Cdog923
All-American
You insinuated that the gap between Armstrong and Taylor was similar to the gap between Kap and Brady.
If you're going to try to use allusions, best try to understand them yourself before throwing them out there.
Zac Taylor vs Tommy Armstrong
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You insinuated that the gap between Armstrong and Taylor was similar to the gap between Kap and Brady.
If you're going to try to use allusions, best try to understand them yourself before throwing them out there.
bugeater17
Starter
You again miss the point. And I wasn’t make an “allusion” - not even sure what that is. I was pointing out the fallacy of your position bc you favor a running qb over a pocket passer. That is all.
Mierin
Assistant Coach
To actually answer the question, yes I would. This is college football. Kaepernick has a 59.8% completion percentage in the NFL and he can run. I would always pick a 60% completion percentage + running over Brady or Manning for a Nebraska offense.
That said, my reply also shows why it's kind of a bad example. Kaepernick throws it a lot better than Armstrong did.
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bugeater17
Starter
You can take Armstrong for a “Nebraska offense” - which is odd because there is no such thing as a “Nebraska offense”- but to say Armstrong was a better qb than Taylor is absurd.
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Mierin
Assistant Coach
By Nebraska offense, I mean the offense I think the college football team I'm a fan of should have, which I happen to know something about, and whose opponents I know something about. I want the college football team I'm a fan of, Nebraska, to have a QB capable of running the ball well. I would probably want this if I was a fan of any college football team that has trouble competing for recruits with teams in recruiting hot beds. The important part is that it's college football, and I would always take a Kaepernick type of QB over a Brady type QB in college football, if they were both very good at what they do.
Also, I'm assuming your whole post is meant for me, since you're replying to me. If that's the case, what's "obsurd" is you assuming I'm saying Armstrong was a better QB than Taylor, when that wasn't even the question you asked in the post I quoted, nor was it what I said in my post. Your comparison isn't great, therefore someone saying they'd take Kaep over Brady does not imply they would take Armstrong over Taylor.
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Landlord
Banned
In the Deed the Glory
All-Conference
No. Not at all. Not even a little bit. Not even close.
Zac Taylor was a superior QB when compared to Tommy Armstrong.
Cdog923
All-American
And yet, for the offense I prefer to run/watch/cheer for, Armstrong is a much better fit.
In the Deed the Glory
All-Conference
Fair enough, but that isn't what I quoted. He said Armstrong was a better QB. He is wrong.
In the Deed the Glory
All-Conference
If we are doing that I think I would take Marcus Mariotta for this offense!
Could you imagine Aaron Rodgers in this offense? Holy smokes.
Cdog923
All-American
Entertain this question for a moment: was Zac Taylor a better QB than Tommie Frazier?
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In the Deed the Glory
All-Conference
That's a hard one. If you go buy statistics, yes. However Tommie had one stat you can't argue with that is the most important stat for a QB. He won, and won a lot. That is the most important so Frazier is better.
The difference between Armstrong and Taylor is that Zac won an offensive player of the year award and went to a conference championship game. Armstrong did neither of those.
Cdog923
All-American
But it gets to the crux of the argument I'm trying to make: you can't judge one QB against another based on pure statistics. It does a disservice to the careers of both in question.
For the record, I agree with you: Zac Taylor was a better QB, in all-encompassing terms, than Tommy Armstrong. I would still take Armstrong, though, simply because he's a better fit for the style of offense I prefer.