Jerry Jabber Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Another QB bites the dust… Another QB bites the dust… And another gone, and another one gone Another QB bites the dust… Hey, aren’t you sick of this too?! Another QB bites the dust… After two miserable performances by starting Bills QB EJ Manuel, Bills HC Doug Marrone has seen enough and decided to bench Manuel in favor of backup QB Kyle Orton. It was one thing to lose to the San Diego Chargers who appear to be an early Super bowl contender, but losing to a Houston Texans team who the Bills should have beaten decisively was the breaking point for Marrone. Manuel struggled with his accuracy as well as his decision making. There were multiple occasions during the game on third down that Manuel had a player open around the first down marker, but elected to throw a deeper pass. Two instances come to mind on third down, when Scott Chandler was left uncovered at the first down marker, but Manuel elected to throw a 20+ yard pass to Robert Woods which was off the mark. The other instance was on 3rd and 6, instead of electing to throw the ball seven to ten yards down the field to pick up the first down, Manuel attempts a 30+ yard pass to Mike Williams which again was off the mark. The time to attempt a deep pass is on first or second down as you have more downs on your side to convert the first down in case the deep pass doesn’t work. When it’s third down, the better option is to throw it to a receiver at the marker so the receiver has the yards to make the first down, vice the deep pass on third down as it greater chance failing. Manuel has shown in the last two games that he will either throw it well short of the first down marker or well beyond the marker on third down. Also, Manuel has not been able to lead his receivers with the ball as the ball is either thrown behind the receiver or overthrown. Last week, Manuel almost got speedy WR Marquise Goodwin crushed as he threw to Goodwin right the middle of several Charger defenders. The Bills defense has been holding teams to 20 points or less. Kyle Orton has shown in the past that he can be a decent, game managing QB. With having weapons such as Sammy Watkins, Mike Williams, Robert Woods, Marquise Goodwin, CJ Spiller and Fred Jackson, Orton should have no problem being a good game manager for the Bills and score at least 20 points or more per game. Marrone is in a win-now situation as the Bills will have new owners next week. Luckily for Marrone, the Patriots have been reeling as they are 2-2 and come off a brutal beating from the Kansas City Chiefs last night, so the decision to switch to Orton now could pay off for Marrone as the AFC east is up for grabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 IN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 +1 WTF. I'm ignoring more threads than I read / post in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Another QB bites the dust… Another QB bites the dust… And another gone, and another one gone Another QB bites the dust… Hey, aren’t you sick of this too?! Another QB bites the dust… After two miserable performances by starting Bills QB EJ Manuel, Bills HC Doug Marrone has seen enough and decided to bench Manuel in favor of backup QB Kyle Orton. It was one thing to lose to the San Diego Chargers who appear to be an early Super bowl contender, but losing to a Houston Texans team who the Bills should have beaten decisively was the breaking point for Marrone. Manuel struggled with his accuracy as well as his decision making. There were multiple occasions during the game on third down that Manuel had a player open around the first down marker, but elected to throw a deeper pass. Two instances come to mind on third down, when Scott Chandler was left uncovered at the first down marker, but Manuel elected to throw a 20+ yard pass to Robert Woods which was off the mark. The other instance was on 3rd and 6, instead of electing to throw the ball seven to ten yards down the field to pick up the first down, Manuel attempts a 30+ yard pass to Mike Williams which again was off the mark. The time to attempt a deep pass is on first or second down as you have more downs on your side to convert the first down in case the deep pass doesn’t work. When it’s third down, the better option is to throw it to a receiver at the marker so the receiver has the yards to make the first down, vice the deep pass on third down as it greater chance failing. Manuel has shown in the last two games that he will either throw it well short of the first down marker or well beyond the marker on third down. Also, Manuel has not been able to lead his receivers with the ball as the ball is either thrown behind the receiver or overthrown. Last week, Manuel almost got speedy WR Marquise Goodwin crushed as he threw to Goodwin right the middle of several Charger defenders. The Bills defense has been holding teams to 20 points or less. Kyle Orton has shown in the past that he can be a decent, game managing QB. With having weapons such as Sammy Watkins, Mike Williams, Robert Woods, Marquise Goodwin, CJ Spiller and Fred Jackson, Orton should have no problem being a good game manager for the Bills and score at least 20 points or more per game. Marrone is in a win-now situation as the Bills will have new owners next week. Luckily for Marrone, the Patriots have been reeling as they are 2-2 and come off a brutal beating from the Kansas City Chiefs last night, so the decision to switch to Orton now could pay off for Marrone as the AFC east is up for grabs. Isn't every coach?? You continue to lose and you'll get fired. Allen from the Raiders......was he in a win now situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 +1 WTF. I'm ignoring more threads than I read / post in Been doing that for about a year now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 In! CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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