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As usual, someone needs to look at more than a single number. (I know I'm wasting my time, but oh well)
Playoff game, at home, vs Saints. The VAUNTED Saints offense.........scoreless thru 3 quarters. It's 16-0 going into the 4th, Marshawn Lynch with a tidy 140 yards rushing. Russ, 103 yards passing. Holy ******g ****, what a star. He made ONE, pass in the whole game, the first down to keep the clock running, was also a grab by a receiver getting his helmet ripped off. Great throw, better catch. But I give that to Russ, 1 great throw. In a playoff game, 1 throw. ONE.
Playoff game #2. First play, fumbles at the 15 yard line. Worry? Nope. His defense doesn't even give up a touchdown, FROM THEIR OWN FIFTEEEEEEEEEN. Lynch? 109 yards, AGAINST THE 49ERS, including 5 yards PER CARRY, again, AGAINST THE 49ERS. Russ makes 2 plays, the 50 yard heave early in the game, great play, and the TD he throws on 4th down, in which the 9ers jump offsides and he KNOWS it, so he throws it up, knowing nothing can go wrong. His defense, 3 turnovers, including the game winner. Again, 2 throws for Russ. That's 3 throws, in 2 PLAYOFF games, AT HOME.
Super Bowl.........Up 29-0, I say again, up 29-0, Russ finally throws a pass, into triple coverage, this his receiver makes a miraculous grab on, breaks 3 tackles, spins, breaks another tackle, then another, and runs into the endzone. TD, Russ????
So to recap, Lynch scores a TD in all 3 games. Runs for almost 300 yards.
Defense shuts out Drew Brees and the Saints for 3 quarters, and LOCKS UP the Peyton led offense to the tune of 8 points, and forces 3 turnovers against San Fran, not even including holding them to a FG from their own 15.
Does Tannehill have ANY of those advantages? Spare me your ********, does he? If Russell Wilson had our run game, Joe Philbin, Mike Sherman, and a defense that gives up first downs on 3rd and 22, or 90 yard TD drives to Cam Newton, at home, are you in here puffin your ****** chest out at me?
Yeah.
Move on dude, go be stupid somewhere else, you waste too much of my time with your ability to only read "100+ rating" but not actually realize what goes on around that.
Problem I have with that is that Russ doesn't have a history of doing anything BUT doing what he's supposed to do. Is Thomas Brady not a HOF'er? He was a ballboy according to your approach, because he simply was a game manager for 3 SB's. He didn't get to this elite status until afterwards, when he was putting up ridiculous numbers. Yet he hasn't won a single thing...
What about Peyton? Historic season, and he has no hardware to show for it.
Yes, Russ has a great team around him, THE best in football, but please don't sell him short simply because he was put in a great position. If that was the case, I'm not sure why they don't run Matt Flynn out there, or any of the other bums that were in there before Russ WON the job with hard work and earned his spot. It wasn't given to him. He earned it.
You have more faith in Ross than I, I commend you for that. He has shown 0 proof that the fans should trust in what he's doing.
