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Good point. Agreed he's looking better in this regard, but Taylor's pocket presence and ability to improvise has been great.
I will not dispute that one bit! The worry with TT I have is does he have enough pass to keep defenses honest; and frankly I'm not 100% sold on that.
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I think the question comes down to; do you want to risk playing Simms if it comes down to it or do you not trust Simms to be as meh as Cassel? If both EJ and TT go down I'd be fine with Simms tbh. Then again the dislike I have for Cassel (as a QB) is huge, the guy doesn't just reek of mediocrity he stinks, bad as in very foul.
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Look I'm not a Cassel guy but can we please stop with the microanalysis of preseason stats? You're citing Cassel's YPA in four drives now? That's a little over the top.
Normally I'm all for using reason when applying pre-season stats, but given his league history that 5.5 looks like Matt Cassel as much as any stat can look like Matt Cassel.
2014:6.02013:7.12012:6.52011:6.42010:6.92009:5.92008:7.22007:5.42006:4.02005:7.6 -
He is a master at it.
If a word is misused in the same meaning enough the meaning of the word will be adjusted for the meaning of the word to be correct use.
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That's what we're hoping but can he/she really change???
Well, she has convinced the parole officer, seems the parole board is still a bit divided though.
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I recall one replay guy, was it Tasker?, on what I think it was EJ's last TD... He (EJ) was a little late on the throw.
fast slow or tight on time it was a TD!!!
Good grief really... Stop repeating what reporters say, use your own eyes. That was a thing of beauty and clearly shows that EJ has made major strides. His initial target was Palmer, he looked him down, decided against it, scanned the field, checked back on Palmer to recognize that Palmer was coming open and pow delivered the ball for a TD.
I think the real question is, how much time in the pocket does Manuel need. Then again he's looking improved in that area too looking back at the Browns game.
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Simms (3 votes)
Awwww, how sweet Simms called his parents to vote for him.
I really don't understand how anyone who has seen the preseason games could vote for anyone but Tyrod taylor. Frankly, the guy has been phenomenal. Tied with EJ? That talk makes me sick.
Your comment makes it sound as if you haven't seen the last two games.
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I really don't think anyone would have got it if you hadn't done that. Oh, well.
Hehehe, I do find it wierd though that the coaches have only played Meh for 4 drives over two games and word is they are considering him to be the starter. It just doesn't add up.
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good/great are not the words I would use to describe Cassel's two outings. Ok, average, so-so maybe. He's done nothing Trent Edwards couldn't have done.
TE had a far better ypa...
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Almost like he never played. Hmmm....
Spoiler alert!
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Cassel's going to be cut. I don't have any "inside" information either. I just have what I saw over the last two games.
Granted his performance in the Browns game was non-existing.
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And you somehow believe TT can't complete those same passes?
Well, they did have a comparable number of attempts with 30 for EJ and 31 for TT with EJ averaging 11.9 and TT averaging 7.6. That is telling.
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The most important NFL stats say that EJ is better because of the passing TD totals which is the best barometer to judge an NFL QB.
Also, McCoy will have larger running lanes given EJ's deep passing abilities. With Tyrod you get eight in a box when the real games begin.
This might actually be a very valid point. EJ is the only QB that looks like he will force a defense to be honest. Problem is though; how is EJ nowadays when under pressure.
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Tyrod had rhythm. Cassel didn't. EJ was off and on.
The only game where EJ was off and on was the first pre-season game, he has looked the job ever since. Note that he suffered from WR's having he dropsies in that game and even then in that game he posted 1 TD drive and 1 FG drive versus 2 TD drives by TT.
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The whole preseason thing has me confused. If we are discounting the preseason games, then why are so many people really high on TT? Most wouldn't have seen him in practice....so how can they form an opinion?
If one acknowledges that TT has shown himself to be potentially good, then they must also acknowledge the same about EJ.
He's the new girl in the classroom so per definition he's hotter then the other girls.
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But that one incompletion - and I know it's a nitpick - was vintage EJ Yips. He thought too much and his mechanics fell apart. I'm sure it's terrifying for the coaches to see that. The problem with EJ is mental not physical, which is very hard for coaches to deal with.
That ball was tipped, hardly the EJ fail we've seen in previous years.
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I am slightly concerned about the defense yesterday. We went up against a super bowl winning QB on a perennial winning team, a team we could face in the playoffs if we make it, and got taken on a long drive, and I didn't even get the feeling Roethlisberger was trying that hard. We couldn't stop Martavis Bryant, how are we going to stop Antonio Brown. I'm also concerned about our secondary if McKelvin and Gilmore miss too much time. So please don't use that as your argument. These little flaws will become very apparent during the season. There's a reason we went DB with our first pick this year.
