Originally Posted by BlackandBlue

such a dick comment. why am i not suprised.

Originally Posted by TheDeuce

Personally, I am loving this thread. I think it's hilarious to hear people try and defend him. The guy has all the talent in the world (athletically speaking), but he's a few turds short of a sh** sandwich (which by the way are his favorite). Anyways, let's consider something. Last season Aaron Brooks was sacked 32 times, in only 13 games, an average of about two and a half times a game. In the offseason, we lost our Pro Bowl center, lost one of our tackles, and also a few other linemen. Most people would say this line actually got worse. In fact, on the Mike and Mike show on ESPN Radio, Mike Golic said the Saints would go 4-12 because there Oline just wasn't good enough. This is the unit that a lot of sportswriters have labeled the weakest unit on the team. Yet, Drew Brees was only sacked once in four preseason games, and not at all in the first game of the season. Coincidence? Maybe. But we were starting a rookie at guard, and a guy who had never started at the right tackle (and a guy who has never played LT in his life). Just as a line can make a QB look good/bad, a quarterback can also make a line look good/bad. Did Brooks have a shoddy line to work with? Yeah. Did he do much to help the situation by backpedaling into the outside rush and being indecisive? No. So what do I think is the realy answer to this thread? AB sucks at feeling the game. Brees does not. Both are playing with unheralded OLines, yet Brees doesn't get sacked and creates. Fact is, AB has never had a good feel for the game, and I don't think he ever will.
Also, Euph, you gave our OLine a "C" in the grades for the game. Interesting, so let me see here, if the OLine was that bad, how did Brees not get sacked? It must have been because he avoided the rush, stepped up in the pocket, threw the ball away, made smart decisions, etc. Funny how a QB can not get sacked even when his OLine is that bad....

Originally Posted by BlackandBlue

yeah, you're all man.

keep your grudges against other forums you've been banned at off this one, k?

Originally Posted by Don Banks - SI

• Not to get too nostalgic, but I'm gonna miss the Aaron Brooks era in Oakland. All four-plus, point-less quarters of it. Brooks left the Raiders' 28-6 loss at Baltimore with a first-quarter shoulder injury, but if he hadn't, he doubtless would have been benched in favor of backup Andrew Walter. It was just a matter of time.

It didn't take long for the Raiders to see Brooks for what he has always been: one of the most underachieving, mistake-prone quarterbacks in recent NFL history. Before he ever threw a pass Sunday, he lost two fumbles on the Raiders' first two possessions, an opening that only echoed the dog of a performance Brooks put on last week at home against San Diego.

Make no mistake, unlike the other three aforementioned teams with struggling quarterbacks (Miami, Tampa Bay and the Giants), the Raiders had no realistic playoff hopes this season. But with Brooks pulling the trigger so far, they have looked like one of the worst teams in NFL history.