thad lewis

[djjimkelly]

couldnt have had a better drive hes the backup. and no more but what a composed drive

[TacklingDummy]

Re: thad lewis

One thing came out of this game, Thad should be the starter even when EJ gets healthy.

[Novacane]

Re: thad lewis

One thing came out of this game, Thad should be the starter even when EJ gets healthy.

If he continues to play like today I agree. Lets see more than 1 game

[Mr. Pink]

Re: thad lewis

Who was the person who said Thad > EJ?

Who was the person saying people would be impressed with Thad after today?

I'll take my bow now. Thanks!

[Typ0]

Re: thad lewis

It's frustrating that Tuel played last week. Very frustrating.

[IAG]

Re: thad lewis

This is EJ's team.

[Crisis]

Re: thad lewis

I like Thad. Think he can be the long-term backup that we thought Tuel was.

[TacklingDummy]

Re: thad lewis

This is EJ's team.

No it's not.
He hasn't earned anything.

[BillsImpossible]

Re: thad lewis

He had a good game today. Can't blame Lewis for the OT loss. Looks like he's going to win us a couple of games in the next few weeks based on today's performance. I was impressed. Sucks they lost, but still impressed with this very young team and a backup QB who had no business coming so close today against a very good defense.

Lewis played as good, if not better than EJ Manuel today.

[RedEyE]

Re: thad lewis

Thad Lewis is not better than EJ Manuel. I saw the same inconsistencies today in the pass game as I have all season. Recievers are not making the necessary reads to aide the QB. The QB is having to wait entirely too long for the play to develop. The play calling was better today but the end result was the same. Still some questionable calls from the Bills booth. Poor ball protection. Receivers dropping catchable passes...these things and more have plagued the offense all year.

I don't want to take away from what Lewis did today though. His legs are fast and he was making some decent reads. He looked very poised for a guy that just came off a PS. What's crazy is I think he might ge further along in development than Manuel but I do not think he can be much better than what you saw today. Manuel's ceiling is much higher and with some more development he will earn the respect of fans and players.

[IAG]

Re: thad lewis

No it's not.
He hasn't earned anything.

Then you will never have a franchise starter. You are not patient enough to let a young kid go through his learning process.

[JohnnyGold]

Re: thad lewis

it seems like people WANT there to be a qb controversy.

with the way the NFL works these days with what the corners aren't allowed to do in coverage, and what the defenders arent allowed to do to the quarterback, pretty much ANY qb in the NFL can come in and put 21 points on the board, like lewis did today.

the question is, how much can they do IN ADDITION to that.

manuel's floor has been established, and it's what we've seen so far this season: a game manager, a couple of td's, and no back breaking turnovers to ruin the game for us (unlike fitzy).

the thing we don't know is his ceiling--but i am comfortable in saying that the touch manuel has on the intermediate routes and his ability to throw into coverage puts him way ahead of lewis in terms of overall ability. i think the long ball will come as manuel adjusts to the timing of his wideouts, the speed of an nfl rush in his face, and just an overall pocket presence that allows him to wait for that seperation on deep routes.

it was a good game by lewis today, yes, but im excited for manuel to get back, and i think there could be something special in place for next year.

as much as it pains me to say it, (being ever the optimist): today's loss more than likely makes a wildcard an impossibility. time to let the kids play out the string and learn on the job.

[JoeMama]

Re: thad lewis

Who was the person who said Thad > EJ?

Who was the person saying people would be impressed with Thad after today?

I'll take my bow now. Thanks!

I was too busy watching our team lose to notice.

Looked like the same old **** to me.

[Mr. Pink]

Re: thad lewis

Holy cow...you need to give Manuel time to adjust and learn the NFL and the speed and the blah blah blah...

This was Lewis' second NFL start.

He has seen less game action that Manuel has.

But we know his ceiling already and we've only seen Manuel's floor????

Today's start by Lewis was as good, if not better, than Manuel's best start of the year. The difference is Lewis actually has some accuracy on his deep ball as evidenced by the throws to Graham and Goodwin.

[jdaltroy5]

Re: thad lewis

I think the biggest difference was that Thad had nothing to lose and was trying to play his way onto an NFL roster.

Manuel has higher expectations and was playing a lot more cautious because he was afraid of messing up.

I like that Thad has a similar skillset to Manuel, but I would still give the reins back to Manuel as soon as he's healthy.