We lost today....why dont I feel

[Lori]

They played a lot better than Losman in their 9 starts, and didn't get benched for poor performance.

 

Losman's a third year player.  I refuse to set his benchmark as the performance that would be expected of a rookie in Week 10 of an NFL season.

 

JDG

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After his first nine starts, Manning had 12 TDs/18 INTs, a 54.8% completion percentage, and a passer rating of 62.4, had thrown at least two INTs in seven of those nine games, and the Colts were 1-8. The only difference? Unlike Mike Mularkey, Jim Mora didn't think going 5-11 instead of 3-13 was a good enough reason to switch to Kelly Holcomb.

 

JMO.

[Dibs]

After his first nine starts, Manning had 12 TDs/18 INTs, a 54.8% completion percentage, and a passer rating of 62.4, had thrown at least two INTs in seven of those nine games, and the Colts were 1-8. The only difference? Unlike Mike Mularkey, Jim Mora didn't think going 5-11 instead of 3-13 was a good enough reason to switch to Kelly Holcomb.

 

JMO.

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Actually that isn't JYO....I bet that is the opinion of a whole lot of people.

[JDG]

After his first nine starts, Manning had 12 TDs/18 INTs, a 54.8% completion percentage, and a passer rating of 62.4, had thrown at least two INTs in seven of those nine games, and the Colts were 1-8. The only difference? Unlike Mike Mularkey, Jim Mora didn't think going 5-11 instead of 3-13 was a good enough reason to switch to Kelly Holcomb.

 

JMO.

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Except, Lori, that Losman was originally benched after four games, not nine games.

 

Losman's completion percentage in those four games was 47.8% with an average of 108 yards per game. His rating in those four games was somewhere around 44.8. He had 1 TD, 2 INT, and 10(!) sacks.

 

Manning, on the other hand, twice passed for 300 yards in his first four games, had a 55% completion percentage.

 

Even after nine games, Manning's completion percentage was higher, and he had almost no games comparable to Losman's disaster in Tampa, vs. Atlanta, at San Antonio, and at New England. That's an important difference - Manning maintained a minimum competancy. Losman did not.

 

JDG

[CosmicBills]

Except, Lori, that Losman was originally benched after four games, not nine games.

 

Losman's completion percentage in those four games was 47.8% with an average of 108 yards per game.  His rating in those four games was somewhere around 44.8.  He had 1 TD, 2 INT, and 10(!) sacks.

 

Manning, on the other hand, twice passed for 300 yards in his first four games, had a 55% completion percentage.

 

Even after nine games, Manning's completion percentage was higher, and he had almost no games comparable to Losman's disaster in Tampa, vs. Atlanta, at San Antonio, and at New England.  That's an important difference - Manning maintained a minimum competancy.  Losman did not.

 

JDG

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Except you just ignore how well he played in Miami and coming off the bench against KC. Both late season games where you could see he had improved leaps and bounds from a shaky QB to a damned good one. JP was NOT a good QB last season, but he consistently improved as all first year signal callers tend to do. His development was railroaded last season by a desperate organization trying to save their collective hides.

 

As for this year, you keep going back to the safety which is a wrong interpretation of the play. It was not JP's fault. The pass before, yes. A poor throw. But it didn't effect the game. You are isolating on one play and forgetting to point out how much better JP looked than all of his starts last year and this was IN NE (there's a word for this, it's called: Improvement).

 

You just have it stuck in your head that he is the cause of the loss that you are unwilling to look at the player objectively because you desperately want to be right. Even at the expense of your own team. Hello narcissism!

 

The kid has had 9 starts. He has improved tremendously and is the best QB on the roster. Period.

 

Not only is your agenda wrong, it's ridiculous.