if joey goes down the lions are in serious trouble. mcmahon hasnt seemed to improve at all since he was a rookie. he can run but is still at 42% passer. he scares me everytime he goes back to pass.

Looks like the same old McMike to me. On the bright side - Joey has proven to be a pretty durable QB so far.

Yeah, but he injured his thumb if I remember correctly and he missed games due to an irregular heartbeat. McMahon looks horrible.

BTW, there is a game on ESPN tonight! Seahawks vs. Packers 8:00pm.

Mike has a ways to go. The only way he will get better is if he gets more snaps in pratice.

practice makes perfect

Has he improved? I think so. Does that translate into a QB everyone is comfortable with? Nope. McMike went from being elevated to a Starter to backup in two short months. Two months that no games were played. He finished the season a Starter and was replaced the following draft. His next camp saw him losing reps to a Rookie and this surely must have affected his outlook on the game.

Is it his fault that he is always asked to perform and gain results with teamates that are 2nd or 3rd stringers then when he gets a chance to play with the #1 guys his ability to connect seems rusty? I know that this scenario is played out by nearly every second string QB in the league but stop and look around and tell me how many other franchises have a better backup than McMike. I am willing to guess only a handful but less than two handfuls of franchises have a backup that post consistantly better numbers.

Lets be real...he's not that good, otherwise he would be starting and he had his shot. BUT let's be real...he's not that bad, he didn't play so well in against Pitt but rebounded against Cleveland. He is what he is...a second string QB, and second string QBs aren't that good or they wouldn't be second string!