When you get old . . .

I fear Ben's decline will be much like the Toby Keith Lyrics - "I ain't as good as I once was,
but I'm as good once as I ever was". We'll see the occasional good pass with zip, long bomb on target, but those'll be punctuated with misfires and errant throws. Consistency declines as you get older.

What I really don't get, though, is the decline in decision making. One would think at 39 that would still be intact, though he has had his bell rung a good bit.

I fear the ratio of Good Ben to Bad Ben will worse than it has Ben.

 

Good point. I hit a golf ball much further years ago but with age I lost a lot of distance but I'm actually scoring better now (as long as I play from senior tees) because my wisdom of the short game is 90% better then when I was young and just trying to smash the ball.

 

Ben would move around, pump fake guys open, make great throws downfield. Those days are long gone. Now he's getting rid of the ball ASAP to avoid getting hit.

 

I asked my uncle one day how his golf game was. He lamented he couldn’t hit the ball as far as he did.

He was 100 years old at the time.

I asked if he was hitting from the ladies tees? He called me a SOB.

 

WOW! There are 5 guys over 80 at my club and a lot of guys in their 70's. Between my back getting weaker and arm strength of a woman I must admit I have played from the ladies tees. Golf is an expensive sport and when I pay those high summer prices at other courses I want to enjoy myself.

 

Only about 10% of Golfers that ever play a Par 72 course, ever break 100. So just think if you do that your in the Top 10% of people who will ever play.

So he could of least shot his age. LOL that probably ticked him off even more.

 

Sadly Ben can't throw it from the back tees to the ladies tees now.

 

My favorite Cowher quote was when asked about Ben’s ability to scramble and make a play, he responded that he wished the play that had been called had worked. so maybe his ability to read defenses has always been bad, but he could compensate. Also, I think historically he had better safety valves - Ward, Miller, etc.

 

And he never really put in the time to learn defenses or become a really great QB. A guy with so much amazing Raw talent but thats it.

 

Unfortunately, I think this is accurate. I don’t think Ben has ever been a ‘student of the game’ or particularly great a reading defenses.

 

At first I thought the OP was talking about JEH and to a lesser extent me.

 

I agree somewhat about wanting to get hit, but it’s not like the o line is giving him a lot of time.

 

When he retired from his real job he moved down to Florida near a country club. He went over and got a job doing grounds work and being a ranger. One of the perks was during non prime time he could play golf for free and take up to 3 people with him. He did that for about 20-25 years until he was to old to work. When he told the club he was quitting they just told him he could keep playing golf for free for life. I thought that was classy.

 

Gave partial effort but took a full paycheck. I can’t respect that.