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What was Bledsoe' passer rating?
Not the only team with potential QB controversy?
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What was Bledsoe' passer rating?
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dguinta1 said:http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/sports_columnists/article/0,1299,DRMN_83_4983922,00.html
What was Bledsoe' passer rating?
... was an underwhelming 45.8.
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Krieger: Criticism a given for quarterback
September 11, 2006
ST. LOUIS - Oddly enough, the comforting comparison was from a year ago, when the Broncos gave another rookie head coach a victory in his first try.
Then it was the Dolphins' Nick Saban. Sunday it was the Rams' Scott Linehan. Evidently, the Broncos double as the NFL welcome wagon.
Still, they bounced back from the loss at Miami to win five straight and 13 of their remaining 15. In retrospect, losing the opener meant diddly.
In fact, by the time the TV guys were finished consoling the Broncos in the visitors' locker room at the Edward Jones Dome on Sunday, the Rams' 18-10 victory almost seemed like a good thing, as if setting in motion that familiar 13-3 pattern.
The less comforting comparison was from the last game they played, the AFC championship in January. In that one, as in this one, the Broncos fell behind early and turned over the ball repeatedly trying to come back.
In fact, just in case you're keeping track, that's nine giveaways in the last two games, eight of them by the quarterback.
But nearly eight months later, with first- round draft choice Jay Cutler now on the sideline, fans have an alternative to demand.
"I'm sure they will," Jake Plummer said. "They've been calling for him since he got drafted. Three interceptions, I'm sure they're going to want him to start. But they don't make the calls, Mike Shanahan does. So I'm going to get back and work hard and do whatever we can to regroup as a team and go out and get a win next week."
"Probably have people calling for a new head coach, too," Shanahan said. "If you can't take that, you're not in the business very long."
Nevertheless, when the starting quarterback on an alleged Super Bowl contender puts up a passer rating of 26.3, as Plummer did Sunday, an examination is not only unavoidable, it's warranted.
"Obviously, the first interception was a bad read," Plummer said of Tye Hill's pick of a pass intended for Rod Smith early in the second quarter.
"The (next) one was a jump ball; we didn't come down with it. The last one I think might have been a little (pass interference), but we can't rely on those calls. They swarmed to the ball. You know, take your hats off to them, they played fast."
This is now a pattern that threatens to cut into the year or two of apprenticeship Shanahan envisions for Cutler. Give Plummer a lead and he plays a conservative style that allows the Broncos to win from ahead. Give him a deficit and he's forced to take chances, which don't tend to work out so well.
So I asked him if he felt as if he were pushing the envelope trying to get the Broncos back in Sunday's game.
"Not really," he said. "We kept running the ball. We kept doing what we wanted to do within our game plan. We had a couple shots we took. We just didn't come down with them."
It's worth noting that Sunday also produced some good news, all of it from the defense. Blitzing much less than a year ago, it was still able to get to Rams quarterback Marc Bulger three times and keep the Rams out of the end zone all day.
In fact, after watching the tape, defensive coordinator Larry Coyer might want to blitz even less. The Rams' biggest play of the day, a 49-yard romp by running back Tony Fisher after a short pass from Bulger, came on a Champ Bailey corner blitz and dramatically changed the game's momentum.
It would be more tempting to draw discouraging conclusions if it weren't for last year's opener, which proved rather conclusively that you can start badly and still have plenty of time to recover.
On the other hand, the Broncos had a better excuse a year ago. The game-time temperature in Miami was 89 degrees. The humidity was the customary 120 percent. As defensive end Ebenezer Ekuban pointed out, there were no such mitigating factors this time around.
"It wasn't hot. It wasn't humid. We weren't tired. We just played bad," Ekuban said. "Just knowing the talent that we have on this offense, this defense. I guess it's disheartening that we didn't come out and play better."
On defense, the Broncos' talent is indisputable. On offense, this is not the case. Jake is the subject of a perennial debate. The receiving corps did little to distinguish itself Sunday, aside from Smith achieving his milestone 800th career catch.
And the rotating, unrelated Bells, while posting 161 yards as a two-headed running back, had pass protection and ball possession issues.
"Our character's being tested just like it was tested last year," safety Nick Ferguson said. "When this article is printed, some negative things are going to be said about our team and nobody's going to be on our side. But, hey, that's the way it was last year when we lost the first one. So it's no difference to me."
I certainly don't want to disappoint. No-mistake Jake has made eight mistakes in his last two games. It might be time to come up with another nickname.
kriegerd@RockyMountainNews.com
September 11, 2006
ST. LOUIS - Oddly enough, the comforting comparison was from a year ago, when the Broncos gave another rookie head coach a victory in his first try.
Then it was the Dolphins' Nick Saban. Sunday it was the Rams' Scott Linehan. Evidently, the Broncos double as the NFL welcome wagon.
Still, they bounced back from the loss at Miami to win five straight and 13 of their remaining 15. In retrospect, losing the opener meant diddly.
