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Originally Posted by tarheeljks
it's not a coincidence that qb's w/bad protection tend to look less accurate. all qb's make worse throws under pressure; it's only going to look that much worse when the qb is a rookie.
cassell was basically in a dream scenario in new england by stepping into a system that he had been in for years and even then it took half a season for him to get his bearings. if he comes in and is suddenly making bad throws are you going to say he is inaccurate?
New England gave up 48 sacks last year, KC 37. And a big chunk of those were Huard's patented "duck, cover, rotate 45 degrees, then try to slowly shuffle away" pressure evasion strategy, and Brody "Unbreakable" Croyle testing his bionic tibula. Albert played great at LT for us last year, Waters made the pro bowl, and the right side was adequate.
Thiggy threw the ball 20 yards over dude's heads with no pressure on him whatsoever. Towards the end of the year they seemed to just give up on passes > 20 yards. He had his first horrible game, then seemed to get his bearings. Then he had some good games and people started to get excited. But he had a tendency to come out completely flat in the second half. He had one good late game pressure drive and 5 or 6 bad ones. Also he seemed to fade pretty bad the last few games of the season, when he knew he was playing for his possible "QB of the future status". Call me old fashioned but yeah, I consider what a QB does under that kind of pressure to be kind of an important piece of the overall evaluation.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against giving the dude a chance by any means. I love his mobility. He seems to make good decisions. He doesn't "Favre-out" and throw it up for grabs a few times a game. He seems to have a confident and solid QB presence. He's fun to watch and root for. But his accuracy just blows. Maybe it's just something mechanical with his throwing that a coach can fix, or a hypnotist or something. But going into the season/future with Thiggy as your main and only plan would be about as silly building a super bowl caliber team but heading into the season with Tavares Jackson as your main option. If you have a chance to get a guy like Cassell for a 2nd round pick, and Vrabel, you jump all over that ****.
Last edited by suzzer99; 03-01-2009 at 10:20 PM.