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Originally Posted by Jinky walls, stop beaking off about other nationalities you know nothing about.
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A little off topic, as I'd love to contribute to the Buck Pierce debate, but I just can't pass this one up...:
Jinky, the Quebecois are not another nationality...last time I checked, (regardless of what they may say and think) they're the same nationality as the rest of us in this country a.k.a.
nation:
CANADIAN.
Apologies all, but it had to be said.
As for the Buck Pierce question, he's the real deal. If you watch him play, he checks down through ALL his reads in order when he takes the snap, just as he's been taught to, and that's why he finds the open receivers. If you watch him closely, you can even see him doing it with his head movement. His composure is rare, and beyond his experience, and it seems to me he looks an awful lot like DD on the field. Caravatta has it bang on when he describes BP's on-field play: The kid is doing all the things he's been taught to do, he knows the offence and is making the right reads.
Sure, his first series or two wasn't great, but the offence under Printers wasn't great either, and lets not forget the two or three offside penalties that the offence took when he came in the game, which threw him off a little I'm sure. Once he settled in, he ran the offence as good as DD has at most times this season, doing the same things DD does that make him successful. Take what the offence gives you, make the smart read, and stay calm. And, the old adage applies here as well: You have to be good to be lucky, and lucky to be good. Sure BP got a little lucky on the Cleremont throw, as it could have been picked off. However, it was a good throw to an open receiver that any good quarterback in this league throws 2-3 times a game, and usually completes, week after week. Cleremont made a great off-balance catch, which had nothing to do with who made the throw. Take the touch pass he made to Warren against Hamilton on the Lions last touchdown drive; DD couldn't have done it any better himself. The kid can play, and the Lions may have just found their heir to DD when he moves on or retires in another season or two, just as Buono did when he found Garcia to succeed Flutie. Imagine that?
~Shaven
