11-23-2020, 12:10 PM
(11-23-2020, 11:42 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Not only is he not a backup QB, he's not an NFL QB. Not a 3rd string, not an "emergency", not even a practice squad QB. He's pure garbage.
Every year you'll have backup come into the a game out of nowhere and do pretty respectable.
Take Gardner Minshew last year, who was drafted in the 6th round, in the same class as Finley. He gets thrown to the wolves as a rookie after Nick Foles goes down. Guy throws for 21 TD's and 6 INT's in only 12 games, and has a 91 QB rating.
Now he's an extreme example, but there's plenty of others. Take at a look at Garret Gilbert, who was signed off the street by the Cowboys a couple of weeks ago.
The guy was coming off playing in the AFL. Dallas was the 7th NFL team he had signed with in the last 5 years, and he had only made 2 of those teams (they rest were practice squads or waived in camp). He had six career attempts in the NFL. SIX.
Well guess who Mr. Gilbert has the luxury of playing in his lone spot start of his career? The Pittsburgh Steelers. And gues what Mr. Gilbert's stat line looked like?
21-38 for 243 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT, with 3 rushes for 28 yards. (Not too shabby)
He kept his team in the game and they put up a respectable performance, losing only 24-19. And that was after leading at the 1st quarter 3-0, after the half 13-9, and after the 3rd 19-9. They were winning that entire game until 2 minutes to go. The guy almost beat the undefeated Steelers. Now he'll go back to never being heard of again.
Finley being so bad is not only an indictment on him, but even more on the coaches. 1.) They drafted him. and 2.) They can't even make him look remotely useful. They can't hide any of his flaws, or draw up some plays to protect him.
Ryan Finley and the performance in the 2nd half should tell you everything you need to know about Zac Taylor and Co. They're all bums.
Yeah, but the 70's porn stash was mesmerizing the defenses. You're right about Finley though, I suspect we will be seeing our Covid QB soon.
