So Who Starts?

Hehe, it's not an easy decision after tonight. Holcomb looked good -- one nice scoring drive, one stalled drive, one quick, long screen pass td, and one INT. Couch played only two drives -- a long td drive, and an end-of-half stalled drive. Once again, going by stats Holcomb wins but watching the game it wasn't quite that simple. Half of Holcomb's stats came on William Green's long screen pass touchdown (nice play by Kelly, but Green made it a TD), and I think 10 of the 12 plays Holcomb was in were pass plays (some looked like audibles). Couch's offensive plays were more conservattive (abou 50/50) but the guy is a fighter -- the crowd booed him and he responded by taking the team down for a TD in a drive full of stalls and penalties. You can't ignore that. I think both players showed their best and worst tonight. Holcomb -- he's a gunner and drives will either have some big plays or the offense will be off the field quickly. Couch -- less downfield throws, more running, and he pick his spots so drives will either be long and productive or will stall out with a 3rd down throw short of the marker.

Frankly I could go either way and it will make sense. Both these guys will be productive in different ways. I think Holcomb is going to be around the NFL for a long time. Couch, if he stays postive no matter the result of this battle, could go on to much better things. I think the coaches are going to go with Couch though -- as nice as Holcomb has played, something tells me that the offense that Couch tries to run looks more like what Butch has in mind. But this will be interesting....

Other stuff -- Warren didn't do much, Faine seems awkward pass blocking, Andra Davis MUST start -- he's great, Lehan looked great again, CJ Jones is not the answer returning kicks -- more quickness than top-end speed, McCutcheon seems to have lost a little something. And the most important stuff -- the team ran the ball well (great news) and got no pass rush (bad news).