Jake gunslinger or game manger

[scpanther22]

Lot of talk about this so what do you think Jake is…a gunslinger or game manager

I know gunslinger sound better and game managers have sort of a bad rep for no huge arm strength..But I have heard more people call Jake a game manager than gunslinger

[Urrymonster]

It's more of a personality trait than what their arm does. Obviously weak armed QBs can't strike deep, but the who concept of a gunslinger is something different to just throwing deep.

A gunslinger is a player who feels they need to make plays to get the team to win. They have this inside pressure to always look for the big play and to occassional take big risks in doing so. These kind of players rarely have consistent seasons throughout, but they also win several games with late desperate come backs. The main attribute that fits these guys is a great mental strength. They turn the ball over, often, but they also put up points. They need the strength to always forget the last play and to keep pushing for the win.

A game manager tends to allow the game to play out and waits for mistakes in the defense. The will correctly go through their progressions and often just use the easy dump off to maintain drives rather than going for the big play. They feel it is more important to keep the offense on the field for as long as possible, thus keeping the ball off the ground and the clock ticking. They are also VERY aware of the situation and need to be able to change things at the line. These guys are calm and rarely get riled up as that affects their composure and the game plan.

Jake fits the gunslinger mentality. Strong willed, emotional, driven and will try to win the game if it hangs on the balance.

Most feel the Panthers need a game manager to compliment their running game, but this is not the case. Our offensive scheme uses the passing game as a big play factor to force teams to keep only 8 in the box. If we used more short passing drive maintaining throws, it would allow the safeties to come up and we would find out running game would be smothered. So we use a more aggressive passing game to keep the safeties playing honest. We also feel with a consistent running game we can generally gget a first down with two runs, which allows us to go for a big playand get some big yardage in one go. This also means we do a lot of three and outs, as if the opposition correctly diagnoses our first or second down, we are often put in a tricky third down situation, which neither our passing or running game is suited for.

Jake fits the kind of QB that our scheme needs. We need someone who is not afraid to look for the big play and his career comeback wins speaks volumes that he wins games that are on the line. If you all feel a game manager is what we need, you need to look no further than David Carr. The guy was brilliant at using his check downs and trying to keep the drive going, but that kind of ideal got us stuck as they knew we had no way of going deep. So they stiffled our running and passing game in the same manner.

[megadeth078]

They seemed to have put Jake in the "Game manager" role last season. Seeing how he played against Arizona the second time, I think the emphasis on him being a game manager will be a lot larger this season.

[mantal]

Game managers typically don't throw 5 interceptions in a playoff game, gunslingers do...

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Hey, somebody had to say it...

[Kurb]

scapegoat

[top dawg]

Game managers typically don't throw 5 interceptions in a playoff game, gunslingers do...

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Hey, somebody had to say it...

Well, that's essentially the wrap.:patriot:

[dexterpyro]

Jake was once called a Poor Man's Farve...(sorry had to say it)...we dont need jake sitting back there making dump off and check down throws. We occasionally need the bomb to Smitty to keep defenses honest.... Jake needs to be a gunslinger but manage the game...a sack is better than giving them six....

[Fireball77]

Game managers typically don't throw 5 interceptions in a playoff game, gunslingers do...

Pennington threw 4 vs the Ravens and he is not a risk taker type of QB. Sometimes craptacular games turn up at the worst time.

[carolinarolls]

...we dont need jake sitting back there making dump off and check down throws. We occasionally need the bomb to Smitty to keep defenses honest.... Jake needs to be a gunslinger but manage the game...a sack is better than giving them six....

this can be said of every QB...not every QB can do it. Jake definitely cannot do it on a consistent basis.

Gunslinger and game manager are the two ends of the spectrum. There is no hybrid of the two. There are game managers who can throw deep and there are gunslingers who are really good at handing the ball off to a stud back but there is no such thing as a gunslinger who can manage the game and make the smart play consistently.

In Fox's run first, play smart D scheme I have always felt that a game manager was higher on the priority list to fit the offense and Jake is NOT a true game manager. Not at all.

[cookinbrak]

Pennington threw 4 vs the Ravens and he is not a risk taker type of QB. Sometimes craptacular games turn up at the worst time.

Yeah, but the Ravens defense is quite a few notches above Arizona's.

As for the original question, Jake is a little bit of neither. He's an average QB with one incredibly gifted WR. Look back at the SD and CHI games last year. Jake couldn't throw the "lob it deep and let Smitty do the work" passes, so he had to actually make plays. And he did. Now look at the GB and NO games. We won both games because Jake threw up a prayer and Smitty answered it.

[Mr. Scot]

Would a game manger be what Touchdown Jesus was born in? :confused:

As to the topic, he's a gunslinger, and that's exactly what an offense under John Fox needs. If Fox had a game manager running his conservative attack, we'd have no spark at all.

[carpanfan96]

Jake is a gunslinger.

[Dingo_ate_Babies]

wtf is a game manger?

[dexterpyro]

this can be said of every QB...not every QB can do it. Jake definitely cannot do it on a consistent basis.

Gunslinger and game manager are the two ends of the spectrum. There is no hybrid of the two. There are game managers who can throw deep and there are gunslingers who are really good at handing the ball off to a stud back but there is no such thing as a gunslinger who can manage the game and make the smart play consistently.

In Fox's run first, play smart D scheme I have always felt that a game manager was higher on the priority list to fit the offense and Jake is NOT a true game manager. Not at all.

You are wrong....while QB's can be one or the other they can work on perfecting the other.... A Gunslinger can manage the game when needed...i.e. brett Farve's best years was when he was able to manage the game and not have to force issues....A game manager can sometimes foce issues to keep defenses honest....Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Phillip rivers are good examples of a QB being able to use both....