Rams’ Foles ranked 24th among QBs
Nate Latsch
http://www.scout.com/nfl/rams/story/1561255-rams-foles-ranked-24th-among-qbs
Andy Benoit at The MMQB published his rankings of the NFL’s 32 projected starting quarterbacks last week and he has one current and one former Rams quarterback among the bottom third on his list.
Benoit’s list includes Nick Foles at No. 24 and former Rams quarterback Sam Bradford at No. 22.
It’s certainly not to be taken as the definitive ranking of the league’s quarterbacks, but it is an interesting take from one of the top football analysts in sports media.
Of Foles, Benoit wrote, “Has no special traits and can be too methodical at times. But that doesn’t mean he can’t oversee a ball control offense like St. Louis.”
So there’s that — a glimmer of hope among the doom and gloom — when Rams fans read that their new QB isn’t very good. And he’s worse than their old QB, who also isn’t very good.
On Bradford, Benoit wrote, “He’s almost impossible to critique given his injury woes. But if healthy (huge if) he’s a snappy, accurate passer fit for a spread scheme.”
If it makes Rams fans feel any better, Benoit does have Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson ranked 12th — behind Eli Manning of the New York Giants and ahead of Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions.
It’s difficult to know what kind of player Foles will be for the Rams.
He proved he could be a winning quarterback with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he had a record of 14-4 the past two seasons. He was a Pro Bowler when he put up a ridiculous stat line in 2013. Then he was a guy who had 13 touchdown passes against 10 interceptions in eight games in 2014.
The answer likely lies somewhere in between the stats of those two seasons, but that may be good enough to make the difference in another losing season for the St. Louis Rams or their first winning campaign in more than a decade.
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