose OC calls plays designed to limit him because he's sure Fields is incompetent *based on those plays.*
Something to maybe look at - since you brought it up.
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Good video, but the audio and video are a little out of sync.
I thought I had that fixed. Will probably just leave this one up but it will be better on the next one
You should add some graphics and film behind, maybe some stats too, similar to the news article