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11-22-2024 05:11 PM |
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Originally Posted by ChiTown
(Post 17818181)
It's been obvious to anyone paying attention that PMII isn't on his game. The question is why? What's changed? Some of those answers are obvious (trust in receivers and lack of OL protection/trust in OL protection), but the other factors aren't that obvious. Maybe it's just a combo of those two items that are creating a lot of head trash for Pat and making him into a more average NFL QB. I don't know...
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I have another theory. I think the team (and Patrick) have significant concerns about his lower body and we’ve repeatedly seen nagging injuries to his lower half through his career. The fact that Reid showed he won’t even call a gimme QB sneak on 4th and 1 with the Super Bowl on the line shows the depths of that concern. I think it’s known around the league, the angriest I’ve ever seen Patrick was when a Bears player tried a dirty shot below the knee last year. There was none of that happy go-lucky Patrick we often see towards defenders, he was incandescent. The last time he was in a funk like this (early to mid 2021) overlapped an often long and arduous recovery with turf toe.
I could be talking out of my ass, I could be completely wrong. But I think if he’s managing substantial ankle pain his blindside could be weighing on his mind with each snap.
He’s shown he can overcome this. He won a Super Bowl with a high ankle sprain in one of his best and most efficient games at QB. But if he’s trying to just get through the regular season, it could lead to the compounding problems we’re seeing from 15 this season.
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