The most perfect comparison I have ever seen

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I don’t know if the rook is any good but he nailed it.

[tsylvester]

Still not sure what he said, don't have the snap chat nor any of the other social media garbage

[oldno82]

I don't have Snapchat or other social media stuff either. Can you cut and paste what he said?

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He photoshopped James harden into Lamar’s uniform.

[oldno82]

Well I really don't know who Harden is. Had to look him up. But, he appears to be an exceptional basketball shooting guard. Is that what you meant or did I miss your meaning?

[tsylvester]

Harden is a regular season hero, but disappears in the playoffs...

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7 minutes ago, tsylvester said:

Harden is a regular season hero, but disappears in the playoffs...

Exactimondo

[tsylvester]

Bryant is really the last person to take a shot. As a frosh he was labled and bragged how he was the next deon sanders. Then reality set in, he started facing better qbs and receivers his sophmore and junior years and was exposed as a fraud.

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Those that can do.  Those that can’t compare.

[oldno82]

Well the comparison is interesting but it's premature. Look how long it took Elway win a Super Bowl. Jackson is only just beginning the middle part of his career.

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7 hours ago, oldno82 said:

Well the comparison is interesting but it's premature. Look how long it took Elway win a Super Bowl. Jackson is only just beginning the middle part of his career.

Elway went several times before he won.  He was able to put together at least 2 wins in a row in Jan to get there.  As for where he is in his career we don’t agree.  I think he is at the apex.  I figure only 4 yrs of decent play is left.  There will also be a retool in that time.  He won’t win one.

[oldno82]

We might not agree, but I understand what you're saying. I just think he'll eventually pull one out. I'd hate to think that a guy with so much talent would never at least be in a Super Bowl game. Granted, he has his flaws. They all do. But this coming year might actually be his best opportunity yet to reach the big game because of all the talent around him.

Time will tell.

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The last 2 were sb or bust.  I’ve seen plenty of talented guys not make it.  

[tsylvester]

Elway had 27 tds and 21 picks in his 22 playoff/super bowls combined, going 14-8 in them.

Great quarterbacks turn the ball over in the playoffs.

Does Lamar need to clean up some of his picks, his fumbles?

Yes, but not for the reason, perhaps, some think. Maybe his turnovers are forcing pressure on other players who try to do too much and also turn the ball over.

Football is a true team game. It isn't basketball with five players on the court and one of them getting hot or cold = a win or loss.

Nor Hockey, same.

You know that I have been hard on Lamar, you are in the game threads, see my reactions with each play, read my posts, post game.

Even so, I am so glad to have him as the Ravens quarterback, as we have seen the past few years, his passing has gotten so much better. This means that when his legs start to go, he will still be able to throw.

It is the difference  between him and all of the other running quarterbacks who came before him. Only Steve Young really stopped using his legs to gain yards and worked on his passing. The rest either got hurt, ending their running, and could hit the broadside of a barn with a hand grenade. Washed out.

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And when Lamar is no longer a running threat he will be less than ordinary.  That should start after the next 2 yrs.  I see him as throwing good money after bad.  On the elway front it was a different league then.  The rules made it so the qb had to work harder.