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Originally Posted by htismaqe
We had discussions like this on the old Star board 15 years ago.
A game manager is a guy that plays within the system, depends on having superior talent around him, and generally plays not to lose rather than plays to win.
Game managers often win a lot of games in the regular season but can't get it done in the playoffs when the risk/reward relationship goes up.
Think Andy Dalton or Matt Ryan.
The flip side are guys that seem to play their best when nothing is going right. They can seemingly take the entire team on their back and get it done even when the hole they're in might have been caused directly by them.
Think Andrew Luck vs. the Chiefs 3 weeks ago.
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Again, why is this a catch-all for bad QBs?
Why doesn't this also apply to Eli Manning and Joe Flacco. And as much as we may have ripped on him, Mark Sanchez his first two seasons won big games in New York many QBs wouldn't win. And for much of his career, Big Ben too.
There are lots of great examples of teams who have gotten really far with a game manager type philosophy. I don't get why just because they were successful, suddenly we're not allowed to call them game managers.