We were talking about 1986 though. O'Brien was a stud the whole year in 1985. True about the FO but considering the age of our OL, drafting linemen was not a bad idea.
Yes, but quoting injury stats of the entire year is irrelevant if Chad didn't play the whole year. If the OL was hurt in the first four games those full year stats would be misleading.
Chad started 12 games, his starting OL started 52 of those games. 52 of 60=87% In '85 O'Briens OL started 71 of 80 games or 89%
but again we were discussing 1985 w/ the 62 sacks. In '86 the OL was more banged up, 3 of the starters started 8 or 9 games.
In both years he held the ball too long and took too many sacks, if that helps. Otherwise he did great, but there's no disputing if you watched the games, the guy was a statue. All the healthy or hurt O-linemen in the world aren't going to change that, it was his fatal flaw as a QB, as obvious as Pennington's arm strength. The discussion shouldn't have to come down to % of games played by healthy O-linemen or whatnot, it was plain to see. I'm sure you could make a YouTube package of him taking bad sacks that would be just as long as the TD one if someone bothered.
It may linger for a long time. I still have to respond to something that was on page 7 (I have my account set up to view 40 posts per page), but the thread is now on its 10th page. 10:41 EDIT: I have too much going on right now. I'll try again on Thursday night to respond to the Big Blocker quote that I had begun to respond to last night.
It most certainly has not been proven that O'Brien was a better quarterback than Pennington. Almost everything you wrote in this thread has been how O'Brien had the better arm. You are not breaking any ground there. Does anyone want to dispute that O'Brien had the better arm? I don't think so. Provide us with reasons why O'Brien was the better quarterback. If it were all about arm strength, Jeff George would have been a 1st ballot Hall of Famer.
