Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by tankle104:
Jimmie's overall play in the playoffs wasn't very good. It was actually disappointing. He wasn't necessarily "bad" but he didn't step up or get better in the playoffs. He struggled and it held us back. He did well enough for us to win but not well enough for us to win if we were in tough spots, which you constantly are in the playoffs.
Only one I cut him a break on is the rams game in the NFCC because he had a torn ligament in his throwing thumb, separated throwing shoulder, and our o line was getting obliterated by their d line. He still didn't play very good but I thought he did given his situation.
i really liked how Brock played in the playoffs. I thought he stepped up and played exactly how we needed him to, especially with it being his first rodeo and Dallas has a very good defense.
Injuries for sure were an issue in the NFCC. He also didn't see the field well at all. I've posted a handful of missed reads, which doesn't have anything to do with being hurt … if he couldn't throw the ball to wide open guys, he shouldn't have been playing.
I remember you saying you can't say a QB played well unless it's for "at least" 3 QRs in a given game. He didn't play well vs Seattle for "at least" 3 QRs same with the Dallas game…it was also his first everything, so there's development that can happen for sure.
Yeah Jimmy struggled in the playoffs. What confused me is that the things he seemed to do well at, or at least serviceable in the regular season, he regressed at in the playoffs. I think Purdy like matched his stats and/or eclipsed them in one post season. Lol
Yeah but I was saying that as a general and I think the word "good" is subjective. Sometimes a qb can have average stats in a quarter or the team not score and it doesn't necessarily mean they didn't play well.
With the seattle game, he didn't have a good first quarter, for sure. Brock seemed nervous and I think he missed his first handful of easy passes and was late on a touchdown. I think his nerves were high. He started to settle down as the second quarter ended (if I remember correctly). Then he finished the game on a terror (several NFL records). Overall, no Brock didn't have 3+ good quarters of football but I wouldn't call the first half bad either. I think he was very good in the second half, so I look at it as an exception to me saying that. His first half misses were just that, poor throws, but he was reading everything right and not turning the ball over. It was just execution and he turned it around rather quickly. It wasn't something that continued on throughout the game.
the Dallas game, I think Dallas D played great. I thought they were fast, Vicious, and motivated. I was impressed. They made it a dog fight. Did Brock light it up? No, but when I look at the context of it all - playoff game, historic rival, great defense, rookie year erc.. I think he played damn good and came through when he was needed to. I give him a lot of credit for the mental aspect and staying steady to deliver when he was needed most. I wouldn't say he had a bad game at all. I also wouldn't say he had a great game. I think he had a damn good game within the context of it all.
since this usually leads to some sort of comparison with Lance, when it comes to his Texans game. I thought he played much better than he did against Arizona, much better. The reason why I say he had an okay game was it took him half way through the third to really get started. The offense struggled to really move the ball in general in the first half. This is against a bad bad team. He did finish strong, which I give him credit for. He got it together but when I look at it - 1.5 quarters of good play against a bottom team (only a couple teams put us less points than we did and they had one of the worst defenses). So, I think he showed improvement and got better as the game went on but the overall performance was very clunky until about halfway through the third. I wish they had a decent offense cause I'd like to of seen Trey in a situation where it's a close and the pressure is on down the stretch, instead of it not really close. Some may feel different than me, I'm fine with that. I just don't think it was a good game overall.