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[Pick 67] Davis Mills QB Stanford

Speedy

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To bad for TT, but Mills has shown enough to be #1.
Wow! OB, is that you?

I don’t know what kind of voodoo this Mills kid has on some of y’all, but he’s got numbers worse than Tom Savage and Savage got murdered around here.

Mills has shown enough to be #1???? Are you ******* serious??? Maybe he gets it together with more playing time, maybe, but so far he hasn’t shown jack squat, let alone enough to be a #1.
 

OptimisticTexan

2024 / Rebuilding Block 4 After Playoffs / Texans
When TT comes back he will be the starter.
As he should be. Mills was a developmental RD3 QB drafted in 2021 versus 2022. I’d like to see Taylor stay healthy the rest of the way once he returns to take the pressure off Mills. Taylor, if needed should be a very easy and affordable re-sign unless he picks up right where he left off when he got injured, then there may be some competition for his services. Nevertheless, I think the Texans should have no problem inking him for the 2022 season.

Mills must be allowed to develop and by the time Taylor is ready to go…..Mills should have 7.5 games under his belt. Let him relax a bit and absorb the rest of this season and he should be good to go in competing with Taylor for the starting job in 2022.

I’d still draft Pitt QB, Kenny Pickett in 2022…provided he’s in the right round for the taking and let him compete right away with Taylor and Mills. This could really make for an interesting QB competition come 2023 when Taylor is no longer in the picture. Just a healthy way to push the QB position.
 
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TheRealJoker

Hall of Fame
When TT comes back he will be the starter.
Correct. TT gives the team the best chance to win. We can get into “tanking” conspiracies all we want but fact is no team is going to keep a coaching staff and players who actively participate in a “tank” season. These people are not just playing for this season but for their future NFL careers.

They may still only win 3-4 games this year but when TT is healthy he’ll be the starter because he is currently the best QB on the team that isn’t throwing a hissy fit while getting questionable massages.
 

Number19

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Wow! OB, is that you?

I don’t know what kind of voodoo this Mills kid has on some of y’all, but he’s got numbers worse than Tom Savage and Savage got murdered around here.

Mills has shown enough to be #1???? Are you ******* serious??? Maybe he gets it together with more playing time, maybe, but so far he hasn’t shown jack squat, let alone enough to be a #1.
If we were not in a rebuild mode, you'd be correct. But when I said Mills had shown me enough, I was not referring to his stats. I was referring to his mental makeup to take the adversity and not have it effect his going forward; what is referred to as "Carr'ed". David Carr, the Texans first QB, may have been ruined by the beating he took by playing too early. Mills has also shown me enough physically that he has the tools to improve on. So I do not think Mills will be effected negatively by playing and by playing he will make the fastest progress in improvement. He has only started 13 games since high school and he needs the game speed play more than he needs sideline and film room study.

Do I think he will remain the starter? No. As soon as TT is cleared to start, he will.
 

Texansballer74

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If we were not in a rebuild mode, you'd be correct. But when I said Mills had shown me enough, I was not referring to his stats. I was referring to his mental makeup to take the adversity and not have it effect his going forward; what is referred to as "Carr'ed". David Carr, the Texans first QB, may have been ruined by the beating he took by playing too early. Mills has also shown me enough physically that he has the tools to improve on. So I do not think Mills will be effected negatively by playing and by playing he will make the fastest progress in improvement. He has only started 13 games since high school and he needs the game speed play more than he needs sideline and film room study.

Do I think he will remain the starter? No. As soon as TT is cleared to start, he will.
Who in the organization said they’re rebuilding. I asked because the media and fans keep bringing this up. I posted Culley’s interviews the other day and he said they want to win games.
 

steelbtexan

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Wow! OB, is that you?

I don’t know what kind of voodoo this Mills kid has on some of y’all, but he’s got numbers worse than Tom Savage and Savage got murdered around here.

Mills has shown enough to be #1???? Are you ******* serious??? Maybe he gets it together with more playing time, maybe, but so far he hasn’t shown jack squat, let alone enough to be a #1.
True, but he's looked better than Savage, I know that's not saying much.

He's got the skillset to be as good as any QB in the last draft. Will he become what we want him to be? At this point who knows. He looks like any other rookie QB to me. Look at the other rookie QB's as a guide for where Mills is in his development. I would say he's on par with the rest of the rookie QB's so far this year.
 
