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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Brooks is not the answer... do you remember when he was drafted? Why was it that he slipped so far down? He had all the tools everyone knew that, but he was stupid and couldnt read the D. He has ...
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I said it last week and Im saying it again this week...
Brooks is not the answer... do you remember when he was drafted? Why was it that he slipped so far down? He had all the tools everyone knew that, but he was stupid and couldnt read the D. He has been our QB for 2 and a half years now I think its safe to say its not rookie mistakes or he is still learning...How many ppl can throw a pass 40 yards off their back foot while falling down? Oh and to make it interesting lets make it into double coverage. Wow intercepted... who would have thought?
Ok lets overlook that. 45 secs to go we need 2 scores we have no timeouts. Lets run a 5 yard dump pass to the middle of the field?!? Ok now lets run it again... and AGAIN! Alot of ppl must have misunderstood me when I said I think Brooks needs to run more. Im not asking him to run as much as Vick or McNabb, but he can tuck the ball and run ocassionally and slide. Farve, Manning, Gannon, Garcia they can all do it they dont get hurt too much do they? I dont expect Vick to play a long tyme cause he will get hurt, but If you pick up 10 yards and slide no one can hit you. 3-4 tymes a game is not too much to ask. Vick is already learning that. I just see a 10-15 yard hole and instead of picking up the 7-8 yards and sliding Brooks tries to force a pass. 5 yards is 5 yards every little bit helps. Look at Manning last night in the 2 minn drill he ran I believe 2 tymes. Just cause it could help his team win. Brooks has great stats this year, but I do not think he has played great all season. 84.0 passer rating(17th)... right next to Jon Kitna HMMMM...We have the best Offense in the NFL no doubt about that, but we never seem to be able to put things away. I know alot of ppl are saying its our D, but alot of tymes out D has to play after TOs and stuff. I am not saying our D is great, but it isnt that bad. We have allowed 88 pts off of TO, returns, or scored by the other teams D. Thats 8 points a game we have only lost 1 game by more than 8. Our D might not be great but it keeps us in the games. How many teams have a ProBowl RB(Deuce), ProBowl WR(Horn), ProBowl OL 1 maybe 2(Turley, Bentley)? Not to mention we have Pathon(Avg 2 WR), Stallworth(game breaker) and Lewis(gamebreaker) as 2-4. Deuce great receiveing RB. Sloan is a disappointment, but Boo Williams is a great catching TE. Yet Brooks is still one of the lowest rated passers in the league. How many #3 and 4 corners have the speed that Stallworth and Lewis have??? Why are we not letting them have more chances. Lewis has 7 catches and a 27+yard average. he is the best return man in the league. He has great speed and can make ppl miss. he is avg. 21+yards per touch. Im not gonna say give him the ball alot, because I know he fumbles and isnt a great receiver, but give him more chances. I know alot of ppl think Brooks is great, but has he played one game in the last 2 years that looked like he did when he came on after Blake got hurt? He has altered his game. We got him more weapons and he is being less productive! Brooks is alot better QB than we are used to, but maybe its cause we have a better all around team. He has targets everywhere, and he isnt playing good. If he was playing good no one would be talking about it. We have never had many weapons for a QB. Now we do, and Brooks is making things happen, but not consistently. I think if he was solid and consistent we would be better off. I know most ppl will disagree and say that Brooks is an AllPro and Im crazy, but hey Im just calling it as I see it. He makes stupid calls, bad reads, plays without heart, and I think we would be better off with a QB that cared more and did whatever it takes to win. |
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