The Mythical Ricky Stanzi

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by tk13

Stanzi is a better QB than Palko, but in terms of pure performance he really didn't do better than Palko last year in preseason really. Stanzi completed just above 50% of his passes.

Statistically, yes. Palko and Stanzi are the same QB. And their statistics are both better than Cassel's from this preseason.

In the eye test, the two QBs aren't even comparable. Stanzi is far superior.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by SNR

Statistically, yes. Palko and Stanzi are the same QB. And their statistics are both better than Cassel's from this preseason.

In the eye test, the two QBs aren't even comparable. Stanzi is far superior.

there is a huge difference between the two. Palko has been around a number of years in the NFL. He's been through training camps galore, seen different NFL defenses, offseasons, etc., etc, etc.
Stanzi on the other hand, didn't have an NFL offseason, had an abreviated training camp., and was probably given even less snaps than a rookie normally would, because with the lack of an offseason, the starter and second guy were going to need even more.
As far as the preseason, Haley totally tanked that. It's pretty much been established that Haley was a moron with regards to how he ran the preseason. Stanzi didn't even play in the final game and only played sparingly the other three. That is unheard of for a third stringer. Hell, even Casey Printers, Jonathan Quinn, and a slew of wanna bes got more playing time.
Stanzi hasn't gotten a fair shot yet. He will this year. IF he is good in training camp, then he'll get more time in preseason. If he blows in training camp, he might not see as much time in preseason games. Simple as that.
We (as fans) and the team still don't know what they have in Stanzi. There simply isn't any way to know yet. Four months from now, we will. Until then, anything other than "lets give him a chance and see what he has" is an invalid argument.
I hope he has "it", and can develop into a solid NFL starter. If not, I hope he can be a solid NFL backup. We shall see.