Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
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Originally Posted by
Tex Ritter
You must not be watching the same Boller as the rest of the world buddy. Boller has had only a handful of really good games and only once in his career two really good ones in a row (Green Bay and Minnesota) both of which were home games against NFC teams, and followed up by an absolutely atrocious performance against the Browns which cemented his demotion to a backup. So how in the hell is that not inconsistent or regressing?
Grossman and Boller are two friggin peas in pod.
One game is not called regressing. Every qb has bad games (even Steve McNair - see playoff game aganst the Colts- much worse than Boller in Cleveland BTW). The Browns game was not atrocious either. Factoring in the following preseason and two games that he played in the regular season you have to wonder why the only thing you can focus is on his one bad game in that stretch?
That is not called inconsistant.
Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
Tex, they are not the same. Did you not read my posts, or do you just disagree?
Kyle *is* inconsistent, but he has gotten better over time. Rex has started fewer games and he may become more consistent, but so far he has only regressed as far as I can tell.
One thing Kyle has always been able to do, is to shake off mistakes and come back and play well. He does not get rattled, and Rex does.
That makes him a better quarterback.
Would it be too much to ask for you to stop laughing at everyone you disagree with? You *do* understand you are in a very small minority, so you end up laughing at pretty much everybody who bothers to respond to you, don't you?
Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
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Originally Posted by
Tex Ritter
How can you possibly not view Boller as wildly inconsistent? :insane: That would be like saying the Eiffel Tower isn't tilted!!:laugh: Gimme a break that has to be the most ludicrous thing I have ever read on any forum right up there with Boller would have been a better choice to QB the Ravens this past season than McNair against the Colts!!!:rolling:
So what is it that you are saying, Boller is extremely consistent! Since the Eiffel tower IS NOT tilted I assume you mean the opposite of your statement. Or is it that you just don't know what you're talking about!
Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
Tex is going to take a run at the Eiffel Tower doing his best Don Quixote and he is determined to make that damn thing lean just like that damn tower in Rome...Venice...err...Pisa?
Oh, and Tex, the only lean to the Eiffel Tower is when the girders exposed to the sun expand due to heat and grow a few centimeters more than the unheated ones. Something not perceptible to the human eye.
Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
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Tex Ritter
Oh, so now the Eiffel tower is perfectly straight? It's about as straight as Boller and Grossman's passes!:rolleyes:
Uhh! Yes it is Straight!!! I think you're talking about the tower in Pisa,Italy, not France! They're not even in the same country!! But, then again I'm not really sure what you're talking about since you seem to make up you own facts as you go along!
Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
I normally try to avoid this part of the forum, but as the Leaning Tower of Pisa/Eiffel Tower mix-up made me do this at my desk, I must add a:
:grbac:
Good job Tex!
Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
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One game is not called regressing. Every qb has bad games (even Steve McNair - see playoff game aganst the Colts- much worse than Boller in Cleveland BTW). The Browns game was not atrocious either. Factoring in the following preseason and two games that he played in the regular season you have to wonder why the only thing you can focus is on his one bad game in that stretch?
That is not called inconsistant.
See I think this is the thing.
The hater will never just look at the stats for Kyle's last 10-12 games because he has a QB rating of about 100 and way more TDs than INT, and quite a few games with 3 TDs and 300 yards.
They want to look back to '04 when he was throwing to 1) NOT Todd Heap 2) Travesty Taylor 3) Kevin Johnson? 4) Aligator Arms Clarence Moore
And the o-line by far was shittier then. We lacked a RT and RG
But in any case, there is a lot to be said for Boller's progress. I think the extension of a contract to Boller or not extending it will come down to exactly what Newsome says it will come down to: how much more we see of Kyle.
What is his preseason play like next year? And, what is his play like in relief of McNair for injury reasons?
If the 2nd half of last season AND this season is any indicator, Kyle will continue to come in and be efficient with QB ratings around 100
And at that point the FO will be hard pressed to think it can draft a rookie who will do better. They will also be hard pressed to decide to give up on the investment, just to watch him go somewhere like, say, carolina with a Steve Smith and rip shit up.
Thats just my .02 cents.
Then again, I'm a Boller fan and I know that. Feel free to flame away.
Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
Good lord, I thought I must have been misunderstanding Tex, but you all are right, he was mixing two famous towers. As it turns out, the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa have pretty much one thing in common, just like Kyle Boller and Rex Grossman: they are on the same continent as each other.
By way of demonstration:
Here's the Eiffel Tower:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ffel_tower.jpg
From the top, ask yourself whether it is straight:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...PhotoB_409.jpg
And here's the Leaning Tower of Pisa:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...er_of_Pisa.jpg
"HTH," as they say.
Re: Rex Grossman Is Why Kyle Boller Should Not Start
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Oh, so now the Eiffel tower is perfectly straight? It's about as straight as Boller and Grossman's passes!
Yeah Tex, about that whole senility thing. You might want to get it looked at.