I think Joe has certainly taken a step back this season. He has had a few tremendous games but hes had a lot of bad ones too. He has already thrown more INTs this season that last and his fumbles have increased. He still locks onto his targets and still seems to not see defenders that are just waiting for him to throw the ball. He holds onto the ball forever still. I still do not think he has progressed much if at all from his rookie year. Its going to be interesting how his contract talks go. He thinks he is Top 5 and will want a nice contract. I have to think the front office at least has some doubts about the ceiling for the team as long as Joe is the QB. I am pretty convinced that unless Joe lucks into a Dilfer like situation, with a once in a generation type defense, he is not good enough to go all the way. He certainly does not seem to be a big game QB, while he has had a few great important games most of the others and most of his playoff games have been duds. Of course that could be because of Cam Cameron being too conservative, or Cam being too aggressive, or new receivers, or an offensive line that cannot keep him protected for 8 seconds while he looks around the field before he dumps it 4 yards to Ray Rice, or the moon out of alignment or something.