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You forgot one. 56 yards. Winning is fun regardless of if the offense is "exciting" or not IMHO. Its all about WINNING. They don't tally up the Passing yards and "exciting" plays at the end of the game to determine the winner.

OC #1 and OC #2 with Hotrod under center had prolific scoring offenses. #7 in the league in 2016 going into the last week when EJ and Cardale played with OC #1/OC #2. In 2015 with OC #1 we were 13th in yards and 12th in points. Too bad they weren't the right kind of yards and TDs. Are you really going to complain about the #7 scoring offense? Offense's job is to put up points, not gaudy passing yards. I see no reason to think OC #4 can't get us back there if Hotrod returns. The biggest problem with the offense last year was OC #3 IMHO. Yes I did as a matter of fact.

I learned there is somebody else besides me that thinks Alex is a really good QB and worthy of paying for.

When do you think we might see him start progressing?

We're not trying to win now? Looked to me this year like we are. Wait 2 years? This drought thinking. We're now in the post draught era. Its about winning now. Old habits die hard I guess.

I thought this season was exciting as hell watching us win 4 out of 6 down the stretch. Getting the wins we had to have instead of figuring out new ways to lose like we did the previous 17 years. We tried in the snow bowl but came through as a team. Great stuff. Winning is fun! There are no style points in football. Just win.

Really. A deals a deal. The team hadn't sniffed the playoffs in 17 years. A team wins because of it's QB. Finally we do make the playoffs in a big part due to him. And he deserves a pay cut? We should build a statue of him and put it next to Ralph's or name a street after him or something.

If the Colts were willing to trade him that would tell you all you need to know. Damaged goods.

He would have to change his number.

When this kind of stuff is written about Hotrod on TBD,they're referred to as excuses. Do you realize EVERYTHING you said except the playoffs part applies to our QB as well? Substitute Matthews for Pryor.

THE MAN Nice call Chef

Woulda worked (to scarecrow song) if I only had a D ...

The original question also involved drum solos. Wynton Marsalis has a cat that plays with him named Ali Jackson. He plays really cool drum solos. Not over flashy and chopped out, but rythmic and fun to listen to. He uses kindof theme and variation style building in intensity as he proceeds. This is my favorite. The solo starts at 3:30 Another example here starts around 6:37. It's followed buy a pretty decent solo by Eric Clapton.

The Marcus TD pass to himself and Travis getting hurt and replaced by a guy that couldn't catch a cold didn't help either.

If you're talking about Alex Smith, he was the first player taken in the 2005 draft.

I actually thought Levi Brown showed some promise. But the Chanimal gave up on him so I guess he was not good enough.

I was. But admittedly I only watch him when he's on MNF or TNF. Last time I saw him it wasn't so good when he threw a pick in the 4th while they still had a chance to win. But I saw Jim Kelly do that a few times too. But more power to him.

Thanks for the research.

That was in 2015. Any others?

Can you site a couple of examples of how he can win in the clutch? I haven't seen it.

In fact the Cheatetrs** have gone 13-6 with Matt Cassell, Jimmy G, And Jacoby Brisset under center.

Winning sells tickets. Totally. Why would we really want to do that? We're trying to win. We're not doing science experiments on low percentage rookie QB sor injury riddled vets that aren't much if any better than what we have. I'm all for IMPROVING the QB position. But it's gotta be a BETTER QB, not just ANOTHER QB.

True. Every team needs a camp arm. I'd rather re sign Joe Webb III than keep Nasty Nate as 3rd string.

I think this is a HUGE factor as well. Especially for team that has to trust the process and depends on team unity etc to play above the level of the personnel like we did this year. But you know, 56 yards ...