Horrific mistake. Throughout the first half, Colt receivers simply weren’t getting open. Combine that with relentless pressure and a collapsing pocket, and it seems clear to me that no Quarterback, whether he was named Luck or Manning, Brady or Rodgers, Elway or Marino, could have salvaged much of anything.
Benching him does throw a chunk of red meat to a certain portion of the fan base, but it does so at the expense of the team’s long term success. As Bill Polian once commented, you can’t succeed as a GM if you cater to the whims of the mob.
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