Patten on Ramsey

If Ramsey can't get it done this year, it's definitely time to move on.

He should have a great running game behind him, a very good offensive line in front of him, and plenty of speed and experience at WR.

Plus it's his 2nd season in this system, we saw what happened in his 2nd season in Spurrier's system, he was leading the league in passing yards after the first 4 weeks of the season until the constant pounding caught up with him.I agee on the pounding he has taken as a QB. Some of that is his own fault for holding on to the ball to long. Hopefully he is in a position now to make quicker reads and get rid of the ball. Weather its dumping the pass off, throwing long or just throwing it away he must make the quicker read. I think in his past three years he was thinking his way through and not playing by his ability and instincts. Last year in the last couple of games he looked more relaxed and I feel it will carry over to this year. Lets all just cross our fingers and hope that PR is the man.

I just like the fact that he's been wth us for this long and has played a lot of games. We're a better team with him and Campbell will get his chance later down the road. :oink:

One of PR's flaws is definitely his knack for holding on to the ball too long, but it seems that's the way he's learned how to play QB.

At Tulane he had a sive for an offensive line and he had to hold on to the ball for as long as possible to let his guys get open... he comes to the NFL and again has a sive for an offensive line and a system that stresses the deep ball and again he's forced to hold on to the ball for as long as possible.

Hopefully he can continue to unlearn this style of play and be smarter with the ball by dumping it off, throwing it away, etc.

I've said that PR should be a good quarterback for the past two years, now I don't know what would have happened if he started last year but in the Old Ball Coach's second year he didn't live up to the potential.

He was leading the league in passing yards after the first 4 weeks of the season until the constant pounding caught up with him.


I knew about the pounding, but did not realize he had led the league!

I knew about the pounding, but did not realize he had led the league!

I just did a quick check of his stats from '03, after the first 4 games he had thrown for 1036 yards, 5 TDs and 2 INTs with a QB rating of 88.625.

His average sack total per game was about th same in 2003 and 2004.

His average sack total per game was about th same in 2003 and 2004.

Yeah. However, although there is no stat for it, you could tell that his sacks in 2003, were just plain guys having a feild day with him. Where he didnt take as many hard shots in 2004. Ya know what I mean?

Yeah, and if they had stats for "knock downs" I bet they would be substantially higher in 2003.

Yeah. However, although there is no stat for it, you could tell that his sacks in 2003, were just plain guys having a feild day with him. Where he didnt take as many hard shots in 2004. Ya know what I mean?I totaly agree it was much worse in 2003. I was just surprised when I looked up the stat.