Originally posted by genus49:
You're discrediting Jimmy with this and you know it.
Jimmy came in to a new system/locker room mid season. He also didn't have Pierre Garcon who was our best WR that season by the time he got his first start and was missing Trent Brown. He was also got to play against the Jags D that was embarrassing QBs that season. I remember telling people to pump their breaks with Jimmy until that game because of just how scary good that defense was.
I know you've seen the chart from that season. We were averaging 26.6 Yards per drive without Jimmy(Chicago was worst with 25.6 YPD that season). We averaged 42.1 yards per drive with Jimmy(which would've averaged to NFL best. Pats led the nfl with 39.2 YPD)
That was with Louis Murphy being the most tenured WR to throw to.
We know Jimmy has limitations. We know Kyle's offense offers up some great opportunities whoever the QB is. We know all of that. But that doesn't diminish what the guy actually did. If you want to play hypotheticals and assume all these other QBs would've done just as well that's fine but that's an assumption we cannot prove.
Jimmy is limited. Jimmy is getting replaced. That's why we have Trey Lance. Trey is good enough where he doesn't need us to downplay what Jimmy did. His performance will stand on its own. What you're basically doing is setting up reasons why others can diminish Trey's performance.
Or are we going to say that the wide open looks Trey gets or the shovel passes to Deebo that go for 20 or easy TDs are all because of Trey's great talent?
That's my whole point. Let Trey stand on his own. Him beating the best Jimmy G is great. Him getting the job handed to him because Jimmy G is just average isn't as good.
Nice post 49! I don't think many people realize we did have the worst roster in the NFL if not one of the worst when Jimmy came in more than halfway through the year and he did so much with so little it was amazing. He hasn't played as well since which sucks but at least people should be willing to admit that hardly any other quarterback could beat teams down with no talent like Jimmy did against the Jaguars that was embarrassing.
He had the Jaguars defense fighting with each other on the sidelines. Yeah a lot of other quarterbacks could've done that. My ass.
The reality is Trey Lance is going to be a top 10 quarterback in my opinion maybe closer to top five very soon. At least by next year. That's all we need to win multiple Super Bowls. We are going to have Bosa, Warner and Company so I think we will have at least a good enough defense to match our top three offense going forward. It's going to be some good years ahead of us
[ Edited by elguapo on Aug 9, 2021 at 3:55 PM ]
