No mincing words here. Taysom answered his critics. (1 Viewer)

[Ihartsaints]

We all know he can run. Now we know he can pass too. Anyone that says he did not A ) Win the game B ) Pass well C ) Show he has Starter quality is blinded by their anti-Taysom Bias.

 

[PXSaber]

Imagine that statline with a 57yrd TD pass to Sanders
And a long ball to Thomas which has been dropped...

 

[Ihartsaints]

Imagine that statline with a 57yrd TD pass to Sanders
And a long ball to Thomas which has been dropped...

And, as well as he played today, there is no reason to think he will not continue to get better with experience. It took a half to flush the butterflies but he ended strong.

 

[saintmike23]

He needs to work on his mechanics to get more yards on the deep balls. i hope Drew helps him out.

 

[Ihartsaints]

He needs to work on his mechanics to get more yards on the deep balls. i hope Drew helps him out.

Definitely room for improvement. But hard to argue with a 78.3% completion rate. A stellar 83% if Thomas had held on.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

I think Taysom had a great game.

But he definitely showed plenty of red flags. Taysom GREATLY(like 10-15yards) under threw the touchdown pass to #17. That pass was terrible and should have been an INT/incomplete but the receiver played that perfectly. Same thing with the TD pass that was called back due to holding.

He also had an easy interception that was dropped and coughed up a fumble in the 4th qtr again.

I’m not saying he had a bad game at all. Infact I think he played pretty great all things considered.

 

[SeapeaNOLA]

He needs to work on his fumbling issues, but aside from that his passing is much better than I gave it credit for, still can be improved too which is the best part. I was waiting on him to start playing like Taysom Hill and start running, glad he did when he got comfortable.

I'll eat my words, I know for a fact Jameis wouldn't be doing this no matter how well he does.

 

[Big_L]

He did. In a big way no less.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Imagine that statline with a 57yrd TD pass to Sanders
And a long ball to Thomas which has been dropped...

300 yds a QB rating north of 130

So yeah he was excellent.

 

[pierce2poydras]

I think he can figure the deep ball thing out. He’s just putting too much air underneath. You can tell from his 20yd lasers he has the arm to make those long throws, just gotta figure out the trajectory.

all things considered, I’m very impressed and happy. 77 comp %? Did not expect that!

 

[ASaintFerLife]

I think Taysom had a great game.

But he definitely showed plenty of red flags. Taysom GREATLY(like 10-15yards) under threw the touchdown pass to #17. That pass was terrible and should have been an INT/incomplete but the receiver played that perfectly. Same thing with the TD pass that was called back due to holding.

He also had an easy interception that was dropped and coughed up a fumble in the 4th qtr again.

I’m not saying he had a bad game at all. Infact I think he played pretty great all things considered.

He threw that deep pass off his back foot then was hit.

He will improve big time!

 

[Super]

He looked like he was having fun. And that's always been my favorite part of him. And I gotta admit. I sure thought it was gonna be just csp smoke and mirrors.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

He threw that deep pass off his back foot then was hit.

He will improve big time!

Nope. He actually stepped up in the clean pocket and was only hit after he threw it.

Hills deep balls tend to sail on him.

 

[El Caliente]

He needs to work on his mechanics to get more yards on the deep balls. i hope Drew helps him out.

Drew helping him with mechanics on a long ball pass?

 

[El Caliente]

I imagine most of those national media critics will be silent or nit pick his success rather than give that man his flowers.

 

[andregurov]

I like how Payton used him, as I thought it was primarily as a QB until we hit the red zone, which is where space is at a premium and Taysom's potential to throw erases angles that the defense would normally have. On his 2nd TD run you could see Jones had to respect the throwing lane and defensive space he was responsible for, which made his pursuit to Taysom a step late. That was the difference between Taysom out at the 5 yard line and the actual Taysom TD run. Games are won and lost on those margins. Taysom does not have to be all-world to justify being a starting QB. He just has to stress defenses enough WHERE IT MATTERS to justify earning the gig. And he certainly did today.

Now can he stay healthy? I guess we'll get a 3 to 5 game sampler on that question the next several weeks.