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As much as I hate breaking up an orgy. It was one game and a game where he only mustered 6 points while the other team scored 35 for a duration. He could ot even extend drives to chew up clock although I know the weapons at hand were lack luster at the time. While he did flash some Rich Gannon like creativity and play making ability at times I'm still concerned about his down field accuracy. The one bomb was Avery beating a gimped up CB by more then 5 yards and he had to be taken out of the game because of injury.
Let's also not forget it was 1 game. Elvis Grbac once threw for 500 yards in 1 game. Kelly Holcomb once threw for 430 and 3 TD's in the playoffs against the Steelers defense.
I'm still on the fence with him right now. I'd like to have seen a little bit more of that 1st half in the other 16 games this year. I guess all you can do is try to get better weapons and see what happens next year, but in no way to you lock yourself in to a long term deal here. Keep looking for that next superstar in the draft and if Alex takes the next step to top 10 type QB then you have a nice problem to have if you have 2 guys on the roster you can roll with. In an ideal world you'd like to have him play it out next year with a better supporting cast and see how it goes before giving him another contract, but I just don't think that's going to be an option.
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