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Well, we know that Croyle can make all the throws. We know he can remember the playbook (albeit the simplified version). We know he can bark out signals and hand the ball off. We also know that he wants the job and wants to win.
What we don't know is if he can stay healthy, consistently find the open receiver, and keep our balls out of enemy hands. I'd like to believe that, if we can meliorate our pass protection and get a running game going, the overall play at the quarteback position will improve, as well. I don't expect Croyle to win games for us "singlehandedly", though. First of all, if our playbook is anything like last year's, we won't be throwing a lot of deep passes and/or chucking it into the end zone from the 35. Secondly, we apparently lack a solid, complimentary receiver to Bowe and a serious deep threat to stretch the field and loosen things up at the LOS.
The main thing is whether or not Herm has learned that the every-other-down, dump-off pass is not going to help either our running game or our abilty to move the chains. One can only hope. But, if he has, Croyle has a better chance of impressing. Like a little Stabler Jr., his game is basically, "get the friggin' ball downfield" and I like that.
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