Matt Barkley is a leader of Men

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He's actually been the #2 most of this season so... The love of Cutler was ill founded but really, Barkley threw 2 picks in the red zone and had a 70's passer rating. Yes, he had a bunch of drops and looked like he belonged but technically, he actually didn't outplay Jay's average game.

From what I've seen of him, Barkley will have to play smart with quick reads to be able to throw with good mechanics to remain successful. I don't want him arming ball off balance too often. Fortunately he seems smart and able to anticipate. More live reps should only make that better if the line can hold up reasonably well.

yes he only got in the 70s for passer rating. but when you have a game with the most number of dropped passes in the history of keeping that stat then you have to take that into consideration.

His job is to throw catch-able balls to our receivers.. and he did a great job of that.

If the receivers did their job his passer rating would be in the 100s not the 70s.. (and we win)
 

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