Re: Minimum expectations for Sam this season
nittany ram said:
I'm not sure what to expect. I'm a big believer in Sam Bradford but this year he'll be without SJax and Amendola and will be relying on rookies and second year guys like Givens and Quick.
I guess how well he does will depend on how quickly the rooks can assimilate into the offense and on Givens and especially Quick stepping up their games.
If all that happens then yeah, I could see him putting up the big numbers you guys propose.
And I think it will happen but things might be a little shaky at first.
I think that is simultaneously a concern and a challenge, Sam now knows he IS THE man , if he doesn't wilt he can step up and be the leader ALL these guys look to plus it will challenge Pead,Givens ,Quick et.al. to be examples to this years bunch.
I think we have a magical scenario set up here Sam a still very young guy with a young talented team we are talking dynasty potential ,but as you say if these young guys let him down ,it could eventuate in the end of Sam as well.
So that leaves me thinking about how good the defense and kicking game aught to be and that the time needed to "assimilate" needs to be provided by the 4 young backs we have, between the D holding scores down, the backs controlling the clock and slowly building the passing game .
I think if we just come out throwing like Buffalo in the Jim Kelly era and don't ease into that type of offense, we could get smoked in some games.