Preseason 1 Report Card (1 Viewer)

[Krodwhodat]

Hill: C
He looked more mature than last year. Seemed confident and had some good passes. No denying he has a strong arm. Still struggling to get through progressions and stairs down receivers. His interception was a miscommunication with the WR. Not sure if it was his or WRs fault.

Winston: C
He started slow but got into a groove. He threw some good passes and seemed confident as well. He has a strong arm as well. He seems to have happy feet and holds on to the ball too long. His interception is the same Winston we saw in Tampa. I saw it as an under throw or back shoulder throw and some are sayin he had to because of a safety and corner in front of him. He had a DB on his back shoulder as well. He shouldn’t have forced it.


Book: C+
He looked way more confident and comfortable than I thought he would. He seemed to understand the O and had nice touch on his short passes. Had a couple bad throws but he was also having to run around a lot with the poor O line. He forced that last ball but nobody plays for a tie in preseason. He had nice touch and reminded me a little of Brees with footwork and always looking down field. I think he should get a shot in practice with the ones here and there.


Over all it was underwhelming and I hope someone steps up and takes the job. It’s hard coming from Brees to this and we are spoiled but at this point I think our future isn’t in the building.

 

[Lazarus]

Fair read , I think every saints fan is gonna have a hard time understanding that the average NFL QB and I mean 28 of 32 world class athletes playing the position don't process as fast as a first ballot HOF'er. There not gonna be Brees , now if only they would remember that Brees wasn't as fast as Brees early on in his career. Takes time be patient have a drink and enjoy the show

 

[srcampbell]

I agree with your Book assessment. He looked prepared and confident. I expect him to learn from his mistakes and improve next week.

 

[meily]

I think they all looked good. Hill looks like Hill and Winston looked like Winston. I don't blame either interception on the QB's because the Montgomery stop his route and the shot to LJH got tipped to the safety, those plays could all be positive plays but circumstances played out the way they did.

Book looks like he did at ND, manages the offense has good touch on the ball and throwing motion he just needs more time to get acclimated to being a pro at this level.

Winston is the starter, Hill is the Swiss Army Knife and Book is the backup QB waiting in the wings.

 

[No2DC]

You guys got me looking all the non-1st to win a ring. Wilson, Brady, Drew are the standouts but you also have Brad Johnson (9th round). Overall I still think it's a reach to put your hopes in a QB not drafted high but anything is possible.

List of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks - Wikipedia

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[limeyjohn]

All 3 had really good moments, and really bad ones
Too early to tell

 

[No2DC]

Hill: C
He looked more mature than last year. Seemed confident and had some good passes. No denying he has a strong arm. Still struggling to get through progressions and stairs down receivers. His interception was a miscommunication with the WR. Not sure if it was his or WRs fault.

Winston: C
He started slow but got into a groove. He threw some good passes and seemed confident as well. He has a strong arm as well. He seems to have happy feet and holds on to the ball too long. His interception is the same Winston we saw in Tampa. I saw it as an under throw or back shoulder throw and some are sayin he had to because of a safety and corner in front of him. He had a DB on his back shoulder as well. He shouldn’t have forced it.


Book: C+
He looked way more confident and comfortable than I thought he would. He seemed to understand the O and had nice touch on his short passes. Had a couple bad throws but he was also having to run around a lot with the poor O line. He forced that last ball but nobody plays for a tie in preseason. He had nice touch and reminded me a little of Brees with footwork and always looking down field. I think he should get a shot in practice with the ones here and there.


Over all it was underwhelming and I hope someone steps up and takes the job. It’s hard coming from Brees to this and we are spoiled but at this point I think our future isn’t in the building.

I don't see how you gave both Hill and Winston "Cs" but Book got a "C+ and Winston threw the only TD. It should be C+ for Winston Cs for Hill and Book. Why doesn't he get credit for a TD when none of the other guys had one. There is no guarantee that we would have got a passing touchdown on Hill's first drive. Is Book being graded on a curve or something?

