LinvilleGorge

All you can do is start swinging. Which is what I've been begging to do for three years now. Meanwhile y'all wanna see how far we can go with Sam freaking Darnold.

If we get put in a situation where we have to throw to try to win down the stretch we'll find out. I know where my money is. If I'm wrong, awesome.

I wanna be the Chiefs. Draft a QB even though you have a decent performing vet. I wanna be the Niners. Make a bold move to go get your guy and have the roster to absorb the hit even if it doesn't work out. I don't want to be one of the myriad of teams trying to figure out how to win despite their deficiency at QB. If you want to compete for Super Bowls you need a dude at QB. Not some JAG. You mentioned the Rams and Gurley earlier but it was adding Stafford and his nearly 5999 yards and 40+ TDs that got them a SB.

And drafted Mahomes in the 1st anyway. They didn't rest on their Alex Smith laurels. You inadvertently produced a great example of why you don't settle. And Alex Smith was considerably better than Darnold.

Building the best possible team should be the goal. It starts with QB.

A guy getting outplayed by a 7th round rookie? That's the goal? Damn, I know we've sucked for years but some of y'all are developing some rock bottom copium goals.

Winning a putrid division shouldn't be the goal. The next NFC South team to figure out the QB position is setup to dominate until the rest of the division does the same. I want to be that team.

When we actually come out and run an offense that doesn't intentionally de-emphasize the QB and he plays well then we'll have something to talk about.

We ran for 21 yards vs. the Steelers. We threw 23 times. The offensive game plan boils down to "don't let Darnold throw the game away".

What trajectory? We are running an offense that outright de-emphasizes the QB position. Some of y'all or grossly overstating this "development". Darnold is doing a great job running a backup QB offense. He's on the trajectory of having a long career as a backup. Which isn't a terrible thing but he is not a long-term starter. We're running this offense for a reason.

Drafting a bust QB doesn't set you back. It's the refusing to move on from a bust QB that sets you back. If he busts, move on.

Oh, he's boom or bust for sure. I'm all the way out on Levis. At some point we have to start swinging. I think Richardson has the highest ceiling in the draft. But yeah, he might bust. If he does, keep swinging. But you absolutely can't settle for subpar. Mediocrity becomes your ceiling.

There's no doubt in my mind that outside of that massive trade and contract Russell Wilson would've been benched weeks ago. They're gonna lose this challenge. Another turnover on the first play of the second half. This one isn't on Wilson but just a continuation of the poo avalanche the Broncos are caught in currently.

I'd be all for drafting Anthony Richardson and retaining Darnold as a bridge QB to ensure we're not forced to try to play Richardson before he's ready.

What?

Oh, it's by far the biggest surprise of the season. A lot of people were ready to put the Broncos in the SB.

If you want to delude yourself into thinking we can compete for Super Bowls with Sam Darnold and an offensive game plan of throwing just enough to keep the D honest, then go for it. But it's delusional.

It's like an entire career of horse poo luck of running around like a cat with his tail on fire before throwing up an absolute prayer that his receiver wrestles away from three DBs has caught up with Russell Wilson and he's getting the results that style of play always should've yielded.

It's not how anyone who wants to compete for Super Bowls would do it. That's what I want to do.

FTFY

Brutal.

Not to mention Geno Smith's play in Seattle. Sure looking like Wilson's run in Seattle had a lot more to do with Pete Carroll and the Seahawks' organization than it did Russell Wilson.

This season? No. We're doing what we have to do. Any thoughts of it being a path forward beyond this season? Hell no.

Is Russell Wilson the worst starting QB in the NFL right now? I mean, he's in the conversation. Good grief, what a disaster for the Broncos.

It's difficult to overstate just how terrible Russell Wilson has been this season. If he doesn't jerk his head out of his ass this might go down as the worst NFL trade of all time.