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[QUOTE="DoctorBombay, post: 3978171, member: 626"]
Tommy is a good QB with a great arm, but little to no pocket presence when rushed. He’s shown this flaw over and over again.
“Sliding to avoid a sack” or “improvising to gain & not lose yards” is not a measured stat. GS did BOTH of those things vs Liberty. All the stats in the world mean nothing if the QB doesn’t possess the raw ability to at least mitigate for a porous OL or WR’s that can’t get open. Tommy, the text book signal-caller, excels when the play goes, well…textbook. Our deficiencies do not allow for this to happen more than maybe 70% of the time, and that’s being generous!
We need a QB with more than a strong arm, putting up lofty stats, but limited in most other aspects of the position.
Not saying GS is Tim Tebow, but that was another QB with limited QB skills, who nevertheless won big in cfb by playing to his strengths. Compared to TD, GS is better, imo, at movement in the pocket, avoiding rushes, and “matriculating the ball down the field” as the late Hank Stram once said.
That’s what this team needs- not another season of pretty stats, nice-looking throws, and minimal wins. JMHO
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