 

[JWDtrey3]

I don't see how you gave both Hill and Winston "Cs" but Book got a "C+ and Winston threw the only TD. It should be C+ for Winston Cs for Hill and Book. Why doesn't he get credit for a TD when none of the other guys had one. There is no guarantee that we would have got a passing touchdown on Hill's first drive. Is Book being graded on a curve or something?

I gotta agree with you on this one. seems a bit off. Still agree thought that it is to early to call either one.

 

[MV2]

I thought they all did some things well and some things poorly. It's the 1st time they were in real action where they could be hit. So I expect their mental clocks to need some adjusting from being in camp and knowing you won't be hit no matter what you do with the ball.

I think we saw Jameis find his mojo as it went along and Taysom was the opposite. He came out blazing and then began to falter. As a poster said in another thread, I felt like Jameis did more with less. It will be interesting to see next week when the roles are reversed and Jameis starts how he comes out the blocks and how Taysom handles working with lesser players and worst protection.

One thing that was glaring to me and I think we all knew is that our receivers are not a strong suit. I know Quez will ball out and I think we can get some production from Harris and Humphrey, but without MT it may be a little rough for whichever QB to find guaranteed matchup wins. Juwan looked good as well so maybe that can help.

 

[No2DC]

I gotta agree with you on this one. seems a bit off. Still agree thought that it is to early to call either one.

Yes, I do not disagree with anyone that says it wasn't a great game for any QB and the competition is far from over. One guy had a TD and 14 pts while he was in there and the Hill advocates cannot acknowledge that. Sean makes the final eval but Winston threw a TD during the 2-minute drill and that matters in most games.

 

[JWDtrey3]

Yes, I do not disagree with anyone that says it wasn't a great game for any QB and the competition is far from over. One guy had a TD and 14 pts while he was in there and the Hill advocates cannot acknowledge that. Sean makes the final eval but Winston threw a TD during the 2-minute drill and that matters in most games.

That is a fact Jack

 

[Stalwart385]

Yes, I do not disagree with anyone that says it wasn't a great game for any QB and the competition is far from over. One guy had a TD and 14 pts while he was in there and the Hill advocates cannot acknowledge that. Sean makes the final eval but Winston threw a TD during the 2-minute drill and that matters in most games.

Throwing a TD doesn't mean it was a better throw. That's like grading a QB based on wins to me. Semantics that ignore actual evaluation. Taysom's rolling to the right throw was the best of the game. Winston's TD throw was nice as well but doesn't grade better. Over time those stats can even out with performance but in a single game setting like this just grade each throw.

Based roughly on memory they are even to me. A handful of off-target ugly throws and some nice pretty throws. Think Taysom should do more on his sack and didn't like Jameis's happy feet on his first sack. I'd have to go back play by play and count it up to see who actually did better. It was that close.

I'm not as high on Book's performance. I would have given him a C-. Of course thats understanding he was in a pretty rough situation. The team fell apart in the second half and it was his first action.

 

[UFCSaint]

That is a fact Jack

I wonder how many people will get that reference?

 

[MRIGuy]

I wonder how many people will get that reference?

Lighten up Francis

 

[the-commish]

I thought they all did some things well and some things poorly. It's the 1st time they were in real action where they could be hit. So I expect their mental clocks to need some adjusting from being in camp and knowing you won't be hit no matter what you do with the ball.

I think we saw Jameis find his mojo as it went along and Taysom was the opposite. He came out blazing and then began to falter. As a poster said in another thread, I felt like Jameis did more with less. It will be interesting to see next week when the roles are reversed and Jameis starts how he comes out the blocks and how Taysom handles working with lesser players and worst protection.

One thing that was glaring to me and I think we all knew is that our receivers are not a strong suit. I know Quez will ball out and I think we can get some production from Harris and Humphrey, but without MT it may be a little rough for whichever QB to find guaranteed matchup wins. Juwan looked good as well so maybe that can help.

Don't forget that Juwan Johnson is a TE who can really get downfield like a WR (from which position he is switching). And Ty Montgomery is converting to full-time WR from RB/WR. The receiver position might not be as bleak as some of you think.