Josh Dobbs. Fools gold or worth the wait?
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Josh Dobbs: 33/52 (63.5%) 3 TDs 2 INTs
Bart Houston: 25/46 (54.3%) 1 TD 0 INT
Ben Roethlisberger: 12/19 (63.2%) 4 TDs 0 INTs
He throws too many balls up for grabs. That needs to change.
Landry Jones is better. 
I think he can drive the field, and will get better. He made some typical rookie mistakes, with a up and down performance against a damn good Atlanta team.
He was a mixed bag in college. But I think he has some things he can work on to become a solid NFL backup.
Overall he was thrust into a lot of playing time due to preserving Big Ben and a Landry injury.
Do I think he could have done a better job up to this point? sure
But I also think he could have done a helluva lot worse. I remember many of QBs in camp couldn't even lead the team down the field.
You take the good you take the bad then you have the facts of life.
He was a mixed bag in college. But I think he has some things he can work on to become a solid NFL backup.
Overall he was thrust into a lot of playing time due to preserving Big Ben and a Landry injury.
Do I think he could have done a better job up to this point? sure
But I also think he could have done a helluva lot worse. I remember many of QBs in camp couldn't even lead the team down the field.
You take the good you take the bad then you have the facts of life.
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I agree that Dobbs is unlikely to be Ben's replacement and we will take a high one this coming year or the next one. I think, however, they were looking for Landry's replacement, not Ben's. If he does become good enough to replace Ben, however, unlikely, we have done well. Landry's contract is up this year or next. We need someone there and it will be nice, I think, to have someone who has been around a year or so rather than just sticking anyone in there.
Anyone who expected more from Dobbs in his second preseason game was fooling themselves. He's a 4th round pick that needs improvement in a lot of areas. SHOCKING!
Landry is signed through 18', 2 year, $4M contract. Not that I'm a fan of him and I would rather not have him as a back up, I'd choose Landry over Dobbs right now. So Dobbs holds a clipboard and doesn't dress most if not all season and then we draft a QB early next year. He's still a wasted pick. Could have taken a TE or another skill player instead of someone who was high risk, low reward.
high risk? a 4th round pick?
a pick that has it's fair share of not making its on the Steelers?
Steelers want to carry three QBs, so you have a pick that could be a solid backup in time. For a low price of a 4th rounder, with how late the Steelers usually pick it is basically a 5th rounder.
I don't see it as a high risk at all.
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Where are those numbers from?
In the last preseason game, he was 10-19 ( 52.6% ) for just 70 yards passing and an interception. This is very poor.
The game before he had two interceptions.
Dobbs played a lot in college. College QB's who aren't accurate in college seldom become accurate in the NFL.
I'm anything but a believer in Landry Jones, but I tell you his stock has never been this high.
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The only problem is most drafted QB's are way ahead of him, and some were drafted after he was.
Is this a camp stat? In the games I think Houston looks better. Pocket presence/awareness anticipation. Mechanics. Dobbs looks lost to me. He had two decent throws in what three quarters yesterday. One to Bryant one to Johnson
Otherwise just terrible. He will be kept because he was drafted but looks bad to me.
Yes these are camp stats from 11 vs 11 from someone who has heen at every camp practice Alex Kozora Steelers Depot.com
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This post is classic. Coach makes ****** post as usual. Antdrewjosh/apologist contrarian extraordinaire chimes in with camp stats and just leaves them there.
yep his overall body of work isn't bad.
And his preseason games we can say it was good and soso.
No reason to anoint him or trash him on either side of the coin at this point.
But some will sigh...
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His pocket awareness needs allot of work. A couple times he just stood there when there was plenty of room to move up in the pocket.
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Oh my bad i forgot the link sue me. But if you look for steelers news before posting half the time i wouldn't have to tell you. Google use it
no,, wasn't referring to link.. Was referring to "leave them there" meaning ,, you made no further comment.
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The classic part is Antdeew omits full data. Though 16 practices Josh Dobb's Camp stats are thus:
110-192 57.3% completions, 15 TD 5 Interceptions.
I'm sorry but 57.3% in camp is very poor, and Dobbs five interceptions almost equals the total that Ben, Landry Jones, and Houston have thrown ( 6 )
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the interceptions have been horrible. not just bad. awful. i am very disappointed in dobbs so far. houston actually looks decent. he hasn't done anything spectacular and has had some over throws but he has dinked and dunked down the field for td's.
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