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EJ Manuel Had A 67% Completion Percentage In 4 Years of College
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In his first two NFL games, EJ Manuel had a 68% completion percentage against the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers.
His best game of 2013 came against Rex Ryan's Jets defense with a 71% cp.
In Manuel's last game against Jacksonville, his completion percentage was 71%.
It's not hard to complete 5 yard passes. What's his completion percentage beyond 5 yards?
Good enough versus Carolina last season, funny thing is they only count the forward yards on a straight catch without forwarding the ball. I've thrown a few, it can be many more yards to complete but only show 5 yards for the catch.
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You're cherry picking stats. Toward what end?
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It's not hard to complete 5 yard passes. What's his completion percentage beyond 5 yards?
His pass % for passes thrown between 11 and 20 yds. was the exact same as Tom Brady's last season 46.3%, his % for passes thrown between 21 and 30 yds. was 31.6%, 9.6% higher than Tom Brady's 22.0%.
That sort of kills the theory that he can't throw the ball more than 5 yds. but a successful passing game is passes that usually go between 1 and 10 yds, that's were Brady makes his living. Brady's % for those passes is 69.8%, Manuel's is still a respectable 63.2%. You also here from haters that Manuel can't even dump the ball off, his % for passes behind the line is 81.1%, Brady's 75.5%.
Of course stats don't tell everything, but continuously saying Manuel accuracy sucks, is just ignorant to the facts. There were a couple of games where he had bad problems on some sideline passes, but he was very solid on passes inside the hash marks throughout the year and this may be news to some, but he was a rookie and can get better.
His pass % for passes thrown between 11 and 20 yds. was the exact same as Tom Brady's last season 46.3%, his % for passes thrown between 21 and 30 yds. was 31.6%, 9.6% higher than Tom Brady's 22.0%.
That sort of kills the theory that he can't throw the ball more than 5 yds. but a successful passing game is passes that usually go between 1 and 10 yds, that's were Brady makes his living. Brady's % for those passes is 69.8%, Manuel's is still a respectable 63.2%. You also here from haters that Manuel can't even dump the ball off, his % for passes behind the line is 81.1%, Brady's 75.5%.
Of course stats don't tell everything, but continuously saying Manuel accuracy sucks, is just ignorant to the facts. There were a couple of games where he had bad problems on some sideline passes, but he was very solid on passes inside the hash marks throughout the year and this may be news to some, but he was a rookie and can get better.
Brady had one of his worst passing seasons in recent memory. He had no dependable WRs. Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins dropped balls that hit them in the hands all season. There was no Welker or Hernandez. Gronk was hurt a lot. Not a good comparison.
Brady had one of his worst passing seasons in recent memory. He had no dependable WRs. Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins dropped balls that hit them in the hands all season. There was no Welker or Hernandez. Gronk was hurt a lot. Not a good comparison.
News flash, the Bills didn't have no Welker or Hernandez either and Stevie, Freddie and CJ were hurt most of the season. Manuels worst game of the season was the Tampa Bay game where he had 2 ints. bounce of the hands of receivers and had a 3rd that should of been overturned, because it hit the ground. Though you are right, it is a bad comparison, Brady's been in the league for 13 seasons and has a HOF coach, there's no way his numbers should compare to a rookie QB that "sucks". Funny how excuses that work for Tom Brady don't apply to EJ Manuel. You want legit excuses, the kid was a rookie QB with a rookie head coach and rookie OC, with a bunch of 1st and 2nd year receivers and an injured #1 WR. Manuel also missed most of the preseason and never got the majority of reps through training camp because of a veteran Qb in camp. Trying to get a correct read on him off of last season, let alone calling him a bust is ridiculous.
Re: EJ Manuel Had A 67% Completion Percentage In 4 Years of College
everyone, i just want to let you know that some players have amazing games. and in this case, the cited games show that his awesome games are slightly above average.
News flash, the Bills didn't have no Welker or Hernandez either and Stevie, Freddie and CJ were hurt most of the season. Manuels worst game of the season was the Tampa Bay game where he had 2 ints. bounce of the hands of receivers and had a 3rd that should of been overturned, because it hit the ground. Though you are right, it is a bad comparison, Brady's been in the league for 13 seasons and has a HOF coach, there's no way his numbers should compare to a rookie QB that "sucks". Funny how excuses that work for Tom Brady don't apply to EJ Manuel. You want legit excuses, the kid was a rookie QB with a rookie head coach and rookie OC, with a bunch of 1st and 2nd year receivers and an injured #1 WR. Manuel also missed most of the preseason and never got the majority of reps through training camp because of a veteran Qb in camp. Trying to get a correct read on him off of last season, let alone calling him a bust is ridiculous.
Agreed. The guy could be ANYTHING, pro or con....but with all you mentioned above, I won't draw a conclusion for quite some time and neither will the Bills brass. It's not an EXCUSE, it's reality.
I expect bumps in the road this year. The top 4 WR's arrived in the last 15 months and work has to be put in to earn trust. But it goes down the drain if he can't stay upright.
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Brady had one of his worst passing seasons in recent memory. He had no dependable WRs. Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins dropped balls that hit them in the hands all season. There was no Welker or Hernandez. Gronk was hurt a lot. Not a good comparison.
Before last season we were all told Brady makes mediocre receivers look great.
And guess what, there is no Welker or Hernandez to catch balls this year for Tom either.
And does anyone expect Dobson & Thompkins to develop into great receivers this year?
Or does anyone expect Gronk to stay healthy all year?
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