In fact, by the time the TV guys were finished consoling the Broncos in the visitors' locker room at the Edward Jones Dome on Sunday, the Rams' 18-10 victory almost seemed like a good thing, as if setting in motion that familiar 13-3 pattern.
The less comforting comparison was from the last game they played, the AFC championship in January. In that one, as in this one, the Broncos fell behind early and turned over the ball repeatedly trying to come back.
In fact, just in case you're keeping track, that's nine giveaways in the last two games, eight of them by the quarterback.
But nearly eight months later, with first- round draft choice Jay Cutler now on the sideline, fans have an alternative to demand.
"I'm sure they will," Jake Plummer said. "They've been calling for him since he got drafted. Three interceptions, I'm sure they're going to want him to start. But they don't make the calls, Mike Shanahan does. So I'm going to get back and work hard and do whatever we can to regroup as a team and go out and get a win next week."
"Probably have people calling for a new head coach, too," Shanahan said. "If you can't take that, you're not in the business very long."
Nevertheless, when the starting quarterback on an alleged Super Bowl contender puts up a passer rating of 26.3, as Plummer did Sunday, an examination is not only unavoidable, it's warranted.
"Obviously, the first interception was a bad read," Plummer said of Tye Hill's pick of a pass intended for Rod Smith early in the second quarter.
"The (next) one was a jump ball; we didn't come down with it. The last one I think might have been a little (pass interference), but we can't rely on those calls. They swarmed to the ball. You know, take your hats off to them, they played fast."
This is now a pattern that threatens to cut into the year or two of apprenticeship Shanahan envisions for Cutler. Give Plummer a lead and he plays a conservative style that allows the Broncos to win from ahead. Give him a deficit and he's forced to take chances, which don't tend to work out so well.
So I asked him if he felt as if he were pushing the envelope trying to get the Broncos back in Sunday's game.
"Not really," he said. "We kept running the ball. We kept doing what we wanted to do within our game plan. We had a couple shots we took. We just didn't come down with them."
It's worth noting that Sunday also produced some good news, all of it from the defense. Blitzing much less than a year ago, it was still able to get to Rams quarterback Marc Bulger three times and keep the Rams out of the end zone all day.
In fact, after watching the tape, defensive coordinator Larry Coyer might want to blitz even less. The Rams' biggest play of the day, a 49-yard romp by running back Tony Fisher after a short pass from Bulger, came on a Champ Bailey corner blitz and dramatically changed the game's momentum.
It would be more tempting to draw discouraging conclusions if it weren't for last year's opener, which proved rather conclusively that you can start badly and still have plenty of time to recover.
On the other hand, the Broncos had a better excuse a year ago. The game-time temperature in Miami was 89 degrees. The humidity was the customary 120 percent. As defensive end Ebenezer Ekuban pointed out, there were no such mitigating factors this time around.
"It wasn't hot. It wasn't humid. We weren't tired. We just played bad," Ekuban said. "Just knowing the talent that we have on this offense, this defense. I guess it's disheartening that we didn't come out and play better."
On defense, the Broncos' talent is indisputable. On offense, this is not the case. Jake is the subject of a perennial debate. The receiving corps did little to distinguish itself Sunday, aside from Smith achieving his milestone 800th career catch.
And the rotating, unrelated Bells, while posting 161 yards as a two-headed running back, had pass protection and ball possession issues.
"Our character's being tested just like it was tested last year," safety Nick Ferguson said. "When this article is printed, some negative things are going to be said about our team and nobody's going to be on our side. But, hey, that's the way it was last year when we lost the first one. So it's no difference to me."
I certainly don't want to disappoint. No-mistake Jake has made eight mistakes in his last two games. It might be time to come up with another nickname.
kriegerd@RockyMountainNews.com
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I don't think Romo should replace Bledsoe for the season but he should have been brought in by the end of the 3rd quarter at the latest. There is no need for a controversy just yet as Romo hasn't even played in a regular season game in his career (except as a holder).
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Monday morning QBacking is part of the game, most of us do it. Guess Im willing to give Drew a mulligan for yesterday, but a repeat of the Jacksonville game quarters 2, 3 and 4th, and I think the "yank him for Romo" howls will be positively deafening.
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There is no QB controversy in Dallas. Do you guys actually think Romo would not have games like this one? All QBs have bad games. The God that is Tom Brady had a bad game that was covered up by 2 TD passes ( 1 fumble that goes for a TD and an INT ). I think he went 11 for 23 and that was WITH ~180 yards rushing.
Noone is immune from bad games.
Noone is immune from bad games.
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JMead said:
Yep, every QB has a bad game. You have to also evaluate who you have as the back up to really generate a controversy and then look at the starters history, both long and recent.
Brady had a bad game, but his history shows him to be one of the better QBs in the league and his back up has no experience.
Plummer has played okay last season, but really has been mediocre his career and is backed up by an inexperienced rookie.
Bledsoe has been average most of his career(here comes the long thread) and is backed up by another inexperienced guy.
The Pats, Broncos and Cowboys all have playoff aspirations. That will also factor into the equation. A team like Green Bay should be geared to rebuild and may have more of a controversy with Favre/Rogers.