Re: If McNair played the whole game today...
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In any case, I would buy the getting used to the offense take to take the next step. Fact is, he needs to take the next step just to get to barely serviceable right now
Barely serviceable?
You would'nt call the game in Cleveland and the win against the Chargers serviceable?
His only total flop was in the shitty weather in Denver, and Sunday he only played for half a quarter.
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IMO, if McNair played the whole game ...we'd have lost by even more. With no run game, no deep threat, and the defense going in the tank..fugeddaboudit. I suspect we'd have had more pickoffs, possibly returned all the way. Carolina's defense would have been able to jump the pass routes with abandon.
While I hope I'm wrong, I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that sadly, McNair is NOT the answer. He is exactly what Boller needs though. Whether or not Boller stays here or goes elsewhere next season, he'll be a much better QB for having had a real veteran to learn the other nuances of the game.
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No Boller did as well as we could have asked him to. The defense gave up too many big plays to continue to let Carolina stay ahead. The offense put twenty plus points on the board this game but it wasn't enough.
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Heap86
The Routes are the same, but they are run in unlimited different varieties. Why do you think most Offensive Coordinators have playbooks that exceed 100 pages, if that were the case a average playbook would probably consist of 4 or 5 pages.
I don't think any of us can even speculate how a many different plays Offensive Coordinators have. Learning the verbage is the easy part, the difficult part is learning an unlimited number of different plays and figuring out what to do and when to do it under pressure.
Most of, if not all of the NFL analysts have stated that McNair is still very fresh here, and the game looks to be moving very fast for him.
I am giving Mac a full year here before I make a final judgement. So far he has played like I have expected, but he still managed to win games.
This is wrong. Or at least based on every interview I've heard by a QB who switched teams it's wrong.
The verbiage is the tough thing to learn. As Greg said, a 15 yard out is a 15 yard out. The subtle adjustments a WR and QB may make as they become familiar with each other is the difference. In the case of Mason, that should not be an issue.
FHRaven
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Heap86
Barely serviceable?
You would'nt call the game in Cleveland and the win against the Chargers serviceable?
His only total flop was in the shitty weather in Denver, and Sunday he only played for half a quarter.
You need to stop judging a QBs performance by just the last 2:00. The game is 60 minutes and we can't always count on the defense to hold the opponent to under 10 points.
FHRaven
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The game is 60 minutes and we can't always count on the defense to hold the opponent to under 10 points.
As evidence by Denver. Now all of a sudden it was a rainy shitty day in Denver.
I don't remember Boller getting the same leeway when he had to play in New England in a monsoon without Jamal Lewis at all (remember he was suspended 4 games in 2004). All I heard was how bad Boller was in that game. No one cared about the weather then.
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I am giving Mac a full year here before I make a final judgement. So far he has played like I have expected, but he still managed to win games.
Really? Then why make the switch? This was a WIN NOW move. If McNair wasn't going to come in here and give our offense a boost why spend all of that money? A year, you'll wait a year?
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Really, we were 5-4 in his rookie season when he went down. Really, 5-3 and in the middle of a very close game. We made the playoffs that year. If the defense steps up against Cincy in 2004 and just stops them once on 4 drives in the last quarter we win that game and go to the playoffs. Last year we were 4-5 in his 9 starts, sticking him with the Irsay game he didn't finish. Anthony Wrong was 2-5 against lesser competition. Boller's losses were all to good teams except the Browns. Wrong lost to Tenn, Detroit, Cincy at home, the Bears (that was a very winnable game).
You can't blame him for last year for missing the playoffs. In 2004 we just need one damn stop. In 2003 we made the playoffs with him making most of the starts.
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Again, if the defense can stop Cincy in 2004 he takes us to the playoffs.
Dilfer won a Super Bowl with a 76.6 rating and had more fumbles and INTs than TD passes. BTW, Boller's lifetime rating is 70.0 but his numbers have slightly improved year over year. I htink the guy could get into the 80s. I know your position on the matter.
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how many QB's with 69 ratings and career stats near the bottom of the league with more INTS and FUMBLES lost than TD passes are going to lead a team anywhere?
Then McNair isn't going to do it either. 67 QB rating and 5TD/7INT with 4 fumbles.
And you wonde.......................oh nevermind.