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steelbtexan

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He played like trash on Sunday. Lol and you were opposed to the praise we were given him too.
He looked like he might be the future at QB against Carolina. He looked like trash against Buffalo. But as Number 19/Mr. Tex pointed out he wasn't as bad as it seemed In short he's suffering through rookie growing pains, like all rookies do.
 

Texansballer74

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He looked like he might be the future at QB against Carolina. He looked like trash against Buffalo. But as Number 19/Mr. Tex pointed out he wasn't as bad as it seemed In short he's suffering through rookie growing pains, like all rookies do.
No brother you crucified that 3rd string backup for those same things. Not being able to throw the ball accurately, not reading the defense , and his ball placement/etc. So what is the difference?
 

banned1976

sleeper mode
Mills played awful on Sunday against the Bills. A lot of guys did but nobody is making excuses for them.

If Mills is “your guy”, cool. But don’t expect to convince anyone here to disbelieve what they’ve seen with their own eyes. I commend you on trying, and for standing by your man. For me, Mills has a long, long way to go to being a good quarterback in the NFL. And nothing I’ve seen so far has convinced me that he’ll ever get there. So he can stand in the pocket without shitting his pants. So what? Not being David Carr is a pretty low bar.
 

thunderkyss

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He played like trash on Sunday. Lol and you were opposed to the praise we were given him too.
Absolutely. The perception of this guy was too high three days ago. Now it’s too low.

I did not think he was ready to play. I’ve admitted I was wrong about how unready he was. He looks better than I thought, but still not good enough & the longer he’s out there I’m afraid the worse he’ll get.

It’s good that he got out there & got smacked around a bit. I’m not at the point that we need to yank him now & put Driskel in. But I’m hoping Tyrod is able to play soon.

I think the OL can hold up well against the Patriots & Colts pass rush. Arizona too. But Arizona has the ability to put up points which will pressure him in another way.
 

steelbtexan

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No you didn’t brother, you and I had some heated arguments about his play.
Not his rookie yr.

After he was drafted, yes

After the Pats game his rookie yr, I thought I missed on my evaluation of Derrick. After yr 4 I felt my original evaluation was correct. IRRC yr 3 I saw how Carolina defended him. (The game he came out after the press conference and practiced throwing deep passes) I was hoping he would learn to take what was there and burn defenses like Carolina was playing. It didn't happe. You can blame some of this on BOB and you would be correct. But his failure to learn wasn't all on BOB he also bore alot of responsibility for his lack of improvement/failure to change the way he plays the game and for these reasons I didn't think you could win a championship with Derrick as your QB.
 

76Texan

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I don't know about QBR but i bet you can find some stinkers similar to what happened with Mills had in Aikman's rookie year. Ditto for Steve Young....probably Elway too. Those guys were probably in about as similar of a situation as Mills is in now. Modern day...Alex Smith was terrible his rookie year. Might see a few from Russell Wilson too. I am also willing to bet that Fields will turn out ok despite what happened in his 1st start. Like i said, too many to name.

Point is, bad games in your rookie year don't necessarily define a guys career if he has the right mental make up & in Mills' particular situation right now, its too early to tell what you'll get from him. He looked ok his 1st start on a short week...terrible yesterday. Where were you after the Carolina game?
We really ought to leave the QBs of the past where they belong.
The rules nowadays favor the offense tremendously, especially the one where the pass rushers now can only reach the QB with a 18-ft pole.

And no, Wilson never had anywhere near such a bad game in his rookie year.
 
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steelbtexan

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Tom Savage sat on the bench & learned “the system” for two years, then looked like crap when he got his chance.

Davis Mills has been learning for three months & looks like crap.

I think that’s a huge difference.
Agreed, but has Mills looked worse than any of the other rookie QB's not named Mac Jones?
 

Texansballer74

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Absolutely. The perception of this guy was too high three days ago. Now it’s too low.

I did not think he was ready to play. I’ve admitted I was wrong about how unready he was. He looks better than I thought, but still not good enough & the longer he’s out there I’m afraid the worse he’ll get.

It’s good that he got out there & got smacked around a bit. I’m not at the point that we need to yank him now & put Driskel in. But I’m hoping Tyrod is able to play soon.

