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Official First Half Thread: Week 10, Bills at Steelers


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3rd and 5 you throw a 2 yard pass? What is with this offense that they refuse to have patterns that go past the sticks?

 

Lot of criticism of the playcalling but watching on TV, there's no way of knowing if the QB is not seeing the field.

 

EJ stats are horrid. 6 for 13 for 43 yards.

 

Stats are meaningless.

 

The salient point is that EJ's played very poorly.

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There is a difference between taking "smart" check-downs, and playing scared.

 

The first is what made Tom Brady and Joe Montana all time greats.

The second is why Trent Edwards sucked. And it's what we are starting to see from EJ.

 

You absolutely HAVE to be willing to take shots downfield. If you don't, it kills your running game and makes it impossible to sustain drives.

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Actually, the more I think I about it, the problem is Manuel has NO confidence in himself or his receivers. WR's have to be WIDE open for him to even take a shot, and even then he has accuracy problems.

 

Lewis and Tuel both had faith the the WRs could make plays in tight coverage and had the stones to deliver the ball. Manuel does not.

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The coaches have to know something about Manuel that keeps them from letting him pull the trigger.

 

WIth Lewis and even Tuel, they took shots. With Manuel, no dice.

 

Or is it Manuel missing out on his reads/not seeing the open WR?

 

This is very possible.

 

It's hard for me to believe that the playcalling/gameplan calls for 2-3 yard passes.

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The coaches have to know something about Manuel that keeps them from letting him pull the trigger.

 

WIth Lewis and even Tuel, they took shots. With Manuel, no dice.

 

Or is it Manuel missing out on his reads/not seeing the open WR?

 

I've been wondering the same thing.

 

Either way, it's a really bad sign for our "franchise" QB.

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