NFC West Quarterbacks in their second Preseason games.
by JoeCB1991 on Aug 24, 2010 11:43 AM MDT
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PrintA quick look at how all the QBs in the NFC West looked during their last games. I'll only evaluate the Cards and the 49ers since those are the only two games I saw.
Cardinals:
Matt Leinart: 4 of 6 for 28 yards, 77.1 QB Rating.
He wasn't good, but he wasn't bad either. It doesn't help when your Line only gives you a second to throw either and when you are stuck with 2nd and longs or 3rd and longs because there was no running game. It looked like Leinart was making the right reads, and the only play that I though was a bad throw was the deep pass to Stephen Williams where either the pass was underthrown, or there was miss communication since it looked like Leinart expected him to be closer to the sideline. So far, Leinart has just been okay, hopefully we see more out of him on Saturday against Chicago.
Derek Anderson: 11 of 19 for 105 yards, 73.4 QB rating.
Looked a hell of a lot better than he did last week, but I also saw why he isn't the starter. He is inconsistent. One play he can make a great throw like the deep pass to Williams, then he can miss a quick swing pass where the receiver is wide open [the ball hit the receivers foot]. He also fumbled a snap.
Max Hall: 7 of 15 for 101 yards, TD, Pick, 63.5 QB rating.
He had a bad start, but after that he settled down and showed that he has a good understanding of the offense and he looked like someone that came from a big program in college. Made some nice throws, and looked good with playaction.
49ers:
Alex Smith: 9 of 13 for 88 yards, 88.0 QB rating.
I was hoping to see him suck, but he didn't. Smith looked a lot better than he did last week, he looked pretty sharp and he lead a nice scoring drive.
Nate Davis: 7 of 16 for 114 yards, 68.2 QB rating.
Besides the bomb to Ted Ginn [who surprisingly didn't drop it], Davis was not very impressive to me. He has a big time arm, but he also had problems with the play clock and the 49ers had to call a couple of time outs because of that. He also has a learning disability so it is tough to know what his upside is.
Matt Hasselbeck: 11 of 15 for 127 yards, TD, 120.7 QB rating.
Charlie Whitehurst: 9 of 20 for 73 yards, TD, two Picks, 31.9 QB rating.
Rams:
A.J. Feeley: 5 of 6 for 45 yards, TD, 137.5 QB rating, thumb and arm injury.
Sam Bradford: 6 of 14 for 24 yards, 50.3 QB rating.
I did not see the entire game but I saw some of Bradford and I was not impressed at all by him. Yeah, it was raining but Delhomme and Feeley looked fine in the rain. I also saw Bradford staring down receivers and it almost got him picked off twice. He also doesn't look comfortable under center even though he is in an offense where you have to be under center to use Steven Jackson effectively. He reminded me of Alex Smith when he was struggling in anything that wasn't a spread offense with him in the shotgun. Or Tim Tebow in the Senior Bowl. Lets see how he looks against the Patriots this week.
Keith Null: 3 of 14 for 46 yards, 40.8 QB rating.
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Smith did look good
And it was depressing…
I guess I will just keep chanting the Whiz preseason mantra…
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." - Bill Shankly
I slammed Smith last week
And I have to give hoim his due props this week. He looked really sharp. Has me a little more concerned.
by Birdman from Mesa on Aug 24, 2010 6:25 PM MDT up reply actions
What I saw
Smith is going to get a lot of help from his defense. They looked good. The third string D gave up a long run for a TD by the Vikes rookie QB. That’s it. Willis crushed Favre.
Hasselbeck looked decent but not scary good. The chances of him not making it through the whole season are pretty high I think. Whitehurst will likely get a shot at starting sooner or later. I saw nothing to change my estimation that the Seahawks finish behind the Cards and niners.
Didn’t see the Rams game at all.
If Anderson looked worse last week then I’m glad I missed that game. Max Hall had some nice passes. Not all the incompletes were his fault. I’m starting to think that keeping 4 QBs on the roster is a possibility now.
I want to see Matt Leinart play the whole first half
That way he should get the time to prove that he’s “The Guy”.
I trust “The Guy”. He’s getting frustrated, which should get him going.
Hope so
I want to see a few sustained drives from the 1st team Offense
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
Week 3 will deliver us Jay Cutler.
Maybe the one QB in the league that will get bashed on more than Leinart. Time for the DBs to show off their ball hawking skills.
Something interesting I found on the Cardinals site's message boards
A) 14 games, 61% completion, 2,878 yards, 12 TD, 14 INT
B) 15 games, 54% completion, 2,444 yards, 12 TD, 20 INT
C) 16 games, 56% completion, 3,194 yards, 13 TD, 16 INT
D) 10 games, 53% completion, 2,267 yards, 13 TD, 20 INT
E) 16 games, 60% completion, 3,284 yards, 17 TD, 16 INT
Answers below….
A) is Chad Henne last year in his first year as a starter (2nd overall)
B) is Mark Sanchez last year in his rookie year
C) is Leinart if you combine his first two years (the equivalent of a full year)
D) is Matt Stafford last year in his rookie year
E) just for fun is Drew Brees, widely considered a top 2 QB in the league, in his first year as a starter (2nd overall). Incidentally, his numbers were worse the following year.
The numbers tell a story – namely we have too small a sample size to know if we have our guy or not.
One thing’s for sure, like all of the other fans of the QB’s on this list, we shouldn’t be writing him off yet!
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
That's pretty interesting.
Truly shows how much it takes to be a good QB in the league. It takes time.
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." - Bill Shankly
by Jesse Reynolds on Aug 25, 2010 8:52 PM MDT up reply actions
SF O-line
Anyone pay any attention to the 9ers offensive line? They have 2 new starters on their line as we do, are they struggling to come together?
"The true test of a person's intellligence is how much they agree with you."
I saw a couple of false start and holding penalties
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
Our own smileyman
has put together a full review of the line play during the Vikings game. It’s a front page article.
by mr. instigator on Aug 27, 2010 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions
Thanks for letting us know
I’ll check it out.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
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