Tebow didn't enjoy even a 10th of the benefit of the doubt that Siemian is getting. Drops weren't drops, system wasn't the systems fault, the bad oline play, while better than now, was dismissed as bad because he was one dimensional and on and on.
Not having a better alternative is not an excuse. At least it shouldn't be.
I'll be sure to give Kubiak a call to switch QBs. That's how much influence I have on the decision.
No talk of a new ILB next to marshall. Travatjam and him were great because they are amazi g tacklers and both good coverage LB. And now we have davis whom i have seen miss tackles and is not a tackling machine by any means. Travathan and marshall were both 100 tackle a season players.
Siemian isn't playing spectacular, but the problems go way deeper than him.
It's impossible to find a team with such consistently worse play-calling, lack of rhythm, no attempt to establish tempo, or exploit specific D weaknesses. There is no coherency between plays. On passing downs, the formations and route trees are such that players are getting little separation and not in space, so we cannot get yards after the catch. Siemian missing some throws is far less of a worry than how much we don't do. You see more creative concepts in preseason games across the league.
And to the eye, it's just as stark. In those first four games he was HIGHLY accurate on his passes. Announcers were making comments about his accuracy. He wasn't putting receivers in harms way. He was throwing a very good ball. Since then, he's missing badly on a lot of throws. I don't know if it's related to the injury, or getting happy feet from getting hit so much or what, but he's clearly regressed in how accurate he is.
Why wouldn't Lynch be better?
I'm a bit old school, but I think throwing QBs into the fire does more harm than good. They have to both run for their lives AND learn NFL play calling, game planning, etc. In big QB money era, I think only Cincy had the fortitude to sit their rookie (Palmer) and currently LA is doing it. Before there was the pressure of starting these big money guys, it was considered good to let a rookie hold a clipboard for a year (I know they don't have clipboards anymore -- and if you don't know what a clipboard is, youngsters, google it).
I highly doubt it. He's missing short throws to open receivers, so unless it's him studying film of himself and learning how to defend his own pass, I don't think film has a bit to do with it. Since his injury, he's gone from a highly accurate QB to a so/so accuracy QB.
I'm actually the same about Lynch. Obviously, I see Siemian's performance (when graded as a first year starter) far different than you, but when it comes to wanting to see Lynch play, I'm right there. There was a big part of me hoping that Lynch played so amazing in the start that they decided to give Siemian a little more time to heal and see what the Rookie could do with a few games.
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