Per Vinny Cerrato, JC is our QB this season!

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Not to be argumentative, but do you have stats to back that up? I dont remember us being from behind any more in the 2nd half than we were in the first. To the contrary, in the first half of the season i remember several games where we came from behind and won games in the 4th quarter.

And I also remember blowing alot of early leads in the 2nd half of the season - specifically, our defense seemed to get tired and cave in when we were trying to hold on to a narrow lead.

What you say makes a nice argument on paper, but i just dont remember the games that way. I think a good way to test your statement (and mine) would be to look at the first quarter of every game in 2008. Generally speaking, whats done in the first quarter would be a good representation of the teams basic philosophy. Unfortunately, i did a google search and couldnt find anywhere that had these stats. Any ideas?

I don't know how you want to look at it or what stats you want but in the 8 wins JC averaged 30.375 attempts per game while in the 8 losses he averaged 32.875. Not a huge difference but...

It's interesting to note that Portis averaged 24.25 carries per game in the 8 wins, while only averaging 18.5 in the 8 losses. It's looking like JC didn't necessarily pass that much more in the losses, but the passing game was definitely more effective when the running game was clicking, which down the stretch as we know was pretty bad.

It's also interesting to note that in the 8 wins JC went over 30 attempts 5 times. In the 8 losses he also went over 30 attempts 5 times.

In short, much like most QBs give the guy a running game and he will be fine.