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MartinC

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About MartinC

  • Birthday 07/28/1965

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    Sports (NFL, Soccer, Cricket and Rugby), reading (mainly history) and crowd control of my 3 kids.

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  1. I mean, its not like he was recovering last season from completely destroying his right knee or anything... Why is it so outlandish for him to say that RGIII could outperform all three? Including Wilson's most recent season, how many years do all those guys have that are better then the one RGIII had his rookie season? RG3 has shown us that his style of play will not work in the NFL. I know he had impressive physical attributes and wants to use his legs as a threat to defensive coordinators, but this isn't track & field. Unless he learns to avoid contact altogether like Wilson, he's going to have a much shorter career. He isn't Mr. Broken Play magic, or a running back with a cannon for an arm. If he is going to leap frog Wilson, Luck, and Cam Newton, he's going to have to do it as primarily a pocket passer, which he's never had to do before. He might be able to scramble for a third and short conversion or a sprint to the pylon sort of deal, but they are going to have to put a team around him with real offensive linemen and a defense if they hope RG3 can take them anywhere. The NFL has made him a completely different prospect now than what he was in college and in his first year. It also didn't surprise very many people that this happened. I am REALLY not here to be a Redskins homer. I can certainly agree there are question marks about if RGIII can repeat the level of performance he showed in his rookie year. But I have to ask just what exactly do you think his style of play is? How many games of his in the NFL have you watched? If you can watch him against the Bears and Chargers from last season and tell me this is a QB who only survives based on his ability to run around. Last year his PASSING stats were very very similar to Andrew Lucks. This without a real threat of him rushing given him coming back from injury and defenses not really fearing his speed. He was also throwing off his back leg too much again a direct impact of the injury which did effect his mechanics. He was inconsistent and there is certainly room for growth in his ability to operate in that way but if he is and can stay healthy there is nothing that we have seen from his time in the NFL (not College) that would tell you this is a guy who can not be a successful NFL QB. Now I totally agree that the Redskins will need to put a team around him and give him good coaching to get the best out of him. We have made a good start at the receiver and skills positions - we need to do more along the line and defense. Give RGIII a complete team (you know like Wilson had in Seattle last year) and I'm confident he will successful. Any QB needs a supporting cast to be successful. Time will tell.
  2. Given that RG3's durability is one of the main knocks against him, I don't see how that's particularly relevant. Foles was 27-2, RG3 was 20(27 if you count rushing)-5. I'm not saying RG3 didn't have a good rookie year, but Foles was better, really no question there. I've already said you can make a strong case for Foles year last year being better than RGIIIs rookie year - but its not cut and dried when you factor in RGIIIs rushing yardage. Both guys had amazing years - both have to prove they can deliver at that level consistently.
  3. Really?Now I know stats are not the be and end all - but let's just remember what RGIIIs rookie year was. 65.6% completions, 3200 passing yards, 8.14 average, 20 TDs and only 5 INTs for a 102.4 QB rating. Add on 815 yards rushing and 7 rushing TDs. Plus he led a franchise which had not sniffed a winning season for an age to a Division title and the playoffs winning the Rookie of the Year honors. Which QB from this list do you think has had a better season than that? Nick Foles last year.Foles was certainly impressive last year and you can certainly make an argument for him versus RGIIIs rookie year - but RGIII had comparable passing stats and 600 more rushing yards. RG3 also played the whole year, lol. He played 15 games to Foles 13. Two of those 15 he played on one leg.
  4. Really?Now I know stats are not the be and end all - but let's just remember what RGIIIs rookie year was. 65.6% completions, 3200 passing yards, 8.14 average, 20 TDs and only 5 INTs for a 102.4 QB rating. Add on 815 yards rushing and 7 rushing TDs. Plus he led a franchise which had not sniffed a winning season for an age to a Division title and the playoffs winning the Rookie of the Year honors. Which QB from this list do you think has had a better season than that? Nick Foles last year. Foles was certainly impressive last year and you can certainly make an argument for him versus RGIIIs rookie year - but RGIII had comparable passing stats and 600 more rushing yards.
  5. That's a good list and you can make a case for all of them but I voted for Sam Bradford. I like Bradford, I think he has a good skill set for a traditional pocket passer. But he he has had trouble staying healthy and even though he has not had a good situation with the Rams in terms of supporting cast his production has been underwhelming. I think this year he has to deliver or the Rams will be forced to look in a different direction. This will be the year which determines the direction of the rest of Bradford's career IMO.
  6. Really? Now I know stats are not the be and end all - but let's just remember what RGIIIs rookie year was. 65.6% completions, 3200 passing yards, 8.14 average, 20 TDs and only 5 INTs for a 102.4 QB rating. Add on 815 yards rushing and 7 rushing TDs. Plus he led a franchise which had not sniffed a winning season for an age to a Division title and the playoffs winning the Rookie of the Year honors. Which QB from this list do you think has had a better season than that?
  7. He already has to this point. His rookie year was historic in terms of both the stats and how he led his team. How he 'bounces back' from a more average year last year remains to be seen of course.
  8. Below are the 2013 stats of two of the young QBs listed in the poll 343 570 60.2 3,822 6.71 73 23 9 32 87.0 239 274 456 60.1 3,203 7.02 62 16 12 38 82.2 246 One of these QBs is considered to have had a really good year and be poised for greatness and the other is perceived to have played badly and have big question marks about his future. Yet the raw numbers look pretty similar. If you had not already guessed the top numbers are Lucks and the second set are RGIIIs. RGIII WAS inconsistent last year and his injury (and the brace) clearly caused him problems. But still (in 13 games) he put up numbers that were pretty decent. Not all world like his rookie year but decent. It took Eli Manning about 5 years to put together a season with similar passing stats. Any QB needs a team around him to be successful and last year in Washington it was just a mess. Add in the injury and with the circus around him (which he was a part of to an extent to be fair) RGIII still put together a decent year in terms of the raw numbers. Stats don't tell the full story but I feel pretty good about RGIII being one of the better QBs in the NFL this year with the weapons around him if he can stay healthy and if Gruden can build the offense around what he has.
  9. MartinC

