Enigmatic Evil
Mr. Censor
As it stands we have multiple threads flowing with rich, viscous QB talks and as such I humbly request we all make an effort to centralize them here... MEGATHREAD 30!
So right now as far as I see it we have McCown, the statistically aberrant but stiflingly incompetent QB who the coach likes due to his efficiency and minimizing mistakes (and points on the board) and we have Manziel, the hot headed, shitty driving, possibly relapsing backup who is relatively unproven, shown to take chances, prone to fumble (4 fumbles in 3 games) but damnit if we aren't getting dangerously close to the point where you gotta wonder just what you have in the kid to see if it's worth exploring further before we waste away (to the point of setting a precedent here in Cleveland WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING) yet ANOTHER first round fucking quarterback. Talk about a rock and a hard place...
Now I've been hard on McCown, but its mostly because of a bias which I can admit. However, it's over the past couple weeks becoming increasingly justified. Sure the whole sum of his play looks quite tasty when you break down the numbers but watching him play is about as tantalizing as a fork in the eye. Further compounded by the fact that the only exciting or consistently excelling portion of our offense is Gary Barnidge, makes me want to jump from a hill on to a bed of rocks.
Similarly so, I've been hard on Manziel. The kid is given about every inch of rope fathomable from this fan base (which is understandable, I've done it too) because we want to see him play and we want to see him succeed. Despite the fact that off the field he seems to make Josh Gordon look like Waldo, Manziel's been praised by the coaches and he has said all the right things to the media (unless you're LaCanfora...). The reality is we need to really see what Manziel can do. He had some awful football last year where it was clearly incident he was not ready. That may have rubbed Pettine the wrong way. Consider that a first impression. If your first impression of a player is that of someone who is incredibly unprepared and gets eaten for lunch by the Bengals D, are you going to jump for joy at the chance to play this kid? He has looked leaps and bounds better this year, but I get the hesitation. There are factors that mitigate Manziel's appeal, and I can't entirely blame Pettine for wanting to go with McCown if McCown is healthy enough to play.
So right now as far as I see it we have McCown, the statistically aberrant but stiflingly incompetent QB who the coach likes due to his efficiency and minimizing mistakes (and points on the board) and we have Manziel, the hot headed, shitty driving, possibly relapsing backup who is relatively unproven, shown to take chances, prone to fumble (4 fumbles in 3 games) but damnit if we aren't getting dangerously close to the point where you gotta wonder just what you have in the kid to see if it's worth exploring further before we waste away (to the point of setting a precedent here in Cleveland WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING) yet ANOTHER first round fucking quarterback. Talk about a rock and a hard place...
Now I've been hard on McCown, but its mostly because of a bias which I can admit. However, it's over the past couple weeks becoming increasingly justified. Sure the whole sum of his play looks quite tasty when you break down the numbers but watching him play is about as tantalizing as a fork in the eye. Further compounded by the fact that the only exciting or consistently excelling portion of our offense is Gary Barnidge, makes me want to jump from a hill on to a bed of rocks.
Similarly so, I've been hard on Manziel. The kid is given about every inch of rope fathomable from this fan base (which is understandable, I've done it too) because we want to see him play and we want to see him succeed. Despite the fact that off the field he seems to make Josh Gordon look like Waldo, Manziel's been praised by the coaches and he has said all the right things to the media (unless you're LaCanfora...). The reality is we need to really see what Manziel can do. He had some awful football last year where it was clearly incident he was not ready. That may have rubbed Pettine the wrong way. Consider that a first impression. If your first impression of a player is that of someone who is incredibly unprepared and gets eaten for lunch by the Bengals D, are you going to jump for joy at the chance to play this kid? He has looked leaps and bounds better this year, but I get the hesitation. There are factors that mitigate Manziel's appeal, and I can't entirely blame Pettine for wanting to go with McCown if McCown is healthy enough to play.
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