I think the OL can hold up well against the Patriots & Colts pass rush. Arizona too. But Arizona has the ability to put up points which will pressure him in another way.
Right now he doesn’t command the offense, which is to be expected. He’s struggling with passes on all three levels is what I saw this past Sunday. In college he played the same way, very inconsistent and inaccurate on all three phases.
 

steelbtexan

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Mills played awful on Sunday against the Bills. A lot of guys did but nobody is making excuses for them.

If Mills is “your guy”, cool. But don’t expect to convince anyone here to disbelieve what they’ve seen with their own eyes. I commend you on trying, and for standing by your man. For me, Mills has a long, long way to go to being a good quarterback in the NFL. And nothing I’ve seen so far has convinced me that he’ll ever get there. So he can stand in the pocket without shitting his pants. So what? Not being David Carr is a pretty low bar.
For the record, Mills isn't my guy.

I just think fans should be patient and give the rookie a chance to learn. By these standards, all of the rookie QB's are doomed to fail.
 

steelbtexan

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He looked better in his 1st game than they did in their 1st game. As bad as them in his 2nd game. They all looked pretty good in their 4th game. We’ll see how Mills will look in his 4th game.
He's also will have played against 4 of the top defenses in the league.

Who did the other rookie QB's play against?
 

76Texan

Hall of Fame
In the rain with no run game.
Remember how I said when I scouted the college QBs that I'd feel better if I was able to see them play in bad weather?

Also, part of the problem in the passing game was Mill's poor ball fake. He makes it harder on himself.
Need to improve on that, and fast
 

Number19

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Right now he doesn’t command the offense, which is to be expected. He’s struggling with passes on all three levels is what I saw this past Sunday. In college he played the same way, very inconsistent and inaccurate on all three phases.
Without more detail supporting your comment, the 2nd half of the Bills 'game doesn't support your claim. He had 10 completions with only 4 incompletions.

Now, the 1st half, he threw only 7 times and admittedly it was rough with 2 INT's and only 1 completion. In my opinion, only 1 of the incompletions was "bad".

It wasn't just a "bad" game on Mills part. The intire offense was responsible for the poor play. With a porus line, a strong defensive rush, and absolutely the worst rushing in the league, just what do you expect of a rookie qb starting his 2nd game. Not just this years, but any rookie in the past, would anyone under these conditions have performed any better?
 

Mr teX

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We really ought to leave the QBs of the past where they belong.
The rules nowadays favor the offense tremendously, especially the one where the pass rushers now can only reach the QB with a 18-ft pole.

And no, Wilson never had anywhere near such a bad game in his rookie year.
Eh, while i agree with you about the rules favoring the qbs these days and things just being different back then, it doesn't change the fact that these types of performance aren't something new. Furthermore, if we're going to gauge the performance of a qb based on a made up stat in which the creator won't even reveal in detail just how they come up with it & have only been tracking it since the rules have changed to favor the qbs, then it shouldn't be used as a basis for an argument for how good or bad a qb is or isn't. QB rating is just fine & I think we all can agree that it was just a bad performance by Mills, but not anything unprecedented and somehow a harbinger of what this kid's career will or won't be. As has been said, I didn't see anyone here using that same rationale after Trevor Lawrence's 1st 2-3 games...& no you didn't really see any growth from him until this past game against a defense that wasn't that great & certainly not on any level close to what Mills has had to play against.

My gripe this whole time is folks coming in here talking about "he ain't got it.." this or that....It doesn't take any ounce of knowing football to just say "he sucks" based on that performance...particularly when the odds of making it as a starting qb favor that stance anyway.
 
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76Texan

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It's hard for any QB to succeed when you hold all of your weapons in to block. When you have 2 receivers being covered by 4 or 5 DBs and LB's, it's hard to find someone to throw to. When they actually started sending the TE's out on routes, we started to move the ball until on one drive Akins fumbles, and another Brown tips the ball up to be intercepted.
What's the use when the QB is limited in his reads.
Check out the sack at 11:36 in the second qte.
The Texans sent all 5 guys out.
Mills didn't see the TE right in his line of sight. He was open, but Mills was so locked in on Cooks from the start, he never bothered to look elsewhere
 
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Number19

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On 610 they are talking about how inaccurate Mills was against the Bills. Now, Mills' defencencies can be discussed. But inaccuracy? 10 2nd half completions with 14 passes? This is described as inaccurats?
 