    Which Coach is on the hotseat?

    I voted Rex Ryan, he is the obvious candidate to me. The mess he is making of the QB situation is unreal even given the raw material he has to work with. Add in a new GM who will probably want his own guy and Rex needs a winning season or he is out IMO.
  10. Thats how the read option is designed - the offense wants the ball to go to the running back. If the back gets it every play with a numbers advantage of blockers versus defenders the offensive coordinator is a happy man. What sending a man at the QB every snap will do is make it more difficult to hit chunk plays down field off play action from that read option look (thats when you would want a TE or FB coming over on an arc block) but it will open up lots of things you can do with the passing game in the flat or short zone behind that rushing defender. That potential for the built in bubble screen or a second back running a flare or even a Texas route out of the read option to the read side is why even if the defense is sending the end guy after the QB everyone else still cant focus on the HB on the dive. The read option is not going to become the staple of an entire offense in the NFL the way is for some College teams. But its also too effective not to become part of many teams play books (which we are seeing in preseason). Its really really hard to stop when you have a QB who is a very good passer (RGIII say) as opposed to just a running threat (Tim Tebow say).
  11. There is only a pitch if its a triple option and that's not been used much in the NFL because it does take a while to develop and exposes your QB to hits. In a standard read option play the QB has the running back on a dive and reads the unblocked end who can either be backside or play side depending on which way the QB will run (he reads the direction he will go). Now NFL DEs and OLBs are fast - but they are not fast enough to hit the QB at the mesh point of the dive before or at the handoff. If the end targets the QB he just hands off on the dive and raises his hands and no one can touch him. Meanwhile a defender has taken himself out of the play to defend the run and the offense has won the advantage in the numbers game of blockers versus defenders. You can also have a built in bubble screen behind the unblocked end to take advantage of his being aggressive as well as a packaged play with a couple of downfield passing options if the QB has more time. Trying to hit the QB with the unblocked end is probably better than him standing in the line of scrimmage frozen but it's not the silver bullet which will stop the read option.
  12. Well it will be a called penalty if the defender hits the QB after the handoff if he clearly does not have the ball. Last year the Redskins had RGIII put his hands up after he handed off and the defender had to pull up. Secondly the offense can easily start to block that end with a TE or FB on an arc block or wham if they want to protect the QB more. Teeing off on the QB with the unblocked end is not going to stop the read option. I'm seeing more and more teams using read option concepts in pre-season, it's going to be a part of NFL play books for a while given the number of athletic QBs coming into the NFL from College. RGIIi (and other running QBs) just needs to do a better job protecting themselves when they do keep the ball. Get down or get out of bounds!
  13. MartinC

    Jaws QB Countdown

    Passer rating does correlate to wins but IMO its not a good way (ironically) of rating QBs. Its a good way of rating a teams passing offense with a given QB under centre. QB is the single most important position in football but even a QB needs a supporting cast around him and a good system to be successful. Take identical QBs and put one in a situation where he has great pass protection, excellent receivers and a QB friendly system and the other in a situation with poor pass protection, scrubs at receiver and a system which is demanding on the QB and these two identical QBs will have very different passer ratings.
  14. MartinC

    Hardest position to play in the NFL besides QB?

    That depends on if you are looking at this from a physical or a mental perspective. Physically QB is far from the hardest position to play (assuming you have the basic arm talent). Mentally though QB is magnitudes of order harder to play than any other position. Some systems ask more than others of the QB but even in the most QB friendly system in an NFL context the responsibilities and reads a QB has to make per and post snap are orders of magnitude greater than any other position. Not to forget the pressure to succeed and emphasis on the QB in terms of won/loss. We all talk about a QBs won lost record (wrongly IMO) just like a head coach - no one talks about how many games a LT won or lost.
  15. I went homer on this and voted Morris - he will be the feature back again in what was the number 1 rushing attack in the NFL and is a good bet to be the top back on that list in terms of rushing yards. If you look at total yardage though I think McCoy is probably the guy to beat since I am expecting he will get a lot of touches in the passing game as well as more carries than he had under Reid. As for the Eagles O'Line Bang (and good to see you in a different place than I normally do ) They suffered with a lot of injuries last year. Getting Peters back will be huge and they drafted a tackle high who looks like a good fit with his athletic ability. I think the Eagles will be better up front this year but what might hold that whole offense back, apart from the transition to a new scheme, is the QB spot.
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