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re: Is Sims a better QB than McCarron?

Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:29 pm to
Posted by The Silverback
Neptune
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:29 pm to
Sims legs have been key to avoid sacks (losses of yardage) and extending plays. See the game against Miss State as an example. Picked up 2 huge first downs doing this. If it were Mccarron, he doesn't have the speed to avoid a lot of the pass rushers we've faced. Mccarron would've been sacked quite a bit against LSU

That's what I base it on
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 4:30 pm
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
22064 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:43 pm to
quote:

Sims legs have been key to avoid sacks (losses of yardage) and extending plays. See the game against Miss State as an example. Picked up 2 huge first downs doing this. If it were Mccarron, he doesn't have the speed to avoid a lot of the pass rushers we've faced. Mccarron would've been sacked quite a bit against LSU

That's what I base it on



See, you assume the game or season would have gone the same way if AJ had been here. It wouldn't. Why would AJ have to make those big first downs when he would likely have found a RB or WR to get them for him. Are you saying he can't read a defense or dump the ball off to a RB? Blake ran because he had to run.

For frick's sake, to hear some of you talk our Heisman candidate, 2 time national champion was grossly inferior to a guy who couldn't crack the starting lineup for five years.

Blake has turned into a good QB and has made the most of his talent and skill set, but AJ is a vastly superior QB in nearly every phase of the game.
Posted by sarc
Member since Mar 2011
9997 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:43 pm to
One thing that was underappreciated about AJ was his ability to sense the rush, move around in the pocket, and throw it away if no one was open. He was not however able to just make a free rusher miss the way Blake can. So, there would've been a few more sacks with AJ than Blake this year, but I think it would've been on the order of 4 or 5 more.

They are/were both good. AJ has the greater body of work. Blake has far exceeded expectations.
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