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[QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 3404364, member: 5058"]
I am a TD fan, so there is a tilt in my thoughts, but I think our OC loved his zip so much that the only pass plays he called were screens or flat outs. Kinda predictable. Our lack of running game never did enough to keep LBs and safeties honest (or the corners if we ever ran a sweep or even a run outside the tackles). That is likely on the line too. TD was IMO guilty of wanting the long ball too much (he too loved his arm). That played against the weakness of our line. That said, I see a lot of INT talk here, and he had 5. I think near the fewest in P5 despite what he was facing. One of them IIRC was a freak play where a bad attempt to throw it away was combined with a great athletic play by the CB (Clemson? Not sure). Did he make mistakes running out of bounds laterally or backwards? Did he force a pass or two? Yes. Did he slide too soon? Possibly, but from what I’ve heard he had busted ribs and was probably a bit “Chief Inspector Dreyfus” as was stated earlier. To blame him for not making magic when literally everyone else on his team failed in their jobs; well that’s not remotely fair. He’s a passer, as are so many great QBs. There is no requirement to be Barry Sanders or Jim Brown to be a good QB. It helps, but others have succeeded without those skills (Phil Simms, Eli Manning, Tom Brady are three such examples). I want to see more crossing patterns, more seam routes by the OC, and more restraint with Tommy’s need for the HR because he can.
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