Just what are the Saints about?

WhoDat · 01-23-2005, 08:32 AM

Quarterbacks don\'t deserve to be held to a higher standard? Of course they do. You claim that the play of all 10 guys on the offense affects the QB position more than any other. Yet you deny that the QB\'s play, individually, affects the team\'s play more than any single person.

The bottom line is that the QB is the most important player on the field 99 times out of 100. He affects the team\'s play like no other player can. Thus, when the team plays well, he gets accolades. When they suck, he\'s criticized. That\'s the nature of the beast, and EVERY QB deals with it. I\'m not going to feel sorry for little ole Aaron.

Look at the teams \"deep\" in the playoffs Billy. You will always see one thing. That have a QB who either is great, or is temporarily playing great ball. Brady, Roethlisberger, McNabb, Vick, Manning, Culpepper...

Even when you have guys like Delhomme and Dilfer, their team is there b/c they are extremely effective at playing their role. Now you can argue night and day about what you think AB\'s role in the offense is, or what it should be, but you cannot suggest with a straight face that he is performing it at a very high level. If his job is to be a game breaker, a la his cousin Vick, he is successful at breaking the game for the other team more often than for his own. If he is supposed to be a pocket passer who manages the team and efficiently distributes the ball, then he deserves to be fired on the spot.

Finally, your colors are coming through yet again my friend. You said that you can\'t tell if AB is right for the Saints until he takes them deep into the playoffs. By that I assume you mean an NFC Championship b/c he\'s been to the Divisional round. I guess then that the plan would be to keep him until the Saints either get the the NFC Championship or he retires without getting them there, at which time you would suggest he was wrong for the Saints all along?

Meanwhile, you criticize Peyton Manning, but he has taken his team \"deep\" into the playoffs. He\'s proven he can get them there. But when they don\'t succeed it\'s all his fault. Not his terrible defense\'s, or his RB\'s, or his line\'s, or his WR\'s. Peyton is the man to blame. But with Brooks - he must be without blame. All those other positions on the team hurt him, and that\'s not fair.

Double standard much?

01-23-2005, 08:32 AM	#1
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	Just what are the Saints about? Quarterbacks don\'t deserve to be held to a higher standard? Of course they do. You claim that the play of all 10 guys on the offense affects the QB position more than any other. Yet you deny that the QB\'s play, individually, affects the team\'s play more than any single person. The bottom line is that the QB is the most important player on the field 99 times out of 100. He affects the team\'s play like no other player can. Thus, when the team plays well, he gets accolades. When they suck, he\'s criticized. That\'s the nature of the beast, and EVERY QB deals with it. I\'m not going to feel sorry for little ole Aaron. Look at the teams \"deep\" in the playoffs Billy. You will always see one thing. That have a QB who either is great, or is temporarily playing great ball. Brady, Roethlisberger, McNabb, Vick, Manning, Culpepper... Even when you have guys like Delhomme and Dilfer, their team is there b/c they are extremely effective at playing their role. Now you can argue night and day about what you think AB\'s role in the offense is, or what it should be, but you cannot suggest with a straight face that he is performing it at a very high level. If his job is to be a game breaker, a la his cousin Vick, he is successful at breaking the game for the other team more often than for his own. If he is supposed to be a pocket passer who manages the team and efficiently distributes the ball, then he deserves to be fired on the spot. Finally, your colors are coming through yet again my friend. You said that you can\'t tell if AB is right for the Saints until he takes them deep into the playoffs. By that I assume you mean an NFC Championship b/c he\'s been to the Divisional round. I guess then that the plan would be to keep him until the Saints either get the the NFC Championship or he retires without getting them there, at which time you would suggest he was wrong for the Saints all along? Meanwhile, you criticize Peyton Manning, but he has taken his team \"deep\" into the playoffs. He\'s proven he can get them there. But when they don\'t succeed it\'s all his fault. Not his terrible defense\'s, or his RB\'s, or his line\'s, or his WR\'s. Peyton is the man to blame. But with Brooks - he must be without blame. All those other positions on the team hurt him, and that\'s not fair. Double standard much?
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	\"Excuses, excuses, excuses. ThatÃ¢Â€Â™s all anyone ever makes for the New Orleans SaintsÃ¢Â€Â™ organization.\" - Eric Narcisse \"Being a Saints fan is almost like being addicted to crack,\" he said.[i]\"You know you should stop, but you just can\'t.\"