Guy needs to learn to put the slightest bit of touch on the ball instead if slinging fastballs at RB’s 5 yards away from him
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That and Joique Bell needs to learn how to catch a ball 5 yards away from him.

How many QBs could put up the numbers he does with exactly ONE legitimate threat to throw to?

To complete that many balls to the one guy on the field everyone knows you are going to throw to requires a very accurate arm, because there will always be defenders around him.

I was very impressed with his poise and accuracy.

You do realize that it’s the OC Linehan that calls the plays, and not the quarterback, don’t you?

I think that’s the wrong Drew you’re talking about…who could POSSIBLY be a Bledsoe hater?

Calvin had 16 targets 11 of which he caught (and 1 which was a wide open drop). I don’t know how you can claim that they were forcing throws into him when they had that kind of success.

20 years from now, nobody will care about how many attempts he had. They’ll just talk about that 2012 season when he (and/or Brees and Brady) became the first to do it.

If they want to be a perennial playoff contender, they need to 1)become a more disciplined team and 2)develop a running game.

Discipline starts with the head coach and I don’t think Schwartz is a disciplined individual himself. He seems to be a whack job at times and I think that trickles down to the players. They have so many undisciplined penalties and I think that’s a reflection of the head coach. If they want to be more disciplined, I think they have to change head coaches.

2)Developing a good running games requires a certain mentality. A mentality that has to be developed in the offseason, in mini camps, training camp all the way through the preseason. Right now I think Detroit is too obsessed with being a big time passing team that they’ve neglected their running game. On top of that Stafford with his poor mechanics, isn’t one of those QB’s that needs to be throwing it nearly as much as he does. He needs to work on his mechanics in the offseason but he also needs to be one of the leaders in helping develop the running game.

I know that sounds crazy but I look at other great QB’s like Marino and Peyton and how Marino never had a good running game and Peyton hasn’t had a good running game since Edge left. Why is that? I think it’s because those two let their egos get in the way of the team and stunted the development of their running games. Stafford has to get his ego in check, stop worrying about throwing the ball so much and become a leader in developing the running game starting in mini camps. If he’s not on board with that, if he has the same attitude that Marino did his entire career then Detroit will never be a good running team with Stafford at QB.

TL;DR – coach and QB are the problem in Detroit

Every 2nd down- Its a run.
Every time Riley Reiff checks in as a eligible receiver- Its a run.

3rd and 4 at the 4 and you call a QB draw, then kick the FG in an 8 point game?

It’s pretty bad when you can call the play sitting at home, or in the stands.

Too bad this record is a junk record. But I can’t help but think that it will somehow bother Brees that his name gets knocked out of the record books somehow.

I can’t wait to see Brady top Brees’ conscutive TD games record. I bet Brees throws a hissy fit.