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Sublimity · 11-01-2005, 12:22 PM

I agree. I think there are a lot of comparisons to be made between McNabb and Vick (and I'm a Falcons/Vick fan) in that McNabb was an inaccurate scrambler before TO got there. Now he's an elite QB.

But it goes only so far. Some quarterbacks are good quarterbacks regardless. Tom Brady, for example, doesn't have much to work with outside Deion Branch, and he still performed well when Branch was hurt. Delhomme still did all right after Steve Smith was hurt for all of last year, once he found Muhammed (but then how much can be attributed to Muhsin?). I have a feeling others would be crap no matter who you put around them.

I think the O-line is probably the biggest single determiner though. No one is effective with no time to throw the ball.

11-01-2005, 12:22 PM	#5
Sublimity Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: This thread. Posts: 3,199	I agree. I think there are a lot of comparisons to be made between McNabb and Vick (and I'm a Falcons/Vick fan) in that McNabb was an inaccurate scrambler before TO got there. Now he's an elite QB. But it goes only so far. Some quarterbacks are good quarterbacks regardless. Tom Brady, for example, doesn't have much to work with outside Deion Branch, and he still performed well when Branch was hurt. Delhomme still did all right after Steve Smith was hurt for all of last year, once he found Muhammed (but then how much can be attributed to Muhsin?). I have a feeling others would be crap no matter who you put around them. I think the O-line is probably the biggest single determiner though. No one is effective with no time to throw the ball. __________________ mrs ria: I hereby dub Sublimity the Glorious Upholder of the 5B3. Current leading vote-getter in the Worst Poster in OT History poll.