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Originally Posted by O.city
I'm just saying, there's a difference in a running qb and a qb who uses his legs to his advantage.
Russell Wilson averages about 100 rushes per year, but I wouldn't call him a running qb. Kapernick completely fell apart because he appears to not have the ability to play from the pocket. From the games I watched, I don't have any reason to believe tyrod can't do that as he seemed to have a pretty good feel for it.
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I don't disagree that Tyrod Taylor is more of a pocket passer than Kaepernick, but he's certainly not as good as Smith or Wilson in that category either.
I am telling you his style of play will not hold up for 16 games and the evidence we have today clearly supports that.
The "he's a pocket passer first though" argument doesn't mean shit if he can't stay healthy while playing his style of play.
If his legs become less of a threat (which he'd have to change drastically to survive), he's clearly going to have to improve as a pocket passer. He's not even close to there yet. It was 14 games where his legs were a huge threat, and like I said before, guys that run that often usually have early success while DC's try to figure them out.
He got worse as the season went on, so the stats/evidence supports that as well. Less than 60% completetion % in 5 of his last 7 games. That is TERRIBLE.