76Texan

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Eh, while i agree with you about the rules favoring the qbs these days and things just being different back then, it doesn't change the fact that these types of performance aren't something new. Furthermore, if we're going to gauge the performance of a qb based on a made up stat in which the creator won't even reveal in detail just how they come up with it & have only been tracking it since the rules have changed to favor the qbs, then it shouldn't be used as a basis for an argument for how good or bad a qb is or isn't. QB rating is just fine & I think we all can agree that it was just a bad performance by Mills, but not anything unprecedented and somehow a harbinger of what this kid's career will or won't be. As has been said, I didn't see anyone here using that same rationale after Trevor Lawrence's 1st 2-3 games...& no you didn't really see any growth from him until this past game against a defense that wasn't that great & certainly not on any level close to what Mills has had to play against.

My gripe this whole time is folks coming in here talking about "he ain't got it.." this or that....It doesn't take any ounce of knowing football to just say "he sucks" based on that performance...particularly when the odds of making it as a starting qb favor that stance anyway.
Mills should have stayed at Stanford another year.
 

76Texan

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On 610 they are talking about how inaccurate Mills was against the Bills. Now, Mills' defencencies can be discussed. But inaccuracy? 10 2nd half completions with 14 passes? This is described as inaccurats?
Gimme passes shouldn't count when measuring accuracy.
 

Number19

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Mills played awful on Sunday against the Bills. A lot of guys did but nobody is making excuses for them.

If Mills is “your guy”, cool. But don’t expect to convince anyone here to disbelieve what they’ve seen with their own eyes. I commend you on trying, and for standing by your man. For me, Mills has a long, long way to go to being a good quarterback in the NFL. And nothing I’ve seen so far has convinced me that he’ll ever get there. So he can stand in the pocket without shitting his pants. So what? Not being David Carr is a pretty low bar.
Lots of subjective fluff, but devoid of any attempt to explain or back up comments and positions.

One indisputable fact, Mills will be starting against the Pats.
 

Number19

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Gimme passes shouldn't count when measuring accuracy.
So accuracy is a totally subjective opinion? What process is there to determine which passes are gimme and which are to count as legitimate?

(Edit) When a qb has impenetrable offensive line play with no pressure, all the time in the world to throw, multiple receivers running open - should this be considered a gimme. Perhaps only when a qb is under intense pressure and a collapsing pocket with all the receivers covered should it be considered a legitimate pass to be counted.
 
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76Texan

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So accuracy is a totally subjective opinion? What process is there to determine which passes are gimme and which are to count as legitimate?
I don't know about others, but when I watch a QB play, he needs to be able to throw muddy.
He needs to be able to avoid the rushers' extended arm as much as possible.

Throws where the QB is not under any pressure or very little pressure and the receiver is wide open are gimmies.
They don't tell you whether the guy can play at the NFL level.
 

Number19

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I don't know about others, but when I watch a QB play, he needs to be able to throw muddy.
He needs to be able to avoid the rushers' extended arm as much as possible.

Throws where the QB is not under any pressure or very little pressure and the receiver is wide open are gimmies.
They don't tell you whether the guy can play at the NFL level.
Well that is certainly a high standard to meet, especially without much of a learning curve.
 

Mr teX

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I don't know about others, but when I watch a QB play, he needs to be able to throw muddy.
He needs to be able to avoid the rushers' extended arm as much as possible.

Throws where the QB is not under any pressure or very little pressure and the receiver is wide open are gimmies.
They don't tell you whether the guy can play at the NFL level.
I don't look at that at all, they have gloves to help guys with that these days. I mostly look at throwing motion and pocket prescence. Is he cutting it loose or is he trying to aim or be to careful with it? How does he move in the pocket? ..does he sense the pressure and slides accordingly? Does he hang in there & deliver it when he knows he's about to be popped or is he too quick to bail. When he has guys at his feet does he shorten up?

To me these things are the biggest red flags that you can tell if a guy's gonna make it or not. Its why i was high on Mac Jones...he "graded out" very well in those areas for me.
 

