He wasn’t held in check, they were playing to his only strengths. He is simply not a consistent QB.
21 passes for an OT game. Most QBs complete more than that in regulation. But his lack of consistency caused the Denver staff to greatly reduce passing plays.
The fact of the matter is he’s got backup skills and starter fans. He’s spent his entire career 3rd on the depth chart (4th now, and word is the Eagles are trying to trade up to get Marriotta). If it wasn’t for his hoard of adoring fans demanding he be put in constantly he’d actually have probably been in the league the last 2 years, on the bench but in the the league. But that combination of skills and fans makes him an instant QB controversy, and coaches don’t like that. They hate controversy more than they hate sub-500 completions.
” He’s spent his entire career 3rd on the depth chart “
As you said before, he started #2 in 2011. Be consistent!
And he finished #1.