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thebigo -> RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2013 Season (10/2/2015 5:28:49 PM)
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We aren't the only team having trouble with deep balls!
QUOTE: People who rewatched last Sunday's 24-17 victory over the New York Jets, in which Bradford completed 14 for 28 for 118 yards, saw a quarterback standing in a clean pocket, usually, often facing receivers who seemed to be open deep - and then repeatedly throwing underneath. Often not really throwing very accurately underneath. Not getting the ball to outside receivers.
Bradford's response yesterday seemed to be that he is running the offense the way the coaches are calling it. He said he would like to go deep more, but at no point did he evidence a belief that he is the one keeping that from happening.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/20151001_Eagles__Sam_Bradford__Longball_will_come_to_pass.html#8gQPQGkmC7C2chq0.99
Bradford continues to get the Golden Boy treatment.
Keep your mouth shut Sam, and collect your game checks. You are a bigger bust than Ponder.
Chip has a little Brad Childress in him. He really thinks his system is more important than the players.
The guy I can't understand is Alex Smith. How in the world did he finagle a $100M+ career?
By getting picked #1 overall before the league instated the rookie scale.
It goes way beyond that.
Rookie deal: 6/49.5
2nd contract: 3/27.8
3rd contract: 4/68 ($30M initially guaranteed)
That second contract is actually pretty reasonable. He did have a good year immediately preceding that third contract. Not 17M/year worth of good, though. I guess KC has just been that starved for a good QB. I mean, Trent Green was the last one they had who was any good prior to Smith, and historically they either had stars on the downswing of their careers (Moon, Montana, Kreig, Jaworski), journeymen (Huard, Grbac, Bono, DeBerg), or Todd Blackledge. Len Dawson is still their all-time leading passer forty years after retirement, with 7000 more yards and 100 more TDs than the nearest guy (Trent Green).
But as bad as Smith's aggregate contracts are, they're better than Cutler's - he managed to get another 30M above Smith. Though I guess you could say on a per-interception basis, Cutler gives you more for your money - Smith's total salary works out to 1.8M/pick, whereas Cutler's is 1.3M/pick.
It was immediately clear that Smith would never be good. Whereas with Cutler, he at least had the big arm, and you could imagine him getting better over the years, both by gaining experience and with better coaching. Of course neither of those seemed to materialize, or net results at any rate.
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