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It looks like I am quoting you in that last paragraph Wimm. Sorry, I highlighted what I wanted to quote and then wrote below it but that does not work. Maybe because I erased the 2nd part which I did not want to quote?
quotes always start with {quote} and end with {/quote} except use square brackets. the = post: and member: stuff tells which post is quoted. If you do edit to fix a quote, remember to delete the one the software sticks in at the very end of the post.It looks like I am quoting you in that last paragraph Wimm. Sorry, I highlighted what I wanted to quote and then wrote below it but that does not work. Maybe because I erased the 2nd part which I did not want to quote?
Kizer is Gute's guy, remember
It was pretty obvious that Boyle's decision making and accuracy aren't anywhere close for a quarterback having a chance at being successful at the NFL level.
While he had some nice plays in the preseason he conpleted less than 50% of his passes against second and third stringers and put up a passer rating of under 70.
There are several issues with your way of thinking here. First of all, you forgot the part about him playing behind a 2nd an 3rd string OL and throwing mostly to guys who didn't make the roster. Second, it's a small sample size to make such a blanket statement. Third, the Packers saw far more of him in practice than you have and Gute wouldn't keep him around if he had no potential. Fourth, you're letting yourself get into the old mindset that preseason games are anything more than glorified practices. There is no game planning in preseason. Coaches run plays on the basis that they would like to experiment to see how different things might work in situations where they would never call those plays in a real games.
I’m not sure it may have been mentioned. People are comparing him to Janis which misses the whole point I think? Janis was one dimensional and couldn’t play QB. I’d much rather have a guy that’s s #3 QB and can come in and finish a game if needed. But the bonus is he’s pretty good on ST. I watched several games where he was very good on ST coverage. The gadget player was just a bonus and showed how universally talented he is.Maybe what the Packer organization and its new coaches can learn from a player like Taysom Hill, is how to recognize players with usable skills, other than the obvious. I have no clue how or who on the Saints decided to try him out in other aspects of the game. Was it Taysom himself saying to coaches "I can do this if you give me a chance"? Did he say that to the Packer coaches? I have no clue. I am also not holding this over the Packers head as a huge mistake, but an example of how sometimes thinking outside the box by a special teams coach or even the head coach can pay off in small ways and sometimes it is the little things that can add up to win games or energize teammates to play harder. In hindsight, I know Taysom Hill probably wouldn't have made the Packers much better, but I would have enjoyed watching him every Sunday, much more than what I got out of Kizer anyway.
I’d much rather use a #53 slot on a 3rd string QB that can produce decent on ST and sprinkle in at Receiver. That’s such a rarity.