Originally posted by SLCNiner:
Originally posted by tankle104:
If we just give him 30 more starts he is going to be a SUPERSTAR! We spent all those picks on him, why wouldn't you give him a chance??
he's only started 30 games (Highschool - Varsity + College + NFL), he just needs more experience. He has a big arm and can run fast in a straight line - HIS CEILING IS OUTTER SPACE! Doesn't matter if he isn't accurate to save his life, he can learn that!
if you disagree - it's because you don't like his race.
Who said that?
Haha all jokes aside - I wish nothing but the best for Trey. I just have way more doubts about him than confidence.
The main thing that bothers me about him is his accuracy. I just rewatched the bears game and he was just flat out missing people, wide open guys. Multiple times. The play calling ended up going towards a bunch of dump off passes and still less than 50%. And yeah yeah.. I know it wasn't all on him, it's a team sport, but he did absolutely nothing to help - unless it was the bears with his awful interception at a terrible time in the game that sealed the L.
the weather didn't get bad until the fourth. Some rain is going to impact the game but that's why people want guys with rockets, it's supposed to give you an edge in those situations. Especially when your team is exponentially better than the opponents and built to dominate in those type of sloppy games.
The flip side - Purdys ball placement, touch, and anticipation are a thing of beauty. That's not just natural talent - that's a lot of mental preparation and amazing processing. I know it's possible to improve accuracy, and I don't just mean on the stat sheet. You can increase the stat sheet by just doing dump off/screens, short passes etc and they don't really mean much and makes you very predictable. It requires hitting tight windows, anticipation, ball placement, touch. Etc. the only qb in my life that I've seen dramatically improve in that area is Josh allen, and he slipped back into some of his old habits with his new coach. So, it really concerns me and I don't trust ANY qb to dramatically improve on it when they're not good at it in the first place. (Not just Lance). It's a rare thing to happen in the nfl. (Can't wait for some jokester to attack this and name a bunch of people who've improved accuracy…. On the stat sheets - not truly more accurate on the field in the ways I mentioned lmao).
If I'm not mistaken, there have been reports that the team has been really frustrated with his accuracy. (Idk if it was just gossip or whatever but I doubt the team would ever publicly confirm that regardless)
[ Edited by tankle104 on Mar 20, 2023 at 11:47 PM ]