Andrew Armstrong

So you put two backup inexperienced tackles combined with the worst wide receiver room in the National Football League.

Fandom is trying to talk yourself into Andrew Armstrong in a spot like that.

A guy who was on the practice squad three weeks ago a guy who was outright released by the Kansas City Chiefs, and no team in the National Football League wanted Andrew Armstrong on their team.

That's what fandom does.

It talks you into believing that that guy is going to play well on the road against the best defense in the National Football League.

That's what fandom does to you.

It makes you believe in Xavier Worthy, even though there is not a single stat that shows you you should believe in him.

It makes you believe in Cyrus Allen or Andrew Armstrong or Justin Watson or Jalen Royals, who hasn't done anything in a year and a half.

So you put two backup inexperienced tackles combined with the worst wide receiver room in the National Football League.

Fandom is trying to talk yourself into Andrew Armstrong in a spot like that.

A guy who was on the practice squad three weeks ago a guy who was outright released by the Kansas City Chiefs, and no team in the National Football League wanted Andrew Armstrong on their team.

That's what fandom does.

It talks you into believing that that guy is going to play well on the road against the best defense in the National Football League.

That's what fandom does to you.

It makes you believe in Xavier Worthy, even though there is not a single stat that shows you you should believe in him.

It makes you believe in Cyrus Allen or Andrew Armstrong or Justin Watson or Jalen Royals, who hasn't done anything in a year and a half.

It has you believing in things that have never happened because that's part of the joy of being a sports fan.

It has you arguing in Andrew Armstrong and why he should get more opportunities despite not playing in college football last year, despite being on the Chiefs, being released from the Kansas City Chiefs, being available to every team in the National Football League, not being picked up by any of those teams, and being placed on the Chiefs practice squad for the first four or five weeks of the season, that when that guy gets an opportunity, you now think that he can unlock something in the offense.

What I've really focused on today, to me, are the four pillars of why I think they lost.

I think this team lost because I think they currently, not when everybody was healthy, but I'm talking about the wide receiver room that they put out there yesterday.

Now, this is where I think the problem is on Andy Reid.

Can anybody explain to me why Cyrus Allen doesn't get at least more of a shot? Like if I'm looking, Rob, at how they even use the wide receivers, like the logic of this makes no sense to me.

Based on their actions, not my words, based on their actions, they like Cyrus Allen more than Andrew Armstrong.

One of those guys made the roster coming out of training camp.

Justin Watson, one catch for seven yards.

Andrew Armstrong, one catch for three yards.

Jalen Royals.

did not have a catch in yesterday's game.

They haven't really given us much of an opportunity to see if it can work.

But Jalen Royals, year and a half, he's done very little to show me that he's an NFL wide receiver or somebody that you can rely on given the opportunities that I think they are trying to give him.

The NFL just told you two months ago how they feel about Andrew Armstrong when he was available on white waivers and nobody claimed him.

Why is he on the field 65% of the time? Some of their wide receiver issues were preventable, and some of these you could spot a long time ago when it came to their wide receiver room, that this team was very reliant on Rasheed Rice and Xavier Worthy staying healthy, and this team was very reliant in Tyquan Thornton figuring it out, which it appeared he was figuring it out, but football happened and injury happened.

They failed.

And we've spent the last two months trying to convince you that Cyrus Allen, some major impact player, The last two weeks, we've been trying to sell you Andrew Armstrong, a guy who didn't play college football last year, how he's going to help.

No, not in games like this.

This was a game in which you needed your dogs to be dogs.

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Xavier Worthy? Cyrus Allen? Andrew Armstrong? So maybe I am making excuses for the quarterback.

I can live with that.

I think yesterday was much more of an infrastructure problem than anything.

Because he knows all the spots.

Jack Cochran checked in with a 45.8. Down one spot, Andrew Armstrong, 45.3. Down one spot from there, Chris Jones, 36.1. $45 million cap hit.

45.1.

He seemed mildly interested last night.

I mean, they had two guys that Mike Tirico misnamed.

And I thought, don't get mad at him.

What has Jalen Royals or Andrew Armstrong done to have anyone know who they are? It was

a moment of like, here, let me turn you around and see what your name is on the back of your jersey.

Or are we going to continue to run out questionable whether or not he can play Rasheed Rice because he's always banged up or in legal trouble? Worthy who cannot catch but is good at running long and straight.

We've got Andrew Armstrong out there playing a ton of snaps.

We've drafted some flyers in the middle rounds.

Jalen Royals is out there doing cardio.

Justin Watson, one for seven.

Andrew Armstrong, one for three.

Jalen Royals, zero.

No catches whatsoever.