True ... he isn't THE problem, but he does have some things he has to work on. My only gripe is with the stat-harvesters who can sum up his career by looking at numbers. It's personal for me because I can say, unequivocally, that I have rewatched every game he's played at least 3 times each (some many times more than that). Even made a video in his defense back in 2011 showing every single sack, and you could not once count to three before he was on the ground - in any of them. I've also stored a lot of information over the years about his development that people tend to forget about, ignore, discount, or think he should just shrug off and become a superstar just because of his freakin' paycheck.
Such as:
2010 - aka The Steve Spagnuolo whistle: His rookie year, he was developed by a defensive-minded coach who made him practice getting rid of the ball before three seconds had elapsed. That's the way he came into the league. Every day during camp (and every subsequent practice), Spagnuolo would hold his stopwatch and blow his whistle at the 3 second mark, and that ball had better be gone by that time because it signified a sack. So we'll have your maiden OC draw up a bunch of bubble screens and quick slants to help you "develop." Of course that wasn't the ONLY way he was allowed to play QB, because there were deeper developing routes in 2010 after the addition of Alexander and Clayton, but he was basically trained to look for a sack after 2.9 seconds. And people complained about his short passes and not going through his progressions. Ridiculous. I defy anyone to scan the entire field in under 3 seconds. That's what pre-snap reads are for. Look for the receiver who was isolated (apparently) one-on-one by the defense and get the ball out to that guy. If coverages are disguised and that guy becomes blanketed, then dump it off. That's your mission, so get it done.
The wreckage of 2011: Forget everything you were taught last year, because we've got the big dog OC for you now in Josh McDaniels. We're going to spread it out, have you drop back 7, and for good measure, we're going to give you 2 new (rookie) receivers to play with and a rookie TE. Don't worry that they don't have a clue what they're doing yet, and don't worry that you had no time to digest and practice this brand new playbook with brand new terminology, just do it. You make 50 trillion dollars, so it's a no-brainer. Actually, it was a no-brainer for Bradford. HE knew what he was doing. He knew the playbook and brought receivers to Lindenwood to practice. But when everyone had to execute together after the season started, everything fell apart. Guys were missing sight-adjustments and getting drilled in the back, the O-line couldn't handle 7-step drops, the gameplan (and subsequent playbook) changed weekly, and Bradford was supposed to direct traffic with guys who were just about completely lost. Can't have you best receiver from the year before either, because he (and your starting RB) will be injured week 1. But go ahead -- do your thing. Don't pay any attention to all of the O-line injuries either. All QBs go through that don'tcha know...
The second rebuild - aka 2012: Who has an issue with how he performed that year? This is a rebuild done right. Two rookie receivers eased into the offense with Givens just running stop-n-go's, fly-routes, and bubble screens. Quick was held back largely because he had never even seen a playbook before, so he wasn't going to be running around there in the wrong direction all the time (which he sometimes did anyway). You can have Amendola half the season, just because. And you can have Gibson as your #1, even though he'll go on to be someone else's #4 the following year. Just do it anyway, you know ... because you're a kazillionaire. He did start the year shaky because of the beating he took the year prior, but this was essentially his rookie year with his third coordinator in as many years. So it stands to reason that he wasn't going to light it up. He played reasonably well and started showing signs of stable development, but didn't really have much in the way of seasoned talent at WR, or even a RB who could take the pressure off (yes, I'm talking about Jackson).
2013: People can draw their own conclusions from that year. I've already heard the garbage of him only being successful against crappy teams and getting all his yards in 'garbage time', so I tend not to debate it anymore. He's now in the position that he can do nothing right. He was "bad" for 3 years prior (for reasons that people WILL NOT recognize), so they've already drawn their own conclusions about him. All fallacies (IMO), so I don't care. Most people's minds are already made up and there's no changing that. I just know what I know and it's based on what I've seen. The talent is there, but the stability is just now being provided so the potential can be realized. Zero receivers, backs or tight-ends left over from his rookie year, and one (oft-injured) offensive lineman. There's some continuity and chemistry for ya.
Might be too late though. And he might not hold up much longer anyway.
