adamprez2003
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Cleo Lemon had us in position to score a touchdown against the Bills but time expired after an incomplete passon 1st & Goal from the 1 yard line.
So in just under 3 quarters of play (2 quarters vs. Jets, 10 minutes vs. Bills), Lemon scored 10 points and had an easy extra 7 with time expiring.
Even if you totally throw out the TD we could have had against Buffalo if time weren't expiring, which I think is kind of ridiculous, Cleo has still averaged more points in his time than our season averages.
Cleo was in for 40 minutes (10 minutes Buffalo, 30 minutes Jets). We scored 10 points. 10 / 40 = 0.25 points per minute. 0.25 ppm x 60 minutes = 15 points per game. Multiply the number of touchdowns we've scored on offense this year (22) by 7 points, and add Olindo Mare's 21 made field goals (times 3) and you have 217 offensive points in 15 games, or 14.7 points per game. 15 ppg > 14.7 ppg.
And like I said, that's not even considering our 2nd & Goal against Buffalo.
He assembled a 90.9 QB rating, and the offense gained 238 yards on 45 offensive plays, for an average of 5.3 yards per play.
For the season, we've gained 4,606 yards on 970 plays, an average of 4.7 yards per play.
We've scored more than average under Cleo, and we've gained more yardage than average under Cleo.
Of course I'm positive you're about to give us some lecture on why stats don't matter.
Here's one thing I took from the Buffalo game. Lemon has a gun which makes him able to be effective in very windy conditions because he can maintain his trajectory because of the velocity he puts on the ball. Joey on the other hand gets too much air on his in the wind and that makes them sail.
He's also better in rain for the same reason. In rain DBs tend to slip back there and if you float passes it gives them time to catch up. If you can drive the ball in the rain like Cleo you can catch DBs before they have recovered.
This is definitely in Cleo's favor because we play in the Northeast
Aside from that I'm not ready to simply proclaim him the winner of this compeition because he scored ten points against the Jets in rain. I know you're ready to do so but I need to see a little more from him, especially in good conditions before I'm ready to make an intelligent decision. I suspect Saban does too