Posts: 2332 Re: Old Herd QBs... ? Reply #2 on: Today at 09:29:09 AM ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chad is working out in Bradenton and doing fine. he told me it was his ankle causing most of his problems this season but its fine now. He seemed to be looking to retake his starting job , at least that is my interruptation the above was on a marshall university message board. i realize a lot of people here are tired of anything to do with CP, but thought some would find his talking of his ankle causing problems interesting. really, truly, honestly, not trying to start another KC vs CP thread.
i purposely did not fix that. wondered if anyone would catch it. i just copied it directly from the board. cut and paste.
I like Chad but his passes from in the weeks after the ankle injury had absolutely nothing on them and I was calling for his benching- Clemens coming in was absolutely the right move. When he came in for relief in the New England game, I was shocked with how much more velocity his passes were moving compared to earlier in the season. He got hurt so early in the NE game that it's tough to make any direct comparisons. That pass he threw to J-Mac (I don't know how he dropped it) in that New England game had more on it than any other pass he threw last year and was one of the best passes thrown all year by a NYJ QB. In the Tennessee game he threw the best deep ball of the year from either QB too. I might be the only one who saw that though Just speculation, but I don't think he healed up properly from the ankle injury until later in the season. This is all irrelevant though- last year is done and we'll see how he does in the competition for the starting job here. In Mangini I trust- he will make the right decision
Others had noted that his ankle was a significant factor in his play this past year. I'm not too surprised, but it's Kellen's time to shine, he needs to beat Chad out...and quickly so this doesn't become an issue during the season.
And Chad's ankle causing the problem doesn't make me feel any better about him at QB. What's that now, left wrist, right shoulder, left ankle? Sounds like he qualifies for one of those scam insurance companies in Texas that only pay off if you lose a hand on one side and a foot on the other.
Nice way to put it. I certainly agree with you - is it finally okay to call him injury prone? (Also remember, that shoulder was injured twice.)
Well. I'm all for moving on from Chad Era, but I don't think it's fair to place the entire blame on his shoulder. Like the other poster clarified earlier, Bradway killed him, and Tannenbaum/Mangini killed him last season. With that turnstile they called OL, it's a miracle that Chad didn't suffer career ending injury while there.
if Chad goes into Training Camp and outperforms KC, the job is all his. I can't imagine anyone arguing with that.
And this from a university message board. I wonder what that guy's major is... Butchering the English Language? It's not even just a spelling mistake is it? Anyone can do that when typing in a hurry - this is a total lack of understanding of how the word is pronounced. Still, far more importantly, it's nice to get some info on Chad, even second-hand. I wonder if that bad ankle wrecked his mechanics and took even more off his passes. Training camp could be interesting.
Ankle? Jesus Christ how is that justification…hurt AGAIN. At what point is just honest and says something like “I really feel like it was my lack of ability to play the game that hindered me last year…”
Uh.... We have a new LG... We don't have any new 'weapons'- unless you count the absence of McCareins as 'addition by subtraction.'
I suppose this should be so, but Chad always looks good in TC. In my mind, there always seems to be a big difference between real games and the parctices in which he wears his red jersey. I think if camp is even close, Mangini still has to give Clemens the benefit of the doubt because it'll be Clemens' job to lose. Both will be better behind a decent O-line though. Bottom line for me is, I'm glad we still have Pennington. We should not be considering moving him as others have opined, for a whole host of reasons.
JetBlue, I agree with you. This competition between Kellen and Chad behind a revamped OL that can pass block and run block well will give us the best chance to win with a great BS offensive starter and a great BS offensive backup. A lot of people on this blog think the QB is all about what you come with. The BS offense demands a lot of excellent versatile performances from the QB both mentally and physically. A lot of people on this blog believe that if you have a cannon arm that's all it takes. We should point out that one of the issues of the drops of Kellen's passes is that his ball is harder to catch than Chad's. This is not a matter of velocity so much as it is a matter of the point coming in pointing down more than it points up or straight ahead. This downward attitude of the football makes it a helluva lot harder to catch, regardless of how fast it's coming in. Kellen has to address this by getting a lot more reps with his WRs and by changing the attitude of the ball coming in.
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