I understand. We get it. You're his biggest fan. But virtually everyone outside of this fan base that gets paid for their opinions at a professional level will tell you that you're full of [BAD WORD REMOVED]. Virtually everything about the quarterback position in regards to him this year have now been brought up as alarming and as a concern. Other than the fact that he's just a really big dude with great mobility and scrambling ability has been shot this year. He has terrible mechanics. He has terrible accuracy. He has terrible pocket awareness. He has a terrible throwing motion. He has terrible decision making. And he's just been overall terrible throughout his entire NFL career during the quarters that mattered the most in these games he's helped us lose.

 

He's leading the league in turnovers since 2014. He puts up fantasy numbers in prime time garbage time. He's just not good enough. Accept it. He didn't take that next step or prepared himself enough to take that next step like we've seen Marcus Mariota, Derek Carr and Jamies Winston take this year. David Caldwell came out either the day he drafted him or the day after and said he was an unfinished product at the QB position. That he had a lot of work to do and that they'd prefer he didn't start at all his rookie year. Now we're seeing why they felt that way. 

 

This kid cannot win from the pocket. He's not an NFL caliber franchise QB despite what you might think you see in those garbage time numbers he's racked up since 2014. Right now he's the best quarterback on our roster. Which is fine. That's what he was drafted to be. But as far as the rest of the NFL? He's in the middle of the pack at best. Which isn't enough to get us over the hump in the long term. And I don't want to hear your excuses anymore about pass protection. Were his first two years brutal? Sure. Was it all on the lineman those first two years? Nope. He was still adjusting to the NFL speed and learning a new offensive system again last year. This year, the lineman have played much, much better. He's had a lot more time in the pocket to make better decisions and passes with the football than he's had since he's been here. All he's done is managed to help get this team off to potentially it's worst season yet under Bradley. He's continued to show the same boneheaded decisions he's always displayed since his rookie season. 

 

He'll be here again in 2017. So don't worry. Due to a weak QB class coming into the NFL in a few months and a less than hopeful free agency class he's going to have another chance with the next coaching staff to prove you right and the rest of this fan base and people who get paid to have an opinion at a professional level wrong about him. Do I want to see this kid succeed? CERTAINLY. Anyone with the right mind would want to see a third overall pick not become another failure in a long line of first round failures in our franchise's history and go onto to lead this team to consistent winning seasons for many years to come. But right now, a wholllllllllllleeeeeeeeeee lot of people don't think that's the case. 

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