Dan Viens : Sam Darnold is a Top 10 QB

[glenwo2]

Context : Dan took offense to Sam's PFF ranking.

 

[ccla]

Same answer as MM used after the SB win!

 

[Jac]

I agree with everything he said. Darnold is top-8 on that list. And one more year like the last two, he'll formally be there on all these lists. At the same time, Darnold used to be a meme so seeing him in the top-half of all these lists is cool.

If you step back and look at that list, the league is far from top-heavy at the position right now. A number of those quarterbacks have the old "Darnold issue"...shrinking in the big moments. It's their turn to prove it or get bumped down.

 

[Year of The Hawk]

I agree with everything he said. Darnold is top-8 on that list. And one more year like the last two, he'll formally be there on all these lists. At the same time, Darnold used to be a meme so seeing him in the top-half of all these lists is cool.

If you step back and look at that list, the league is far from top-heavy at the position right now. A number of those quarterbacks have the old "Darnold issue"...shrinking in the big moments. It's their turn to prove it or get bumped down.

I am not saying Josh Allen sucks but he played like ass in his playoff loss last season. He just can’t get over the hump. IMHO many of theses are great regular season QB’s only. On the flip side Sam played lights out in the playoffs. Anyone who feels he can’t perform under pressure has not been paying attention.

 

[Jac]

I am not saying Josh Allen sucks but he played like ass in his playoff loss last season. He just can’t get over the hump. IMHO many of theses are great regular season QB’s only. On the flip side Sam played lights out in the playoffs. Anyone who feels he can’t perform under pressure has not been paying attention.

Yeah, Allen hasn't gotten over the hump, but I feel like he beat KC in the playoffs until his defense ridiculously let him down in 13 seconds. He's 8-7 in the playoffs, which I just discovered is a record number of starts without a SB appearance. I was surprised to see Burrow is 5-2 in the playoffs. Love is 1-3 (he's absurdly overhyped every year), Lamar is 3-5, Herbert is 0-3 (with 2 TDs and 4 INTs), and Prescott is 2-5. And I know he was injured last year, but Daniels crashed down to earth from the very beginning. He got figured out and has a lot to prove.

 

[Blitzhawk]

I would have to agree with everything he said except the very last thing......they are already showing their ignorance.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

It's not like Sam can win the big game. Oh wait.......

 

[Rat]

There are a lot of very good QBs in the league and the guys in the 8-15 range that he's generally accepted to be in are so close that you can justify most any order among it.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

This ^^^