Texansballer74

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Houston Texans rookie quarterback Davis Mills got thrown into a situation that he wasn't ready for. Tyrod Taylor went down with a hamstring injury in Week 2 against the Cleveland Browns and was placed on injured reserve.

Mills is coming off of an atrocious performance in Week 4 against the Buffalo Bills. The Bills blanked the Texans, 40-0, and Davis completed 11-of-21 passes for 87 yards and four interceptions. Houston totaled eight yards on offense in the first half.

It's painfully clear that Davis isn't meant to be an NFL starter at this point in his career. He's had a couple of games to adjust to performing at a high-level, but he's still coming up severely short.

Taylor is expected to return within a couple of weeks and the Texans are in desperate need of him. Davis still needs time to develop as a potential QB1 option and being promoted to starter hasn't served him well. Mills will go up against fellow rookie Mac Jones and the New England Patriots in Week 5, so let's hope that he's able to at least halfway keep up with Jones.
 

Speedy

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Without more detail supporting your comment, the 2nd half of the Bills 'game doesn't support your claim. He had 10 completions with only 4 incompletions.

Now, the 1st half, he threw only 7 times and admittedly it was rough with 2 INT's and only 1 completion. In my opinion, only 1 of the incompletions was "bad".

It wasn't just a "bad" game on Mills part. The intire offense was responsible for the poor play. With a porus line, a strong defensive rush, and absolutely the worst rushing in the league, just what do you expect of a rookie qb starting his 2nd game. Not just this years, but any rookie in the past, would anyone under these conditions have performed any better?
You throw a ball and the receiver catches it, however, the ball was behind the receiver, who had to adjust, and as a result, comes up 2 yards short of the 1st down, where had the pass been out in front of the receiver, catching it in stride, it's an easy big gain and 1st down. The QB is 1-1 in that scenario, but it doesn't necessarily mean he's accurate.
 

steelbtexan

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Houston Texans rookie quarterback Davis Mills got thrown into a situation that he wasn't ready for. Tyrod Taylor went down with a hamstring injury in Week 2 against the Cleveland Browns and was placed on injured reserve.

Mills is coming off of an atrocious performance in Week 4 against the Buffalo Bills. The Bills blanked the Texans, 40-0, and Davis completed 11-of-21 passes for 87 yards and four interceptions. Houston totaled eight yards on offense in the first half.

It's painfully clear that Davis isn't meant to be an NFL starter at this point in his career. He's had a couple of games to adjust to performing at a high-level, but he's still coming up severely short.

Taylor is expected to return within a couple of weeks and the Texans are in desperate need of him. Davis still needs time to develop as a potential QB1 option and being promoted to starter hasn't served him well. Mills will go up against fellow rookie Mac Jones and the New England Patriots in Week 5, so let's hope that he's able to at least halfway keep up with Jones.
A couple of games. Dude might want to checkout all of the rookies 1st couple of games and get back to us.

BTW, The last paragraph is true, depending on how much value the Texans org puts on winning this yr.
 

Number19

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You throw a ball and the receiver catches it, however, the ball was behind the receiver, who had to adjust, and as a result, comes up 2 yards short of the 1st down, where had the pass been out in front of the receiver, catching it in stride, it's an easy big gain and 1st down. The QB is 1-1 in that scenario, but it doesn't necessarily mean he's accurate.
This is a complaint/comment that I've heard since Unitas to Berry, who emphasized and practiced good ball placement for the catch and run.
 

thunderkyss

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You throw a ball and the receiver catches it, however, the ball was behind the receiver, who had to adjust, and as a result, comes up 2 yards short of the 1st down, where had the pass been out in front of the receiver, catching it in stride, it's an easy big gain and 1st down. The QB is 1-1 in that scenario, but it doesn't necessarily mean he's accurate.
Agreed. However, we can't take every circumstance into account. Maybe there's a guy in the lane ahead of the receiver. If he tried to put it in front a DL would have tipped it.

Maybe he should have thrown it a second earlier.

But I do agree with your point. But we need to look at the trend, imo, & not every individual pass. & I think he's more often throwing behind his receiver than not. More likely to underthrow than not.

But even then the question is why. Is it a timing issue? If he did the same thing in college it's more likely an accuracy issue.
 

Earl34

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So accuracy is a totally subjective opinion? What process is there to determine which passes are gimme and which are to count as legitimate?

