John ice Skelton

horseofcourse · #1 12-20-2011, 06:58 PM

He's a second year quarterback with bad stats who does nothing but win. 4-1 as a starter this year (6-3 career). Why is no one talking about him too?? Plus you've got the Fordham angle. Let's develop a signature pose for Johnny and get him some attention.

mclem0822 · #2 12-20-2011, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by horseofcourse

He's a second year quarterback with bad stats who does nothing but win. 4-1 as a starter this year. Why is no one talking about him too?? Plus you've got the Fordham angle. Let's develop a signature pose for Johnny and get him some attention.

We could call the rest of the offense the Skelton Crew

horseofcourse · #3 12-21-2011, 11:29 AM

A lot of media hype has been directed towards Tim Tebow and his Denver Broncos this season, particularly for his ability to lead his team from (what seems like) any deficit and carry them to victory in the fourth quarter.

The weird thing is, Tebow isn't the only quarterback in the NFL that has played especially well in the final 15 minutes of his games. Arizona Cardinals quarterback John Skelton has been superb in the final period and he has arguably been the best fourth quarter signal caller in the NFL over the past few weeks. The difference? Nobody is talking about John Skelton.

According to Coldhardfootballfacts.com, "John Skelton is the first quarterback in NFL history to have 6 wins decided with fourth quarter/overtime scores in their first 11 games." Both Skelton and Tebow have five comebacks and five game-winning drives a piece this season. Also, Skelton is perfect in his fourth quarter comeback attempts. He boasts a record of 5-0, which not even Tebow can flaunt.

Both of these quarterbacks are uplifted by strong defenses and some timely special teams plays, there is no doubting that. Both Tebow and Skelton have their fair share of ugly plays, but that is to be expected given the youth of each of these players. Their teams started out with dismal records, but through perseverance they have pushed back to post decent records. So one has to wonder: why is it that Tebow gets so much more attention than the Arizona Cardinals and John Skelton?

Dahoss · #4 12-21-2011, 11:55 AM

I mentioned this on Monday in the Tebow thread. It's very amusing.

horseofcourse · #5 12-21-2011, 12:13 PM

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I mentioned this on Monday in the Tebow thread. It's very amusing.

I haven't been on the Tebow thread for awhile...so didn't know that you had talked about this...I always defend Tebow usually, but found it amusing reading some of this Skelton stuff...his stats are even worse than Tebow's which means this Skelton should be honored even more as a natural "winner" than Tebow. You have to take 4th quarter comebacks against the Rams and Browns with several tons of salt, but he also did it against the Eagles and Niners (great defense).

Dahoss · #6 12-21-2011, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by horseofcourse

I haven't been on the Tebow thread for awhile...so didn't know that you had talked about this...I always defend Tebow usually, but found it amusing reading some of this Skelton stuff...his stats are even worse than Tebow's which means this Skelton should be honored even more as a natural "winner" than Tebow. You have to take 4th quarter comebacks against the Rams and Browns with several tons of salt, but he also did it against the Eagles and Niners (great defense).

Be careful talking about taking the comebacks against the Rams and Browns with tons of salt. As I have learned recently, looking at things critically is frowned upon by the experts here.