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No it's not. Saints didn't draft Blue DreEs. Cardinals didn't trade up or tank to get Kurt Warner or Carson Palmer. Packers and Steelers got their QBs without having to do this either. Neither did NE or Dallas for that matter. Seahawks drafted Russell Wilson in the 3rd round. Chiefs have made the playoffs WITH A QB (who is better than ours) that they didn't have to tank or trade up for. I too prefer pocket passers, but yeah, Russell Wilson has never won anything. Tanking or trading up can work but is far from the only way. Explore ALL options IMHO.

No. We didn't have AJ Green to throw to, we had SJ and Donald Jones. We also still had bad defense, historically bad. We would have had about the same record and run Dalton out of town a couple of years ago.

None have gone on to any kind of "success", however most have found NFL employment with other teams. Of the ones I remember: Todd Collins - backup for several teams. When teamed with Marty Schottenhiemer in Washington got on a roll and they almost made the playoffs. Flutie - played well in San Diego. Didn't make playoffs. Made 1st dropkick in 60 years or whatever it was for Patsies**. Rob Johnson - Started and played the game where Tampa Bay broke the sub 40 degree jinx. Has SB ring as a TB backup under Gruden. JP - don't think he ever played on another NFL team, but did win the UFL Championship with the Las Vegas Locomotives under HC Jim Cassel. Trent - Bounced around to a few teams. Nick Foles credited him with being a good mentor in his Pro Bowl season. Fitz - 3 other teams have started him at QB with similar results to ours. Cassel - We saw that yesterday. Tarvaris Jackson - Also has a SB ring as backup in Seattle. Tuel Time and Thaddeus Maximus haven't played. Bad Bad Levi Brown - Canada? So not much success, but not all suck either. What other teams have cut QBs that went elsewhere and had success? Guys who were drafted or unknowns? Baltimore with TYrod?

What not to like? Takes a lot of nasty hits (like TYrod) and is comparable to Ryan FannyHill.

2 weeks ago Palmer gave up 14 points to the Seahawks. Their GM should be fired and Carson run out of town. Actually Big Ben and Rivers are the only ones on that list that were NOT let go by thier team.

I don't know how the salary cap works ether. But somehow the Broncos were able to sign Peyton Manning and a bunch of other FAs too. If Drew were to be available and he wanted to come here, I'm sure a professional capologist could work it out. Oh, and if that meant we couldn't re sign Gilmore and Nigel Bradham, oh well.

Agreed.

Seriously? Looks to me like TYrod does his fair share of checking down. Even from pre season I noticed there is an element of Captain Crackdown in his game. Not a full blown Captain Check down. Perhaps Second Luitenant Checkdown, or perhaps Master Sergeant Check down. Not criticizing, and not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation.

Hopefully Lawson stays home this year instead of crashing inside and getting run around for TDs.

Good news for you and your employer it sounds like.

This is one of my pet peeves about the current state of NFL officiating. The refs are too chummy with the players and coaches. As you say, they help some players up. Why is a ref doing that? They also chit chat and chuckle with the players during time outs. I think this stuff makes them impartial at some level. I even saw in one article posted here that the reason for the long huddle after the inadvertent whistle took so long because the refs were trying to appease everyone. How about going by what the rules say and screw 'em if they don't like it? Refs should never even talk to players, only talk to coaches about legal rules things, and never help players up IMHO. Refs should be impartial and as isolated from the players as possible. As to my second point above, why do the refs ask the coaches if they want to take a penalty or not. Used to be team captains did that. When did that change?

The refs blew some stuff, sure, but if Hotrod throws a few of those bombs 3 yards longer instead of short and Leodis doesn't muff the punt, someone doesn't miss a tackle in the final minute of the first half, we still win. Refs were bad, but we had too many unrealized opportunities. The game was there for the taking regardless. You sound like a Seahawks fan.

More revisionist history ...

The training staff and coachs cleared him to play that last drive, so who knows?

I know. But that was 5 or 10 minutes before. May be wrong, but would think swelling and soreness or something looked like it set in. He was looking worse and worse by the minute. When he was on the sidelines with his coat on he looked really bad. Do you think he effectively threw on that last drive? They all looked like ducks to me with at least 1 waaaaaaaay off target. If the ref had made the right call on what should have been the second to last play, I doubt very seriously he could have thrown it 55 yards into the EZ. I know Hotrod is the guy and all and that's great and EJ sucks. But Hotrod at 40% is NOT BETTER THAN EJ at 100%. Especially since EJ has had success throwing the long ball this year which is what was needed, not off target 10 yard ducks.

Thank you Nostradamus.

I wanted EJ in right away and then especially after the first duck. We had ZERO chance to win with Hotrod in. Rex, you're the coach, that's your call, not Hotrod's. It was obvious to anyone paying attention Hotrod was seriously hurting and could no longer pass effectively.

Steel Curtain plays Seattle in Seattle on Sunday. Still a long way to go and the Cheaps are beatable, especially if our D plays like it did last night. Cheaps whooped up on the hapless Chargers last week. Big freakin' deal.

I re watched the inadvertent whistle play on TIVO. THE whiste blew ater Tommy threw it and before the WR caught it. Should have been no play, thus no penalty on Rex. Instead they got a free 25 yards and 1st down. Then we get crewed out of the last play of the game.

Hotrod had a very disappointing game and was instrumental in our loss sadly. Almost all of the long balls were short. Some of the short balls were off as well. Play calling maybe could have been better, but if Hotrod has his usual game, we very well could have won. I wish we had pulled him before the last drive. If not then, then definitely after the first duck. He was obviously not able to perform.

Uh, against the Jags the D gave up 3 80+ yard drives including the go ahead TD late.

If EJ plays and our D plays like it did the last 2 weeks we can absolutely win.

Doesn't scare me at all. We pretty much lost due to Hotrod's play.

Do you work for Fan Duel or Draft Kings by any chance?

I'd take CK on the Bills in half a NY heartbeat.