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ProfessorGAC

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26. Missed By A Mile

Reply to Lurker Deluxe (Reply #22)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:59 PM

Apr 2015

His success in Denver was far luckier than even Trumad's analysis suggest.

He won 3 of those games against teams without the starting QB and either without the starting RB or #1 WR.

Against Pittsburgh, the two best defensive players on either team (both on the Steelers) missed the game.

And during his stretch, defenses had not adjusted to the oddities of that offense.

Since then they did. He's too slow to outrun a defense oriented to stop that attack, and won't challenge the blitz packages because he is too slow to release and can't hit the water from a canoe.

His record as a starter is a fluke. And had you seen the games, you would know that.

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