(01-31-2024, 02:51 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: Lamar is Mike Vick.

I do understand the Payton analogy based on regular season wins and playoff losses but Lamar would need to start winning playoff games and SBs from this point forward to be considered Payton, ONLY BASED ON WINS AND LOSSES.

Regarding performance, Payton had passing touch to which Lamar only does when someone is wide open, and even then sometimes fails to deliver.  I'm going to say that within the next 2 years when Lamar continues to slow down, he'll even get worse since hist run threat is really what propels his passing game.

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(01-31-2024, 10:41 AM)nhiverson Wrote: It's going to be tough going forward this was Ravens year if they could and Lamar choked he missed so many damn throws. Burrow and Lawrence being healthy next year and CJ Stroud up and coming maybe Steelers get qb, Herbert has a coach AFC is not going to be easy. They missed their chance.

Funny how the above looks tough enough without mentioning Mahomes, Josh Allen, Aaron Rogers and the Jets D, Cleveland getting D. Watson back, Tua still being a threat.....

The comparison was not necesarily to style, but more that his stats become quite pedestrian when the games matter.

Peyton took years to finally get to a SB, and over his career had nine one and done runs. Even in his first SB run, 3TD 7INT and 6 sacks in 4 games. In the regular season, led the league in TDs (31) against only 9 INT and 14 sacks. Lamar's trajectory seems similar - racks up the stats throughout the year, but once the pressure is on, the success disappears.

It will be interesting to see if he gets beyond that. I think Randall Cunnigham would be another fair comparison - early on he thrived due to the dual threat of run and throw, but as he aged he developed into just as serious a threat without as much reliance on his legs.

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