I agree with most of what you said, especially that it's still early. But c'mon man you titled this thread "Kelly 86 vs Manuel 13," what did you expect?
I bet a lot of the hand wringing would subside if we could actually see EJ throw the ball over 15 yards in the air. I'm not talking bombs, just deep outs and middle seam routes. Right now it's just a QB who spins in the pocket and fires 5 yard checkdowns (and he does fire those screen passes like a laser for some reason). I'm sure it's not all him, Hackett calls a conservative passing game, but you can't statistically compare 2 QBs that are almost 30 years apart.