Re: Is EJ Manuel Better Than We Think He Is?
Deflect. LOL! You clearly stated that (sorry, I made a mistake, you actually said) 11 QB's could have taken the Bills to the SB last year and EJ was the only reason holding it back. So you changed it because you realized how ******ed it sounded when I called you on it, because you didn't think before you wrote it. Then you tried to weasel out of the missed games in college due to injury question.
As for last year, again had EJ not taken that shot in the Browns game, the Bills win at least 8 games and should have won the Atlanta game if not for Stevie and Chandler, which would have put them in the playoffs. This despite poor non-defensive coaching (the real weakness on the team until proven otherwise). And even then, the defense was in the bottom half in scoring defense.
As for the QB position, there's little the Bills could do in FA. As for the draft, it's looking like a much weaker-than-projected QB class. And the problem is that there are 5, arguably 6 (Rams) teams who need QB's who pick before the Bills and just 4 QB's considered to have a 1st round grade (if even). If any of those top-4 QB's get past the 6 teams, why would the Bills want them at 9? And the later in the draft you go, the longer the odds of a guy hitting, never mind guys like Murray and Mettenberger who suffered major knee injuries in college and therefore should be completely written-off, right? But by all means, take a late round flyer on a guy and pray he hits because it's a worthwhile gamble.
So what you're left with is making EJ the starter, giving him all the starting reps and starts in pre-season, putting as much talent around him as you can, and see what he does. If he falls flat, you get a new QB in 2015. If he does well, great. As I said, if guys like JP and Trent can show improvement in completion rate and YPA after their rookie years, it stands to reason EJ can and will. But it doesn't mean he'll flame out like they did because JP wasn't a leader and Trent got his brain scrambled.
Originally posted by Swiper
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As for last year, again had EJ not taken that shot in the Browns game, the Bills win at least 8 games and should have won the Atlanta game if not for Stevie and Chandler, which would have put them in the playoffs. This despite poor non-defensive coaching (the real weakness on the team until proven otherwise). And even then, the defense was in the bottom half in scoring defense.
As for the QB position, there's little the Bills could do in FA. As for the draft, it's looking like a much weaker-than-projected QB class. And the problem is that there are 5, arguably 6 (Rams) teams who need QB's who pick before the Bills and just 4 QB's considered to have a 1st round grade (if even). If any of those top-4 QB's get past the 6 teams, why would the Bills want them at 9? And the later in the draft you go, the longer the odds of a guy hitting, never mind guys like Murray and Mettenberger who suffered major knee injuries in college and therefore should be completely written-off, right? But by all means, take a late round flyer on a guy and pray he hits because it's a worthwhile gamble.
So what you're left with is making EJ the starter, giving him all the starting reps and starts in pre-season, putting as much talent around him as you can, and see what he does. If he falls flat, you get a new QB in 2015. If he does well, great. As I said, if guys like JP and Trent can show improvement in completion rate and YPA after their rookie years, it stands to reason EJ can and will. But it doesn't mean he'll flame out like they did because JP wasn't a leader and Trent got his brain scrambled.
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