Don't Forget the Backup QB

er…divided the pool into 2 rather different categories:
QB’s who cannot throw the ball
QB’s who can throw the ball well enough to start for the Redskins
Why not a McCown/Carr type guy?
has played and can still play fairly well…but won’t push too hard for a starting gig?

And sign sexy Rexy. His arm is a cannon!

(not a very accurate one, but hey.)

he looked decent enough in his short tenure here. and by short I mean more than a quarter. he played his derriere off to prove he’s at least worthy of being a backup in the league, so why not here?

if not hit him, bring someone who’s already used to the meatheads. orkman is too expensive and can start elsewhere, but it is rumored captain neckbeard wants to dock in chicago again.

we could also sign sexy rexy again. if jay misses more games, we might get lucky and the sexy rexy rollercoaster is on the top, before plummeting into the ground.

I would hope that the veteran QB would be able to contribute more than clip board holding. Someone that can help Jay read defenses and share knowledge of teams’ tendencies.
We should also draft a developmental player to coach up. Guess who could help with that also?

(veteran QB)

A lot depends on what happens in camp and preseason, but yes McCown would be a good choice. I think you could get him for a 2 year contract at a price just north of a million per year, and he would be worth it. Cutler probably wont have a season ending injury next season, but the odds go up quite a bit that he may have an injury that costs him 1-4 games. And in that circumstance you want the classically defined quality backup that can win half of those games and keep your team in the playoff hunt. The money has to be spent on that position, and the Bears would have to be truly dense not to have learned that lesson after last year.

I hate repeating myself, but he can’t be as bad as Martz made him out to be. We saw him good.

has earned the right to compete for the back-up spot. He’s a perfect fit in the sense that he proved he can play well enough to win a game and he already knows most of the personnel involved. Last season should be proof enough that having BOTH a quality starter and quality back-ups at key positions is essential to winning games. I would prefer the Bears get a vet #2 (like McCown) AND a developmental guy at #3 in the late rounds of the draft or UDFA. There are always a handful of late-career and underachiever QBs who see a back-up spot as exactly what they want to further a career as a broadcaster or player/coach opportunity. There should be no problem finding a guy to fit the bill for both spots.

Throw him out on the street? Or give him the coaching he never had here and see what happens? I have a feeling he never really got the teaching he needed to truly develop and show his skills (y’know, with no offseason and all).

Pay up. I’m not convinced our OL will even be average next year, so Cutler’s health is always a bad block away from disaster.

Third string? Development guy. Not Enderle. He likely won’t fit what we want to do moving forward, he was a Martz guy. I’d really like to grab someone like Russell Wilson if he fell to the 5th round or something. He’s be a 1st/2nd rounder if he were 4 inches taller.

He’s younger than McCown (Who is 38, limited and is a Martz QB) and when Shanahan benched Rex, the entire Redskin offense wasn’t happy and went into the tank until he came back so the guy still has the trust of teammates wherever he goes.

Sex Cannon stay away!