
Originally Posted by
Jbendz
I'll say this much. To call Vick soft is definitely not accurate. He was taking hits at a record pace behind this line this year, and kept getting back up. He's fragile and injury prone, but that does not make him soft. Regardless of what anyone thinks of his ability as a QB etc, you certainly can't question his toughness or his heart. He's like an Allen Iverson behind center, and injury prone or not, if you're taking hits as frequently as he was, you're bound to get hurt.
As far as Maclin Vs. Jackson, it's kind of apples and oranges to me. Maclin is a better possession receiver. Jackson is a better play maker. It shouldn't be as complicated as you guys are making it out to be. I don't favor one over the other, I like what they both bring to the offense.
Jackson is a lot easier to stop with double teams (granted defenses still have to be properly equipped to do so), whereas a big Calvin Johnson type who can "go up and get it" can't be stopped by anybody or anything when he's on his game. Which I think is what Bdawk is trying to say.
I'm not taking sides in this argument, because like I said, I love both guys. But Jackson can't really take over a game when the deep stuff is taken away (which I think is what Bdawk means when he says Jackson is not a "true #1). Not saying that Maclin is necessarily a guy who can take over a game either, but he is more equipped to do so than Jackson is in that kind of situation. It sucks that Jackson isn't out there now to see how he gels with Foles, but it looks like Maclin and Foles have a pretty good chemistry forming.
Not factoring in price tags, if I had to choose to keep only one of the two moving forward, I would probably choose Maclin. If you give me a Dwayne Bowe or somebody cut from that same cloth (a true #1 by Bdawks definition), then I take Jackson over Maclin in a heartbeat as a compliment. There has to be a capable guy on the other side for Jackson to be consistently effective based on his strengths. You take that away and it's double team city on Jackson every week, and while he may still get his catches and his yards by other means here and there, he's going to be rendered useless by good defenses 9 times out of 10.
Both guys are better with the other guy on the other side than they are without him, but Maclin is more reliable on his own than Jackson would be. Just my adderall laced $0.02.