Matthew Stafford - Eternal Rookie (1 Viewer)

[SaintsMan209]

I was watching the 49ers and Rams game yesterday and was so furious with the way Stafford plays. Honestly, he looks like he's still a rookie in the league. Doesn't setup hot routes for blitzes, gets pummled and afraid.

 

[Jesse Custer]

bUt He'S a GuNSliNgER

(dude seriously gets a lot of passes for stuff other QBs get dragged over)

 

[onanygivensunday]

Stafford has a great arm but his decision-making has always been suspect. Not quite as bad as Jeff George but not good enough to take a team to the SB. He's good... not great.

And he's never been a Tier 1 QB in my opinion.

 

[Judge_Smails]

bUt He'S a GuNSliNgER

(dude seriously gets a lot of passes for stuff other QBs get dragged over)

I wonder why?

 

[Saint Spud]

I remember when Stafford was “available,” he was connected to the Saints pretty quickly.

Almost immediately, Larry Holder from the Athletic wrote a piece with some intel from inside the Saints that said, essentially, Stafford wasn’t any better than Jameis and they weren’t interested.

Based on what we saw this year from both, I’d take Jameis 100 times out of 100.

 

[MV2]

Stafford has an elite arm, but suspect decision making. I think all those terrible years in Detroit ruined him to some extent. Having to try to win games by yourself can develop some bad habits.

But I do think McVay is an overrated coach. In the biggest moments his teams falter. He blamed it on Goff and they shipped him out. They got Stafford and they blew a lead yesterday too. I just see more failures on the biggest stages for the Rams than success. I mean dude basically blamed Goff for them only scoring 3 points in a Superbowl as evidenced by them shipping him out like he was the problem.

They give up all their draft picks for these "sexy" additions and they still have no titles from it. At some point one has to realize maybe it's coaching. Our defense is better and we don't have all the big "names" they have.

 

[2009ring]

Stafford always seems to screw it up when you think he has it figured out.

 

[TomThomster7]

I was watching the 49ers and Rams game yesterday and was so furious with the way Stafford plays. Honestly, he looks like he's still a rookie in the league. Doesn't setup hot routes for blitzes, gets pummled and afraid.

" Eternal Rookie "
pinpoint description of Stafford

 

[Meachemdat]

He has never won a playoff game and that trend is about to continue as the Rams get bounced from the 1st round.

 

[Judge_Smails]

He has never won a playoff game and that trend is about to continue as the Rams get bounced from the 1st round.

I remember a few of us getting dead falconed for calling Stafford overrated when news of him being available via trade surfaced last year. I haven’t seen as much of that today. Lol.

 

[SaintsMan209]

That was a very winnable game yesterday. All he had to do was more check downs and hot routes to at least get a field goal. they choked

 

[Complex Kid]

I wonder why?

I think people gave him a pass because he was in Detroit most of his career. Now that he's in LA I expect him to not get the same passes.

 

[Icon]

Stafford is the metaphorical dude or chick who was in a toxic relationship with some dude or chick.

Then when the break-up finally happened, you're like "good for that person!!! He/she deserves way better!!"

Then they get into their next relationship, and you start to realize that they had their own role in certain aspects of aforementioned relationship.

As the saying goes, "no matter where you go, there you are".

 

[Meachemdat]

I remember a few of us getting dead falconed for calling Stafford overrated when news of him being available via trade surfaced last year. I haven’t seen as much of that today. Lol.

I'm not gonna lie, I wanted him at the time, just because of the hand he was dealt with Detroit and what I knew Sean could get out of him.
Now? There's no excuses now. He's surrounded by the best play makers in the league.

I will say the addition of OBJ was not a good idea and it's obvious that they are trying to force the ball to him, when they should be targeting the MVP of the league.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

I remember a few of us getting dead falconed for calling Stafford overrated when news of him being available via trade surfaced last year. I haven’t seen as much of that today. Lol.

And you'll see the same thing next year after Russ has another mediocre 230yd/game season.

His best is worse than a declining Drew Brees