will he be the same without Payton?
that remains to be seen, but the talent is there, so if some of the stuff he learned from Payton remains, i think so.
Vinny turned the corner from being erratic to a very good QB once he got to a place where he could digest the fact "it wasn't all on him".
I am betting on that for him too.
i wonder if that is the secret sauce...
1.) young guys play like young QB's... extreme high and extreme lows.
2.) young guys are given up on by original teams.
3.) then slightly older & experienced QB's go to a place ripe to succeed and do.