Many people try to make everything about Gabbert, but he's not the problem at all; the issue most of the time he's been here has been surrounding talent.  Aren't pretty much all of his receivers from 2011 now out of the league?  And we've been over many times how Shorts didn't start until week 7 last year, and Blackmon was having a lot of trouble early in the year.  

 

And then this year Gabbert's been in an infernal situation.  With no running game and various receivers injured/suspended, he had to face some of the league's toughest defenses.  I thought he did okay against the Chiefs and the Colts.  His passes were mostly accurate; the inexperienced receivers weren't catching or getting open.  I think it's fair to say he did better against the Rams than Locker and Luck, but they don't get the same criticism for some reason.

 

If you look around the league, the quarterbacks on the most talented teams tend to be the most celebrated.  Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco haven't been their usual dependable selves lately because of surrounding talent issues.  I agree with the posters who think Gabbert can be successful with a good team.  Not playing with practice squad receivers would be a good first step.

 

(I haven't read this board in a while.  Sorry if these points have already been made.)

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