Before you guys give Losman all the praises for yesterday's game, let me remind you that pass to Moulds at the end. Yes the Panthers brought blitz and Losman was under pressure. And Yes Losman for the first time all game read the blitz coverage correctly and identified where to go with the ball, but he missed it - and that is the bottom line.
Don't take lightly of that situation. When the game is on the line, big players make plays. It's a hump that big players cross in their career - seize that opportunity. In reality, that might be the only opportunity yesterday they gave the Bills to win the game. Losman came close but did not get it done.
Yes Losman started only 6 games so we'll let that pass for now. But notice is served. In close games, there is usually one or two moments that you have to seize. That's the mark of a good QB.
Now to the rest of the Losman's play. It's safe for me to say that he looked more confident in delivering the balls, resulting better accuracy. Also knows when to throw the ball away instead of taking sacks. And regardless whether the players like him or not, he looks to be in total control of the huddle.
On the bad side, I felt a little jittery from him from time to time in the pocket. Still miss open receivers at times (on the throw to Evans in the end zone, he could've gone to the slot receiver for 1st down). The biggest problem he has is reading defense, particularly on blitz. the Panthers didn't blitz a lot, but when they did, they usually got to him or forced incompletions. From my vintage view point, a big part of the problem was the failure of Losman's recognition of the blitz and where it's going to come.
The part of beating blitz is the only area that I didn't see significant improvement from Losman from the KC game to yearterday.
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