Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Originally posted by jonnydel:
writing off Lance's season that soon is foolish, IMO and shortsighted. You know I like Jimmy but you've got way too many eggs tied up in the Lance basket. It's either going to be success or failure. The only way this plays out with Jimmy playing is if we're not winning, the team needs a spark to keep trust and then they go in to next year in a full on QB competition. That would suck any which way and IMO is worst case scenario.
Its just statistics man. If you start 0-2 then it's 12% chance to make the playoffs. If you start 0-3 then it's 3%.
I'm saying if the team considering it then it has to be after week 2. Otherwise I don't want to hear people crying for Jimmy at 2-4 or 2-3 etc...
You might as well let lance play it out and pretend Jimmy doesn't exist at that point.
If lance lights it up week 2 then no problem. If we only put up 10 pts again then switch to Jimmy because it is hard to watch and it will mean sljimmy currently runs shannys offense better and we should play who gives us the best chance to win.
We're supposed to be a good team built for a Superbowl. We can't tank like a bottom feeder scoring 10 pts a game.
I very much disagree with this post. First off, discussing our chances of missing the playoffs after week 1.. a tad premature maybe
Also this just in bad teams are bad. Every year there are legit teams that have no credentials. When they start 0-2 and proceed on their way to a 3-13 finish they contribute to your stat. For example you have teams that legit didn't win a game like 2008 Lions or Hue Jackson Browns lumped in there. You really gonna give those squads the same odds as our roster cuz.. stats? Really? A better stat would filter and only look at how many teams ranked top 3 in preseason polls like we were did.. I bet those teams are a lot more resilient even if they stumble out of the gate.. like GB last year for example..
You legit mention 2-4 in your post.. which is our exact record last year.. when we nearly won the SB.. do you not see this? And you act like this would be basically season over? I really don't agree at all here..