Thread by @ArkansasMitch, A lot of people have been talking about how Nick Foles isn’t [...]

A lot of people have been talking about how Nick Foles isn’t a good enough QB to win with, and how he got benched in JAX, so I decided to finally do some research on his time in JAX and not just in Philly...

Game 1 Chiefs:
Bad mechanics on this one, flat footed and ends up missing the throw by about 5 yards. Not a good start

Then here’s this play where nobody other than maybe Fournette is open, Foles has no where to throw, should be a throw away, but he tries to squeeze it into the TE (bottom of the screen) and almost gets picked off. Bad throw

Then he comes back on 3rd down and steps up into a collapsing pocket and wins his WR right at the first down marker. Awesome play

Then here’s the one everyone knows. Look at this. Chris Jones in his face, not a single WR open. He reads Mathieu is dropping a little and puts it in the perfect spot while being hit, and injured. This is just a breath taking throw

Game 2 Colts:
Let’s start with this one, clean pocket, Foles sees this WR over the middle gaining seperation, and makes the throw. His WR however doesn’t turn around and this ball is nearly picked

Pressure in his face, gets this out and almost completes it, but DJ Chark drops it. He rlly stands in and takes the hits

Here’s him simply gripping and ripping. Catches the snap and knows where he’s going. Pick up 10 easy yards

Here’s the TD throw. Foles has a decent pocket, but steps up and give the ball to his WR. Would have been great if it was more in front, but it was in front enough to where the WR could catch and run for a TD

Here’s another TD. Great pocket, but also great mechanics and an amazing throw to where only Chark could catch it. Rlly rlly rlly good throw here

After the TD he comes back and thinks he has Conley open, but doesn’t see the MLB who jumps the 2 pt try and takes it back. Good and bad so far

Game 3 Titans:
Stand in, you can see Byard and the other player blitzing and getting through. Foles doesn’t see this, but waits and delievers the ball in the middle of the field to his WR breaking in

Here Foles puts the ball into a perfect spot after the RT again gets beat and his WR drops it after it hits his shoulder pad. Btw, AR doesn’t drop those

Grips ur and rips it in the comeback route for 10 yards. Good read, good throw

Last Game Bucs, ya this one looks rlly bad on paper:
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Gets hit here by Shaw Barrett and gets picked off, not sure where this ball was supposed to go, but the hit on him put it right into the hands of the MLB. I can’t blame him for this one

RT, agaun gets beat instantly, and Shaq Barrett hits Foles and the ball is on the ground, scoop and score for 6... not great here but again I can’t blame Foles for this

Grip it and rip it with a guy right in his face, he gets it out for a 10 yard completion. Wow. This dude rlt isn’t scared to take a hit

Waits with a good pocket and finds Fournette, good pariente, good blocking

Forces a ball in here that he didn’t need too throw, bad decision

All in all, here’s what I’ve found:
Foles isn’t perfect, and he isn’t a world beater, but probably his worst year, he looked pretty damn good. Yes there’s times where he makes bad mistakes, or bad reads, but so does every QB. He was benched not due to bad play, but because he

was injured and the Jags didn’t want a huge contract. Also, why does anyone trust what the Jags do? This film shows a slightly above average QB and his Eagles film should a good QB, so I think above average (in the middle) is fair to put him

If you watched all this, thank you! I am by no means an expert, but I like this stuff and wanted to share what I think, so if you enjoyed lmk. If there’s anything u think I should change or that u liked lmk

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