Sam Bradford,NFL active players yards per pass attempt leaders, career

[ram29jackson]

I looked this up when I looked at other forums bashing the dude.He's 36th = last

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St. Louis has lots of problems and i'm not the type who bashes players and last year he had some good games and decent stats. But it must be time for a change.

 

[Atlas]

Bradford has David Carr syndrome, he took too many licks in college and early on in his career, so anytime he senses pressure, he breaks down and panics. I think Kurt Warner said it last night: he can't play with traffic in the pocket, anytime he is under duress, everything goes out the window and he looks like a terrible QB, which he really isn't.

 

[ram29jackson]

Bradford has David Carr syndrome, he took too many licks in college and early on in his career, so anytime he senses pressure, he breaks down and panics. I think Kurt Warner said it last night: he can't play with traffic in the pocket, anytime he is under duress, everything goes out the window and he looks like a terrible QB, which he really isn't.

well, that in essence is pretty much why he is a bad QB isn't it ?

 

[Atlas]

Not necessarily, he has all the tools to be a competent QB, but lack of a supporting cast compounds the appearance he is terrible. I argued with Warner in the CB for a long while last night stating what you just posted, he places blame more on the rest of the offense, I place it mostly on the QB. We agreed to disagree, but I don't think he was/is a terrible QB, he just needs to fix his current issues, which David Carr never did.

 

[Aso]

They need to throw it deep more often. All theyve done is throw passes 10 yards and shorter. They need to be more aggressive.

 

[jms493]

FYI VSNers...ATLAS sees the game differently then the rest of us.

 

[ram29jackson]

FYI VSNers...ATLAS seems the game differently then the rest of us.

no...in football theres a million things that have to go right and each position helps the other so who really knows how bad he is or why?

Andy Reid told Alex Smith this year he wanted to get him to be the guy he was in the first 9 games of 2012 when he was 3rd in passer rating.
the team may have helped Alex get there but the coaches know all the stats too

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Bradford just isn't a top QB, and probably fits in best in the "below average" category...I've seen some small samples of average play, too...average can get the Rams far, provided the skill players are up to par. Some argue they are not...if they aren't...then someone has to go.

I was also in the mix in the discussion in #thebox...its either one of two things...Bradford stinks or the decision makers did a piss poor job spending lots of available assets (cap and draft picks) on surrounding Bradford with a cast. Since they've drafted Bradford, they've signed or drafted Roger Saffold, Pettis, Austin, Givens, Quick, Kendricks, Jared Cook, Jake Long, Isaiah Pead. That might be more offensive assets (cap and draft picks) being put on one side of the ball than any other team in football in that given time period.

If this is a disaster and its not working...someone has to go. If its Bradford...bye. If its the decision makers...bye.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

They need to throw it deep more often. All theyve done is throw passes 10 yards and shorter. They need to be more aggressive.

That will never happen with Brian Schottenheimer running the offense.

 

[ram29jackson]

Tony Romo is number 3..just sayin' :bsmug:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

2013 game log: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BradSa00/gamelog/2013/

First two games, zero sacks.

Last two games, a billion sacks, including last night playing with the #3 tackle at LT, and a backup G at RT.

Bradford is not a guy who is going to carry a team when the castle crumbles around him. The Rams are also well on their way to a historically bad rushing season. Through 25% of the season, they have averaged 2.6 yards per carry, good for 189 yards rushing. Even in the age of the running back mattering less than ever, where you can get by with just about anybody totting the rock, the Rams have one RB (Daryl Richardson) who I suspect would make 50% of the leagues rosters. And he would be a third down change if pace guy at best on those teams, and buried deep on the bench of the others. The rest of the Rams backs are waiver wire fodder. It's bad.

The WR's are kids. Austin Pettis is the "senior" member of the group, 3rd year pro. He might be the slowest WR in football. Chris Givens is a #2 or #3 on an average team, he's the #1 on this team and by far the only threat at the position. Tavon Austin has shown nothing, and in my opinion is being misused. Brian Quick stinks. Stedman Bailey never plays, which tells you all you need to know about him, considering the slop in front of him on the depth chart. With all that said, they deserve some rope to develop. They are all under 25, most under 23.

The TE's are fine. Cook is very good, Kendricks is a bust but fine as a backup.

I'm not making excuses for Bradford, because I don't think he's elite and have never felt he was elite. I didn't even want to draft him, if you recall. But he's hardly the biggest problem with this awful, anemic offense. He can be above average, even very good, when things are going reasonably well around him. That sounds like any QB, but it really isn't. Some guys are just bums. He's not a bum. His ceiling is Joe Flacco/Matt Ryan. He's too good to bench, and not good enough to be a game changer. He's just a guy.

Short of Peyton Manning or Brady and maybe Brees there isnt a single QB in the league who wouldnt struggle in this offense right now.

 

[Glenbino]

Any state that counts Cam Newton and Matt Schaub among its leaders should definitely be used to define whether a QB is elite or not :garbage:

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[Warner2BruceTD]

I will say this about Bradford. His TD/INT this year is still 7/3.

He's a guy that if you look at his numbers, never throws a lot of INT's. He doesn't turn the ball over. If you look at his league adjusted INT%'s, he's always better than average and usually among the best in the league.

 

[Aso]

Yards per completion is a pitiful 10.2.

 

[MVPete]

FYI VSNers...ATLAS sees the game differently then the rest of us.

Post of the year nominee.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

"He did the best he could do considering the circumstances" - The Stache on Brad Ford

"We need to do a better job of moving him around" - The Stache on Tavon Austin

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

"We had intended to use Tavon (Austin) out of the backfield" - The Stache, on why Pead was inactive.

Austin actually started last week at HB against Dallas (only one carry though), but I do not recall him lining up at RB at all during the SF game. Granted, they completely abandoned the run pretty early on.

That shows how weak this teams running game is. A midget WR started one game at RB, and is ahead of Isaiah Pead on the depth chart at the HB position.

 

[ram29jackson]

YEP all those ex Rams speakers really helped this week

 

[BigBucs]

Id take Bradford right now :ronaldo:

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

And...for posterity...some names that are out there in free agency for the Rams to pick up to help the running game.

Cedric Benson, Kahlil Bell, Delone Carter, Ryan Grant, Jamie Harper, Peyton Hillis, Kevin Smith, Ryan Torain, Michael Turner, Beanie Wells...

One or more of those guys can help...just saying.