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Exactly this. 100%. Was very skeptical of the McDaniel hire after last year with MIA, Harbaugh is way too nonchalant for me, IOL is worse than before and with injury after injury I only see things getting worse. Yes we have a coaching and roster problem, but there has to be something we can change before next season to change the trajectory we are on.. anyway. #BoltUp

This quote from an ESPN article stood out to me:

"Herbert said one of the biggest differences in McDaniel's offense is the stress on anticipation, and he is learning not to always rely on his arm strength. 'We really emphasized the first couple of weeks of just getting the ball out as quick as possible,' he said. 'Almost getting to a point where the receivers haven't looked back for it yet.'"

Herbert has always been a classic "see it, throw it" quarterback instead of an anticipation guy like Brady, Manning, or Brees. I feel like throughout his career he's overly relied on his crazy arm strength. Because his arm is a cannon, he never really had to master the mental processing and precise mechanical timing to compensate for a lack of physical traits.

The learning curve might be rough this year, but I'm really hoping he can add anticipation throwing to his game and start putting some actual touch on the ball instead of trying to rocket a 95 mph missile to his receivers on every single play.