Originally posted by AllTimeGreat:
Originally posted by WillistheWall:
Originally posted by AllTimeGreat:
Originally posted by WillistheWall:
Originally posted by AllTimeGreat:
Originally posted by WillistheWall:
Originally posted by Tru2RedNGold25:
I rather have a pocket QB then a wild cat type of QB sooner or later does guys wear down
they can have their 3 or 4 years of flash but sooner or later they hit the wall
Mallett would fit perfect for the West coast offense
i want the niners to get back to basics
going wild cat would just complicate things for us
as it is we are a mess
Holy s**t I can't believe I agree with you for once! I actually feel like Mallett is better suited for a downfield passing attack than the WCO, same with Newton. I think a guy who fits the WCO well is either Stanzi or Ponder, or even Locker(but I'm not that big of a fan of his).
Why don't we pick a quarterback we feel has the best skills and fit the offensive system around his strengths? Why do we have to go back to the traditional West Coast offense? Is it somehow going to miraculously bring back the glory days?
The Eagles, a WCO team are having plenty of success with Michael Vick at the helm, hardly who I would consider to be your prototypical WCO quarterback. Draft for skills, not for scheme.
Attempting to exactly replicate the WCO system we ran back in the 80's and 90's is going to work out exactly the same as Singletary's attempting to replicate the Chicago Bear's offense of the 80's.
The Eagles have done a good job playing to Vick's strength but a lot of what they do is the drop back passing game in the WCO and he has just become a better QB. Andy Reid pretty much turned him into a WCO QB. Not to mention I believe they also ran a WCO under Mora, but I could be wrong on that.
So if Vick can do it why can't Cam Newton do it?
It took Vick till he was like 30 years old bro, don't want to wait that long. Cam has too much stuff to learn, we need a guy now that's ready to play. His footwork isn't there, and he'll have trouble reading NFL defenses. Decent thrower though.
So since Vick was immature and missed 2 years in prison that means Cam Newton is destined to follow that same time frame of development?
I'm not usually one to play the race card, but given all the comments I've heard about him being "a wild cat QB" or "lazy" and now bringing up how Vick didn't start playing this well until he was 30, I have to think that if Cam Newton was white these things would never have been mentioned. I don't hear anyone bringing this stuff up about Locker.
There was a white QB that reminds me of Newton in style of play and that's Tim Tebow. Tebow still gets hated on. I think people just wants to hate on players that are getting lots of love.
Newton's 2010 passing stats:
G Att Comp Pct. Yards Yards/Att TD Int Rating Att/G Yards/G
13 246 165 67.1 2589 10.5 28 6 188.15 18.9 199.2
Tebow's 2009 passing stats:
G Att Comp Pct. Yards Yards/Att TD Int Rating Att/G Yards/G
14 314 213 67.8 2895 9.2 21 5 164.17 22.4 206.8