Frosty |
03-10-2010 09:13 AM |
As an Oregon State grad, I have been watching DA for a long time, all the way through his college career and as much as possible in Cleveland. He has a world class arm and can make throws that make your jaw drop. He also gets in a lot of trouble trying to squeeze the ball into receivers that aren't really open which is why he gets picked a lot.
He is also not very mobile and will start looking at the rush and rushing his throws if his protection is shoddy.
During his Pro Bowl year, he had great protection, a decent running game and he put up big numbers. The next year, his running game disappeared, the line had a lot of injuries so wasn't as good, they lost their most reliable receiver in Joe Jurevicius and the rest of the receivers got the dropsies. DA struggled and so did the Golden Boy, Quinn, when he finally went in.
Last year, it was pretty much the same problems, along with a new staff that played musical chairs with the QB's.
If DA goes somewhere that has a decent line and decent receivers, he would go back to the form he showed his Pro Bowl year. Arizona is supposedly interested and that would be a great fit. As a fan of DA and of the Chiefs, I would love for him to be a Chief but I also know that he wouldn't do well there because of the poor o-line and so so receivers.
As much as it pains me to admit it, DA would be the perfect Raiders QB in Al's "bombs away" offense.
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