Coach55 Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 I am not trying to make a case for Trent Edwards as I think the concussions have his brains a little scrambled, but... Did anyone notice the amount of times that Drew Brees and Peyton Manning "checked down" in the Super Bowl. Both QB's had a very high completion percentage primarily from hitting the dink and dunk passes and keeping the chains moving and not making mistakes. They obviously were able to hit the medium throws as well, but rarely did they stretch the field. I would love to know the YAC statistics of the game. The check down is clearly a necessary part of the spread offense. Especially when you are sending 5 in patterns. If we do go to a spread offense, the only QB on our roster who really has the high accuracy is Edwards and if we can build an offense around Fred Jackson, he may be viable for opening day. However, I think we really need to look elsewhere as Fitz, Brohm and McNabb do not fit the bill.
commish95 Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 I am not trying to make a case for Trent Edwards as I think the concussions have his brains a little scrambled, but... Did anyone notice the amount of times that Drew Brees and Peyton Manning "checked down" in the Super Bowl. Both QB's had a very high completion percentage primarily from hitting the dink and dunk passes and keeping the chains moving and not making mistakes. They obviously were able to hit the medium throws as well, but rarely did they stretch the field. I would love to know the YAC statistics of the game. The check down is clearly a necessary part of the spread offense. Especially when you are sending 5 in patterns. If we do go to a spread offense, the only QB on our roster who really has the high accuracy is Edwards and if we can build an offense around Fred Jackson, he may be viable for opening day. However, I think we really need to look elsewhere as Fitz, Brohm and McNabb do not fit the bill. The difference is that this was one game. Trent has done it for 2 years. It fit in both game plans to dink and dunk. To me 20 yards passes are not dink and dunk and there were plenty of those in the superbowl. Thing is Trent has NO confidence in his WR. Until he does then he will be useless
VABills Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 The difference is that this was one game. Trent has done it for 2 years. It fit in both game plans to dink and dunk. To me 20 yards passes are not dink and dunk and there were plenty of those in the superbowl. Thing is Trent has NO confidence in his WR. Until he does then he will be useless Well it sucks when your starting WR's is an old guy who drops tons of passes and is doubled every time, and the #2 is a fast WR who runs one route everytime and avoids any contact, so there had better not be a saety in the area. If manning was the Qb he wouldn't trust those WR's either.
Mr. WEO Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 The difference is that this was one game. Trent has done it for 2 years. It fit in both game plans to dink and dunk. To me 20 yards passes are not dink and dunk and there were plenty of those in the superbowl. Thing is Trent has NO confidence in his WR. Until he does then he will be useless Actually, there were not "plenty of them". There were a total of 4 passes (2 for each QB) of 20 yards or more the entire game.
Ever Since '86 Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 He has no pocket presence what so ever. Whatever he had his rookie year is gone.
AxelRipper Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 as much as i like the guy and want to see him do well, as i believe we saw with the 5-1 start a few back until his head got rattled, i dont think here is the place. no respect from the team or the fans... let him go to the UFL for a year to settle himself, and see where he winds up... as far as the current roster... bring on brohm!
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