Judging Rams QB Marc Bulger

Two glaring mistakes:

1) You said for Bulger to play out his contract. His contract runs through 2013!! Long term Ram fans have a high tolerance for pain – but I sure as hell ain’t up for another 3 years of Bulger’s play (and that puts him at 36). The answer at QB needs to be addressed this offseason (it actually needed to be addressed past offseason but there was an avalanche of needs and Bulger’s contract to take into consideration).
2) I am not ready to annoint “your boy” as the next coming of JC as Herbstreit, Mustberger, and the LA beat writers are. The kid is 19, only played in 2 games, and looked like crap all game until the last drive. He has WAY too much time in which he can shine or bust between now and then. Plus, I f’n hate the Condoms.

where do you prove your point in saying that Marc should keep his position? Lets analyze your bullshit analysis…
1. 19 completions and only 4 poor throws: sounds great. But lets also take a look at the poor throws that were caught because of the ‘Hawks bad defense. The throws that were caught in double coverage. And they weren’t caught because our recievers made spectacular plays (they will one day but still to young and inexperienced to be considered playmakers). They were made because the secondary was lax. You think Rodgers, Landry and Fletcher are gonna let that shit fly? Please don’t let your answer be yes.

2. 8 were broken up by defenders: Are you serious? How does this justify anything? A QBs job is to keep the ball out of the defenders hands and/or throw it to a spot where the defender can’t get to it right? SO A GOOD/QUALIFIED QB SHOULD KNOW NOT TO THROW INTO THAT AREA OR TRY TO FORCE ANYTHING!! Once again, against a better secondary…our fortune won’t be as good.

3. Now here is the real kicker…and I am gonna bunch these three together: 2nd down and a distance of 8 yards or more (3 for 9). Bulger was 1 for 5 passing in the red zone. Only one of his third-down passing attempts resulted in a first down. In what way, shape, or form can you honestly think that this is acceptable going in to the future? Do I really have to breakdown each one of your sentences to explain how bogus this is? Well for your sake I will. 33% on 2nd and long…a good QB makes things happen…he doesn’t. 20% in the red zone? Well damn we all know running the ball gets a helluva lot tougher in the redzone because thats what teams expect so if they KNOW Marc can’t throw in the red zone what the hell are we gonna do? AND ONE THIRD DOWN PASSING ATTEMPT RESULTING IN A FIRST DOWN? I don’t even need to explain that…I really don’t.

But you kno what tho CaliRamMan? It’s not really all your fault. It’s the organizations fault for letting us rams fans fall into a state of mind where we think that things aren’t really that bad. To thinking that things are moving in the right direction. Well FUCK that. I might be the only Rams fan living in D.C. and I got one helluva chip on my shoulder with all these ‘Skins d*ckriders coming at my neck every sunday. I’m all for what Spags is tryna do and the defense is looking good but moves still need to be made. We need Bulger to take a Nate Clemens role and help out a young QB become the face of the franchise. We need a new guard because Ignacioto has to go and we need a reciever with experience. I am a Rams fan till I am 6 feet under and if you aint a die hard fan than you are no fan at all. So show yourself and your team a little respect and stop pussy footing around the truth. GET LOT AND STICK ’EM!!!!!!

To believe that he can take us to the SB? ARE YOU CRAZY?!?!?! Mark Bulger has had 2 1/2 good seasons…and why were they good? Because Kurt Warner looked bad and Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce still had some juice left. Oh…and of course Stephen Jackson was one of the leagues best. Marc Bulger has no arm, accuracy ONLY within 20 yards and makes bad decisions. He threw into double coverage 3 times and the only reason they weren’t picked off is because the seahawks secondary is garbage.

The bar is so low that Bulger is measured by the fact that he didn’t have any fumbles or INT’s. An NFL QB is paid for winning games and doing whatever it takes to score points. Maybe even moving around in the pocket to make a play. Marc has not played anywhere near the price tag he has. Guess what, we should expect to win every game we play and be dissapointed that we don’t. Some guys on this board think it OK to expect to lose most every game in the name of “progress” and because we’ve had so many problems and bad breaks…BOOO HOOO!!!! I bet Spags won’t put up with that attitude so why should we???
Patience my A**

You are correct, my hatred for certain schools is irrelevant for this discussion…but still I can’t mention SC without mentioning that…well, I hate them.

That being said – taking the comment on its surface, it really wouldn’t matter what school that a 19 year old kid that just played his 2nd college game ever played for. You just can’t annoint (although the media certainly has) them a top pick already. He could be the next Peyton Manning or he could be the next Ron Powlus. But its too early to call anyone that has done nothing but throw short passes to his stable of RB and let them rack up the YACs in both games he played our QB of the future.

Bulger’s contract is a terrible one (thanks John and Jay!) that runs through 2013. Yes, I was on this board saying that we needed to address our QB situation in last years draft (I believe you can look up members past remarks on SBN) early on but due to the many, many, many needs of the team in addition to the inability to dump Bulger due to his contract – I resigned myself to the fact that we would have Bulger for one more year. I had hoped he played well enough to serve me up a plate of crow but his 1st week performance is less than inspiring -and yes I admitedly had my hopes for him on a very short leash. Regardless of his performance this year – good, decent, or bad….the QB situation NEEDS to be addressed THIS offseason.

In regards to the QB’s listed – there is one thing all of those QB’s had that Bulger does not…an elite Defense (although that can be debated with the Pats – that was more Martz ego getting in the way of the Rams having 2 SB’s).
-Trent Dilfer – one of the greatest defenses in the history of the NFL.
-Tom Brady – his numbers may not have been the greatest for that game, but I don’t think you can realistically put up an argument that the guy is not a great QB. Plus Martz was an f’n idiot with the play calls – would it have been that hard to put pride aside and run the damn ball when you have Marshall Faulk!
-Brad Johnson – Another elite D. Plus it helps when you coach knows EVERYTHING inside and out about the opponent because they were their coach a mere 12 mos earlier.
-Big Ben – Same as Brady explanation – Plus the refs had money on the Steelers – and thats tough to beat. Oh, and they had an elite D.
-Eli: See D.

Will our D get better? Sure. Will it be elite? Time will tell. Either way – I don’t see Bulger as the guy that going to get us there…
 

Nice post and you have some good points but why dont you put up the other 30 SB stats for the QB? Also, No one is expecting Bulger to all of a sudden throw for 400 yds a game—- just show some winning attributes like making tough throws at key times, show a little creativity and throw to the second or third option which were open last week. He didn’t have that much pressure on him and he still looks shaky. I make it a point to watch other teams and I notice a real difference in the QB’s in terms of decision making and confidence. Even Mark Sanchez looks better. I don’t care about excuses for Bulger because he makes BIG money and is supposed to be able to “will” the team for a TD at least on occasion….It aint there with him.