There is also a group of posters on this site who feel that any criticism of Nichols is somehow an endorsement of Willy.
I'm tickled pink that we've won 4 in a row and I'm not at all clamouring for a return to Willy, but where would you rank Nichols in terms of starting QBs in the league? At this point, I'd have to put him in the bottom third.
Nichols has been a very good game manager, he hasn't shown to be a QB who can put the team on his back and win. The field position that the D and ST have given this team has been a huge part of our success.
Part of this may be play calling. I wonder if the game plan has been to be conservative on O because of the D and ST.
But at some point, the D won't be able to cause 5+ turnovers in a game and the O is going to have to pick up the slack on their own. I'd really like to see what Nichols can do if they opened things up a bit and got a little more aggressive. We might get to see that when some of the receivers return.
But in the meantime, I am absolutely loving watching this team, and this defense is an absolute joy to watch.