LOL. Ahem, first bold part meet second bold part. Foles had only ONE prior season Stephen Hawking. ..... and it was Foles' rookie year to boot. Regardless, the 88th pick of 2012 had just 5 INTs in 265 attempts as a rookie in a NON Chip Kelly offense. Meanwhile the 98th overall pick Barkley had 4 INTs in 49 attempts as a rookie in Kelly's offense. Do the math. That's 1 INT per 12 attempts for Barkley. 1 per 53 passes for Foles, which qualifies for the league's 91st best... of ALL TIME.
And I don't get this system QB stuff. Even if, and it's a big if, he's a system QB ... well lucky for them they have the system eh? If Kelly's tenure is as long as Reid's what else do you need? Meanwhile we're trying to find a good system for Tannehill. Up in Philly they have a sure thing for the next few years. Us? We're still at maybe.
Watching them play. Foles is way ahead of Tannehill in terms of decision-making and awareness. I don't know that Foles is a better thrower than RT (when looking at arm strength, accuracy, release time, etc.). But, he is much smarter. RT still telegraph's throws and makes poor reads. RT is just not a real smart QB, imo. He may get better with experience and he has a very good arm, accurate, with a great release. But, unless he shows dramatic improvement in game awareness, intelligence and ability to read defenses more effectively - he will never be as good as Foles.
And, it has nothing to do with stats. Foles simply knows what's going on out there and how to read and also deceive a defense.
Tannehill had a year to get on the same page with Wallace and repeatedly failed to connect down field. The gross amount of under and over throws tells me his long ball accuracy is just off. Some might say its a chemistry thing but I mean the guy had a year to get on the same page and all the way down to the last game he was missing on long balls. I cant say I've seen Foles play much but if he can put up number with Jackson then he should have a field day with Wallace.
Wait till D-Coordinators get an entire offseason to study the Eagles offense. Foles will look a lot more human next year.
I like Foles a lot! Watched every one of his college games in poerson. I knew and told everyone on this board he would have a great career in the NFL and that he was one of the best qb's in a quite some time to go into the NFL. I was laughed at and everyone said he wouldn't do ****. Pretty funny how he's turned out to be one of the leagues top qb's this year. That said I think Tannehill has much more physical/natural talent than Foles. He needs to work on his deep throws. His timing is off and just doesn't seem to be able to gauge how hard and when to throw the ball. Foles was one of the most prolific passers in CFB when he played. Tanny had very limited time at the qb position and he is still learning. I believe right now Foles is a better qb for sure. He is one of the best passers and can move in the pocket much like Peyton can. I do believe Tanny has the ability to be a great qb. Imo he showed plenty of that this year. Considering the pressure Tanny was under with our horrendous OL, I would say he played pretty well.
If Tannehill can do this: Nick Foles became the first Philadelphia Eagles quarterback since Tommy Thompson in 1948 and 1949 to lead the NFL in passer rating. His 27:2 touchdown-to-interception ratio is the best in NFL history. Then I would say they are both about the same.
That's like saying "wait till D-Coordinators get an entire offseason to study the Packers offense". I love how people ignorantly assume Kelly brought his Oregon system to Philly. He runs an innovative pro offense that incorporates a little of everything that he changes up based on opponent, scheme, or situation. There's no specific thing that he does that a DC can spend the offseason preparing for as if it'll ensure stopping Philly's execution, no more so than preparing for a team like the Packers. If anything he'll remain more difficult to gameplan against considering the complexity of his offense is greater than that of the typical NFL team and b/c he has a QB who can execute. The zone read is a minimal part of Philly's offense, much less so than in San Fran or Seattle. Regardless, the NFL has had an entire offseason to study them yet they're still in the running for the Super Bowl.
Does that make him a bad QB? I suppose you think it's his fault the Eagles lost. The casual fan tends to give the QB too much of the credit when his team wins and too much of the blame when his team loses.
Foles is more decisive because he has two choices to make on any given play. Anyone can be more decisive when their options are limited.
Damn you! It's been years since I have made that. Now I am craving and will have just that tonight. My bad health is on your conscience good sir! At least I am no longer able to dutch oven and kill again. Though... wouldn't mind having the ex around for this round.