I am not pro JP or anti JP. I do really hope that he turns out to be worth the investment that we have in him.
It seems to me that the game is just too fast for him at this stage of his career or the corollary of that -- he is thinking too much.
An example of this that I noticed watching the replay of the game on the NFL Network was when the Bills almost got a delay of game penalty. He did not even notice. I believe it was Shaud Williams who had to call the time out. Perhaps JP has got so much swimming around in his head at this point in his career that the position is not as instinctive for him at this level.
Part of this may be explained by his lack of experience. Perhaps with experience, he will be able to work through this and, as a result, the game and his reads will become more instinctive.
The other troubling aspect of his game is his lack of accuracy. When Aiken was wide open for a TD, JP threw the ball out of bounds. When the Bills called the quick pass to the wide out, JP threw it into the turf. It seems as though his accuracy has not improved from last year.
I never saw the guy play in college so I have no idea if this is indicative of his college career. I just hope that he can work through this and be the kind of QB many of you are convinced he can be.
As of now, I think that the best that we can expect at the QB position is that whoever does start does not lose us any games. I really hope that one of the three QBs will emerge as a real threat and be able to take advantage of the weapons that we have at WR and cause the opposing defenses to not commit eight guys to the box as they did most of the time last year.
Otherwise, it is going to be a very long and frustrating season.
With any luck, we will see improvement each week during the preseason and in the regular season. I really would like to see the kid end the ten years of frustration that we have had at the QB position.