Bronco Billy
Footballguy
Yeah, I know. The easy way out is to look at his regression in JAX and conclude that he permanently sucks forever.
But QBs have matured and grown successful with aging in the NFL before despite looking bad while young. The book on Gabbert was that he had all the tools necessary to be a quality NFL QB. Athletic, big arm, fearless throwing balls into tight windows, nice touch. His real knock was that he didn't have that little clock in his head and his pocket presence was lacking.
Then he goes to JAX and becomes a check down king, growing steadily worse until he played himself out of a job. But what if that performance was a result of his being coached not to play to his strengths and instead trying to minimize mistakes - in other words the JAX coaching staff screwed him up royally.
He has looked very credible in his extremely short tenure as the SF QB. I'm not taking about looking superstar awesome, but rather that he looks like a pretty decent starting NFL QB. The SEA pass D is a tough task for any QB and he seemed to handle it reasonably well.
Can this guy turn his career around with a change in venue and some coaches that want to maximize his strengths?
But QBs have matured and grown successful with aging in the NFL before despite looking bad while young. The book on Gabbert was that he had all the tools necessary to be a quality NFL QB. Athletic, big arm, fearless throwing balls into tight windows, nice touch. His real knock was that he didn't have that little clock in his head and his pocket presence was lacking.
Then he goes to JAX and becomes a check down king, growing steadily worse until he played himself out of a job. But what if that performance was a result of his being coached not to play to his strengths and instead trying to minimize mistakes - in other words the JAX coaching staff screwed him up royally.
He has looked very credible in his extremely short tenure as the SF QB. I'm not taking about looking superstar awesome, but rather that he looks like a pretty decent starting NFL QB. The SEA pass D is a tough task for any QB and he seemed to handle it reasonably well.
Can this guy turn his career around with a change in venue and some coaches that want to maximize his strengths?
