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I agree with everything you said except for the part about rescheduling the game. How would that even be possible? Waiting a day or two wouldn't guarantee allowing many, if any, players to return and would throw the next week's scheduling into a problem. Just wondering what you thought.

We were basically screwed because it was a Monday game.

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I haven't seen the whole game yet...just saw till the saints went up 3. Also haven't read all of the comments on this thread. Yet one observation: Book completed 60% of his passes under such duress. Winston on the other hand only managed 58.something.

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Thirty,

Why are you comparing a rookie, first game ever as a pro vs Winston? I noticed you also brought up stats with terrible Terrible Trevor a few weeks back vs Winston as well. Why?

Do you really believe either are better at QB than Jameis :rolleyes:?

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Winston's completion percentage was an even 59% with an average depth of target at 8.3 yards. Book completed an even 60% with an average depth of target only 3.8 yards. Most of his targets were actually under three yards. He should have had a good completion percentage.

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What kind of line was Jameis playing behind? How about his WR through those games?

You're an idiot. Nothing can be gleaned from Book's game. He was playing with guys getting fitted for their uniform a few days before the game...he didn't even have the JV team on the field with him.

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Yeah, no comparison. Winston had it made compared to Books rag tag O-line. Book got a taste of Archie days!!

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We cant evaluate Book from this game, but we can evaluate the overall odds of an unheralded mid round draft pick who doesnt seem to amaze in practice or preseason becoming a superstar, and it happens, but the odds are low.

I feel that Winstons strong arm and touch on deep passes provided an extra dimension to the offense that opened up the running game. I dont think our other qbs do that. Hill provides an extra dimension running, but running qbs are forever injury prone. Winston would provide even more of a deep threat if we had legit receivers.

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Book showed a few nice things and alot of rookie issues.
Not far to judge him on that night at all.

I thought he was far quicker to read and react that Hill often is. The few longer passes he attempted looked like they had far more zip on them. Amd if he felt the protection go he went, now that's not always a good thing and he needs to learn just get rid of the ball but he wasn't the deer in the headlights you see from many young QB. I think he reluctance to throw the ball away was probably due to the pick 6 and being worried about the ball being tipped again.
If the playoffs were impossible I'd like to see him start again, not sure they will with a possible wild card spot still there.

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Yes. That's the point I was trying to make. Thirty3 was comparing a Winston completion percentage stat to a Book completion percentage stat. The circumstances are apples to oranges. Book had no time to look down field and had to dump the ball of all night long. That's why I included the depth of target numbers. Of course you'd better have a high completion percentage dumping the ball off. That's common sense, right?