Cotton Fitzsimmons

It's easy to blame this all on Drew, and maybe if we had another QB in there our record would be different, but consider the following. When I look at the key plays/scenarios that have cost us games this year, the QB position really wasn't involved whatsoever. I remember the critical 3rd down in the Raiders game where T-Henry had a hole but proceeded to trip for no apparent reason. Also in that game Henry couldn't punch it into the endzone for a critical TD... or maybe he did and it should have been challenged. In either case the QB position had no significant impact on the result of the play. I recall Chris Villarial taking a huge holding penalty on a play where McGahee had the first down in the Jax game when we were running out the clock that eventually forced us to give the ball back to Jax and allowed them to take the lead. In the Jets game, the defense allowed the go ahead score with 1:00 left. A critical stop by the defense and we win that game. Granted... Drew has made some bad plays too, but when you look at these key turn of events... whether the QB was Brett Favre, Joe Montana, or Jim Kelly... would the result have been different? All things considered... Drew has posted an 85.2 passer rating... that includes 5 TD/3 INT, and a very respectable 7.29 yds. per attempt. If you're asking a QB to be efficient and run a smash mouth offense, and let a solid defense help win games, that's the kind of performance you're looking for. Frankly, I doubt Shane Matthews would perform as well as Drew has to this point.

Does anyone know for a fact what happened? Supposedly the drill it was in wasn't allowed to be filmed by media or anything, so everything I've heard was just accounts from those who were in attendance. I have to admit, I'm a little pissed at Vincent right now myself, but I'm not sure we have all the facts at this point.