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Originally Posted by omahacolt
While I love the optimism, I am going to give it a lot more time before I crown him.
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I hear ya, I do. We've seen guys do great in small samples and look like world beaters- ala Fitzmagic a while back where he went on a historic run for like 4 games and then waned. However what I see in JB that I don't see in a guy like Fitz, is a stronger guy who had to play through an absolute shit show of a season- knowing he had no chance to succeed- but showed incredible grit throughout. He is big, has a cannon, and most of all he has an offensive support staff that is outstanding both on the headsets and on the field. In many respects he could not have asked for a more ideal situation to literally land in his lap. I just don't think under a Reich led team he is going to fizzle out- I just don' think the combination of his talent and Reich's mind will see him crap out. Will he ever be Peyton Manning- probably not, but can he be Andrew Luck great- I'm beginning to think so, in many respects this three game stretch to start the season- is essentially Luck at the very top of his game.
Now before you light me up for that statement- we all sort of regard last season as Luck's finest----- AND NO I have not forgotten that he MISSED the entire year before and definitely was shaking off the rust in the early part of the season, however, get a load of these stats through the first three games:
85/124 68.5% 662 5 3
66/92 71.7% 646 7 1
I would take those #'s on the bottom every single day above those on top, and those on the bottom are Jacoby Brisset's so far this year.