Originally Posted by chiefsngop (Post 5037131)

Gannon had a little Favre in him.

He could make plays and was cool under fire.

He'd sling it side armed, shovel pass it, scramble, turn deflections into receptions, etc.

Thigpen is NOT cool under fire, he threw a swing pass right into a D-lineman's numbers. And it was the only D-lineman who had penetration on the play.

Pigpen is also NOT a play maker, he'll scramble when receivers are actually open and throw pics when receivers are covered.

When Gannon was in, defenses had to be concerned because he could turn nothing into something, when pigpen is in they know they simply have to put a "spy" on him and cover receivers for the first 3 seconds before Piggy gets flushed out of the pocket and makes a mistake.

And what really sucks is Mr. conservative & predictable ol' Marty Schottenheimer's offense had a better chance of letting a QB be succesful than this current highschool / college sh*t can offense.

Originally Posted by Laz (Post 5037172)

dude ... thigpen is basically a rookie

you really think that Gannon could do all those things you described in his first year? :spock:

Originally Posted by chiefsngop (Post 5037206)

Nope, he couldn't. And if he had to grow up under Herm and behind Herm's assembled O-lines and predictable offenses he never would have, and neither will Pigpen.