re: Metts stats for the game

Outside of Wilson, what do all of those guys have in common? 0 Superbowls. And Wilson is a good QB, but his stats are hardly elite. His superbowl is more attributable to a great defense and run game. I might be slightly off, but I think something like 11 of the last 12 (excluding Wilson) superbowl winning QBs are:

Brees (1)
Roethlisberger (2)
Eli (2)
Peyton (1) -- (Also 5 time MVP and least mobile QB ever)
Rodgers (1)
Brady (3)
Flacco (1)

Brees, Rodgers, and Roethlisberger are decently mobile, but that's by and large a list of pocket passers. At the very least you can go back and check the stats and I guarantee most of them average less than 10 yards rushing a game. And the list goes further than that, but just keeping this to the 2000s. Mobility is nice, but the speed of the NFL almost dictates against it more than it requires it IMO. The scrambles you can get away with in college get stopped for losses or no gains in the NFL. And it gets you hurt. A lot of these guys are quick to tuck and run without going through their reads. I agree that I'd like my QB to have the threat to run, but the point is being a pure pocket passer is still the bread and butter of the NFL.

Peyton is the least mobile QB you'll ever see and all he has done is be MVP more than anybody in the NFL and set multiple QB passing records.

Nobody is suggesting that Mettenberger is on the level of Manning, Brady, etc., but to say his lack of mobility means he cannot be successful in the NFL is an idiotic statement. And while he has some room for improvement in moving around in the pocket, he's barely played one game's worth of snaps in the NFL. Give him time. He made MAJOR strides in pocket movement from his 1st year to his 2nd year at LSU.