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Originally Posted by guthmund
Completely ignoring the pre-season, are you saying that 10 games isn't enough to get a feel for a fellow? A lot of that blame should be shifted to the offensive line, but you can't blame it for everything. The games I've seen with Gannon at the helm are schizophrenic at best. One minute he looks fantastic, chucking passes downfield and the next he's scrambling around as if he's unsure about what to do. He dropped some weight this season and looked to be on his way and in fine form until he was injured.
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He did fine in the pre-season, besides I don't count pre-season because not only are 3rd stringers in, but he may only play a quarter or two. Schizophrenic? I wouldn’t call it that, I would say its more of his ability to actually be able to scramble, something Collins couldn't do if his life depended on it. And can you blame Gannon? The guy has had SHIT for an O-line the last several seasons. Besides, receivers don’t ALWAYS get open, so from time to time he is going to be unsure what to do. Should he throw it away, is he out of the pocket, maybe his man will get open, it could be an INT, etc. Every year he has been injured we screwed something up. Last season he was injured early, this season he is gone within 2 games, in '00 Sargosa's fat ass belly-flopped on him injuring his shoulder costing us the AFC title.
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As for the injury, he should've known better. Yes, it was a very illegal hit. However, how many seasons has he had to cut short because of injury? How many playoff hopes have been trounced because of untimely injury? He's been through quite a bit injury-wise and should be playing smarter. A lot of that fault fall on the O-line, but, in the end, he ran out of the pocket. You can't expect the line to protect him once he leaves what little safety there is behind the line. He gambled. He lost. Was it worth it? Nope. Now we're stuck with Brother Kerry and Brother Kerry ain't getting shit done.
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He had nobody open, so rather than take a sack or throw it away, he decided to run and help his team to maybe get a touchdown. Any smart QB would have done the same. As for him lowering his head...no, that was not smart, but you only have so much time to make a decision that you have to be quick.
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As for all the talent....It's there, it's just not clicking. Porter, Jolley, Wheatley, Zereoue, Gallery are all comendable players. They just don't seem to be on the same page sometimes. And good old Kerry Collins isn't going to get them there anytime soon. Flashes of brilliance and a lot of mediocrity in my opinion.
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You are absolutely right, I couldn't agree more, look at all the other teams without big name players that get it done...we have better players than most. This is a team game and without a team, no W's will be put on the board. Porter will most likely be gone next season as well...*sigh*
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And you're absolutely right about the defense. During the Houston game....well, you watched it, right? I don't need to elaborate. I'll just honorable mention Warren Sapp, who is probably the biggest joke, both on and off the field, that the Raiders signed in the off-season. This guy talks a good game, but I've yet to see him pull the trigger and make the decisive play. If I'm wrong, by all means point it out. It seems we spent in inordinate amount of money for a shit-talking bobblehead and that's such a shame.
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No you are not wrong as I pointed out in an earlier post.... Sapp has been nothing but a waste of money, has he even got 1 sack? All of that money could have been spent to acquire a better secondary. God knows we desperately need it.
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And again, you're absolutely right. Collins is a waste. I don't see how starting Collins this week is going to get us a win against Denver. In fact, I see more of the same. Mediocrity. Mediocrity isn't going to get us to the playoffs. Hell, mediocrity isn't going to win us 5 games in the today's NFL.
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At this point we really have nothing to lose in starting TUI. I mean, realistically our season is already over, we might as well give this guy a shot. After all, he could very well be our next QB if Al decides to take his head out of his ass and realize Scary Kerry is not QB material.