My point is greatness has to overcome adversity in order to be considered great.
Originally Posted by: wpr
He overcame the Redskins... not many stars drafted by them can say that... and you got to admit, they were/are adversity!
People still once in a while (at least in my circles, bring up Andy Reid mispronouncing T.O.s name, when T.O. was new to the team...
Redskins CEO mis-said Kirk Cousins name when he was their #1 QB and trying to sign him to a starting QB contract.
However even the great Aaron frik'n Rodgers has a much higher rating when he's in a clean pocket than when he is under pressure.
Originally Posted by: wpr
Yes everyone is better without pressure, but he was top 2 without pressure... that elite status, which was the point, without pressure, he's elite.
With pressure, he's 17th... and is just average as he mentally falls apart... But simply there are times when he's darn good.
And they finally got what I think will be a very good offensive coach, which is what I was hoping there wouldn't...