Except he can throw. I've seen him throw beautiful balls with accuracy when he's standing back in the pocket with confidence. A lot of the problems with his footwork come when he feels rushed whether imagined or real. When this happens he rushes through his throwing motion and his footwork goes to hell. At some point he'll start to get it and things will slow down for him. It will be at that point the Bills will know what they've got. Unfortunately for impatient fans the only way to get to that point is the play. The Bills would be idiotic to move on from him before they get to that point.
This didn't sound right so I did a quick search and the most recent report I got was from before the season began with "projected" starters. According to this list the Bills field the 5th youngest starting roster in the NFL.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/77416/average-age-rankings-for-projected-starters
Nonetheless you point holds. This team does have plenty of vets who have grown accustomed to losing. Hopefully it doesn't rub off on the young players.
I find all these by fans who know more than the coaching staff and front office really interesting. It's amazing how many of you guys just know he has no chance of being good while a coaching staff with a lifetime of experience just can't see the game the way you geniuses see it.
There's a reason they give these guys time. It's because it's tough to weed out the bad ones after just a few starts because the good ones also generally look like crap early in their careers. So while you might end up being right that he'll end up not being good you'd also throw away a lot of talented QBs who started out slowly.
And people wonder why he's not in the game on passing downs. FJ is the best RB in the league at picking up the blitz while Spiller continuously misses blocks.
That Spiller run is the epitome of p&*&y. He needs one yard and instead of just driving forward to get it he runs to the sideline and out of bound. Drives me crazy.
A few bad series and his psyche is ruined? I don't buy that. I'm more worried about this defense than I am about Manuel right now. The D is totally collapsing these past few weeks.