The defense has me worried too, throughout pre-season they have been giving up big plays much like how they performed under Petine. At this point I'm still sold a lot more on last years scheme.
There's nothing perfectly clear about the choice. EJ Manuel has been "raining" TDs this preseason in awesome fashion.
The "reality" I saw this preseason is that EJ looked like the best QB. Not by a lot over Tyrod Taylor, but the TD totals can not be ignored.
TDs are the name of the game, not long drives.
Actually EJ and TT tie for points, with TT having the significant better drive to score ratio.
EJ 5th rated QB overall (behind Drew Brees, Matthew Stafford, Sam Bradford and Matt Ryan), 20/30/66.7%/11.9avg/4TD/358total/146.9 rating.
TT 30th rated QB overall, 24/31/77.4%/7.6avg/0TD/236total/98.3 rating
Meh 49th rated QB overall, 13/15/86.7%/5.5avg/0TD/83total/89.7 rating
TT: played a total of 9 drives of which 4 resulted in a TD, 3 in a fg attempt, 1 failed 4th conversion, and 1 punt for a total of 77% scoring drives.cassel played 4 drives so far of which 2 resulted in a punt, 2 resulted in a fg attempt for a 50% scoring drive result.EJ: played 13 drives so far of which 5 resulted in a TD, 1 in a fg attempt, 1 failed 4th conversion and 6 punts for a total of 46% scoring drives. -
I don't see how people would choose Manuel over Taylor. Taylor has a lot more zip on his throws, he's better at escaping the rush, better at going through his progressions quickly, has better accuracy, and he's a lot faster. There's no doubt Taylor should be named starter in my opinion. Manuel has looked good, but I'd rather them go with Taylor.
It comes down to grooming a starter, EJ has the metrics and starts to look like the NFL QB we've been longing for. As said earlier though we can't neglect TT his score to drive ratio of 77% versus EJs 48%. EJ seems the route to the future the way he is playing currently, that said TT has been more consistent. It took the Dolphins 3 years of starting Tannehill to get their QB; it looks like EJ is getting there too.
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EJ 5th rated QB overall (behind Drew Brees, Matthew Stafford, Sam Bradford and Matt Ryan), 20/30/66.7%/11.9avg/4TD/358total/146.9 rating.
TT 30th rated QB overall, 24/31/77.4%/7.6avg/0TD/236total/98.3 rating
Meh 49th rated QB overall, 13/15/86.7%/5.5avg/0TD/83total/89.7 rating
TT: played a total of 9 drives of which 4 resulted in a TD, 3 in a fg attempt, 1 failed 4th conversion, and 1 punt for a total of 77% scoring drives.cassel played 4 drives so far of which 2 resulted in a punt, 2 resulted in a fg attempt for a 50% scoring drive result.EJ: played 13 drives so far of which 5 resulted in a TD, 1 in a fg attempt, 1 failed 4th conversion and 6 punts for a total of 46% scoring drives.The drives summary doesn't account for drops by WRs (which EJ has suffered the most off, nor does it account for starting field position).Personally I chose EJ but would be fine with TT given his drive to result ratio. In the end it comes down to whom the players support and how they are currently practising (is EJ lighting it up in practice right now as well?). -
Wow, that might be the coolest new feature in GamePass. WGR550 audio overtop the broadcast.... Amazing.
Err that's been a feature for as long as I can remember, maybe even back to the yahoo days.
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Found it but after 20 seconds it froze so went back to default audio.
Aha so the freezing is indeed related to the Bills audio track. Cheers.
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I had no issues except some clunky sound. How do I change the soundtrack? Didn't know I could do that haha.
Click the box that sorta looks like a chatbox to the left of the expand window arrows.
Hmm wierd, the first two drives the framerate was like 1 frame every 3 seconds for me.
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No issue on Game Pass.
Plenty of issues earlier with gamepass though, anyway are you using the Bills soundtrack as well? If so do you loose your feed every 30 minutes or so?
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Fitz is a great #2 QB, just not starter material.
QB after Pittsburgh
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Funny how different the votes are everywhere; yet it is clear that the fanbase wants either TT or EJ; leaning towards TT as a whole.
Twitter (most hype sensitive media): 70 TT, 13 EJ, 0 Meh (actual votes not percentages)
TBD: 64% TT, 30% EJ, 4% Meh, 1% Simms
BR: 55% TT, 41% EJ, 3% Meh