Eifert OUT indefinitely

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(08-09-2016, 06:23 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I watched every game in '06.  Palmer looked fine.  Your claim that he would "jump back and not follow through any time a defender was in a five foot radius" just is not true.

Here is what really happened in '06.  In the second game of the season Rich Braham was injured and never returned.  in the 5th game of the season Levi Jones went down with injury and did not return until game 15.  In the 9th game of the year Bobbie Williams went doan and did not return until 4 games later.  These O-line injuries caused our running game to tank (300 fewer yards and a full half yard per carry drop in average) and Carson's protection to break down (sacks almost doubled from 19 to 36).  Despite all of this Palmer threw for more yards, averaged more yards per attempt, and more yards per completion.  He threw 4 fewer tds just because our entire offense dropped of, and he only threw one more interceptions despite attempting more passes.  He had a great season and finished 5th in the league in passing yards and 2nd in tds.

(08-09-2016, 06:47 PM)fredtoast Wrote: In '05 Palmer was more of a dink-and-dunk QB than he was in '06.  In '05 over 65 percent of Palmers passes were thrown less than 10 yards past the line of scrimmage.  In '06 that percentage dropped to 61 percent.

Palmer completed more passes thrown more than 20 yards down field in '06 (25) than he did in '05 (23).

Palmer completed more passes thrown more than 40 yards downfield in '06 (4) than he did in '05 (3).

Palmer averaged more yards per completion in '06 (12.5) than he did in '05 (11.1).

You have no clue what you are talking about.

(08-09-2016, 11:44 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Impossible to have the type of year Palmer did in '06 (2nd in tds, 5th in yards, 6th in passer rating) by not following through whenever a defender got close to him.

You are just wrong about this Brad.  Considering the fact that his protection was so much worse in '06, his running game collapsed, and he was forced to play from behind so much more Palmer actually played better in '06 than in '05.

(08-10-2016, 08:26 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Anyone with a memory that watched Palmer the year after he came back should know he refused to plant his front leg when throwing, which caused him to sail the ball all season long. It was a mental thing coming back from knee surgery.

Exactly.

I think Fred's arguing this just to feel like he's right but he's very, very wrong.