Most underrated backup QB we've had

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(06-28-2021, 09:59 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Every time I see this argument I wonder why fans can't blame BOTH Hill for the fumble AND the defense for their complete collapse.

Hill's fumble was an epic mistake, but that in no way excuses what the defense did after that.  It is like letting a blind drunk friend drive your car.  If he crashes and kills someone then you are to blame for letting him drive, but he is still to blame for driving drunk.  One huge mistake does not excuse or remove blame for another.

Except being blind means he was ALWAYS going to fail at driving regardless of if he was drunk or not. Are we now saying that Jeremy Hill was always going to fail at not fumbling? That it was destined the second he was chosen to carry it? It doesn't make sense.

Your hypothetical fails on a couple levels there, Fred.

A better example of it is if someone (the defense) blows a beautiful glass bowl (a masterpiece of a game where they not only set up the lead but also then got what should have been a game sealing pick) only for the person responsible to put it on the shelf for sale (Hill) to drop it mid-way, breaking it in half. It might have been able to be repaired, but probably not. The glass blower then in a fit of rage stomped on it to make sure that the small chance of it being fixed turned to zero.

At the end of the day, Hill is still the asshole who dropped it and broke it when his task was a very small and simple, yet still important one. (Don't F'ing fumble, put two hands on the ball.)