Pattersonca65 wrote:Big J wrote:Harry Palmer wrote:
Well, I think there’s definitely an argument that CMC was the primary propellant, but I also think it stepped up a couple notches when he took over. But anyways, and I am not at all saying they are comparable, but just to contextualize the perception, both Montana and Brady early in their careers were slighted for just throwing short passes to playmakers. If it’s there, are you a better qb to not take it? He literally never failed to achieve his primary goal while possessing a working throwing arm, he destroyed all prior records for rookie qbs over similar stretches, like literally better than Marino’s rookie year per/game, I think that qualifies as an outlier even without accounting for being Mr. Irrelevant. But this is all pretty subjective, so I’m not saying you’re wrong. I just don’t think there’s any evidence you’re right.
Edit: anyone else think that with autocorrect it’s gotten personal?
Brady never had the same level of playmakers early on that Purdy had last year. It’s not really about slighting Purdy, just more about being realistic about why he was able to have success last year. This is the same team that mediocre Jimmy G took to within 1 play of winning a ring. Just think that dudes need to pump the brakes and be realistic that Purdy is probably going to cap out as Kirk Cousins over the next 5 years whereas Trey has a much higher ceiling than that.
Trey's ceiling could very well just be another Colin Kaepernick.
There's a real chance - especially at this point - that he never reaches a Kaepernick level. Kap was elite running the ball. He wasn't elusive, but if he got up to speed in the open field, he would just kill teams (see: the Green Bay Packers). Trey never came close to showing that ability. They have similar struggles with accuracy and reading a defense. Although Kap had a famous work ethic, it always felt like he was working on the wrong things. Keeping his body in prime condition, which was absolutely important, but he really needed more film study probably (tougher to get info on how much film study guys were doing in those days). Lance is supposed to be a film junky.
What makes Trey a tough call for me is the indecisiveness and bad decisions we saw from him in the preseason. It strongly suggested he needed more time seeing an NFL defense from the pocket, and needed reps against it to get a better understanding of what "open" looked like in the NFL. I don't think he'll ever cure his accuracy issues, but he can certainly improve upon them, and has already done so. So the big question for me was the vision. And that's just hard to gauge. Some guys just never get it, and that could be Lance. But to me, it looked like he knew the offense, he did a good job of getting through his reads, and he just needed to believe in what he was seeing.
There is a chance - again, slimmer as he goes to Dallas to maybe battle for the #2 spot, probably - that with more reps, the light suddenly turns on and he becomes a really effective QB. That chance was enough for me to want to retain him. But there's probably a greater chance that he never gets the experience he needs and that light never comes on. It will be interesting to watch as his career continues.