NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

Sutekh

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Hopefully next week Tom Brady gets suspended for estrogen supplements! That's the kind of luck Miami needs.
 
Zzen

Zzen

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The only problem with that story is that Jay Gruden sucks as a coach too.

The two really deserve each other.
 
Phazael

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The league has been down this path before. Running QBs are a one trick pony and eventually they all get drilled and lose a step, usually sooner rather than later. Some of them adapt to actually throwing the ball accurately and making good reads while scrambling (Young, McNabb, McNair, Elway), but most end up just being really shitty passers who lose the ability to run (Vick, RG3, Kaeperbro, Tebow) eventually turning into interception factories. Very few straddle the line (Culpepper, maybe Wilson). The league has been through this trend a few times over the last couple decades and every time pocket passers are declared dead, they end up dominating the game all over again. Wilson in the SB last year stands out as the lone exception to this in the modern era and he was backed by arguably the best (and most roided up) defense since the 86 Bears, plus the best active RB in the league.

RG3 is just the latest in a recurring fad of running QBs that turn to shit.
 
Burnem Wizfyre

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Phazael_sl said:
The league has been down this path before. Running QBs are a one trick pony and eventually they all get drilled and lose a step, usually sooner rather than later. Some of them adapt to actually throwing the ball accurately and making good reads while scrambling (Young, McNabb, McNair, Elway), but most end up just being really shitty passers who lose the ability to run (Vick, RG3, Kaeperbro, Tebow) eventually turning into interception factories. Very few straddle the line (Culpepper, maybe Wilson). The league has been through this trend a few times over the last couple decades and every time pocket passers are declared dead, they end up dominating the game all over again. Wilson in the SB last year stands out as the lone exception to this in the modern era and he was backed by arguably the best (and most roided up) defense since the 86 Bears, plus the best active RB in the league.

RG3 is just the latest in a recurring fad of running QBs that turn to shit.
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I always just classified them differently, runners and scramblers, scramblers stick around, runners faded quickly.
 
radditsu

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Could it be that spread quarterbacks are turds and cant handle a defense when not propped up by gimmicks?


It's hilarious to see some of the new guys take snaps under center sometimes.
 
Brando

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I don't know if my body is ready for this. Could Soldier Field just spontaneously combust from the awesomeness that is a Romo and Cutler mano y mano show down? I'd be willing to bet it will.
 
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