Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by BSofSF:
Because Young was a more accurate passer and could get attack a defense both ways. Would you be more comfortable if I compared him with Jim Druckenmiller? Druckenmiller had a cannon of an arm and thew everything with lots of sizzle, but struggled with accuracy. Lance is way more athletic than Druckenmiller, though. I think the Kaepernick comparison is actually pretty close with the caveat that we don't know how this story ends. Lance may refine his throwing like your guy Allen, or he may not. He may see the field better than Kap, or he may not. I already agreed with you that he's a better athlete who seems to be able to escape a rush better than Kap. But the passing is not there yet. He overthrows the short stuff. His ball placement is often difficult. He has had accuracy issues in his short QB career. And he looks most comfortable at this time tucking and running. Your narrative is play him now, play him now, play him now. Jimmy G. sucks ass, is never going to get us anywhere, and is inhibiting the development of Lance. Anyone who points out that Jimmy should be the guy this year over Lance is going to be met with a blizzard of twitter references and YouTube videos, and will be told they are ignorant. I thought Lance looked OK for a first start and am truly hopeful for his future. I think he may be better than Kap (and he may not be -- Kap almost led us to a Super Bowl win), but getting shouted down by pointing out obvious and recent comparisons about how NFL defenses put a running QB who is not accurate into a box ... it's just really obnoxious.
Young's completion % his 1st 4 yrs in the league was like 53% Lance's adjusted completion percentage was 75% last game. Even in that one game you could see improvement from the Seattle game.
he already sees the field better than Kap did. That is actually pretty obvious if you watch the film.
Lance should start because he needs to develop, he's the future not Jimmy. This isn't a SB roster…and Jimmy isn't a great QB.
Steve Young 2.0 would be so ideal.
He's a tough comparison simply because of his career path. He was horrendous in Tampa and had to virtually unlearn a ton of s**t, recalibrate with Walsh sitting behind Montana for years, then learn on the field and unlearn some more bad habits before he FINALLY got it.
Trey is more of a clay mold that Kyle is slowly trying to bring along and not put him in bad positions to develop poor habits. Ironically.
I'm more looking forward to seeing a more Kyle-like offense. Snaps under C, PA with his back to the defense, roll outs, < 10 yard routes, check in/out, 3-5-7 step timing drops, etc. That's the growth he really needs.
