Saint Doug Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I recommend the author of this article looks up the word delusion. It's hard to believe any of these teams picked up these players for any role besides a veteran back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RK_BillsFan Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 We all know Kolb isn't the answer and just another Band Aid..... lets just hope he does better than Fitz. He or TJ. I could care less. Someone throw a pass over 15 yds and have it not bounce off the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I agree with you, but I guess my point is that in a comparison of evils, I'd rather have a QB who takes a lot of bad risks (like Fitz) than a QB who takes a lot of sacks and no risks (like [insert the name of just about every other QB we've had]). Some QB's also can take sacks, and recover with big plays. Roethlisberger comes to mind. You can live with him taking a sack on 2nd down, because he can make plays and convert on 3rd and 15. The worst was a guy like Trent Edwards. He'd take a sack, and the drive was over, because he couldn't complete more than a 2-yard pass. That's what I meant when I said the trick is to find a QB good enough to know when something REALLY ISN'T there. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) That is anathema to every coach I've ever met, at any level of the game. There are worse things than taking a sack. Indeed, every QB coach I know will instruct his players to take the sack rather than risk the INT by forcing something that isn't there. The trick is finding a QB good enough to know when there REALLY isn't something there. GO BILLS!!! Nice breakdown. Things look different when not looking at stats in a vaccuum. I don't know if he's better than Fitz or not. And that's not saying much anywayl. Time will tell. But nobody is under the illusion that the QB search is over, that's for sure. GO BILLS!!! With all due respect, I completely disagree. Mike Martz, who was known to put points on the board, was OK with INTs but hated sacks. Sacks are absolute drive killers that often produce fumbles; INTs on a deep-passing teams like the 2000-era Rams typically functioned as shanked punts (Warner threw a lot of INTs). My anecdotal sense is that sack prone QBs put up far fewer points than strong-armed, gunslinging QBs who accept that INTs are part of the game. Edited April 10, 2013 by dave mcbride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills Fan888 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 & Rodgers has a cannon for right arm, which Kolb does not. Please don't compare Kolb to Rodgers, that is just being silly. Rodgers makes throws that no other QB in the league even dreams of making & he gets away with them for the most part because he is that talented. I am honestly starting to think also the Bills are going QB @ 8 & I think the guy is going to be Nassib. I never compared him to Rodgers I just provided an example of a QB who got hit a lot and still played well. You could say the same thing for Vick, he gets hammered, but his level of play is relatively consistent. Kolb seems like a tough guy that can take hits and play well unlike someone like Trent Edwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billscents4ever Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I think jackson WILL beat kolb in training camp hes a better athlete more accurate and stronger qb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I think jackson WILL beat kolb in training camp hes a better athlete more accurate and stronger qb OK, but can he read a playbook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billscents4ever Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 OK, but can he read a playbook? I took harvard educated fitz over a season to get that play book down he had vince young and tjax on the roster any one of them would have won more games with cj and fred taking snaps to lower sacks an Ints and i woul rather have one off them on 1st an goal with the game on the line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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