Have you seen The Incredibles lately? Are you Elastigirl? That's a STREEEEEEEEETTTCCCHHHH.
I could see your point if we're talking Goff or something. Locked in as franchise QB. Up all night with a new baby. I'd get it.
But a guy who hasn't had a chance to prove himself getting a shot at a whole half of football to strut his stuff? Put something on tape that might make some GM want to make him a #1 since he won't see that here?
I would think he'd play BETTER thinking through his responsibilities to put food on the table for his family.
Well, that's a projection and has no basis in reality.
And I'm not saying anything beyond what was possible. Could be he was primed, had great sleep and prep and still just played poorly. Could be that the pressure of having a new baby AND being in a contract year really affected him.
My only issue was
@dang 's statement that Mannion was "hanging around for a paycheck" which I feel not only insults Mannion, but the Rams coaching staff and FO. At no time have I ever felt that Mannion was mailing it in.
Has he been bad? Yes. Do I hope either he gets right or someone else steps up? Yes.
That was all I said. I wasn't so much defending Mannion as giving a possible reason why. I haven't remotely argued that Mannion did well or even deserves more playing time.
And you can stop with the Elastigirl stuff. Not cool.