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After Sunday's game at Philly Zach Mettenberger has now logged 4 NFL starts, one quarter of an NFL season. He's played 2 road games, 2 home games which also includes a Monday Night Football game in pr

What a joke.  If you remove all of his TD passes and any pass over 15 yards, he is the worst rookie QB by far.  Quit being so bias. 

If they undergo a youth movement, which they will, then they'll have plenty of cap space to grab someone like Fitzgerald if he gets cut by the Cardinals (at $16M with a $8M bonus in March, I would be

Does this mean you have removed the death hex you put on him a few years back?

Whoa, whoa,whoa. Let's pump the brakes on that notion. I mean, I wouldn't be mad if he croaked.

But, over the years, a few more posters have risen that can take that spot on my list. I might add that to my signature. Haha.

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"Well at the time they did have pretty equal stats after four games, so I wasn't wrong. And I never said Mariota wasn't better."

Yes, everyone was excited for Mett. We'd just witnessed Locker's career and had been calling for Mett since camp. No, the offense wasn't as consistent. No, he hadn't shown as much promise. No, he's not as good a prospect.

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Here is the thread after Mett's first 4 starts

Check out some of these responses and how much people were loving Mettenberger

Its like taking two bottles of the same wine, and slapping a $8 price tag on one and a $100 price tag on the other.  More people are going to go gaga over the $100 bottle after tasting both.  Fans simple could not get their heads around the 6th round label.  But that does not excuse the team's professionals especially after evaluating all the team's other needs and what other players they could have taken with the 2nd pick or pretty much filed multiple holes from with the picks the Eagles offered. 

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"Well at the time they did have pretty equal stats after four games, so I wasn't wrong. And I never said Mariota wasn't better."

Yes, everyone was excited for Mett. We'd just witnessed Locker's career and had been calling for Mett since camp. No, the offense wasn't as consistent. No, he hadn't shown as much promise. No, he's not as good a prospect.

I wasn't wrong about what?

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Its like taking two bottles of the same wine, and slapping a $8 price tag on one and a $100 price tag on the other.  More people are going to go gaga over the $100 bottle after tasting both.  Fans simple could not get their heads around the 6th round label.  But that does not excuse the team's professionals especially after evaluating all the team's other needs and what other players they could have taken with the 2nd pick or pretty much filed multiple holes from with the picks the Eagles offered. 

 

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