A case for Tyler Thigpen

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by KCDC

Give Thigpen a break. I mean really.

All of you are quick to point to stats which prove your point, but when it comes to disliking an "inaccurate" QB, you are quick to cry that stats lie. If you throw for 2600 yards in 11 games, you can't be too inaccurate. Yeah TG made some great catches in that span, but gimme a break.

You guys sound like Herm. If you run the spread and could go to the playoffs, or play the convential dropback passing scheme and go 7-9, most of you would vote for the latter.

Oh, we won't be able to look Bronco fans in the eye if we win with aa "scheme" offense. Better to never go to the SB than be accused of "gimmickry." There can be no greater insult to a fan than say you won a game because of a trick play or a gimmick. Yeah, it's better to lose. Let's keep Brokie Croyle and flush TT. You guys are right. If Cassel goes down, we will suck, but we will hold our heads high, rather than have to make excuses for winning. Good idea.

Please tell me that you're kidding with this. Of the 32 qualifying quarterbacks, only Russel and Anderson were less accurate than Thigpen in terms of completion percentage. Of the 32 qualifying quarterbacks, only Anderson and Fitzpatrick threw for fewer YPA. Of the 32 qualifying quarterbacks, Thigpen was ahead of only Anderson, Fitzpatrick, Bulger, Orlovsky and Frerotte in passer rating.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorysta...0&d-447263-p=1

[Lex Luthors]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Please tell me that you're kidding with this. Of the 32 qualifying quarterbacks, only Russel and Anderson were less accurate than Thigpen in terms of completion percentage. Of the 32 qualifying quarterbacks, only Anderson and Fitzpatrick threw for fewer YPA. Of the 32 qualifying quarterbacks, Thigpen was ahead of only Anderson, Fitzpatrick, Bulger, Orlovsky and Frerotte in passer rating.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorysta...0&d-447263-p=1

Again, he was a first year starter on a horrible team with no offensive line.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Lex Luthor

Again, he was a first year starter on a horrible team with no offensive line.

I don't give a rat's ass if it was the first time he'd ever picked up a football. That's just an attempt at making excuses when it comes to the assertion that was made:

If you throw for 2600 yards in 11 games, you can't be too inaccurate.

3rd worst of those who qualified. The poster, KCDC, was talking out of his ass.