Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by ItsX4Number6:
Tough to hate on the guy as he was dealt a tough hand but that was a terrible performance. It's almost as the moment was too big for him as a 15 year vet.
We've seen QBs bobble snaps before... looked like the inside pass rush affected his comfort level from finding the open man (Jennings getting open...Kittle wide open in the flat)... it could be the pressure of the moment... but alot of it could have just been the Eagles Defense. Who knows how other QBs would have faired that game against that defense.
I think he couldn't settle down.. like he would look indecisive, then he'd hit a nice play or two...and you're like ok let him get his rhythm in the second half... but then bam, concussion out for the game. Those 1st and 15/20s to start a series surely didn't help.
Not an excuse for having wounded ducks throws and having no escapability, but he did not get any kind of special game plan.
Did he not used to be fairly mobile like geno Smith, David Webb, type of QB?
I figured we would have got a heavy dose of CMC and Mason, jet sweeps, tosses, screens, and checkdowns, maybe the read option and the wildcat.
None of that happened though.
It's typical shanahan not to change the playbook drastically at all and expect guys to fit into it.
I think we might have had a shot doing the above. Instead he runs spread gets smacked, concussed, and fumbles trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.