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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 35108, member: 837"]
Trent Edwards drove me insane. But I'll counter a couple of your points on Nassib:

1. His yards per attempt are to some degree based on the offense and, to some degree, based on who he is throwing to. I like Lemon but he's an underneath guy who's tough but not necessarily shifty. Chew is a threat deep but doesn't make a lot of plays with the ball in his hands. Provo had a real nice catch and run vs. Toledo but doesn't do it often. So this is an offense full of 3-step drops and short routes -- perhaps by necessity and perhaps partially due to Nassib's long-ball struggles. But it's going to be hard to put up big ypa numbers if you're rarely taking shots and don't have a Woods or Page on the field.

2. Many of those numbers are from last year. He's at 7.01 ypa this year, 6.53 if you take URI out of the equation (though since they won by a TD I'm not sure it's fair to strip him of that game). Collaros, who we'd all kill for, is at 7.78 ypa, so significantly better but not otherworldly considering he also plays with an RB averaging 6.6 ypc.

I don't know, I just think Nassib has improved and should be considered somewhere around average. I also think he has the potential to be better than average. Of all the concerns I have, he ranks pretty low on the list.
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