11-15-2017, 01:09 PM
He doesn't come with enormous baggage? He's the touchstone for a protest movement that has rattled the league he used to play in! He's ground zero for it, that's a pretty big deal for most owners I would imagine.
Again, I think it took a lot of balls to do what he did, and to fight for what he believes in. I think his good works to help kids or the less advantaged in communities is great. He seems composed and a decent guy in the interviews I've seen and read. Minus the protest I believe he'd be on a roster as a back-up somewhere or a starting placeholder for a lower tier team.
I don't think he's piss poor like Ryan Leaf, but he's become a below average quarterback, and his stats prove it. He's turning the ball over almost as many times as he's scoring touchdowns. His average yards per game had him dead last at the end of 2016 among qualifying quarterbacks, as did his yards per attempt and completion percentage. And when you get beyond the raw stats and calculate them based on game situations, he's been lower tier his past two seasons. 2016, 23rd of 34. 2015, 29th of 37. In 2014 (the turning point in his performance) he was middle of the pack, 21st out of 44. These are the kind of stats that matter to people spending the money on these players.
No emotion involved here from me, just his own performance and the metrics that evaluate them.
Caveat: as an Eagles fan, I feel like I have pretty good experience watching below average quarterbacks.
Again, I think it took a lot of balls to do what he did, and to fight for what he believes in. I think his good works to help kids or the less advantaged in communities is great. He seems composed and a decent guy in the interviews I've seen and read. Minus the protest I believe he'd be on a roster as a back-up somewhere or a starting placeholder for a lower tier team.
I don't think he's piss poor like Ryan Leaf, but he's become a below average quarterback, and his stats prove it. He's turning the ball over almost as many times as he's scoring touchdowns. His average yards per game had him dead last at the end of 2016 among qualifying quarterbacks, as did his yards per attempt and completion percentage. And when you get beyond the raw stats and calculate them based on game situations, he's been lower tier his past two seasons. 2016, 23rd of 34. 2015, 29th of 37. In 2014 (the turning point in his performance) he was middle of the pack, 21st out of 44. These are the kind of stats that matter to people spending the money on these players.
No emotion involved here from me, just his own performance and the metrics that evaluate them.
Caveat: as an Eagles fan, I feel like I have pretty good experience watching below average quarterbacks.