Seriously, it's time to give Walker an honest look

[uncfan888]

13 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

The backup quarterback is always the most popular guy on the roster.

If he gets a chance to play and looks like garbage, what's next? Grier?

We ride it out and draft a qb. Which we need to do anyways 

[Snake]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Some of the decisions were fine, the execution was just poor. He missed DJ wide open in the endzone twice. Those weren't poor decisions.

He also missed Samuel wide open on a fade route where he checked down. He consistently checks down on 3rd down when we need it and yes he places balls to bad locations. You really question if he's even a ok back up. 

[LinvilleGorge]

20 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

We're still officially in the playoff race even if realistically we're not.

Under those circumstances, you start the best quarterback on the roster.

That's not Walker.

How do we know? I mean, look how long we stuck with Whitehead at MLB. He clearly wasn't our best option there as the D has looked significantly better since he hit the pine.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, uncfan888 said:

At this point, walker and teddy are a wash. Teddy is not good enough 

No, he's not, but that doesn't mean that Walker is equal or better.

To be clear, we're not talking about a rookie here. This is a guy who's had shots at sticking on an NFL roster since 2017. He never rose above the level of a practice squad guy, then found himself unemployed and wound up in the XFL.

People are counting on him being one of those guys that was misevaluated, but that happens a lot less than people think.

[Carl Spackler]

9 minutes ago, Shotgun said:

It gives a chance to find out if PJ is a viable backup. Teddy would be a good backup but is too expensive.

Teddy would be a poo backup. He shouldn’t even be in the league. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Snake said:

He also missed Samuel wide open on a fade route where he checked down. He consistently checks down on 3rd down when we need it and yes he places balls to bad locations. You really question if he's even a ok back up. 

He's terrified to throw the ball more than 10 yards unless someone is wide open. He's actively looking for the checkdown. He's begging for the checkdown to be available. It's how the Saints secured their W. In crunch time they focused on taking away the intermediate routes knowing Teddy couldn't beat them and openly invited the checkdowns knowing he's happily take them. They had 9 and 10 guys within 8 yards of the LOS in a late game situation when we needed a TD. You almost never see that in the NFL, but that staff knows Teddy probably even better than our own staff.

[glitchh8]

44 minutes ago, bull123 said:

Let’s not forget those two awful ints he threw last week

walker is not the answer

Geez Louise, it was his first start and he didn't have starter preparation, give the guy some slack. 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

No, he's not, but that doesn't mean that Walker is equal or better.

To be clear, we're not talking about a rookie here. This is a guy who's had shots at sticking on an NFL roster since 2017. He never rose above the level of a practice squad guy, then found himself unemployed and wound up in the XFL.

People are counting on him being one of those guys that was misevaluated, but that happens a lot less than people think.

Teddy is a guy on his 4th roster in 6 years as a former 1st round pick. How many of those stories have ended up with fairy tale endings?

[philp]

The last few years has just been plain boring to watch honestly. Sure Mccaffrey can score, but he lacks the attitude that really makes NFL games fun to watch. Same with DJ.

I got into football because of Steve Smith. At least Cam was fun though.

[Carl Spackler]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

He's terrified to throw the ball more than 10 yards unless someone is wide open. He's actively looking for the checkdown. He's begging for the checkdown to be available. It's how the Saints secured their W. In crunch time they focused on taking away the intermediate routes knowing Teddy couldn't beat them and openly invited the checkdowns knowing he's happily take them. They had 9 and 10 guys within 8 yards of the LOS in a late game situation when we needed a TD. You almost never see that in the NFL, but that staff knows Teddy probably even better than our own staff.

Today proved he can’t even throw it five yards. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Teddy is a guy on his 4th roster in 6 years as a former 1st round pick. How many of those stories have ended up with fairy tale endings?

Does he look like he's headed for a fairy tale ending?

Did I suggest he was?

Bridgewater isn't good enough to be a starter. I can firmly agree to that. He's good enough to be a backup, but that's about it.

Going the next step to say he's worse than a guy who wasn't even on an NFL roster this time last year is a huge stretch.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, philp said:

The last few years has just been plain boring to watch honestly. Sure Mccaffrey can score, but he lacks the attitude that really makes NFL games fun to watch. Same with DJ.

I got into football because of Steve Smith. At least Cam was fun though.

CMC and DJ would be a blast if they were playing with an elite QB or hell, even an above average legit starter. I don't necessarily need brashness. Plenty of all-time greats weren't. Peppers and Luke weren't. They were still plenty fun to watch.

[1of10Charnatives]

54 minutes ago, bull123 said:

Let’s not forget those two awful ints he threw last week

walker is not the answer

Because no good qb will ever throw two bad int's in his very first start. C'mon bull, you know better than that.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Does he look like he's headed for a fairy tale ending?

Did I suggest he was?

Bridgewater isn't good enough to be a starter. I can firmly agree to that. He's good enough to be a backup, but that's about it.

Going the next step to say he's worse than a guy who wasn't even on an NFL roster this time last year is a huge stretch.

So does your argument to stick with Teddy really boil down to the fear of possibly doing worse?

I mean, it's tough to do much worse than 3-8. That's a really low bar to clear. The offense basically hit rock bottom today. They played terrible against a bad defense in a game where our D produced two TDs of their own. The odds of winning a game in the NFL when the opposing defense scores two TDs has to be extraordinarily low. We really did snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. If our staff is honestly afraid to do worse than that then I would seriously question if Rhule is going to work out.