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It went both ways. As an offense all we had was Heap and Jamal at that time. Boller coming out of college was a stat machine and just had good intangibles but that was it. He also just wasn’t ready to start right away but he had no choice. We didn’t have a QB. Plus when you look at who came out that class of QB’s after him there was really no one else. Only guys that were successful were Palmer and Romo.
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. I hated Russell Wilson (fakey attitude, putting on a front), and was pumped we got Drew Lock! I still hold hope that Drew Lock will be our QB of the future.
ravens fan here, we all wanted boller to succeed so bad but i just don't think he had the fundamentals as a passer to ever make it happen and the team certainly didn't help move the needle at all at the time. he was tough though and did the best that he could despite never really being fully capable.
In the years before Boller with Vinny Testaverde, Elvis Grbac, and names not worth remembering, we had multiple 1000 yard receiver seasons and players capable of getting close to that. Here's the Boller years. 2003: no receiver exceeding 700 yards, 7TD-9INT. 2004: no receiver exceeding 450 yards, 13TD-11INT. 2005: Mason breaks 1000, but Boller throws 11TD-12INT. 2006: Benched for McNair for good reason. 2007: Another 1000 for Mason, but Boller throws 9TD-10INT. He wasn't good enough when we drafted him and he got worse over time, even while having quality offensive players around him like Derrick Mason and Todd Heap.
@@USALeonHeart Not to mention the fact that he had one of the best ground games in the league in Jamal Lewis (literally a 2,000-yard back) and Chester Taylor. when Boller split time behind center as a rookie. Yet he always looked frazzled. As opposed to Rex Grossman, who - though admittedly also a bust - went a few picks later and was able to make it to a Super Bowl with Thomas Jones and their most dangerous scoring option arguably their return man.
