[Joe Pendleton]

My big "IMHO" on this. It really is just informed hunches based on watching but not on any real detailed analysis. All fwiw.

I think JG is a very efficient qb who plays well within the system and is a very crisp extension of the game plan. But I don't think he's clutch.

I wish Stafford were as crisp and efficient as JG earlier in games. Notice, for example, that as often as not defenses pounce on screens of any kind when Stafford is playing, but with JG's big game last year he made all those screens work. I just think that every move in JG's game is to do it "exactly as coached" so he is a good, clean "driver". He's much more of an efficient "coach's machine" at qb than Stafford.

But not only is Stafford better overall (as you would naturally expect), above all you want Stafford in there late in a close game. It's not just that Stafford is more of a gunslinger. Stafford is clutch.

Who was it who said this? A Rams starter last year talked about how Stafford just changes when it's late and the game is on the line. His exact words were, "even his eyes are different."

exactly ! he reminds me of Jordan, and the late, great Kobe.. it's like the end of the game "slows down" just for them

[ramsman34]

Stafford’s health drives everything. I think it’s that simple. And JG can fit it done to a decent level if that becomes the only option in-season. The next draft, if the QBs are all they are being touted as, would be the logical place to start to prepare for the future at the position. I think Staff plays until he gets another ring as long as he is healthy and that happens within the next 2-3 seasons. Just can’t see him subjecting himself to the pain and injury potential much longer than that.