Ehlinger

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by rcubed

Are we really that scared of losing a six round draft pick who is a 3rd string QB?

I think the worry is that Ryan is close to done. Foles is not the Foles of 2017, and we have nobody waiting in the wings but Sam.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

I think the worry is that Ryan is close to done. Foles is not the Foles of 2017, and we have nobody waiting in the wings but Sam.

Most teams dont. If you have a really good QB, and he is not on his rookie contract, spending money on another starter quality Qb, puts a dent in the cap. Free agency makes it harder. A good Qb wont sit behind a starter if he can get his own starting job by leaving as a free agent.

The Packers were lucky when Aaron Rodgers free fell in the draft. People thought the Packers were crazy, they had Faurve. It was a perfect situation.

Luck retiring before the beginning of the season really screwed the Colts. They have been playing catch up ever since. If there is a Qb they like in the up comming draft, they need to made a deal and get him. Do it now, they have Ryan and that gives them some time work with a young athelete

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by JAFF

Most teams dont. If you have a really good QB, and he is not on his rookie contract, spending money on another starter quality Qb, puts a dent in the cap. Free agency makes it harder. A good Qb wont sit behind a starter if he can get his own starting job by leaving as a free agent.

The Packers were lucky when Aaron Rodgers free fell in the draft. People thought the Packers were crazy, they had Faurve. It was a perfect situation.

Luck retiring before the beginning of the season really screwed the Colts. They have been playing catch up ever since. If there is a Qb they like in the up comming draft, they need to made a deal and get him. Do it now, they have Ryan and that gives them some time work with a young athelete

Most teams don't what? I am not sure how your post is in response to mine.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

Most teams don't what? I am not sure how your post is in response to mine.

Have someone waiting in the wings. Rodgers in GB waited 5 years behind Faurve? Colts now have 5th new starting Qb in 5 years. In the cap area, how do you pay 2 guys like starting Qbs and sit one

[MeSayDayo]

Originally Posted by JAFF

Have someone waiting in the wings. Rodgers in GB waited 5 years behind Faurve? Colts now have 5th new starting Qb in 5 years. In the cap area, how do you pay 2 guys like starting Qbs and sit one

We did it in 2019 and 2020. We carried Luck and(Eventually that season) Jacoby at a total of approx 45 million.

Same deal the next season, where we opted to keep Jacoby and Rivers.

I am not saying that it's ideal, or that our team found themselves in that situation on purpose, but it can be done. It usually requires the rest of our roster to be very young, and ours was

[Oldcolt]

Len Dawson passed away. Great QB he had all the intangibles. Didn't have a gun for an arm but was accurate. One of the coolest pictures in the NFL is this guy smoking at halftime of Super Bowl one. It has been reported he was having a beer but as you can see it was a Fresca.


https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/j...-super-bowl-i/