If Darnold plays well,do they keep him around?

[kungfoodude]

4 minutes ago, CRA said:

Sam isn't on the higher end of backups.  A high end backup is either a talented development player you want to take over as starter or is a boring/consistent veteran that will do nothing but manage the game.  Sam is neither of those.  

and I guess I should clarify.  The signature of the Matt Rhule era was his botching of the QB position.  And I want literally no one from the Rhule era around at that position.   Corral gets a pass since he is a rookie and never played.   Baker, Sam, and PJ all should go.  New coach should bring in a new batch. 

Ideally we get a talented top 10 pick rookie QB and a veteran stop gap guy. 

[RumHam]

People thinking PJ Walker is a starter are lost in life. If Darnold gets us to a NFC South, you gotta keep Wilks and Darnold for three years. Roll with Corral development as we continue to hype up these QBs and dump them on the wayside b/c we suck the next year. Need to ink Foreman immediately as well.

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

Lol, the only reason we are asking this question is because we won this past week. Don’t get to complain about Sam Darnold potentially remaining our QB when we are winning meaningless games. 

[Sgt Schultz]

I am not on the Darnold train, even as a backup.  He would have to absolutely prove he has conquered being a turnover machine.  I don't think he can do that in the remaining time.

 

Edited November 30, 2022 by Sgt Schultz

[year of the snitch]

nope, new coach, new rookie QB, and a veteran journeyman to be a great teacher and cheerleader to the kid we bring in but that could also win a game on short notice please.

[Ship]

It depends on how he ends the year, but so far I like him as the vet on the roster with Corral and a rookie.

[Catsfan69]

2 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Ideally we get a talented top 10 pick rookie QB and a veteran stop gap guy. 

So if Sam takes us to and wins a playoff game you wouldn't let him be a backup?

[kungfoodude]

26 minutes ago, Catsfan69 said:

So if Sam takes us to and wins a playoff game you wouldn't let him be a backup?

I may as well entertain the notion that I will suddenly be able to turn tap water into platinum by looking at it.

[Peon Awesome]

If he plays really good, some team is going to offer him at least fringe starter money (like Mariota or Trubisky this past year) and I have no interest in getting into that kind of bidding war for him. Take the comp pick.

If he plays awful, he'll come dirt cheap but why would we want an awful backup? 

Maybe we hit a sweet spot where he has his ups and downs, but mostly turns into a decent but unspectacular game manager. In that situation, sure I'd offer him like a 2 year, $8 million contract if he's willing to take that. But again, if it turns into a bidding war, best wishes Sam.

[Catsfan69]

24 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I may as well entertain the notion that I will suddenly be able to turn tap water into platinum by looking at it.

Lol I love you

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, Catsfan69 said:

Lol I love you

I mean......we can't look at an entire career that has been a disaster and still believe this is suddenly gonna change. That's extremely rare.

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

I mean......we can't look at an entire career that has been a disaster and still believe this is suddenly gonna change. That's extremely rare.

and he is coming off a 57% 160 yard game with a fumble on the goal line.  Some people on here are fuging delusional

[Khyber53]

We've had one game with him. He won it and that's great. Stat-wise it was a pedestrian performance, but that looks good for how we've been. He led the team on the field and there was a different attitude out there. He found the receivers that needed to be found.

But it was just one game.

Let's see the rest of the season before we jump the shark, again. If over the next few weeks he somehow reaches the potential that he once had when he was drafted, then yeah, sign him to a short, moderately priced contract with incentives. 

If he wins just a couple more and does like this past week, then you offer him a modest backup QB contract and see what we have in Corral. 

If he does like all of the others QBs this season, then you ride this season out, hand all three starters an apple and bus ticket and move into tomorrow with Corral and whoever he will compete with. 

It is Darnold's spot to earn, but the cost to him will be high. He's going to have to be aggressive, fearless and a leader of men. He has a steep hill to climb to reach those things, but there is literally no one standing in his way except himself. This is the best opportunity to make it or break it he will ever get in the sport again.

Good luck to him. 

TL;DR: If so, he's going to have to Jake Delhomme the hell out of this to win the spot.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Khyber53

[kungfoodude]

13 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

and he is coming off a 57% 160 yard game with a fumble on the goal line.  Some people on here are fuging delusional

Well @Catsfan69 is largely just trolling and fuging around. Some of these people though....