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Originally Posted by Paintrain
I couldn't disagree with you more. Anyone who lays a lot of blame on JC for that loss clearly has made up their mind on him, regardless of what he does. Look, I never expect him to become Peyton, Brady, Brees, Warner, Rivers or any of the other top 5 QB but he'll be a top 12-15 guy in the range of Schaub, Eli, Cutler (yes Cutler), Hasselbeck. So I agree that he's never going to be elite, but who are you proposing we bring in to replace him that is elite? We know what we have in Collins and please don't start with the guy who barely held on to the 3rd string job before getting IR'd.
Zorn is out of his depth. He's going to look really good over the next few weeks in winning games that we should win but in games vs. the top teams and coaches, it's clear how over matched he is. The Giants suited up 3 CB yesterday. THREE! How are you not running them all over the field? Why are you running dive plays down 2 possessions on 2nd and 8? Why are you calling for a WR pass on the 2nd play from scrimmage? How do you not call at least one fade pattern with 1st and goal inside the 8? How do you call a WR screen on the 5!?!? Zorn lost my confidence in the preseason with how he handled the starters in the preseason games as if we were coming off of a Super Bowl run and both units were clicking on all cylinders. Yesterday reinforced my thoughts and doubts.
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I generally agree with you, but the 3rd down play where Tuck sacked Campbell (I believe) there was a fade route on, but Kelly ran it horribly. I also don't think it was the first read.
I remember the replay seeing Cooley not really run much of a route, Randle El not open and Kelly damn near running the fade all the way out of bounds. He needed to give Campbell more room to throw the ball, if he had thrown it there was probably a .5% chance Kelly comes down in bounds.
I haven't lost faith in Zorn as you have, however, he does need to make a lot of adjustments. It's time to become a passing team.