Rams4life wrote:
So now we are comparing Hill to Rodgers? Not a good comparison.
Now, that’s not what I was saying and you know it.
I was saying that if you are going to Grade a QB by how he performs against a D that routinely doesn’t allow QBs to perform well, then you’re going to get a skewed picture.
I mean if Defense A allows opposing QBs an avg QB rating of only 56 and none higher than 63, than that means that they’ve been pretty successful at mitigating that position from having much success. So, grading ANY QB based solely on how they perform against THAT defense will give you a skewed outlook because very few defenses can accomplish this.
My point in bringing up Aaron Rodgers was that he just happened to come up on one such defense. And it would be silly to judge HIM based on HIS performance against the Bills defense.
I wasn’t saying that Rodgers and Hill were equals or even in the same Tier of QB. I was saying that REGARDLESS of Tier, QBs can and do have bad games against good defenses and to judge them solely based on THAT, when the entire league isn’t made up of such defenses is a bit disingenuous.
Or to put it in your terms, if last week showed us how bad Hill can be, well okay, but it also showed us how bad Rodgers can be.
The difference is that Rodgers has far more upside than Hill so that one game isn’t being over-considered. Hill has more talent than most fans give him credit.
He has a winning record as a starting QB, for instance. Those same teams when not starting him? Badly losing record. He clearly improves those around him. So, Hill is a capable starter. Which he has proven again and again.
Now, is he a franchise QB? No. But he’s certainly not worse than Trent Dilfer, for example, with whom the Ravens won a Super Bowl.
Hill’s problem on Thursday night wasn’t Hill. It was exactly two people… Davin Joseph and Scott Wells. Had those two guys held up, we win that game.
It’s really that simple. No QB wins with that much pressure in their face that often. Hill took shots that reminded me of Warner back there. He’s double tough. So I don’t really fault him for throwing a duck or two at the end of the game. The fact that he was standing at all should shock and amaze Rams fans.
When was the last time we had a QB who could play even a lick who could take that kind of abuse? I mean since Bulger?
Fair enough. But we are talking about a guy that’s been in the league for 13 years and has never been anyone’s starter. If u are saying the rams should bring him back to be the starter next season, i couldn’t disagree more. He may be tough as u say, but the team would just be setting themselves up to fail… Again.
Same with Bradford. The rams need some new blood. These guys aren’t winning games. This isn’t the 80’s when u could start fringe players like Jeff kemp at QB and still make the playoffs with a strong running game and defense.
I just want them to start winning again. Bottom line. Tired of being served the kool aide year in and year out only to get the same result for 10 years.
