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What's Matt Moore's ceiling?

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I was listening to NFL talk radio today an they were talking about Alex smiths development and I started thinking about how matt Moore doesn't get a lot of respect and yet he has never really played a "terrible" game. He has always been pretty steady in his starts. I know the playbook has been scaled back at times but he ultimately still has to make the throws regardless how simple the plays may be.

So my question is what is everyones view on how good he CAN be...maybe not how good WILL he be. We are simply talking about potential...do you view him as that Tom Brady/Peyton manning franchise QB that we will follow no matter what? Or do you see him as a guy who will always be looking over his shoulder bc he is just average? Or somewhere in between?

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Honestly, none of us have been able to see enough practice/game tape/actual games to make a good assessment.

I think that he can be as good as Jake was, when he was good.

Also think that he could poo the bed if we were to put the game on his shoulders and try to ride him for a season or 2.

The biggest worry I have with him, is the "not a good practice QB" stigma that he carries. Many of the great QB's in the league are known to go through some practice sessions and have only one or two bad throws.....all day. Just starting to wonder if they are pushing him in practice to see if they can do the same on gameday, and not liking the results.

He did go 4-1 last season, but as we all know, give some DC's some game film, and they will break down an average QB in a matter of weeks.

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If he stays healthy and our run game continues to be as good as it is I can see him putting up numbers similer to, let's say, a Matt Hasselbeck when Shaun Alexander was still dominant, hovering around 20-23 TD's/11-15 INTs a year. Of course his performance will also heavily depend on our WR corp coming together.

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rayzor Grand Master

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He has the size, athletic ability, and arm strength to do it all.

I believe he could be better than jake ever was.

The big question in my eyes, is will he continue the good decision making he has shown in his games with us.

agreed and i see no reason that he shouldn't continue and build on what he did last year.
The better question is

Is Matt Moore's ceiling higher than Jimmy Clausens?

no. in potential jake<matt moore<clausen

matt should do well and be a very solid, mistake free QB but i think clausen could be elite.

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The better question is

Is Matt Moore's ceiling higher than Jimmy Clausens?

Im going to have to go ahead and say that Clausen has much much more potential, and therefore a much much higher ceiling than Moore. I like Moore, but I believe that Clausen does have the potential to be a franchise, Top 5 in the league QB.....I dont think I can say that about Matt.

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Right now Moore's career numbers are very similar to Jake's. If is able to take us to the Superbowl and have a winning record in the playoffs, I would be pretty happy. If he plays as well as Jake did in his prime what is there not to like? If he can avoid the WTF passes that Jake made at times it will be a huge bonus.

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my issue with matt moore is that the comments about him are "not bad", "pretty good", "didn't lose the game", etc.

Almost by definition, the best assets a quarterback can have are a great line and a great running game. When you have both and you are not putting together a top ten or fifteen passing game you can see why Moore is not getting a lot of respect. With a guy like Clausen on the team now, expectations for Moore should be very high. He's been in the league a while, he knows the playbook, and he has a solid offense.

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He will be another game manager..

Im confident in him but also worried about defenses having some film to study on him. I feel like that was where a lot of his success came from. Defenses just not knowing him and his strong points

If he puts 40 points up on the giants again, I wont say another word

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He will be another game manager..

Im confident in him but also worried about defenses having some film to study on him. I feel like that was where a lot of his success came from. Defenses just not knowing him and his strong points

If he puts 40 points up on the giants again, I wont say another word

I won't either.

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