09-18-2019, 07:17 PM
(09-18-2019, 06:04 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Where did this “dynamic” obsession stem from?
That is what QBs like Mahomes, Jackson, RGIII, Vick, Murray, Newton and Watson get called.
In the OP he used the term "upside" QB.
In my reply (in which I only mentioned Dalton a little), I laid it all out.
For these QBs the only "upside" they have is that they run faster with the ball when they decide to leave the pocket. Hence they are more "dynamic" than the traditional pocket passer. It is a one dimensional way of evaluating the QB. This one element does change the way DCs have to game plan, however once they are figured out they don't really add any new element to the position at that point. Add in that the older they get the slower they get plus the less effective they are.
Newton, who I will admit has lasted longer than I thought, is an example of this. He has been slowing down more and more every year. He has been getting injured more and more. His efficiency has been declining and as the year progresses he slows down more. He has taken some beating out there, so it is not really a surprise.
Of course, he has won playoff games and even played in a SB, so that is impressive, but I don't think the Panthers will make it to another SB with him, which means he won't win one, I could be wrong, but odds are I am not. I don't think he will make it back because that 1 element he had is no longer there anymore, at least to the extent that it was.
I see the same thing with these other guys. They will make highlight reels, which means MVPs, but I don't see them winning SBs. Especially when they start to lose that element.
