I would look at Sam Howell before Gino Smith. I think he got a raw deal in Washington. New coach wanted “his quarterback.” I may be wrong, but he would be my choice of the quarterbacks who would be available and out of contract after this season. He may be available for whatever pay Dalton.
Not sure Morgan has had control over what to do with Bryce till now. I am convinced Tepper forced Bryce on this team because of his investment. In retrospect the national spotlight shining on this situation last night may have eliminated any doubt as to what needs to happen moving forward. Morgan had a good draft, but I do think his biggest mistake that he had control over was keeping Andy Dalton. We do not have a capable back up.
Sadly, it may have had to come to this to get Tepper to begin to realize this. I hope he sees what everyone else does. It will be an interesting offseason.
I hope Tepper is in agreement. Troy Aikman alluded to this last night when he said that it was tough for a 5’10” quarterback to see down the field. I hope Tepper was listening. I hope if we do not draft a quarterback we at least bring in some competition. Sam Howell will be a free agent. I got sick of Buck and Aikman gushing all over the 49’ers when this game was there for us. This has to be the worst called game of Canales career.
We could have beat the 49’ers. 3 interceptions turning into no points? We squandered multiple opportunities in this game. Poor play calling, execution, play calling, and missed opportunities did it. We had injuries, but so did they.
He had an injury history at NC State that evidently made them leery. He went to a high school 10 miles from me, he was a heck of a player in high school as you would imagine. He tore his ACL during his senior year in high school and re-tore it again soon after arriving at State. He had season ending surgery in 2021 after having surgery on both shoulders in the offseason. He did play 2 full, healthy seasons to end his college career.
It almost seems like this team is bi-polar. We have a week where the effort is there and the team is focused. The next week it looks like they are walking through the motions. We will find out a lot in the next few weeks. I hope today’s win gives them some confidence.