Quote:I still don't believe either of the options really affects the qb enough to mean much. If the particular qb is going to be good then he will be fine starting or sitting. Gabbert was always going to be bad because he was a bad qb so we can stop saying what would happen if he sat. He'd still by frightened of pass rushers.

 

Of course.  If any QB is ruined you can just claim the QB didn't have the mythical "it" and call it a day, and then the other side is left trying to prove a negative.     It's a pretty common tactic.  

 

And I think Newton is a pretty classic case of a QB who has hit a ceiling and will never achieve a higher level until he revamps his mechanics to become a much more accurate QB.  He's still the same exact guy who came into the league 3 years ago.     Basically the same comp% and same passer rating in Year 3 that he had as a rookie.  It's a shame.   He could have been so much more than this.   

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