The QB position

[Shake n Blake]

(05-07-2018, 12:34 PM)Wyche Wrote: Well, Palmer did go on to win a playoff game....although I wouldn't say he sat the world on fire.  Others are Rex Burkhead, Mo Sanu, JJoe, Flowers, (did Housh win any?), Whit, Big Willie, Ochocinco, Jon Kitna in Dallas, although injured early.....Benson in GB, these are just off the top of my head.


 Here's my theory.  It's two fold.  The team always has a fatal flaw or two, and that gets exposed in the playoffs more than it does in the regular season against also rans (and sometimes you're facing an opponent for the 2nd time, they learn your tendencies).  Second, we seem to be more interested in making our players fit a scheme more than adapting our scheme to our players' strengths.  Talent can overcome that at times, but not when the opponent is playoff caliber.  Teams add wrinkles and adjust as the season goes on, and often have plays they keep stashed away until the postseason.  These are things we don't seem to do.

As for 2013......we've discussed this before, and you don't agree with me.  We gave them a healthy dose of BJGE in San Diego and controlled the clock.  In Cincy, we forgot him on the bench early in the 2nd half.  I think we may have have out thought ourselves.

Then, there's just that "clutch gene".......some have it, some don't.  If you buy into that sort of thing.


EDIT:  I see you said "played well in the playoffs", not won a playoff game.  Still, Rex, Mo, Whit, and JJoe all at least played well in postseason games.  Palmer played well enough.

The game he had in the divisional round would be legendary around here. Word was that he was shaky in that one, but it would be our top playoff performance ever. No Bengals QB has ever thrown 300+ yards with a 90+ rating in the playoffs. Palmer threw for 349 and 3 TDs with a 92.4 rating against Green Bay.