A tale of two cities, and a horse.

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of winning, it was the season of losing, it was the hope of drafting, it was the despair of injuries, — in short, this season was so far like the another season, a city is traveling the same path like another city.

Red City:
Red city hired a much sought after genius as head coach, straight from college. The genius drafted an unique QB in 2nd round that ran 40 in 4.53sec, jumped 32". This QB's super running and strong arm led his team to superbowl in his 2nd season, then again to conference championship game in this 3rd season.

After losing the superbowl and conference champion game, the genius HC decided for his QB to go to the next level, he must become a pocket passer, eager to please, the QB tried to change. He played outside of his instinct, torned between his instinct to make 'wild' plays and staying in the pocket with discipline. This QB was a shell of his former superbowl QB self

Green City:
Green city hired a much sought after genius as head coach, straight from college. The genius drafted an unique specimen QB in 3rd round that ran 40 in 4.55sec, v jumped 34". This QB's super running and strong arm led his team to win superbowl in his second season, then again to superbowl in his 3rd season.

After failing to return to superbowl for the next three season, the genius HC decided for his QB to go to the next level, he must become a pocket passer. For that the Genius even hired a disciplinarian OC to guide his QB. He played outside of his instinct, torned between his instinct to make 'wild' plays and staying in the pocket with discipline. This QB became bottom ranking QB in the league, a shell of his former superbowl winning QB self.

Since Colin was drafted in 2011, in the past 7 seasons, between Colin and Russ, they played in 3 super bowls, should have won all three. Both are unconvention QB, both won with legs and arms, in that order. Harbaugh lost his job when Colin's performance regressed trying to become a pocket passer. Pete?

Russ of '18 is looking very similar to Colin of '14, Kaepernick never recover from Harbaugh's directive for him to become a pocket passer. I fear for Russell Wilson's future, dangerusswilson's career might indeed be in danger.

Now the horse

Seabiscuit was an iconic racing champion, but Seabiscuit was also an oddball that needed older female sleeping companion, he slept long hours laying down, refused morning training, and ate non-horsy food. Seabiscuit was lucky to meet Tom Smith, he's career before Tom was rubbish although he was trained by a multiple triple crown winning trainer.

Both Kaepernick and Wilson are odd ball QB, they need a Tom Smith type HC. If this season keep on the current track, won't be surprised Russ ask for a trade, or Pete loses his job.

Russ in NY? Giant sure could use an Eli successor, they have a star WR and RB in place ... same lousy OL though. in 2017, Giant's OL was ranked #26, we were #27. Oh we hired their OL coach by the way.
 
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