Obviously not as good as I'd feel about a vet, but good enough that I can certainly understand the position. I guess for me it gets dicey with the 2018 Draft. If we pass on a vet backup and take a QB this year we will have Tyrod with too much dead money to cut, Cardale & 2017 Rook on rookie deals, and I feel we'd still be looking at QB due to the expected strength on the class. That means admitting that either Cardale or the 2017 rook is a wasted pick and cutting ties. I guess that's just a long way of me saying it's less about Cardale stepping in and more about adding another rookie.
To me, again it's just my amateur opinion, we should look at a vet backup QB on a short term deal that can be terminated in 2018 if Cardale is coming along and we want a rookie from the '18 class to groom for the future. And again, I won't pretend to know the team's actual grades on this year's QBs. If there's someone they really like available to them they should definitely jump on it. I just think that closes the door a bit on picking one next year in what I believe to be a better class.