(01-22-2018, 10:06 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(01-22-2018, 08:30 PM)The_Franchise_QB Wrote: Blake's best attributes are his work ethic and attitude. He is a guy that every single fan of the team wants to root for and he is a guy that every player wants to play for. He does everything right and we all seriously pull for the guy. Problem is we all see that he has serious limitations as a QB. If he had any sort of red flags.. or even a yellow.. outside of his play he would be gone. Maybe with a better O-line it'll work out in the future. It helps that Marrone wants to be a run first team. They'll build around the run and likely go after a TE high in the draft. Having Arob back will help as well.

I may possibly be in the minority here, but I think that he's deserved the label of "franchise QB" at least in the near term.  He's done everything asked of him and he has played well.  Does he throw perfect?  No.  Does he throw a lot?  Most of the time no.

The thing is, when he's had a low number of passes in a game people are quick to say "the coaches don't trust him" or something similar.  That isn't a KNOWN FACT, it's pure speculation.  Perhaps the game plan all along was to grind it out with the run game (remember, the focus of this offense was the run game).  His interceptions and turnovers are way down this season.

I said a long time ago that I think he will get a new contract and I firmly believe that.  Contrary to what some people think, he didn't play that bad this season and has improved enough to the point that he will probably get a contract and the team will probably draft a QB to develop under him.  Looking back on the season, I can't point to a game that he lost for the team.

He’s a franchise qb 

His numbers are better than Flacco, Dalton, Ryan, Mariota, Winston, Newton. He was a top 11 passer in the league this year with rookie pass catchers and a makeshift o-line


He is a good qb and has more upside. He’s putting in the work and it’s starting to show. The book on him coming out of the draft was that his floor was really low it if you stick with him for 4-5 years he would be the guy who could be elite. I think we are starting to see him put it all together. We are literally watching a budding star

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