Our backup QB situation

Most of those teams are built around the QB and it is understandable that they would fall apart. We are built on defense and running the ball so a decent care taker QB can get it done for us. It sure helped the Steelers to have a good backup plan for Maddox this year.....

 

I think that putting the pieces in place on O will go a long way towards helping any Qb, and submit that if we have the D right, and a good running game we're gonna win more than three games without Jake. Shit, Peete won 7 without Davis or Foster.

 

Why stick with Peete when you can get someone better?

 

sure it helped that Pittsburgh got a little lucky that the rookie played so well. even philly got a little lucky a few years ago when AJ Feely played so well. but QB is the one position where very few teams won't skip a beat if the starter goes down. i can see getting a team through a game or two...maybe three. but in your case (jake blows out a knee in the opener) a team that has to go through the majority of it's season with their backup is probably going to struggle.

Jake has shown to be pretty damned durable. hell, he played half the season this year with a cracked bone in his thumb. it just does not make cap sense to dump a considerable amount of money on a backup qb when you already know who your starter is.

 

I never said dump cap space on it. I think we can get a better QB to play for what we are paying Peete.

 

ok. so between peete and weinke, we had about 2 million bucks (give or take) wrapped up in the cap in '04. deduct what we would pay rutherford assuming he is #3. who do you think we get for what is left? with the exception of Dilfer (who, like i said, sucked for seattle this year), the guys you mentioned will be looking for a starting job if they were let go from their current team.

 

No reason as far as I'm concerned. I was just using him as an example of a guy who ain't Jake winning some games for us.

 

If we can find an aging player willing to take the vet exception for a year, ok.

Rutherford will be cheap. We really don't need to be paying what we are for two backups, particuarly considering their value.

 

Where's Ryan Leaf?












































just kidding fellas just kidding

 

I am fine with Weinke and Rutherford, I just don't want Peete in the mix.