Similar to Peyton Manning in Denver, how do you just bench an absolute legend and one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game, especially one that was so heavily revered in Green Bay?
Yeah but the Colts invested a 1st overall pick into Andrew Luck with Peyton having a potentially career threatning injury. I don't think the Colts imagined that Peyton would play that good after the injury. But it's much easier to move on when you have Luck, the fans were upset but it wasn't a difficult decision for the team to make at the time with Luck billed as the best QB prospect in nearly a decade.
When I referred to Peyton, I was thinking of Denver when his arm was practically falling off. I don't blame the Colts for moving on from Manning; they're were very legitimate concerns as to whether he would be remotely the same quarterback and how much his arm strength would remain. Not to mention he hadn't played in an entire year.
This isn't talked enough. For all the shit I gave Marty last year, he's been excellent this year. It feels so weird to me but our OC is actually really good.
Oh alright, I thought you meant when he left the Colts.
He's game planned to our strength and to opposing teams weaknesses.
It's now almost fashionable to diss Lamar Jackson and his QB worthiness. Just because Flacco has played better than in previous years over a couple of games and the fact that Lamar's packages haven't yielded big plays doesn't mean Lamar is not understanding the system and improving his skill set as a QB. He is not a refined pocket passer at this time surely. But, this kid works extremely hard and is an instinctual football player. He sees the field really well and is a very good decision maker even as a rookie. If Rodgers was universally acclaimed to be that great a prospect he wouldn't have fallen to where he did. I'm not comparing the two but just automatically discounting Lamar's potential because Flacco has played well for a couple of games is a stretch. I'm all for retaining Flacco's services till he is a net benefit to the team, but if he isn't I am totally fine with fielding Lamar Jackson at QB as well.
No one is dissing Lamar. I'm just saying that he's not there yet as an NFL QB and not close to what Aaron Rodgers was coming out. Where did I diss Lamar? Lamar was picked at 32 and the Ravens gave up a 2nd round pick to move up from him. It might have been entirely possible for him to fall to their 2nd round pick. This isn't discounting Lamar, all this is saying is that they're in no rush to put him out on the field. He can take his time and once they feel like he's ready and when Joe isn't as good as they expect, then they can move onto the Lamar Jackson era.
Well, yes, I do think it's a tough position if he does well elsewhere because it would beg the question of why he wasn't doing better here. I don't think the fans would be upset he got released, per se, but I think they'd be very upset that he wasn't doing as well here and would be questioning why he didn't do well.
Well then, maybe I misinterpreted your post. I agree with what you're saying because I feel the same way.
Knowing Flacco's nature and personality I totally believe it...
Believe what? That he doesn't like lamar
Curious......just what is it that you know?
Not crazy at all if you objectively look at the circumstances during those 3 years. Trestman, injuries(Joe and the team), poor receivers, etc., etc. all contributed to a lack of confidence and poor play. One can only imagine how things could be if there were a few years of capable consistency at OC, receiver and TE, basic things most high performing QBs have.
