hmmmm you are severely skewing things to try and fit YOUR BOY!
Kolbs completion % is 62.6% Skelton 50% this year and 54.9% during his streak last year. Yea thats close to being the same! Lipstick or not! Oh and in no way shape or form in any NFL circle is a 63.6% completion rate considered as inaccurate!
TD to INT ratio for Kolb is slightly better than is 3-1 one for Kolb.. Im not a math Whiz but 11 TD to 14 INTs is nowhere close to to a 3 to 1 ratio??
Quarterback rating of 97.1 for Kolb to Skeltons 68.9 during his streak. Well thats a 30 point difference and clearly speaks for itself!
But you go on thinking they are exactly the same although you have nothing to base it off of. At least nothing accurate like picking out 3 or 4 bad throws a game. Yet with those throws still clearly is outplaying Skelton during his streak.
Edit: What am I skewing ? I fully admit Skelton is my guy!
But, what did I skew ? Kolb throwing bad INT's making bad decisions, and getting bailed out by the defense ?
Thats the point. I am not trying to skew things for Double Deuce. I have been very realistic about Skelton and what he brings to the table.
But, I am accusing you and some posters here of doing what so many could not admit when Skelton was making the plays to win games.
Those stats you post are 100% right, and 100% accurate. And mean as much as they did a month ago when this was hashed out for the millionth time.
If you honestly think Kolb is playing that much better, and doing that much more than fine. Believe it. Throw all the numbers out there and then some.
If people are saying Kolb is carrying this team, then I don't know what to say. He is carrying the team no more or less then Skelton did in my opinion.
You want me to see it another way ? Fine. Don't throw an INT in the endzone, don't hold onto the ball for an eternity and give up HUGE losses on sacks, don't throw the ball behind players, don't throw the ball too low, don't throw the ball too high, don't make dumb decisions, stop trying to force the ball in dumb places.
THEN I will admit Kolb is the superstar described in this thread. You wanna re-hash the old debate (not really Shane that would be ridiculous for either of us) but go back and see all the bashing on Skelton. All the same crapola was said about Skelton when he was winning games. Skelton didn't dink and dunk like Kolb, he was all or nothing, and won just the same.
Why ?
Cause Kolb and Skelton play on a great team, with a great defense, that bails their butts out when they screw up. And if you don't believe that, then Kolb and Skelton are both a lot better than we give them credit for.
I am not bashing Kolb. Not by a long shot, the guy is winning and that is all that matters.
But, I am certainly not going to let people who found every single small, insignificant reason to bash one QB, not to keep that same eye of criticism on Kolb. Fair is fair is all I am asking for.
When it comes down to it. Any of us would have to be mad in the head if you didn't think Kolb doesn't deserve to start, even with a healthy John Skelton in the fold.
But, if Kolb were to go down, I would be very dissappointed if people thought the season would be over. <---- I guess that is the point after all this.
And yes, he is MY BOY! So, I am going to be defensive, but at least I am trying, IMHO to be defensive in a realistic way.
And yes, Shane I have the most important thing to base this off of, they both win.
