I think this question answers the biggest question of them all. (Do the Bills have a franchise QB in EJ Manuel?)
If EJ Manuel never got injured in the preseason, his notorious injury against the Browns on Thursday Night never happened and he started all 16 games in 2013, what would the Bills record have been, realistically?
I think the conference games against the Browns, Bengals, and Chiefs would have been wins with a fully healthy EJ Manuel.
9-7 ? That's playoff material.
9-7 is a very good record for a rookie NFL quarterback, playing under a rookie head coach and an entirely new system.
Manuel missed a lot of time last year. From preseason to the regular season, EJ was plagued with injuries.
Take away those injuries, and extrapolate.
People can't expect a rookie QB to perform at his best after having surgery on his knee, injuring his other knee, and then injuring the same knee he had surgery on all in the same season.
I can't even perform my best at work if I have a cold.
What happened in 2013 is only going to make EJ Manuel a stronger, better quarterback.
Break a branch or two, and a tree suffers a temporary setback, but in the long run it grows back stronger than before.
If EJ Manuel never got injured in the preseason, his notorious injury against the Browns on Thursday Night never happened and he started all 16 games in 2013, what would the Bills record have been, realistically?
I think the conference games against the Browns, Bengals, and Chiefs would have been wins with a fully healthy EJ Manuel.
9-7 ? That's playoff material.
9-7 is a very good record for a rookie NFL quarterback, playing under a rookie head coach and an entirely new system.
Manuel missed a lot of time last year. From preseason to the regular season, EJ was plagued with injuries.
Take away those injuries, and extrapolate.
People can't expect a rookie QB to perform at his best after having surgery on his knee, injuring his other knee, and then injuring the same knee he had surgery on all in the same season.
I can't even perform my best at work if I have a cold.
What happened in 2013 is only going to make EJ Manuel a stronger, better quarterback.
Break a branch or two, and a tree suffers a temporary setback, but in the long run it grows back stronger than before.
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