March 19, 201214 yr Peyton is going to Denver. They might be really, really good next year. Chargers fans right now: :swoon
March 19, 201214 yr If you haven't built a very good team around your QB position I really think it needs to be a star at the position. Top-10 level at least. Otherwise you're just treading water. (I don't mean the season is a lost cause, but hard to call yourself a contender) To echo bobbob, look at the playoffs. There just aren't many teams that you'd consider contenders who don't have very good QBs. The niners and ravens managed it but that's if you are really great at almost every other facet of the game. Or Tim Tebow. * wow Denver... well Manning's out of the Jags division at least.
March 19, 201214 yr Manning to Denver, which means Alex Smith to Sanfran. I swear if we trade for Tebow...
March 19, 201214 yr If you haven't built a very good team around your QB position I really think it needs to be a star at the position. Top-10 level at least. Otherwise you're just treading water. (I don't mean the season is a lost cause, but hard to call yourself a contender) To echo bobbob, look at the playoffs. There just aren't many teams that you'd consider contenders who don't have very good QBs. The niners and ravens managed it but that's if you are really great at almost every other facet of the game. Or Tim Tebow. * wow Denver... well Manning's out of the Jags division at least. I think the biggest knock on my theory (again, just a theory/thought) is that we should see more teams with "decent" QBs being successful if they are indeed relatively undervalued. So maybe they aren't. As an aside, in a sport where there's a hard cap, this seems like an issue from a competitive standpoint.
March 19, 201214 yr If you haven't built a very good team around your QB position I really think it needs to be a star at the position. Top-10 level at least. Otherwise you're just treading water. (I don't mean the season is a lost cause, but hard to call yourself a contender) To echo bobbob, look at the playoffs. There just aren't many teams that you'd consider contenders who don't have very good QBs. The niners and ravens managed it but that's if you are really great at almost every other facet of the game. Or Tim Tebow. * wow Denver... well Manning's out of the Jags division at least. You've echoed Dr B in several ways.
March 19, 201214 yr Author As I expected... NFL Network's Jason La Canfora reports that the 49ers' offer of $24 million over three years to free agent Alex Smith remains on the table. The proposal has not been "lowered or revoked." La Canfora also reports that team sources are "confident" Smith will re-sign with San Francisco. Smith's visit and flirtation with the Dolphins are reportedly being viewed as "a play for leverage" by NFL insiders. In other words, Miami might have to offer significantly more than $8 million per season in order to land Smith.
March 20, 201214 yr David Garrard is a Miami Dolphin. -@taniaganguli Cool. Although inconsistent, I think he's fun to watch.
March 20, 201214 yr Why wouldn't they? Draft Tannehill, trade Moore. BOOM. Because Moore is better than Gerrard. The Dolphins were clearly in the market for a starting QB. Now they turn around and Gerrard after missing out on three other QBs. I dont understand what is the point of signing him? Why would they draft a rookie QB with the 8th pick and make him a third stringer? Unless they actually plan on starting Gerrard?
March 20, 201214 yr What other QB should they have signed? Alex Smith to a 3 yr 24 mil deal? Getthefuggouttahere.
March 20, 201214 yr What other QB should they have signed? Alex Smith to a 3 yr 24 mil deal? Getthefuggouttahere. No one.
March 20, 201214 yr Garrard is most likely going to be the third string QB. I don't see what the big deal here is. The last season he started for Jacksonville, he had a 90 QB rating. Oh and it's a one year deal, too.
March 20, 201214 yr What other QB should they have signed? Alex Smith to a 3 yr 24 mil deal? Getthefuggouttahere. 8 million a year for a starting QB is not a lot. Alex Smith would have at least been a starter. David Gerrard doesn't do anything. All it does is indicate that Matt Moore will be the starter in the fall.
March 20, 201214 yr Garrard is most likely going to be the third string QB. I don't see what the big deal here is. The last season he started for Jacksonville, he had a 90 QB rating. Oh and it's a one year deal, too. The timing is what makes it look bad. If they signed Gerrard later this summer, no one would have cared. PR wise, it looks bad to miss out on three QBs in the span of a week and then sign Gerrard. Gerrard was also cut before opening day in 2011, so I wouldnt put too much stock in that 90 rating.
March 20, 201214 yr Garrard is most likely going to be the third string QB. I don't see what the big deal here is. The last season he started for Jacksonville, he had a 90 QB rating. Oh and it's a one year deal, too. The timing is what makes it look bad. If they signed Gerrard later this summer, no one would have cared. PR wise, it looks bad to miss out on three QBs in the span of a week and then sign Gerrard. Gerrard was also cut before opening day in 2011, so I wouldnt put too much stock in that 90 rating. We're not signing him to be the starter. Hell, he might not even be the back up. It's a one year deal. He's going to back up Moore, or be the third string QB. Relax.
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