Not really when you saw how bad the OL was and they had virtually nothing at WR. Keep it simple and do what you can with Cam. But I was shocked to when they resigned him and tried to make him into a pure play action pocket passer. Knew that wasn’t happening
Yeah he is good. You don't throw for 400 yards in the NFL as many times as he has and not be good. I'm not a Cowboy hater. I grew up a Cowboys fans because of my dad, who loved them since they signed LeeRoy Jordan in the 1960s. I just can't stand Jerry Jones and what he's done to the franchise, on the field. He had everything together with Jimmy Johnson and that roster in the early 90s and since then he's run everything into the ground (except their ability to make billions off the field, of course).
Well, in the public practices and from what leaked from closed, they never even tried to run him in two minute or an empty backfield. So, you have wonder how serious they were about trying to expand his horizons. He simply can't be trusted to know where to to with the ball, hence all the max-protect, two receiver plays. With hindsight, the whole preseason was one long audition for Mac to see if he could handle the offense. Now, I don't think they were ever as close to naming Cam as the starter as the public thought...
This was certainly the view of the media present at the practices, at least the ones who offered an opinion. The consensus was, "what are they waiting for, it's obvious who should be starting".
It was very telling that he said in that interview that he had never played in a system in which he has to identify the Mike and adjust protections. Many college offenses, and almost every NFL offense, has the QB doing this because the center is not standing up and cannot see what is happening well enough to do so once he settles over the ball.
The higher up the football food chain you go, the more important smarts are for the QB. I was amazed that Tua struggled in reading defenses, but in retrospect Tua's ability and that of his WR's just outflanked all defenses not named Clemson.
You're talking about a guy that needed cartoon boards to get the plays out to him...
I mean, is he wrong?Some guy on ESPN just said that with Mac, the Patriots are in the best shape at QB since Tom Brady.
Dude, that’s one season.
No, but it sounds silly the way he said the best since a guy that was on the roster just 19 months ago. Not the same as saying a team’s best since Y.A. Tittle.
I read that also. I do really believe they had Mac in mind and succumbed to pressure, public and otherwise, and took the FCS guy. I wonder how they feel now and I hope they have the occasion to regret it even more in the future...