(Edit) When a qb has impenetrable offensive line play with no pressure, all the time in the world to throw, multiple receivers running open - should this be considered a gimme. Perhaps only when a qb is under intense pressure and a collapsing pocket with all the receivers covered should it be considered a legitimate pass to be counted.
I's very subjective. Brady has great protection with a WR running a slant and Brady throws a ball behind him or leads him to the ground. Even though the ball was not thrown with accuracy or in stride, some announcers will say Brady protected his WRs by throwing the ball low to prevent him from getting hit by a LB. Another QB is under pressure or throwing on the run and the same announcers will say, "he's inaccurate". If a QB is playing with WRs who are not good route runners or due to a lack of trust hesitates on throws to certain WRs. Is that inaccuracy or a lack of trust and timing between WR and QB? How would you know?

For me. Although completion percentage is not 100% accurate, I start there, try to ignore the dump off and check downs or ignore the "check down Charlie" stats and if your QB is completing over 64% of his passes, he is accurate. I use common sense and my eyes to see how passes are completed 10, 15 and 20+ yards downfield. My point. It is subjective.
 

thunderkyss

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If a QB is playing with WRs who are not good route runners or due to a lack of trust hesitates on throws to certain WRs.
Or if you're throwing to a guy like Dj Chark. Can't cover him, he's always open.

But he can't catch.
 

banned1976

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So, I read a lot on this board about Pep Hamilton and how successful he’s been with young quarterbacks. Has Hamilton lost his Midas touch, is Mills just that green or terrible, or are they right on schedule? Personally, I don’t think it’s that last thing but I also wasn’t talking Pep up during the offseason either. So I have to punt that question to those of you who were.
 

vtech9

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What's the use when the QB is limited in his reads.
Check out the sack at 11:36 in the second qte.
The Texans sent all 5 guys out.
Mills didn't see the TE right in his line of sight. He was open, but Mills was so locked in on Cooks from the start, he never bothered to look elsewhere
I saw that, but hopefully with more experience he will get quicker on his reads.
 

Number19

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So, I read a lot on this board about Pep Hamilton and how successful he’s been with young quarterbacks. Has Hamilton lost his Midas touch, is Mills just that green or terrible, or are they right on schedule? Personally, I don’t think it’s that last thing but I also wasn’t talking Pep up during the offseason either. So I have to punt that question to those of you who were.
My two cents is that Mills' critics have too narrow of vision and are ignoring the other aspects of the offense which would impact a QB's performance; such as subpar protection by the OL, lack of a running game which is on both the OL and the RB's, and lack of talent in the WR's. I would also put some responsibility on the coaching staff and game planning.

With so much going wrong with the Texans offense, it makes it difficult to judge any individule performance, not just QB.

And let's not forget that Mills right off the bat was thrown to the wolves against the leagues better defenses.

I'm just taking it one game at a time and am looking forward to see how well he rebounds against the Pats in Reliant Stadium.
 

Number19

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What's the use when the QB is limited in his reads.
Check out the sack at 11:36 in the second qte.
The Texans sent all 5 guys out.
Mills didn't see the TE right in his line of sight. He was open, but Mills was so locked in on Cooks from the start, he never bothered to look elsewhere
I disagree that #45 "was open". At most he briefly had 1 step on the DB. All the receivers were tightly covered. I agree that a perfectly thrown pass that threaded the needle may have been sucessful, but any pass would have been a high risk throw. Perhaps the best chance at a completion would have been a high sideline pass to the left sideline at the 25 where the receiver (can't read the number) had a couple of steps on the db.

But this play was well defended.
 

76Texan

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I disagree that #45 "was open". At most he briefly had 1 step on the DB. All the receivers were tightly covered. I agree that a perfectly thrown pass that threaded the needle may have been sucessful, but any pass would have been a high risk throw. Perhaps the best chance at a completion would have been a high sideline pass to the left sideline at the 25 where the receiver (can't read the number) had a couple of steps on the db.

But this play was well defended.
Window doesn't stay open for long at this level often.
His primary reads are to his right downfield plus the TE in the same line of sight.
There were only the linemen blocking.
The QB needs to know that he usually needs to get the ball out quickly.
If no. 1 isn't open, he's got to go to the next read immediately.
 
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