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Originally Posted by ceebz
Well, in hindsight, I believe the Atlanta game was more nerves than anything.
The thing about battling adversity is, will it break him? Or, will he suck it up, march the team down the field and score the winning TD?
Thigpen is playing well, and I hope he will turn out to be the guy. But, to be the guy, he has to prove he won't crumble every time he makes a mistake.
This is my major problem with Herm's offensive philosophy. He gets so conservative so that, in his mind, his team can't fail. When in reality, all he's doing is slowing the maturation process and stunting all of these kids' growth.
How can all of these kids learn to stand up and make a play when the game's on the line, if they're never given the opportunity to?
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That's the thing we have to find out? He hasn't made a mistake yet these past 3 games. But I really like that in a QB? A QB that can make no mistakes is awesome. I look at a guy like Brady, and he started off his career the same way. He rarely made mistakes. And for him it all started with developing confidence. I see a similar situation with Tyler Thigpen. All Im saying here is, it is more important for a young QB to focus on developing confidence rather then making mistakes. The mistakes will come, no doubt, but confidence is the most important right now rather then battling adversity imo. Little baby steps.
One thing I can say is, the kid has come a long way being a 7th rounder, and a 3rd string QB from Coastal Carolina. Its gonna take time to make a good judgement on him. I just hope that he stays healthy and keeps doing what hes doing. And Thats thing is having a guy consistently back there, and the Chiefs didn't have that earlier in the year because Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard got hurt.
Im with you on Herm's philosophy. Very few people are fans of conservatism. I agree it stunts the grow of younger players. However, these last couple of weeks were starting to see a little more creativity in the playcalling. And were starting to see the likes of Thigpen and Bradley. I think Gailey is a playmaker. And right now what he is doing is working well with the players I just hope it continues and works well not only now but down the road.