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Montalban
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Fair enough. You make good points but have you ever seen a left tackle go all the way across the line to right tackle on a QB sneak; ever? He made some horrible mistakes and he made some here even before his thumb ligament was torn but Shanahan has got to let him throw some big chunk plays like he’s done his entire career. The throw to Kittle that he dropped that probably would have been a TD is a classic exampleWhy do we win more with Jimmy?
It's simple. We win more games with our starting Qb on the field than with our backup QB. That is the truth of why we win more with Jimmy than with our backup QB. The point you should be taking from the W-L record without Jimmy is that he has missed A LOT of games and it has cost us a lot of wins. Those injury issues are part of why the FO starting looking to replace him rather than extend his contract.
Return on Investment and Risk v. Return
The issue is really the balance between how good Good Jimmy is and how often we see him versus how bad Bad Jimmy is and how often we see him. It isn't about comparing him to backup players--it's about risk vs. reward and return on investment and whether it's worth continuing to invest in him.
Jimmy was Dallas's best player in the last 1.5 quarters
Take a look at #3 and #4 again. As for #4, Jimmy knew that the LT was shifting over and he admitted that he just got overexcited and snapped the ball too early, but you expect us to believe that b/c there was a shift AT ALL it's not Jimmy's fault that he admittedly snapped the ball too early? That's DOA.
Back to #3, I encourage you to look at the pass plays in that drive. Notice that all were very short attempts that netted 2 completions for 9yds.
-Jimmy scramble up middle
-3rd and 4, Jimmy completed short right to Jennings for 5yds
-2nd and 7, Jimmy incomplete short left for Kittle (ball 1-hopped to GK, called fumble, reversed on review)
-3rd and 12, Jimmy incomplete short middle for Deebo, BUT Dallas penalty, Def Holding = 1st down
-3rd and 5, Jimmy incomplete short middle to Deebo for 4yds